Mar 20, 20264m 22s
Morgan Stanley Files to Launch the First Spot Bitcoin ETF From a US Bank
Morgan Stanley's amended S-1 reveals MSBT will trade on NYSE Arca with Coinbase, Fidelity, and BNY Mellon as custodians and a fee waiver on the first $5B.
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Mar 20, 20264m 48s
Coinbase Tokenizes Its Bitcoin Yield Fund on Base With Apex Group as Transfer Agent
Coinbase Asset Management puts a tokenized share class of its Bitcoin Yield Fund on Base, using ERC-3643 for on-chain identity and compliance.
Mar 20, 20265m 28s
Global M2 Says Bitcoin Should Be at 136,000 Dollars, but Energy Costs Are Eating the Rally
Bitcoin is down 35% while global money supply grew 12%, creating a $66,000 valuation gap. CF Benchmarks says energy costs and tight rates are the bottleneck.
Mar 20, 20265m 04s
Gemini Has Cut 30 Percent of Its Staff This Year, and the Winklevoss Brothers Blame AI
Gemini's workforce is down to 445 after cumulative 30% cuts in 2026. The exchange exited UK, EU, and Australia while pivoting to prediction markets.
Mar 20, 20265m 32s
World Liberty Financial Launches AgentPay, an Open-Source SDK That Lets AI Agents Spend USD1
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial releases AgentPay SDK, enabling AI agents to hold, move, and transact with USD1 across EVM chains.
Mar 19, 20265m 22s
South Korea Opposition Party Moves to Kill the 22 Percent Crypto Tax Before It Starts
South Korea's opposition party introduced a bill to permanently abolish the planned 22% crypto gains tax, arguing it is unfair when stock gains face no income tax.
Mar 19, 20264m 58s
xPlace Announces $XP Token and Airdrop for Chosen Solana Communities in Q4 2026
xPlace confirms $XP as the token ticker for its Q4 2026 TGE, with 5% going to ecosystem partners and 2.5% to NFT communities including Claynosaurz and MonkeDAO.
Mar 19, 20264m 46s
Institutions Absorbed 81,200 Bitcoin in February, 6x the New Supply, per Bitwise
Institutional Bitcoin demand hit its highest level since October 2025 as buyers absorbed 81,200 BTC last month, six times the amount miners produced.
Mar 19, 20265m 01s
The Fed Held Rates and Projected One Cut This Year, but Crypto Traders Are Betting on a Relief Rally
The Federal Reserve held rates at 3.5-3.75% and raised its inflation forecast. Bitcoin dropped 4.6% to $70,711, but traders see a bullish bounce forming.
Mar 19, 20265m 02s
The SEC Just Approved Nasdaq to Trade Tokenized Stocks Alongside Traditional Shares
The SEC approved Nasdaq's rule change to trade tokenized versions of Russell 1000 stocks and S&P 500 ETFs on the same order book as traditional securities.