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Cointelegraph.com - 13:43 Sep 08, 2025
The deal with Vine Hill Capital, which values CoinShares at $1.2 billion, will allow the company to be listed on the US Nasdaq Stock Market. European asset manager CoinShares has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Vine Hill Capital Investment, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). CoinShares announced Monday that the company will be publicly listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market in the US through the deal. This will allow investors to participate directly in trading CoinShares stocks, fueling its global expansion plans. A SPAC is a publicly traded shell company created with the sole purpose of merging with or acquiring an existing company. This allows a company to go public without going through the traditional initial public offering (IPO) process. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:30 Sep 08, 2025
The SEC’s proposed generic listing standards could streamline crypto ETF approvals from 240 days to just 60-75 days, opening doors for altcoin funds. Opinion by: Margaret Rosenfeld, chief legal officer of Everstake For years, the approval of crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has been one of the most contested battles in financial regulation. The first applications for a Bitcoin (BTC) ETF date back more than a decade. Only in early 2024, after repeated denials and a court battle that forced the US Securities and Exchange Commission to reconsider, did spot Bitcoin ETFs finally gain SEC approval in the United States. The long road to that point underscored the regulatory caution, political scrutiny and structural complexity surrounding digital asset markets. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:54 Sep 08, 2025
Nasdaq has filed for a rule change with the SEC that would allow regulated exchanges in the US to trade tokenized stocks. Nasdaq, the world’s second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization, is seeking regulatory approval from the US securities regulator to list tokenized stocks. Nasdaq filed a request Monday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asking for a rule change that would allow the company to list tokenized stocks. The exchange operator specifically asked to amend certain rules, including the definition of a security, to trade tokenized stocks under the same execution and documentation rules as traditional securities, provided the tokenized versions are deemed equivalent. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:39 Sep 08, 2025
Forward Industry’s $1.6 billion SOL corporate treasury would be nearly triple the size of the largest existing Solana reserve. Nasdaq-listed design and manufacturing company Forward Industries secured $1.65 billion in cash and stablecoin commitments to launch a Solana-focused crypto treasury strategy. The company said Monday that it raised the largest Solana (SOL) treasury to date, led by crypto-native companies Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto and Multicoin Capital. Other participants included C/M Capital Partners, which is one of Forward Industries’ existing shareholders. This follows a Bloomberg report in late August saying the three crypto giants were planning to raise $1 billion and take over a publicly-traded company to create the biggest crypto treasury dedicated to Solana. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:52 Sep 08, 2025
Strategy’s latest 1,955 Bitcoin acquisition brought its total BTC holdings to 638,460 BTC, purchased at an average price of $73,880 per coin. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest holder of Bitcoin, continued stacking the cryptocurrency as the BTC price edged up slightly last week. Strategy acquired 1,955 Bitcoin (BTC) for $217.4 million between Sept. 2 and 7, according to a Tuesday US Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The purchase was made at an average price of $111,196 per coin as the cryptocurrency briefly surged above $113,000 last Friday before slipping to around $110,000, according to CoinGecko. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:44 Sep 08, 2025
XRP price has painted a classic bullish reversal pattern against Bitcoin, eyeing gains of over 100% in the coming months. Key takeaways: XRP/BTC is up around 300% since Trump’s election victory. The pair could rally by another 100%-250% due to multiple bullish setups aligning. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:40 Sep 08, 2025
Selling by Bitcoin long-term holders, reduced buying by treasury companies and a weakening technical structure could push BTC’s price toward $95K. Key takeaways: Long-term Bitcoin holders sold 241,000 BTC over the past 30 days. BTC price bear flag targets $95,500. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:39 Sep 08, 2025
HSBC and ICBC reportedly plan to apply for Hong Kong stablecoin licenses, with ICBC and Standard Chartered expected to secure first-round approvals. HSBC and the world’s largest bank by total assets, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), reportedly plan to apply for stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong as the region’s new regulatory regime takes effect. According to a Monday report in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, both HSBC and ICBC signaled their intention to apply for a stablecoin license with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). Neither bank responded to Cointelegraph’s request for comment by publication. The HKMA previously said it is likely to only issue a few stablecoin licenses at first. According to the report, Standard Chartered and ICBC are likely to receive their licenses in the first round, giving them a potential first-mover advantage. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:39 Sep 08, 2025
Bitcoin surfs volatility catalysts as key US macro data combines with increasing worries over a BTC price capitulation event. Bitcoin (BTC) starts the second week of September facing crucial resistance as traders maintain downside targets. Bitcoin price action coils below $112,000 over the weekend, but fears of a 10% correction or worse are mounting. CPI week is here again, and markets are wondering how large next week’s Federal Reserve interest-rate cut will be. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:37 Sep 07, 2025
The Trump family fortune soared this week amid heightened volatility, but the price of ABTC and WLFI have since retraced by double-digits. The family of United States president Donald Trump grew their collective wealth by $1.3 billion this week amid the trading debut of mining company American Bitcoin (ABTC), and gains from World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol linked to the Trump family. World Liberty Financial has added $670 million to the Trump family’s net worth, and Eric Trump’s stake in ABTC, which he co-founded, was valued at over $500 million following the trading debut of ABTC on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg. The calculation measured the family’s net worth using market prices on Wednesday when shares of ABTC shot up to a high of $14 before collapsing by over 50% to a low of 6.24. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:07 Sep 07, 2025
El Salvador was the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, but it has since scaled back its Bitcoin laws and public sector involvement. El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office is celebrating “Bitcoin Day,” the anniversary of the Bitcoin (BTC) legal tender law taking effect in September 2021. The Bitcoin Office highlighted the country’s Bitcoin strategic reserve, which now holds 6,313 BTC, valued at over $702 million, and the new banking law, which allows BTC investment banks to serve sophisticated investors, in a Sunday X post. The government BTC agency also said 80,000 public servants have received a Bitcoin certification as of 2025, and added that El Salvador now hosts several public Bitcoin and artificial intelligence education programs. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:22 Sep 07, 2025
Ethereum revenue and network fees continue to dwindle, prompting debate about the layer-1 blockchain network’s financial fundamentals. Ethereum revenue, the share of network fees that accrue to Ether (ETH) holders as a result of token burns, dropped by about 44% in August, even amid all-time high ETH prices. Revenue for August totaled over $14.1 million, down from July’s $25.6 million, according to Token Terminal. The drop occurred amid ETH rallying by 240% since April and ETH hitting an all-time high of $4,957 on August 24. Network fees also dropped by about 20% month-over-month, falling from about $49.6 million in July to about $39.7 million in August. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:30 Sep 07, 2025
As AI floods hiring with polished but hollow applications, blockchain-based credentials offer verifiable proof of skills over artificial eloquence. Opinion by: Ignacio Palomera, co-founder and CEO of Bondex The global hiring landscape is changing rapidly. Today’s job seekers are increasingly turning to generative AI to draft cover letters, tailor resumes and even simulate interview prep. Agentic AI is auto-applying, generative AI is drafting personalized applications at scale, and AI auto-apply tools enable candidates to apply to thousands of roles in minutes. Employers are inundated with applications that look polished, persuasive and tailored — but often lack any real signal of effort, capability or authenticity. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:09 Sep 07, 2025
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the firm “didn’t sell any Bitcoin” and is still allocating profits into BTC, gold and land. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has denied recent rumors that the stablecoin issuer is offloading its Bitcoin holdings to buy gold. In a Sunday post on X, Ardoino said the company “didn’t sell any Bitcoin,” and reaffirmed its strategy of allocating profits into assets like “Bitcoin, gold, and land.” The comments came in response to speculation from YouTuber Clive Thompson, who cited Tether’s Q1 and Q2 2025 attestation data from BDO to claim the firm had reduced its Bitcoin (BTC) position. Thompson pointed to a drop from 92,650 BTC in Q1 to 83,274 BTC in Q2 as evidence of a sell-off. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:12 Sep 07, 2025
Bitcoin retesting $100,000 would match previous BTC price dips since the end of 2024, Fibonacci retracement analysis shows. Key points: Bitcoin sees a modest rebound into the weekly candle close, but traders see key resistance overhead. BTC price action risks a much deeper drop if bulls fail to reclaim that resistance zone. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:32 Sep 07, 2025
As inflation hits 229%, stablecoins like USDt are overtaking Venezuela’s bolívar for everyday payments, from groceries to salaries. Stablecoins like USDt have become the de facto currency for millions of people navigating a crumbling financial system in Venezuela as the country’s annual inflation rate surges to 229%. Once limited to crypto-savvy users, Tether’s USDt (USDT), often referred to locally as “Binance dollars,” is now widely used across Venezuela for everything from groceries and condo fees to salaries and vendor payments, Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, who fled Venezuela before co-founding Ledn in 2018, told Cointelegraph. The bolívar, Venezuela’s national currency, is largely dead in daily commerce. Hyperinflation, strict capital controls, and a fractured exchange rate landscape drive a growing preference for stablecoins over cash or local bank transfers. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:07 Sep 07, 2025
Ripple is done fighting the SEC, meaning it can focus on its original goal: challenging SWIFT, the world’s money transfer system. Ripple has finally finished its legal battle against the US Securities and Exchange Commission, bringing legal clarity to its underlying coin, XRP (XRP). Now observers are asking whether XRP can finally focus on providing a viable alternative to SWIFT. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has been the backbone of international money transfers since its founding in 1973. However, for several years, critics have said that the system is outdated. Many in the blockchain industry, including Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, argue that blockchain technology provides higher throughput and better transparency, making it a superior alternative to SWIFT. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:31 Sep 07, 2025
Paxos has proposed a fully compliant USDH stablecoin for the Hyperliquid ecosystem, with most of its yield funneled into HYPE token buybacks. Stablecoin infrastructure firm Paxos has submitted a proposal to launch USDH, a Hyperliquid-first stablecoin that would be fully compliant with the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) and Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory standards. According to the announcement, published on Saturday, 95% of interest earned from USDH reserves would be used to buy back Hyperliquid’s native token HYPE, redistributing it to users, validators and partner protocols. “We propose the launch of USDH, a Hyperliquid-first, fully compliant stablecoin purpose built to drive adoption, align incentives, and anchor the ecosystem’s next era of growth,” Paxos wrote. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 05:54 Sep 07, 2025
Crypto traders are weighing which major asset might lead the next upward move as risk appetite cools, according to Santiment. Crypto market sentiment has slipped into Fear, with signs showing that investors are temporarily stepping back from moving further down the risk curve, according to sentiment sources. “It’s clear traders are less interested in obscure altcoins and are instead debating which major asset will break out next,” sentiment platform Santiment said in a report on Saturday. Santiment said that the crypto market is increasingly focused on larger-cap crypto assets such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and XRP (XRP). “A heavy focus on large-caps can indicate a more cautious or ‘risk-off’ sentiment among traders,” Santiment said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 03:13 Sep 07, 2025
Michael Saylor’s net worth has jumped almost 16% since the beginning of the year, as Strategy’s stock price climbed 12% over the same period. Strategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor has seen his net worth soar by $1 billion since the start of the year, coinciding with his debut on the Bloomberg Billionaire 500 Index. Saylor ranks 491st on the Bloomberg Billionaire Index with an estimated net worth of $7.37 billion, up 15.80% since Jan. 1. Over the same period, shares of his company, Strategy (MSTR), have gained nearly 12%, as per Google Finance. According to the Index, which tracks the world’s richest 500 people based on their net worth, approximately $650 million of Saylor’s fortune is in cash, while the remaining $6.72 billion is tied up in Strategy equity. Read more
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