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Here is why investors are snubbing Michael Saylor’s 10% dividend offer in Europe

Access and market structure issues limit adoption of Strategy’s first non U.S. perpetual preferred, Stream.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin surges to $91,000, showing signs of life on suspected Bank of Japan intervention

Having earlier breached $100 per ounce for the first time ever, silver has risen to $101, while gold sits just shy of $5,000 per ounce.

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Markets

Bitcoin slips back to $88,500 as silver tops $100 for first time ever and gold eyes $5,000

Spot bitcoin ETFs booked over $1.6 billion in outflows in four days, underscoring the rapid reversal in investor demand after last week's strong inflows.

Bitcoin price on Jan. 23 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Swiss banking giant UBS planning to offer crypto services to specific clients

UBS will gradually introduce crypto services, starting with select private clients in Switzerland, according to Bloomberg.

UBS, the Swiss banking giant. (Photo by Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. bitcoin ETF weekly outflows largest since November may signal BTC price bottom

This week's redemptions reached the highest level since November, a signal that often marks a local bottom in the price of bitcoin.

Chart showing bitcoin ETF Flows (SoSo Value)

Markets

Bitcoin rewards aren't worth the risk right now as a key Wall Street metric turns negative

The metric highlights weak risk-adjusted performance during periods of volatility, a feature of drawdowns that can persist for months.

Cargo ship sinking  (Jason Mavrommatis/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin and yen hold steady as Japan's inflation eases and BOJ keeps interest rates unchanged

The Bank of Japan held rates steady while revising inflation and growth projections higher.

Corner of a plaque showing a map of the Bank of Japan.

Markets

South Korea probes loss of seized bitcoin in phishing attack

Internal audit showed the coins were likely lost via a phishing attack during official storage, according to local media reports.

Silhouette image of a hooded figure behind three screens.  (geralt/Pixabay)

Markets

Gold surges to doorstep of $5,000 as experts debate bitcoin's underperformance

"The [BTC] adoption announcements are not working anymore," said Jim Bianco, while Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas urged taking a longer-term view.

Stacked gold bars (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ark Invest sees bitcoin and tokenization driving the next phase of digital asset growth

The asset manager said bitcoin’s institutional adoption and asset tokenization are pushing digital assets toward scale, potentially reaching tens of trillions by decade’s end.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood