Banks seek to deploy capital in the most efficient way possible, but capital rules under the Basel III framework make crypto holdings costly.
Vince Quill
Vince Quill is a staff writer at Cointelegraph, covering cryptocurrencies, macroeconomics, and financial news. His reporting has also been syndicated by ZeroHedge and featured on the Coin Bureau YouTube channel. Prior to working as a financial journalist, he spent more than five years as a political opinion writer and has experience in real estate investing. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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Saylor signals another Bitcoin buy as BTC hovers near $66K Strategy’s Bitcoin treasury is worth about $48 billion, but the company’s mNAV has fallen below 1, meaning its shares trade at a discount to its BTC holdings.
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Brazil's Pix instant payment system expands to Argentina The Pix payment system is credited with driving crypto adoption in Argentina, according to a report from the Lemon crypto app.
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US Treasury report notes legitimate privacy uses for crypto mixers The report examines how privacy tools on public blockchains complicate anti-money laundering enforcement as digital asset use for payments expands.
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Kalshi sued over Khamenei prediction market ‘death carveout’ The plaintiffs characterized the death carveout in a prediction market for the former Iranian Supreme Leader's ouster as "deceptive."
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Pakistan's parliament passes the Virtual Assets Act of 2026 The bill legally formalizes oversight over Pakistan's crypto industry, sanctions compliance and anti-money laundering regulations.
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IRS proposes mandating electronic delivery of tax forms for crypto If adopted, the proposal will take effect on Jan. 1 of the calendar year following the publication of the final IRS rules.
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38% of altcoins near all-time lows, worse than post-FTX crash: Analyst The altcoin market remains under pressure as investor sentiment weakens and digital asset prices struggle to recover from the October 2025 crash.
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Crypto treasury inflows slow to the lowest since October 2024 Monthly digital asset treasury inflows were dominated by Bitcoin, except for August and September 2025, according to data from DefiLlama.
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Morgan Stanley taps Coinbase and BNY for Bitcoin ETF custody Coming as BTC exchange-traded fund flows turn positive, the moves follow the Wall Street bank's applications with the SEC for Bitcoin and Solana funds.
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Kalshi founder provides update on Iran's Khamenei market carveout The prediction platform said it would reimburse users and resolve markets to the last-traded price before the death of the Iranian leader was confirmed.
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Bitcoin undervalued relative to gold signals potential rally: Analyst Gold has become “overextended” after climbing to more than $5,247 per ounce, according to Jan3 CEO and Bitcoin advocate Samson Mow.
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Strategy boosts monthly STRC preferred dividend to 11.5% for March 2026 The 25-basis-point increase is the latest monthly adjustment of STRC’s dividend and comes amid a sharp downturn in crypto markets and broader macroeconomic uncertainty.
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Anthropic CEO responds to Pentagon order prohibiting military use The company was the first to deploy its AI models on classified US military cloud networks, according to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
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Crypto treasury companies likely to consolidate in 2026: Crypto exec Declining crypto prices mean that many digital asset treasuries are either underwater or trading at a discount to their net asset value.
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GD Culture Group board authorizes Bitcoin treasury sales The AI and digital marketing company acquired its 7,500 Bitcoin in September 2025, amid a market-wide collapse in Bitcoin treasury company mNAVs.
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Tokenized US Treasurys rise by over $1B since start of 2026 The tokenized US Treasury market had a market capitalization of under $4 billion at the start of 2025 and has been gradually rising.
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SEC allows broker-dealers to take 2% ‘haircut’ on stablecoins Staff said the US regulator would "not object" to broker-dealers counting stablecoin holdings toward their net capital requirements.
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Curve Finance founder says disagreement within a DAO is a healthy sign Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) govern some of the biggest decentralized finance protocols, including Curve Finance and Aave.
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Trump raises global tariff rate to 15%, but crypto markets are unfazed US President Donald Trump is now using alternative legal routes to levy tariffs, but critics say his authority to impose them is still limited.