Category: Bitcoin News

Bitcoin Bulls Target $93.5K As Short Positions Turn Into A Magnet

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Bitcoin pulled back from its intraday highs after the US Federal Reserve declined to cut interest rates, but futures market data suggests traders may attempt to seize the short liquidity in BTC’s $93,500 range. Bitcoin (BTC) staged a quick rally to $90,600 on Wednesday, but the gains evaporated as the US Federal Reserve decision to forgo an interest rate cut was announced. Despite the whipsaw price action from Bitcoin, data shows traders eyeing a potential move to $93,500. One analyst said that the price level stands out as a key…

Dubai Insurance Launches Crypto Wallet for Premium Payments and Claims

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Dubai Insurance has launched a crypto-enabled digital wallet that allows policyholders to pay insurance premiums and receive claims settlements in digital assets. The wallet is designed to support the receipt of premiums and the payment of insurance claims in digital assets and is built on institutional custody infrastructure provided by Zodia Custody. The company said the wallet operates within existing regulatory and compliance frameworks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and described it as the first such offering in the country’s insurance sector. Zane Suren, managing director for commercial, Middle…

Gold rally, FOMC outcome And Weak DXY May Extend Crypto Market Rally

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Key points: Bitcoin is facing resistance at $90,500, but a positive sign is that the bulls have kept up the pressure. Several major altcoins are attempting to start a recovery, but are expected to face selling at higher levels. Sellers are attempting to maintain Bitcoin (BTC) below the $90,500 level, but the bulls continue to exert pressure. Fundstrat managing partner Tom Lee said on CNBC that cryptocurrencies should rise on a weaker dollar, but traders have responded by continuing to pile into gold and silver. Lee suggested that crypto is…

Fidelity to Launch Stablecoin Through National Trust Bank

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Fidelity Investments plans to launch a new stablecoin next month, marking a logical next step for the asset manager as it expands its digital-asset infrastructure following conditional approval for a national trust bank from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Bloomberg reported Wednesday that the Fidelity Digital Dollar, or FIDD, will be issued by Fidelity Digital Assets, National Association, the national trust bank approved by US regulators in December.  Fidelity Digital Assets president Mike O’Reilly told the publication that stablecoins could “serve as foundational payment and settlement services,”…

Speculative Capital Flows To Robotics, AI, From Crypto: Delphi Digital

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Speculative capital is increasingly flowing out of cryptocurrency markets and into other emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and robotics, according to research company Delphi Digital. Last year’s underperformance of most altcoin sectors shows that crypto is no longer the “default destination” for speculative capital seeking higher-risk opportunities, wrote Delphi Digital in a Wednesday X post. “Crypto isn’t just competing with other crypto anymore. It’s competing with every exponential technology narrative vying for speculative dollars.” The trend illustrates that emerging tech opportunities may continue limiting investment into the wider cryptocurrency space,…

EU’s DeFi Tax Gap Won’t Last Forever, Says Ex-OECD Official

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The European Union’s new cryptocurrency tax reporting framework is built around what governments can immediately enforce, leaving decentralized finance (DeFi) outside its scope for now. A former Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) official who worked on the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) said that this gap is a deliberate focus and not a blind spot. “It doesn’t make sense to go to your grandma and ask her to give you all the tax reporting on crypto just because you happened to work with her over a certain period,”…

Bitcoin ETFs Hit a ‘Pivot’ Amid Reports of New Buyer Surge

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Bitcoin ETF investors contend with price dropping to their aggregate entry level, but a crypto executive claims new institutions are lining up. Bitcoin (BTC) institutional investors face a test of “conviction” as exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings tumble by $6 billion. Key points: Bitcoin ETF investors now face falling into aggregate loss on their holdings. Net ETF holdings drop by over 8% versus all-time highs in a “psychological pivot” point. New ETF buyers are on the horizon, a crypto industry executive claims. BTC price lingers near ETF realized price New research…

WisdomTree Expands Tokenized Funds To Solana Blockchain

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American asset management company WisdomTree said on Wednesday that it is expanding its tokenized funds onto the Solana network as part of its “multi-chain deployment strategy.” The exchange-traded product issuer said the strategic expansion enables both institutional and retail users to “mint, trade, and hold WisdomTree’s full suite of tokenized funds on Solana, supporting the growth of on-chain offerings.” All of the company’s tokenized funds — including money market, equities, fixed income, alternatives, and asset allocation — can now be traded on Solana. WisdomTree already has a range of tokenized…

ECB’s Cipollone Says Digital Euro Key to Europe’s Control Over Payments

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Rising geopolitical tensions are strengthening the case for a European-controlled digital payments system, according to European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member Piero Cipollone. In an interview with Spanish newspaper El País, shared by the ECB on Wednesday, Cipollone described the proposed digital euro as “public money in digital form,” arguing that it was needed to complement cash and address an increasingly fragmented payments landscape in Europe, especially as e-commerce grows.  He noted that cash accounted for around a quarter (24%) of day-to-day transaction value in 2024, down sharply from…

FSC Chair Defends Proposed Crypto Exchange Ownership Caps in South Korea

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South Korea’s top financial regulator said crypto exchanges should face ownership limits similar to those applied to securities markets, signaling a harder public stance on governance reforms under the country’s proposed Digital Asset Basic Act. According to a report by The Korea Times, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chair Lee Eog-weon said licensed crypto exchanges should no longer be treated as ordinary private companies but as entities with public-infrastructure characteristics.  Lee’s comments come as the FSC reviews a proposal to cap major shareholders’ stakes in crypto exchanges at around 15%…