@BitcoinMagazine Israel Discount Bank is set to become the first bank in Israel to offer Bitcoin trading, with BTC and ETH available in its mobile app from Nov 26. Traditional banks keep adding crypto services. #Bitcoin#Banking#CryptoNews
Former HFSC Chair @PatrickMcHenry on what Rep. Maxine Waters' "tough but fair" crypto stance could mean for market structure law. Bipartisan support still decides the CLARITY Act's path. #CLARITYAct#CryptoPolicy
🚨WATCH: What would @RepMaxineWaters' promise to be “tough but fair” on crypto look like?
“Very bad law,” according to former House Financial Services Chairman @PatrickMcHenry, who worked closely with Waters on the committee.
He explains why he sees little hope for a “reasonable” outcome on crypto market structure legislation under her leadership.
Stablecoin supply is down $14.2B over 30 days, the fastest contraction since June 2022 per Glassnode data. Worth watching how USDC, USDT and RLUSD supply trends shift from here. #Stablecoins#USDC#RLUSD
Israel Discount Bank is set to become the first bank in Israel to offer Bitcoin trading, with BTC and ETH available in its mobile app from Nov 26. Traditional banks keep adding crypto services. #Bitcoin#Banking#CryptoNews
XRP Ledger native lending still needs validator votes. SingleAssetVault sits at 23 of 35 and LendingProtocol at 22 of 35; 29 are needed for two straight weeks.
What's holding validators back: risk review, code audits, or demand?
$XRP #XRPL#XRPLedger#DeFi#RLUSD
53 teams now building on Yellow is real traction. Micropayments, instant P2P transfers and in-game economies all need value to move in real time, and that's the use case Yellow's SDK targets. #Yellow#Web3#Crypto
53 teams have chosen to build on Yellow, and every one of them is moving value in real time.
The infrastructure is ours. What gets built on it is theirs.
https://t.co/jM21DV2i7i
@BitcoinMagazine MSCI decides today whether Strategy and Metaplanet stay in its global indexes. JPMorgan estimates removal could trigger up to $2.8B in forced selling from passive funds. A key test for Bitcoin treasury companies. #MSTR#Bitcoin#MSCI
@BitcoinMagazine Deutsche Bank now offers Bitcoin custody to paying clients. Another major European bank bringing crypto custody in-house, a sign it's becoming a standard banking service. #Bitcoin#DeutscheBank#CryptoNews
New Allium report on institutional finance on Stellar: $4.1B in RWAs (now $5B+), $319M in non-U.S. debt, and 127% growth in stablecoin transfer volume, with case studies incl. MoneyGram. #Stellar#XLM#RWA
A new report from @AlliumLabs digging into institutional finance on Stellar is out now.
$4.1B in RWAs (now $5B+.) $319M in non-U.S. debt. 127% growth in stablecoin transfer volume.
Plus case studies on @FTDA_US, @MoneyGram, @Spiko_finance, & more.
https://t.co/6t2zMFzZ73
MSCI decides today whether Strategy and Metaplanet stay in its global indexes. JPMorgan estimates removal could trigger up to $2.8B in forced selling from passive funds. A key test for Bitcoin treasury companies. #MSTR#Bitcoin#MSCI
JUST IN: MSCI decides this afternoon whether to keep Strategy and Metaplanet in its global indexes.
JPMorgan estimates removal could trigger up to $2.8 billion in forced selling from passive funds 👀
Deutsche Bank now offers Bitcoin custody to paying clients. Another major European bank bringing crypto custody in-house, a sign it's becoming a standard banking service. #Bitcoin#DeutscheBank#CryptoNews
Progmat and Digital Asset signed an MOU to add Canton Network support for tokenized Japanese government bonds (tJGBs) that keep book-entry legal status, aimed at 24/7 settlement. Four MUFG companies will test DvP and onchain repo. #Canton#Tokenization#RWA
11.5M posts in 30 days pushing fake XRP rewards and airdrops is a serious threat to the community. Never connect your wallet or share your secret keys for a giveaway, no matter whose name is on it. #XRP#XRPL#CryptoScams
$XRP scam activity is operating at massive scale.
XRPL validator Vet says X API analysis found roughly 11.5M posts in 30 days targeting the XRP community with fake rewards and airdrop offers.
That works out to ~383K posts per day if evenly distributed.
Vet says similar scam flooding also affects other major crypto communities. #Ripple
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Apex Group, which services $3.5T+ in assets, has joined the Hedera Council and will explore the Hedera network for its tokenization initiatives, per @hedera. #Hedera $HBAR #Tokenization#RWA
Bank of America now flags a possible 50 bp Fed hike in December after the hotter-than-expected CPI print. Rate expectations shifting this fast matter for stocks and crypto alike. #FederalReserve#CPI#Markets
Over 1M self-custodial wallets activated on Telegram in 48 hours, per Pavel Durov. Messaging apps putting self-custody in front of everyday users is a real adoption test to watch. #SelfCustody#Crypto#Web3
Per CoinDesk, the OKX and ICE 24/7 tokenized stock venue goes live Nov 23 with 70 assets, including Coinbase, Circle and Robinhood plus 59 ETFs, under the SEC's Innovation Exemption. #Tokenization#Crypto#RWA
Rare transparency from David Schwartz: ~26M XRP down to ~3M, 1,500 BTC to 1, citing his own low risk tolerance, not anything specific to XRP. He says his sales run on plans set 30+ days ahead. #XRP#Ripple#XRPL
⚡️ NOW: Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz says he has sold nearly all his crypto due to his low risk tolerance.
His holdings are down from about 26M XRP, 1,500 BTC and 40,000 ETH to roughly 3M XRP, 1 BTC and 6 ETH.
Barclays' $IBIT holdings rose 48% in Q3 to $187M and Citi opened a new $119M $FBTC position, per 13F filings reported by CoinDesk. Banks now hold 4.9% of reported spot $BTC ETF holdings among early Q3 filers. #Bitcoin#CryptoETF