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Markets

Strategy’s STRD credit spread has tightened over past month even as bitcoin struggles

The narrowing spread between yields on STRD and the 10-year U.S. Treasury could signal boosted demand for the preferred stock.

Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (MSTR)

Finance

BlackRock continues its aggressive push into crypto with seven new global job openings

The $10 trillion asset manager is staffing up to scale digital asset ETFs, pursue tokenization and identify "first-mover big bets" in Asia.

The BlackRock company logo is seen outside of its NYC headquarters. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Policy

Bank of America says U.S. banks are heading for multi-year onchain future

The Wall Street firm said faster U.S. stablecoin and charter rules are pulling crypto into the regulated banking system and pushing banks toward an on-chain future.

Stylized network of light focii covering Earth (geralt/Pixabay)

Finance

Anchorage Digital Buys Securitize’s RIA Platform to Expand Wealth Management Business

The bank has bought the Securitize For Advisors unit, bringing the RIA-focused crypto wealth management platform in-house.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

CME Group Expands Crypto Derivatives With Spot-Quoted XRP and Solana Futures

These are CME’s smallest crypto contracts to date, aimed at active participants who prefer to trade in spot market terms without managing contract expiries or rollovers.

Price and depth chart on laptop (Austin Distel/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Ondo Finance to Offer Tokenized U.S. Stocks, ETFs on Solana Early Next Year

The platform will enable 24/7 trading of U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds with near-instant settlement, building on Ondo's existing $365 million in tokenized assets.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Strive Hikes Preferred Share Dividend Rate as Bitcoin Treasury Companies Continue to Plunge

Bitcoin has tumbled below $88,000 on Monday, helping to send Strive (ASST) common stock lower by 7% to $0.79

Strive (TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin Miner IREN’s 47% Slide Flagged as a Buying Opportunity by B. Riley

The bank kept its buy rating on the stock and $74 target, citing a Microsoft GPU ramp and ample funding options.

Racks of mining machines.

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Markets

Prediction Markets Are Quietly Turning Into a New Asset Class, Citizens Says

The bank said event markets are still tiny versus stocks but are rapidly expanding beyond sports into macro and policy risk.

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Web3

Real-World Asset DeFi Moves Into Sports Finance With Tokenized Football Club Revenues

A new DeFi model is providing football clubs with faster access to liquidity by converting future media and broadcasting revenues into tokenized, onchain assets.

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