The SEC has extended deadlines for crypto funds tracking Solana and XRP, along with proposals targeting Ether staking.
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Nate Kostar is a writer based in Mexico City. He’s the author of the non-fiction book The Renaissance Man Project, along with several albums and collections of poetry. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of New Orleans and lives with his wife and their Chihuahua, Chia. His crypto holdings in Bitcoin and Solana exceed Cointelegraph’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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Brazil’s largest asset manager Itaú Asset forms dedicated crypto unit Itaú Asset is launching a crypto division within its billion-dollar mutual funds arm, aiming to deliver alpha for clients with digital assets trading.
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Boerse Stuttgart unveils pan-European platform for tokenized assets Boerse Stuttgart has launched Seturion, a blockchain-based platform to unify settlement of tokenized assets across Europe.
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Coinbase, OKX push crypto into Australia’s retirement system Coinbase and OKX are moving into Australia’s pensions through SMSFs, while the United States revamps rules on how crypto fits into retirement plans.
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Hyperliquid token gains institutional access with new 21Shares ETP Institutional investors now have their first exposure to Hyperliquid’s native token through a Europe-listed crypto ETP.
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Early Bitcoin web domains from 2010 head to auction The portfolio includes names registered just after Bitcoin's launch and spans wallets, exchanges and payments.