Crypto leaders, Harris campaign officials to hold roundtable
    04 Aug 2024
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    Crypto executives are scheduled to meet privately “next week” with White House aides and Democratic Party Representative Ro Khanna to address pressing issues and propose policy changes. According to a Bloomberg report, the roundtable will include high-ranking officials from Vice President Kamala Harris’s election campaign and the White House, including outgoing senior White House adviser Anita…

    Grayscale Ethereum ETF outflows exceed $2B
    04 Aug 2024
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    United States-based spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw significant movements on Aug. 2, with outflows from the Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) hitting $2.1 billion. According to data from SoSoValue, the total net outflows from spot Ether ETFs exceeded $54 million on Aug. 2. A significant portion of the outflows came from ETHE, which saw a single-day…

    Ethereum futures open interest hits 19-month high, yet ETH price weakness intensifies

    Ether experienced a 10% correction between July 31 and Aug. 2, retesting the $3,000 support for the first time since July 8. This movement significantly outpaced the broader cryptocurrency market, which declined by 6.8% during the same period. Despite this, Ether futures open interest rose to its highest level in seven months, leading traders to…

    Morgan Stanley wealth managers to embrace BlackRock, Fidelity Bitcoin ETFs: Report
    03 Aug 2024
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    Morgan Stanely, the largest wealth manager in the United States, will soon allow its 15,000 financial advisers to start recommending Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to clients, according to a CNBC report. Starting Aug. 7, Morgan Stanley wealth managers can begin advising eligible clients to buy shares of two BTC ETFs — BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust…

    Lido launches institutional-grade liquidity staking solution
    03 Aug 2024
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    Lido Finance has introduced Lido Institutional, an institutional-grade liquidity staking solution aimed at large customers such as custodians, asset managers and exchanges. Lido Institutional is a middleware solution that “combines the reliability and security necessary for enterprise-grade staking with the liquidity and utility required for diverse institutional strategies,” Lido said in a post on X. Lido Institutional…

    July crypto hacks total $266M, WazirX leads losses
    02 Aug 2024
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    In July, online hackers stole around $266 million from the cryptocurrency ecosystem and its investors through 16 separate attacks. On July 18, Indian crypto exchange WazirX lost over $230 million to a major hack — representing 86.4% of the total crypto lost to hacks in the month. After independent investigations, the hack was attributed to North Korean hackers,…