Goldman Sachs doubles down on BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF, boosting holdings to $1.4B in Q1 2025

Key Takeaways Goldman Sachs increased its stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust to 30.8 million shares worth over $1.4 billion. IBIT leads Bitcoin ETFs with approximately $62.8 billion in assets under management. Share this article Goldman Sachs has grown its position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) by 28%, disclosing a holding of 30.8 million…

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Canada’s 3iQ And Abu Dhabi’s AltNovel Join Forces To Meet Institutional Demand For Digital Assets In Middle East

AltNovel, an Abu Dhabi-based alternative investment firm, and 3iQ Corp, a Canadian investment fund manager, on 7 May 2025, announced the alliance to create AltNovel Digital Access Portfolio (ADAP) to provide institutional and qualified investors with a structured and diversified exposure to a range of blockchain-based assets while maintaining regulatory compliance. Institutional demand for digital…

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Oxbow Lifts Deposit Limits on Privacy Pools, Opens Doors to Institutional Users

Oxbow, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform balancing privacy and compliance, has removed deposit limits on its Privacy Pools tool, enabling unrestricted Ethereum transactions while screening illicit funds. Regulatory-Friendly Privacy: Oxbow’s Tool Now Accepts Large-Scale ETH Deposits Oxbow, a DeFi platform founded in 2023, announced Friday it has removed deposit limits on its Privacy Pools tool,…

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Ex-Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Fraud

Former Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on Thursday. The decision follows his December guilty plea to organizing a fraudulent scheme that misled investors and manipulated the market value of Celsius’s native token, CEL. Sentencing Details The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, announced Mashinsky’s prison…

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NFT-Ecosystem Token Built on Solana (SOL) Falters After Gaining Surprise Support From Binance Futures

A non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace built over the smart contract platform Solana (SOL) is seeing red after abruptly gaining support from the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume. In a new announcement, Binance says it’s adding the NFT ecosystem Doodles (DOOD) to Binance Alpha, a platform within the Binance wallet that showcases early-stage digital assets…

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Investing in overlooked European ecosystems

John Tsioris sold InstaShop to Delivery Hero for $360 million. Nate Clarke took Tyme from startup to global digital bank. In this candid conversation at the StrictlyVC event in Athens, the two entrepreneurs open up about what drives them, how they’re choosing their next bets, and why they’re investing in ecosystems that others overlook. Source…

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Dow drops 119 points, Nasdaq inches higher, Bitcoin settles at $103k amid China talk rumors

U.S. stocks ended the week mixed, with investor sentiment cautious ahead of scheduled trade talks between U.S. and Chinese officials in Switzerland this weekend.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, while the Nasdaq Composite edged up 0.0043% while the S&P 500 hovered near the flatline down 0.07% The trading action follows a preliminary U.S.-U.K….

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