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VC Roundup: Selective capital, shrinking rounds highlight crypto’s cautious reset

VC Roundup: Selective capital, shrinking rounds highlight crypto’s cautious reset

The crypto venture capital landscape remains subdued in the fourth quarter, with fewer high-profile funding rounds closing compared to earlier in the year.Kaden Stadelmann, chief technology officer at Komodo Platform, told Cointelegraph that the “crypto sector is facing pressure from numerous angles…

UK and US eye crypto passporting sandbox after talks: Ex-UK MP Lisa Cameron

UK and US eye crypto passporting sandbox after talks: Ex-UK MP Lisa Cameron

Lisa Cameron, a former United Kingdom Member of Parliament and founder of the UK-US Crypto Alliance, told Cointelegraph she believes a joint “sandbox” between the United States and the United Kingdom is in development to align their crypto markets.Talking to Cointelegraph at the UN City offices in C…

 End to US gov’t shutdown sparks institutional buying, ETF ‘floodgate’ hopes

End to US gov’t shutdown sparks institutional buying, ETF ‘floodgate’ hopes

Institutional demand for digital assets saw a significant uptick as investors digested news about the US Senate reaching a much-awaited deal that could soon end the 40-day government shutdown.On Sunday, the US Senate advanced a procedural vote to end the government shutdown, with the final post-clot…

XRP rallies on US shutdown nearing end, ETF tickers landing on DTCC

XRP rallies on US shutdown nearing end, ETF tickers landing on DTCC

Excitement in the crypto community is growing over the potential launch of XRP funds, as the US Senate advances a deal aimed at ending the longest-ever government shutdown.The Senate reportedly reached a deal on a budget bill to end the government shutdown on Sunday, sending a bullish signal to nume…

Italian banks back digital euro but urge ECB to spread out costs: Reuters

Italian banks back digital euro but urge ECB to spread out costs: Reuters

Italian banks have expressed their support for the European Central Bank’s (ECB) digital euro initiative, but are calling for the implementation costs to be spread out over several years due to the financial burden it places on the sector.“We're in favour of the digital euro because it embodies a co…

Regulators must catch up to the new privacy paradigm

Regulators must catch up to the new privacy paradigm

Opinion by: Agata Ferreira, assistant professor at the Warsaw University of TechnologyA new consensus is forming across the Web3 world. For years, privacy was treated as a compliance problem, liability for developers and at best, a niche concern. Now it is becoming clear that privacy is actually wha…

MEV bot trial ends in mistrial after jury deadlock on brothers’ verdict

MEV bot trial ends in mistrial after jury deadlock on brothers’ verdict

A New York jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, the MIT-educated brothers accused of fraud and money laundering related to a 2023 exploit of the Ethereum blockchain that resulted in the removal of $25 million in digital assets.In a Friday ruling, US Distri…

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest adds BitMine shares as it offloads $30M in Tesla stock

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest adds BitMine shares as it offloads $30M in Tesla stock

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has increased its exposure to Tom Lee’s Ether treasury firm BitMine while reducing its position in Tesla.According to the firm’s daily trading disclosures dated Friday, ARK purchased a combined 48,454 shares of BitMine (worth around $2 million) across three of its exchange-t…

Bitcoin whale and retail 'major divergence' is a warning sign: Santiment

Bitcoin whale and retail 'major divergence' is a warning sign: Santiment

Bitcoin retail investors are snapping up Bitcoin as whales sell off, a pattern that could signal trouble for the asset’s price if history is any guide, according to sentiment platform Santiment.However, other crypto analysts are divided on how the coming weeks will unfold for Bitcoin (BTC).“Historic…

Polymarket rife with ‘artificial trading,’ Columbia University researchers find

Polymarket rife with ‘artificial trading,’ Columbia University researchers find

The rapid growth of the prediction market Polymarket may not be entirely organic but instead inflated by artificial trading activity, according to research published by Columbia University.In an 80-page paper titled “Network-Based Detection of Wash-Trading,” which has not yet undergone peer review, …

AI trading bots surge in popularity, but experts warn they’re not ‘money printers’

AI trading bots surge in popularity, but experts warn they’re not ‘money printers’

AI-powered trading bots are rapidly gaining attention across crypto markets, sparking both excitement and unease among traders hoping to automate their strategies. But industry experts say most people still misunderstand what these bots can and cannot do and why specialized trading AIs behave very d…

Crypto ETFs ‘punching above weight’ as almost half of ETF investers plan buys

Crypto ETFs ‘punching above weight’ as almost half of ETF investers plan buys

Nearly half of exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors are planning to buy a crypto ETF, matching those who said they’d buy a bond ETF, according to a report from brokerage giant Schwab Asset Management.In its ETFs and Beyond report released on Thursday, Schwab found that 52% of respondents to its surv…