Felicity Underwood

‘Updating the Plumbing of the Financial System’: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says Tokenization Could Expand Access to Markets

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is outlining a sweeping vision for the future of financial markets. In his latest annual letter, Fink emphasizes long-term investing, broader market participation and the transformative potential of tokenization. He frames today’s economic environment as one defined by rapid change and uncertainty, with digital wallets and tokenized assets offering the potential…

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Institutional Investors Sell $3,740,000,000 in Bitcoin and Crypto in Just One Month As BTC Price Craters: CoinShares

Institutional investors just sold $173 million in Bitcoin and crypto investment products in one week, according to a new update from CoinShares. The digital asset firm says outflows have now totaled a whopping $3.74 billion in the last month, as the price of BTC dropped from around $95,400 to a low of $62,800. Last week, Bitcoin…

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Institutional Investors Sell $288,000,000 in Bitcoin and Crypto Assets in Fifth Straight Week of Outflows: CoinShares

Institutional investors just sold an overall total of $288 million in Bitcoin and crypto assets in one week, according to a new update from Coinshares. The outflows mark the fifth consecutive week of selling, bringing cumulative year-to-date outflows to $4 billion. Bitcoin drove the bulk of the selling with $215 million in outflows. Short-bitcoin products…

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Trump-Affiliated Stablecoin Briefly Depegs After ‘Coordinated Attack’ on World Liberty Financial

USD1, a stablecoin affiliated with President Donald Trump, just briefly dipped below its $1.00 price peg. The asset slipped to $0.9942 on Monday morning, before regaining its peg within a couple of hours. The decentralized finance (DeFi) project World Liberty Financial (WLFI), which issues USD1, attributed the volatility to a “coordinated attack” from hackers. “Attackers…

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Institutional Investors Pour $1,000,000,000 Into Bitcoin and Crypto Assets in One Week: CoinShares

Institutional investors just bought an overall total of $1 billion in Bitcoin and crypto assets in one week, according to a new update from Coinshares. The inflows mark a reversal from a five-week streak of outflows totaling $4 billion. Bitcoin dominated the buying, drawing $881 million. Ethereum followed with $117 million in inflows, marking its…

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Institutional Investors Pour $619,000,000 Into Bitcoin and Crypto Assets in One Week: CoinShares

Institutional investors just bought an overall total of $619 million in Bitcoin and crypto assets in one week, according to a new update from CoinShares. The outflows came despite significant late-week outflows. Crypto products saw $1.44 billion in inflows during the first three days, then $829 million flowed out on Thursday and Friday amid market…

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Insurance Giant Aon Partners With Coinbase and Paxos in Trialing Use of Stablecoins for Premium Payments

The world’s second largest insurance broker is teaming up with the crypto exchange Coinbase and the Paypal USD (PYUSD) issuer Paxos to support stablecoin payments for insurance premiums. Aon plc says that it successfully demonstrated a proof of concept for insurance premium payment using dollar-backed stablecoins. The firm says it worked with Coinbase and Paxos…

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