Category: Breaking

After more than a year of hype and expectation, layer-2 network Scroll’s governance token launch is beginning to fall short of expectations after being plagued by token allocation issues.

Tokenizing U.S. Treasuries and using them as collateral in crypto markets presents a significant opportunity to merge the best aspects of traditional finance with the innovation of DeFi, says Carlos Domingo.

A well-balanced portfolio that includes cryptocurrencies like bitcoin or ether has the potential to offer superior returns and a higher Sharpe ratio compared to traditional portfolios made up solely of equities, bonds, or other assets, says Timothy Burgess.

The U.S. central bank would be conflicted, because stablecoins compete with the Fed’s payments infrastructure and with potential CBDCs.

The vehicle will focus on data center investments across the U.S, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, India, and Europe, claiming to be the “world’s first combined equity and debt tokenized fund.”

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino told a U.S. crowd on Tuesday that he’s counting on sensible crypto regulations coming soon from the U.S. “There is no place like the U.S.,” he said via video link at DC Fintech Week in Washington.

Congressman Andy Barr (R-Ky.) is one of the lawmakers running to succeed U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) as the head of the Republican wing of the committee, which oversees regulators like the Securities and Exchange Commission and is responsible for shepherding legislation that might affect the U.S. capital markets and banking sectors, among others. He shared some of his thoughts on what his crypto priorities might be during an aside at the Flyover Fintech conference on Monday.

Exchanges will now have until the last week of November to meet new requirements.

The broad-based CoinDesk 20 (CD20), a liquid index tracking the largest tokens by market capitalization, lost 2.1%.

APE has doubled in value to $1.5 since the weekend.