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SEC tokenized stock exemption to let equities move onto crypto rails

The SEC is expected to release an innovation exemption for tokenized stocks as soon as this week. SEC Chair Paul…
Infrastructure

SEC Readies Tokenized Stock “Innovation Exemption” That Could Reshape Blockchain Equity Trading

The SEC is preparing an “innovation exemption” for tokenized stocks that could arrive this week, building on Nasdaq and NYSE…
Markets

Strategy Buys 24,869 Bitcoin for $2 Billion, Pushes Total Holdings Past 843,000 BTC

Strategy added 24,869 bitcoin for $2 billion funded almost entirely by STRC preferred stock sales, bringing total holdings to 843,738…
Markets

Iran Launches Bitcoin-Settled Maritime Insurance Platform for Strait of Hormuz, Claims $10 Billion Revenue Target

Iran’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance launched Hormuz Safe, a Bitcoin-settled insurance platform for Strait of Hormuz shipping, though…
DeFi

A DeFi exchange becomes the first to offer equity perpetuals powered by Nasdaq data

The partnership underscores both the rapid growth of equity perpetuals in onchain markets and Nasdaq’s broader strategy to support tokenized…
Infrastructure

SEC Preparing 'Innovation Exemption' Framework for Tokenized Stock Trading

The SEC is developing a new regulatory framework that would allow digital versions of publicly traded securities to trade on…
Institutional

Galaxy secures New York BitLicense to expand institutional crypto services

The NYDFS approvals allow GalaxyOne Prime NY to offer trading and financing services to institutional investors in one of the…
Institutional

Bitcoin lost its hold on $80K, but three events may send it back sooner than markets expect

Bitcoin positions itself for a rally above $80,000 after Strategy’s $2 billion BTC buy, crumbling investor confidence in the US…
Markets

Georgia primary to test crypto PAC’s support for Democratic candidate

A political action committee aligned with crypto interest groups reported spending more than $4 million in support of Democratic US…
Markets

Bitcoin Faces Greater Quantum Computing Risk Than Ethereum, Citi Warns

Both Bitcoin and Ethereum face a quantum computing threat, but Citi says the gap between them comes down to governance,…