Radhika Gupta’s warning shifts India’s digital-asset debate from returns toward a harder question: What happens when investors need protection? Speaking at the …
Risk
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Markets
XRP’s 44% rally brings leverage back, raising risk of sharper pullback
by shayaanby shayaanCryptoQuant data show XRP’s estimated leverage ratio on Binance at its highest since January, with long accounts outnumbering shorts as futures volume …
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BitMEX will move into strict risk-limit mode on August 26 as part of its planned exchange wind-down. Starting at 04:00 UTC, users …
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Markets
Tokenized stocks risk repeating Wall Street’s 1960s ‘paper crisis,’ Fairmint CEO says
by shayaanby shayaanFairmint CEO Joris Delanoue warns tokenized stocks risk recreating Wall Street’s 1960s paper crisis through fragmented systems and standards. www.coindesk.com
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Mining
Bitcoin miners are getting a new AI hedge, but it may protect them from the wrong risk
by shayaanby shayaanThe US derivatives regulator is exploring a market for futures tied to AI computing power just as Bitcoin miners pour hundreds of …
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Markets
Bitcoin surges above $68,000, liquidating $1.4 billion shorts as Treasury buybacks boost risk appetite
by shayaanby shayaanBTC rose about 6% while ether, solana and crypto stocks climbed after the Treasury doubled the size of its bond buybacks. www.coindesk.com
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Finance
Strategy sold $100M to defend STRC’s $100 stock price as DeFi packages the risk into a 7% ‘safer’ trade
by shayaanby shayaanSolstice announced a tranched product built on Strategy’s Bitcoin-related STRC preferred stock, and said its senior tranche would not begin absorbing losses …
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DeFi
TradFi Is Getting Easier Access to DeFi. FATF Says Institutions Still Own the Risk
by shayaanby shayaanInstitutional infrastructure simplifies technical access to DeFi and complicates legal consequences of using it. FATF’s recent report admits that VASPs and DeFi …
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Amid the growing popularity of stablecoins, India is increasingly exploring the launch of a rupee-backed cryptocurrency despite the government’s cautious stance. With …
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In brief Wall Street lenders are factoring community opposition into credit-risk assessments for data center projects. At least 75 projects worth roughly …