In comments Thursday, SEC Chair Paul Atkins doubled down on his vision for tokenized US financial markets and onchain settlement.
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In the realm of finance, stocks represent ownership shares in a company and provide investors with a stake in its assets and earnings. Publicly traded stocks are bought and sold on stock exchanges, reflecting the company’s performance and investor confidence.
The concept of stocks in the cryptocurrency world translates into different tokens or digital assets that stand in for ownership in blockchain-based platforms or projects. These cryptocurrency tokens, which are frequently a part of decentralized finance projects, give their owners dividends or the ability to vote on the project’s outcome.
Additionally, initial public offerings have found their counterparts in the crypto world through initial coin offerings (ICOs) and security token offerings (STOs). ICOs allow crypto startups to raise funds by offering their native tokens to investors. Similarly, STOs issue security tokens, representing ownership in the company and adhering to regulatory guidelines. A notable example is Coinbase, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange that went public through a direct listing, allowing traditional investors to participate in the crypto market indirectly.
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Binance quietly rolled out API endpoints pointing to stock perpetual futures, potentially signaling a renewed push into stock trading after a failed 2021 launch.
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Coinbase will showcase its new products on a livestream next week after joining a prediction market coalition with Kalshi and other US operators, Bloomberg reported.
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HIVE’s Colombia listing provides Andean investors with access to the growing digital infrastructure sector as Bitcoin miners shift their focus toward AI and HPC.
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Federal Reserve monetary policy may benefit stocks, but BTC options show the short-term odds of Bitcoin rallying to $100,000 remain slim.
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Falling sales and diminished Bitcoin gains pressured earnings, with the stock continuing to retrace its brief rally in March.
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The company argued that digital asset treasuries are operating companies and that MSCI indexes include businesses with a single-asset focus.
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Japan plans to move crypto regulation from payments law to securities rules, tightening disclosures for IEOs and cracking down on unregistered platforms.
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Twenty One Capital came to market with over $4 billion in Bitcoin, but its lack of publicly shared business plans appears to have led some investors to the exit.
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HashKey opens IPO subscriptions as it seeks to raise $214.7 million, valuing Hong Kong’s biggest crypto exchange at about $2.5 billion.
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Bitcoin's rejection at the short-term range highs was caused by macroeconomic uncertainty, liquidations and stagnant spot ETF flows. Will clearer signals from the US economy boost BTC volumes?
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CoreWeave plans a $2 billion convertible note offering as it scales AI infrastructure, following a yearlong pursuit of Core Scientific for added power capacity.
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Michael Saylor said that he pitched Bitcoin as “digital capital” to wealth funds and banks, calling it the foundation for a new yield-bearing credit asset class.
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Bitcoin led the $716 million of inflows to crypto ETPs last week, while Chainlink saw record gains, accounting for more than 50% of its AUM.
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Strategy CEO Phong Le said his firm raised 21 months of dividend runway in just eight days to head off investor unease.
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