Latest from Sheldon Reback
Sovcombank says it's the first Russian bank to offer bitcoin-backed loans to public
Larger rival Sberbank beat Sovcombank to the punch, but it's still running as a pilot program.

XRP DeFi opens to institutions as Hex Trust adds custodial FXRP access
Custodian Hex Trust will let clients mint and redeem FXRP and stake FLR through its platform, giving institutions a way to put XRP to work.

Crypto platform Bullish tops Q4 estimates, posts GAAP loss on digital asset writedowns
Shares of the company fell about 5% during normal trading hours, while bitcoin tumbled more than 7% in the last 24 hours.


Bitcoin, ether slide 7% as market 'fear' increases, liquidations mount
Crypto markets extended losses amid heavy derivatives liquidations and macro headwinds, with traders bracing for further downside if bitcoin breaks key support.

Bitcoin drops below $70,000 as crypto selloff deepens before U.S. equity market opens
"Extreme fear" grips crypto and metals while U.S. equities show resilience ahead of key earnings.

Stifel predicts bitcoin crash to $38,000. Yes, you read it right.
Stifel analysts predict bitcoin could fall to $38,000 using an analogy of the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" to explain the bearish forecast.

Newly unsealed DOJ files link Jeffrey Epstein to a 2014 investment in Coinbase
Emails show Brock Pierce introduced Jeffrey Epstein to the Coinbase round, while Blockchain Capital later said its fund investment was never completed as Epstein invested independently.

Spanish lender BBVA joins EU banks' stablecoin venture to challenge digital dollars
The $800 billion-asset bank is the 12th to join Amsterdam-based Qivalis, which aims to introduce a euro-pegged token this year.

The Protocol: Vitalik Buterin’s stark warning on layer-2 roadmap
Also: Open-source alternative for bitcoin miners, EF’s quantum-computing team and a new lending protocol for XRP

