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Wall Street's Jefferies sees market structure bill as tokenization inflection point

Infrastructure gains and regulatory momentum are accelerating tokenization. A market structure bill is the missing link for the next phase of digital asset adoption.

U.S. Capitol, the seat of Congress in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest files for two crypto index ETFs tied to CoinDesk 20

One proposed fund will attempt to exactly mimic the CoinDesk 20, but the other would track the index, excluding bitcoin.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Markets

Here are the winners and losers (so far) in bitcoin mining from Nvidia's $2B CoreWeave investment

Nvidia’s deepened partnership with CoreWeave raises pressure on bitcoin miners pivoting to AI infrastructure.

Racks of mining machines.

Policy

Senate Agriculture panel delays market structure hearing to Thursday after winter storm

The Senate Agriculture Committee pushed its planned markup hearing, where lawmakers would debate and vote on its market structure bill, to Thursday morning.

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Markets

BlackRock doubles down on bitcoin fund offerings with income-focused filing

The ETF would actively manage a covered call bitcoin exposure through BlackRock's existing iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), to generate income for investors.

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Market structure bill delay seen capping U.S. crypto valuations, Benchmark says

Failure to pass market structure legislation this year wouldn’t derail U.S. crypto, but it would prolong regulatory ambiguity, favoring bitcoin and infrastructure.

The U.S. Capitol.

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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Polygon (POL) Drops 4%, Leading Index Lower

Internet Computer (ICP) was also among the underperformers, falling 3.9% over the weekend.

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Finance

BitMine, the largest Ethereum treasury firm, makes biggest ether purchase of 2026

The crypto treasury firm added over 40,000 ETH last week and has now staked over 2 million tokens.

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Finance

Zerohash is in talks to raise $250 million at $1.5 billion valuation after walking away from Mastercard takeover

The company recently walked away from multi-billion dollar acquisition talks with Mastercard, instead opting to remain independent.

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Markets

Coreweave stock gains 9% on fresh $2 billion Nvidia investment

Already an investor in CoreWeave, Nvidia last September had agreed to purchase $6.3 billion of computing services from the AI infrastructure provider.

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Markets

Strategy purchased $264 million in bitcoin last week, a slowdown from recent acquisition pace

The company’s stack now stands at 712,647 BTC, worth about $62 billion at the current price of $87,500.

Executive Chairman of Strategy Michael Saylor
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Bitcoin hash rate slides during U.S. winter storm while markets shrug off mining disruption

The temporary loss of mining power underscores academic concerns that geographic and pool concentration can magnify infrastructure failures, though markets showed little immediate reaction.

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Markets

Bitcoin risks fourth straight monthly loss, a streak not seen since 2018

A rare streak of four consecutive declines collides with January options expiry that could influence short term price action.

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Markets

Bitcoin rises from one-month low while derivatives flash near-term stress: Crypto Markets Today

Bitcoin bounced off $86,000 alongside the CME futures open, but broader price action still points to a grinding downtrend as risk-off sentiment lifts precious metals.

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Policy

Japan ETFs said likely to trade by 2028 as SBI, Nomura ready products

The Financial Services Agency is moving to classify crypto as an eligible asset for exchange-traded funds, with potential inflows reaching $6.4 billion, according to Nikkei.

Japan Stock Exchange (Photo: Exectuor-Wikimedia Commns/Modified by CoinDesk)
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