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BlackRock’s Canada Bitcoin ETF opens securities lending: More yield, new risks?

iShares Bitcoin ETF’s new lending initiative seeks to balance risk and reward through stringent safeguards and collateral requirements.

6 months ago

Bankruptcy

Canada’s largest pension fund writes off $95M FTX investment

Ontario Teachers said its FTX investmetnt represented less than 0.05% of its total net assets

3 years ago

Crypto

CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: Binance retracts purchase offer for FTX; Bitcoin slumps to $15K levels as stablecoins test dollar peg

Multiple stablecoins drop below $1, Crypto exchanges roll their sleeves to publish proof-of-funds, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.

3 years ago

Investments

Canada’s third-largest pension fund invested in FTX at $32B valuation

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan invested in FTX in January this year as part of a $400 million funding round. The potential losses the fund could face are still unknown.

3 years ago

Crypto

CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: Do Kwon wants conference with law enforcement; pressure on miners to rise after excepted upcoming difficulty spike

DOGE falls 9% in 24 hours after Twitter got sued over planning to downsize by 50%, Bitcoin mining difficulty is expected to increase on Sunday, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.

3 years ago

Regulation

Canada launches consultations on crypto, stablecoins, CBDCs

Canadian government announced it is launching consultations on digital currencies to review legislations to address the illicit crypto activities.

3 years ago

Banking

Former IMF official believes CBDCs need to function offline to gain mass adoption

A new blog post by former IMF official tracked the history of offline CBDCs and why he thinks they should used worldwide to promote financial inclusion.

3 years ago