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SRP Europe 2025: crypto inches towards mainstream

20 Mar 2025

SRP Europe 2025: crypto inches towards mainstream

Amina Bank forecasts the price of Bitcoin to land between US$130,000 to US$140,000 by the end of 2025.

Products
Zerocap taps CoinDesk Indices on Australia’s first index crypto structured note

27 Feb 2025

Zerocap taps CoinDesk Indices on Australia’s first index crypto structured note

The Melbourne-based issuer's first index-linked crypto structured note will be constructed with participation payoff.

Market
Digital assets: TDX taps CoinDesk indices, ETFs spring up

26 Feb 2025

Digital assets: TDX taps CoinDesk indices, ETFs spring up

Also: Hong Kong regulator loosens access to cryptocurrencies in new roadmap.

Products
HK manager rolls out first tokenised repack notes

29 Jan 2025

HK manager rolls out first tokenised repack notes

Distributed by GF Securities (Hong Kong) Brokerage and Hash Blockchain, the first tokenised short-term asset-backed liquidity notes in Hong Kong SAR aim to replicate a constant net asset value open-ended investment fund.

Market
Digital assets: Fineqia, FTSE Russell partner in DeFi ETN launch

28 Jan 2025

Digital assets: Fineqia, FTSE Russell partner in DeFi ETN launch

Also: Maple aims at institutional market with call options BTC play; Nasdaq files for in-kind redemptions for BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF; SignalPlus closes US$11m in series B round funding.

Products
Virtune goes first as Nasdaq launches crypto ETN segment in Finland

23 Jan 2025

Virtune goes first as Nasdaq launches crypto ETN segment in Finland

Nasdaq has welcomed the first batch of exchange-traded notes on cryptocurrency in Helsinki issued by Virtune AB, a decade after their debut in Sweden.

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Digital assets: EBA gauges tokenised deposits, Matrixport issues double no touch play

07 Jan 2025

Digital assets: EBA gauges tokenised deposits, Matrixport issues double no touch play

Plus: Calamos debuts fully protected crypto tracker; GSR gets the greenlight from UK FCA to provide OTC trading service; and more.

Regulation
Australian regulator sues Binance over customer protection failures

23 Dec 2024

Australian regulator sues Binance over customer protection failures

ASIC has taken Binance Australia Derivatives to the federal court following the alleged mis-classification of retail investors to wholesale investors while investors were trading crypto derivative products.

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Digital assets: SG-FORGE sets liquidity provision for its MiCA-compliant stablecoin

17 Dec 2024

Digital assets: SG-FORGE sets liquidity provision for its MiCA-compliant stablecoin

Plus: Cega to phase out platform following acquisition; Valour launches ETPs in Sweden, Margarita gets backing for on-chain structured products; CoinShares BITC becomes Europe's largest BTC physical ETP.

Market
Digital assets: Kaiko buys index provider for ETP issuers

21 Nov 2024

Digital assets: Kaiko buys index provider for ETP issuers

In this week’s roundup, we also look at BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF options on Nasdaq and Bitwise’s latest ETP listing.

Market
Digital assets: DBS rolls out blockchain-based banking for institutions

24 Oct 2024

Digital assets: DBS rolls out blockchain-based banking for institutions

In this week’s roundup, we also look at the Prague Stock Exchange pioneering DLT technology to implement securities settlement, MarketVector’s index deployment into 21Shares crypto ETP, and the launch of the SDX-Rulematch partnership aimed at transforming the institutional crypto trading and custody market.

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Digital assets: Matrixport rolls out seagull strategy, Bitwise buys London-based ETP provider

18 Sep 2024

Digital assets: Matrixport rolls out seagull strategy, Bitwise buys London-based ETP provider

In this week’s roundup, we look at Bitwise’s acquisition of the issuer of Europe largest physical Bitcoin ETP, Valour’s footstep in launching ETP in Kenya, and SynFutures partnership with Orbit Markets to target liquidity providers.