Banking giant UBS, with over $7 trillion in assets under management, has reported a more than 24-fold quarterly increase in call option exposure tied to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the second quarter. That increase, which gives it the right to acquire IBIT shares at a later date at a set price, came as … Read more
The number of tokenized stock holders has more than doubled over the past month to 1.31 million, according to RWA.xyz data. Monthly transfer volume surged nearly 180% over the same period to $23.13 billion, while monthly active addresses increased 34.62% to nearly 572,000. The total distributed value of tokenized stocks also rose 5.9% to $2.38 … Read more
The contracts traded just 1.6% apart on average when both markets were active, and traded near $92 and $94 most recently, translating to a more than 300% upside from the IPO price. That fourfold premium also means Unitree could have a blockbuster debut and still leave leveraged bulls nursing steep losses. “Unitree can open at … Read more
In July 2025, House Republicans staged a coordinated three-bill blitz they called ‘Crypto Week;, advancing the GENIUS, CLARITY, and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act in the same five day stretch. The GENIUS Act was signed into law within 24 hours, creating a regulatory framework for dollar-backed stablecoins. However, the other two bills weren’t so lucky. … Read more
Israel’s biggest bank, Bank Leumi, will become the first lender in the country to offer customers Bitcoin trading, according to a Friday announcement. The lender will work with Galaxy Digital to provide the service, which will become available to customers early next year, the announcement said. Bank Leumi first announced plans to debut crypto trading … Read more
Gen Z traders on Binance are allocating a growing share of their equity activity to exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with the products accounting for 25% of the cohort’s trading volume in early August, according to Binance Research. ETFs accounted for 21.9% of Gen Z net equity inflows in July, up from 18.5% in June, while the … Read more
Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser has said that while some improvements need to be made to the crypto Clarity Act, the bank wants a “good bill to go through.” The banking executive said that the bank was a “leader in digital assets” so wanted “safe adoption” of the technology. Lawmakers were trying to get a vote … Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has dropped a bombshell today, August 15, 2026. They’ve issued an emergency action against a new financial product called “Crypto Dividends.” This new scheme promised investors regular payouts in cryptocurrency. The SEC claims it’s an unregistered securities offering. This could put billions of dollars invested by unsuspecting people … Read more
Bitcoiners have been warned after France’s tax administration confirmed that hackers breached its information system, exposing sensitive financial and personal data belonging to hundreds of thousands of taxpayers and businesses. Writing on X on Friday, Bitcoin developer Jameson Lopp said the leak was “more bad news for Bitcoiners living in the leading country for wrench … Read more
Edelman Financial Engines has disclosed a $34 million position in spot Bitcoin ETFs — a stake that now exceeds some of the firm’s other holdings in major tech companies. While the position is still tiny in the investment advisor’s portfolio, it is still larger than its $25 million position in Amazon. The position — held … Read more