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Circle platform promising tokenized gold, silver swaps is 'fake,' company says

The release, distributed on Christmas Eve, used Circle branding and claimed to quote executives, but a Circle spokesperson said it was "not real."

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Finanza

AI trade isn’t dead: An inside look into Wall Street's lucrative data center deals

Megawatts are still trading hands, and the AI trade is very much alive, according to investment banker Joe Nardini, as miners pivot to HPC and buyers chase scarce power.

Bitcoin miners are attractive partners to build AI data centers: Bernstein. (Shutterstock)

Politiche

Crypto exchanges brace for pressure as banks like JPMorgan enter spot trading

The national banks regulator OCC released a statement signaling a shift in rules that will have significant crypto market consequences across the United States.

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Mercati

‘DeFi is dead’: Maple Finance’s CEO says onchain markets will swallow Wall Street

The Maple Finance CEO says institutions will stop distinguishing between DeFi and TradFi as private credit moves onchain, and stablecoins process $50 trillion in payments.

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Mercati

WhiteFiber signs 10-year, 40 MW colocation deal with Nscale valued at about $865 million

The firm's Enovum unit will deliver 40 megawatts of critical IT load in two phases at a campus in Madison, North Carolina, under a 10-year agreement.

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Tecnologie

Uniform Labs’ Multiliquid targets structural gap in $35 billion tokenized asset market

The new protocol offers instant swaps between tokenized money market funds and stablecoins as regulators scrutinize yield-bearing stablecoin models.

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Finanza

TradFi giant EquiLend backs Digital Prime to link $40 trillion pool with tokenized markets

The partnership will focus on Tokenet, Digital Prime's institutional lending network, and introduce new features like regulated stablecoin collateral.

Computer monitors and a laptop screen show trading charts on a desk overlooking an expanse of water at sunset. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finanza

Moon Pursuit Capital launches $100 million market-neutral crypto fund

The new quantitative vehicle aims to deliver risk-managed returns across crypto market cycles as the firm readies a global expansion push.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

Finanza

Strata protocol developer Frontera Labs raises $3 million in seed round

The funding will help the London-based team expand Strata, a DeFi protocol that structures onchain yields into senior and junior tranches.

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Finanza

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.

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