The crypto market is heating up in July – and meme coins are leading the way. Let’s examine the prospects of Pepe, Brett, and PlayDoge, three joke tokens that might be set for big things this month. July Could Be…
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T-Rex Group Files for Leveraged ETFs Targeting Microstrategy’s Bitcoin-Heavy Portfolio
T-Rex Group has filed for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that aim to leverage the daily performance of Microstrategy Incorporated (MSTR). The proposed ETFs will take 2x long and 2x inverse positions in MSTR, magnifying its daily stock performance by 200%. T-Rex…
Week of Woe: Major Crypto Assets Suffer, Some AI Coins Buck Trend
Over the past week, bitcoin has slid 6.6% while ethereum has lost 5.5% against the U.S. dollar, but a large handful of alternative digital assets saw much bigger losses this past week. The meme coin dogwifhat (WIF) was the week’s…
Microstrategy Increases Bitcoin Portfolio to 226,331 BTC After Latest Purchase
Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has acquired 11,931 more bitcoins for $786 million, raising its total cryptocurrency holdings to 226,331 bitcoins, valued at $8.33 billion with an average purchase price of $36,798 per coin. The acquisition was funded through proceeds from a private…
Latam Insights: Paraguay Unveils Bitcoin Mining Centric Development Strategy, Itau Unibanco Rolls Crypto Trading for All Customers
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Paraguay unveiled a bitcoin mining-centric strategy, Itau Unibanco rolled out crypto trading services for all its customers, and…
US Bitcoin ETFs See $200 Million Outflow; Grayscale Leads With $121 Million
U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) witnessed $200.31 million in outflows on Tuesday following the $64 million in outflows the day prior. Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) shed the most with a $121 million reduction. Spot Bitcoin ETFs Lose Ground Spot…
Sky Mavis Reports Return of $5.7 Million in Digital Assets Stolen During Ronin Attack
Sky Mavis announced that Norwegian authorities have recovered and returned $5.7 million in digital assets stolen during the Ronin bridge incident. The Web3 game developer stated that an additional $40 million in digital assets is currently frozen. However, the company…
BIS Plans Instant Cross-Border Payments Using Wholesale CBDC Settlement
In a move to improve traditional cross-border payments, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has announced the launch of Project Rialto. This project aims to enhance instant cross-border payments by integrating a modular foreign exchange (FX) component with settlement in…
Circle Officially Launches in Brazil, Partners With Latam Giants BTG Pactual and Nubank
Circle, the company behind USDC, the second-largest stablecoin in the cryptocurrency market, has announced its official launch in Brazil. The company inked an alliance with BTG Pactual, the largest investment bank in Latam, to provide onboarding and distribution services for…
Robert Kiyosaki Advises Buying Bitcoin Before Price Explodes — Warns of Bonds Crashing
Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has warned investors about the bond market crashing, urging them to invest in “safer real assets,” like bitcoin, before their prices “explode.” He criticizes financial planners for promoting bonds as safe investments, predicting…