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Why big banks are snubbing open ledgers to build their own private blockchains

DRW founder Don Wilson says public blockchains conflict with how institutions trade and manage risk, limiting adoption.

DRW's Don Wilson (DRW)

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Crypto Long & Short: Prediction Markets Don’t Just Forecast Power - They Reshape It

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Ryan Kirkley writes on how crypto prediction markets can risk incentivizing manipulation and amplify misinformation at scale.

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Crypto Long & Short: 2026: The year institutions treat crypto as part of their core stack

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Adeniyi Abiodun predicts that 2026 is the year Wall Street starts building on blockchain, not around it. Then, Andy Baer’s first Vibe Check of the year, reviewing the crypto’s quarterly mood swings in 2025 and the energetic start to 2026.

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Majority of Institutions Expect to Double Digital Asset Exposure by 2028: State Street

Tokenized private markets seen as first major wave of blockchain adoption, the survey by State Street highlighted

State Street building in London (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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KuCoin Allows Institutional Clients to Trade Without Having to Pre-Fund Wallets

The Seychelles-based exchange it working with crypto custodian BitGo Singapore, using its Go Network for off-exchange settlement.

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Binance to Offer Crypto Asset Managers ‘Fund Accounts’ That Mirror TradFi Trading

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is offering digital asset managers special omnibus accounts that allow pooling of their investors’ assets.

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Russia's Finance Ministry to Offer Crypto Trading to 'Highly-Qualified' Investors: Report

The exchange will "legalize crypto assets and bring cryto operations out of the shadows," Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said

The Russian flag waves against an almost cloudless sky. (CoinDesk archives)

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Death by a Thousand Pools: How Liquidity Fragmentation Threatens DeFi

Securing sustainable liquidity will be essential for DeFi's future, says Jason Hall of Turtle Club.

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Investor Survey Reveals Innovation Drives Demand for Digital Assets

A survey uncovers institutional investor sentiment and planned adoption of digital assets. Dive into the results with EY-Parthenon’s Prashant Kher.

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Crypto for Advisors: Crypto Investment Misconceptions

Despite having been around for over a decade, cryptocurrencies still remain largely misunderstood. In this article, we dispel a few of the biggest crypto myths.

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