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Stablecoin Market Surges on U.S. Regulation, With Circle's USDC Gaining Ground: JPMorgan

The bank's analysts said the GENIUS Act has fueled a 42% jump in stablecoin growth this year, with Circle’s USDC chipping away at Tether’s dominance.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)

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Bakkt Shares Still Look Cheap After 170% Rally: Benchmark

The firm has opportunities in three areas: crypto infrastructure, stablecoin payments and its bitcoin treasury strategy.

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

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Cipher Is the Latest Bitcoin Miner to Pivot to AI; Price Target Raised to $16: Canaccord

The broker maintained its buy rating on the stock and raised its price objective to $16 from $12.

Racks of mining machines.

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Chainlink Poised to Power TradFi Shift to Blockchain, Jefferies Says

The network secures $103 billion across more than 2,500 projects with partners such as Swift, DTCC and JPMorgan.

Chainlink CEO and co-founder Sergey Nazarov

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Ether Treasuries Are Going Mainstream: Crypto Investment Firm Bitwise

Digital asset treasuries are now allocating to ether at scale, creating structural demand that exceeds new supply, the report said.

Ether spot ETFs to see same sources of demand as bitcoin versions but on lower scale: Bernstein. (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Miner IREN Has 80% Potential Upside Thanks to Big Bet on AI Cloud: Bernstein

The broker hiked its IREN price target to $75 from $20 while reiterating its outperform rating on the stock.

Bitcoin mining machines (Shutterstock)

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Semler Scientific Still Has Nearly 170% Upside After Strive Buyout Deal: Benchmark

Semler (SMLR) rose to just $32.06 yesterday even as the implied acquisition value was above $86, an unusually wide arbitrage spread, said analyst Mark Palmer.

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin to Join Gold on Central Bank Reserve Balance Sheets by 2030: Deutsche Bank

As investors look for alternatives to traditional assets, bitcoin could evolve from a speculative bet into a legitimate pillar of the global financial system, the bank said.

Close-up of stacked gold bars. (Jingming Pan/Unsplash)

Finance

'Am I Too Late to Invest' in Crypto? Here's What TradFi Is Asking Wall Street Analysts

Jefferies says most institutional investors remain on the sidelines despite growing token infrastructure, but that's changing, and it's a good thing for the industry.

A Wall Street banks's take on crypto. (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)