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Libre, a startup focused on tokenizing financial assets in partnership with Nomura’s Laser Digital, Brevan Howard’s WebN group and private markets giant Hamilton Lane, is adding several digitized funds to the NEAR blockchain, enabling tokenized real-world assets (RWA) to be transferred across multiple blockchains. Read the full article here
Bitcoin fluctuated around the $58,000 mark amid a generally sedate market on Labor Day in the U.S. The largest cryptocurrency was trading around $58,600 at the time of writing, about 1% higher in 24 hours. The broader digital asset market has risen 0.9%%, according to CoinDesk Indices data, with ETH and SOL gaining around 1.9% and 0.5%, respectively. U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking BTC posted total net outflows of $175 million on Friday, extending a losing streak to four days. Ether ETFs had zero net inflows or outflows despite $173 million in trading volume, data tracked by SoSoValue shows. Read…
That said, July’s weaker-than-expected ISM PMI, released Aug. 1, triggered recession fears, weighing on risk assets even as the dollar dropped. BTC fell 3.7% to $62,300 that day. Traders, therefore, should watch out for a “growth scare” should the PMI come in worse than expected. Read the full article here
“September is a historically negative month for Bitcoin, as data shows it has an average value depletion rate of 6.56%,” Innokenty Isers, founder of crypto exchange Paybis, said in a Monday email. “Should the Feds cut the interest rate in September, it might help Bitcoin re-write its negative history as rate cuts generally lead to excessive US dollar flow in the economy – further strengthening the outlook of bitcoin as a store of value.” Read the full article here
On Tuesday, the Singapore High Court will hear WazirX’s request for six months’ protection while it restructures its liabilities after losing $234 million, some 45% of customers’ funds, to a hack in July. The request was made by Singapore-incorporated Zettai, whose subsidiary Zanmai India operates the exchange. Read the full article here
Odds of Trump winning the November elections surged to highs of 71% in July before tumbling to lows of 44% in August as incumbent Joe Biden said he would not contest before Harris was announced as the candidate. Her chances rose to over 55% in early to mid-August to emerge as a favorite. Read the full article here
CIP-1694, an official “Cardano Improvement Proposal,” describes the new community governance structure and establishes three user-led governance bodies: the Constitutional Committee, Delegate Representatives (dReps), and Stake Pool Operators (SPOs). Moving forward, Cardano’s three founding entities—the Cardano Foundation, Input Output Global (IOHK) and Emurgo—will no longer have the keys to trigger chain upgrades or “hard forks.” Instead, that responsibility will be delegated to the new governance groups. Read the full article here
The crypto industry has been begging for issue-specific legislation in the U.S. for years, in the hopes that this legislation may create clear permissions for companies to develop and issue tokens, manage blockchain networks or otherwise operate free of the concern that regulators may come knocking. The closest Congress has gotten so far is the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, a House bill supported by Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.). With a limited number of working days left in the year, the chances for crypto legislation moving through the Senate are slim. So here’s…