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Bitwise Asset Management’s 19 October letter asks the SEC to state when a token separates from an investment contract in terms a non-issuer can apply from public information. The Hyperliquid Policy Center supports the proposal and lists five refinements covering airdrops, secondary trading, the safe harbour, token buybacks and state preemption. Public comment on Regulation Crypto Assets, which would let issuers sell up to US$75 million (AU$107.25 million) of tokens a year under an exemption, closed on 20 October. Bitwise Asset Management and the Hyperliquid Policy Center filed comment letters on 19 October asking the US Securities and Exchange Commission…
Coinbase’s push to prepare Bitcoin for quantum computing addresses what happens when a wallet returns from an old backup or a signing server fails.Brian Armstrong called on Oct. 20 for preparation and collaboration across the industry. The operational detail comes from Shashank Agrawal’s Oct. 13 Coinbase article, which asks prospective signature schemes to work with ordinary wallets, recovery procedures, and independently operating custody servers.SHRINCS, a draft hash-based signature scheme for Bitcoin, combines smaller signatures that require a reliable record of previous signing with a larger fallback that works without that record. Under its current rules, recovery with uncertain state means…
Probly wraps up TOKEN2049 Singapore and WHALE3RA, strengthening its presence in on-chain prediction markets
At TOKEN2049, Probly spotlighted on-chain markets for real-world events. Probly’s WHALE3RA event drew traders, builders and other Web3 participants. TxFlow settlement supports automatic USDC payouts without manual claims. Probly, an on-chain prediction market for sports, politics, crypto, finance, and global events, has concluded its participation as a Gold Sponsor of TOKEN2049 Singapore and co-host of the WHALE3RA Afterparty alongside BloFin, TxFlow, and other ecosystem partners. Across TOKEN2049 week, Probly connected with traders, builders, infrastructure teams, partners, and Web3 communities around the growing role of prediction markets as a way to express views on real-world events. The week also gave Probly…
ASIC says complaints indicate at least $138 million was put into products investors believed came from MGF Capital’s corporate authorised representatives and cannot be withdrawn. Main Group FX held MGF Capital’s authorisation from February to December 2023, ASIC’s register shows, and 13 investors known to the ABC lost more than $2 million when it vanished. Main Group FX’s former chief executive Karim Farag appears on a 2024 Israeli counter-terrorism financing list of crypto account holders, the ABC reported, and MGF Capital denies any due diligence failure. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is investigating Sydney licensee MGF Capital over…
DekaBank, the securities provider for Germany’s Sparkassen savings banks, launched crypto trading on Oct. 19, giving adult customers of participating banks a way to buy Bitcoin through the Sparkasse app after opening a Deka crypto account.The service, called “Krypto – powered by Deka,” also offers Ethereum, Solana, XRP and Polygon’s POL. Customers need a current account at a participating Sparkasse and open the crypto account through the app’s “Anlegen,” or investing, section.As checked on Oct. 20, Deka’s participating-bank list names Frankfurter Sparkasse, Sparkasse Rottal-Inn, Niederrheinische Sparkasse RheinLippe, Taunus Sparkasse and Sparkasse Karlsruhe. Each Sparkasse decides independently whether to offer the…
JPMorgan Asset Management forecasts Bitcoin delivering 10% annual returns over the next decade in its base case, compared with 17% in a bull scenario and -9.7% in a bear scenario. Its Bitcoin forecast exceeds projected returns for US equities, bonds and gold, despite CEO Jamie Dimon’s longstanding criticism of the crypto. JPMorgan estimates Bitcoin’s annualised volatility at 55%, far above emerging-market equities at 21.4% and US small caps at 21%. The bank views Bitcoin primarily as a speculative asset and hedge against monetary easing rather than a reliable portfolio diversifier. How the tables have turned. JPMorgan CEO Jamie “Pet Rock”…
Swiss financial regulator FINMA has approved the first retail exchange-traded fund under Swiss law to invest directly in Bitcoin, granting a diversification exemption that allows concentrated exposure while keeping custody and sales safeguards.In its Oct. 20 announcement, FINMA said Bitcoin’s long trading history and particularly high trading volume compared with other cryptocurrencies justified the exception. The fund falls into Switzerland’s category of other funds for alternative investments carrying particular risk.The exemption allows this retail fund to concentrate on Bitcoin without meeting the applicable diversification requirements. FINMA described an exception for this case, giving the fund permission to hold concentrated exposure…
Kazakhstan’s Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) said on Oct. 20 that it plans to send court orders to Apple and Google to restrict access to six crypto platforms, including Coinbase.The move targets app distribution as part of the regulator’s enforcement against unauthorized digital-asset services.The order concerns services in or to users in the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), a financial jurisdiction in Kazakhstan. AFSA has not confirmed service on the app-store operators or implementation against the six platforms.The Sept. 18 variation order covers the operators of BingX, Bitcoin.com, Huobi Global (HTX), BitMart, Coinbase and WEEX. AFSA issued the original default…
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is offering three new uncut $100 currency sheets featuring the printed signatures of President Donald J. Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The Series 2025 collectibles are available in four-, eight- and sixteen-note formats, with prices ranging from $500 to $2,000. CoinNews photo of an uncut $100 Federal Reserve note sheet featuring President Donald J Trumps signature alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessents commemorating the nations 250th anniversary The sheets follow a historic currency change announced in March, making Trump the first sitting U.S. president to have his signature appear on American paper money.…
Converting $10,000 of the dollar stablecoin USDC into euros can incur a $100 or $20 trading fee at Kraken, before execution and withdrawal costs.The $80 difference comes from standard Instant Buy/Sell pricing versus the eligible entry-tier USDC/EUR order book, using the exchange’s fee schedule checked Oct. 20.At $200, the same 80-basis-point gap is worth $1.60. A fixed bank payout charge then takes a much larger share of the transfer, leaving less room for the stablecoin route to compete with a money-transfer company.The Bank for International Settlements published Working Paper 1385 on Oct. 19. Wenxin Du, Catherine Huang and David Scharfstein…