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What Banks Should Consider Before Diving Back Into Digital Assets

What we are seeing now is renewed interest in digital assets from banks across the board — from credit unions and community banks to midsize and regional players to Wall Street giants.

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CoinDesk Indices

The Great Accumulation: A Corporate Race for Bitcoin

Holding bitcoin on corporate balance sheets represents more than a trend — it's a transformation in how companies can create and preserve shareholder value, says Next Layer Capital’s Brandon Turp.

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Are Crypto SMAs Right for Institutions?

Separately Managed Accounts, or SMAs, offer significant advantages over ETFs for institutional investors who want to invest in crypto via actively managed accounts.

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Opinion

The Case for Crypto Index Funds

There are already more than a dozen crypto index funds marketed to investors, ranging from $1 million to several hundred million dollars in assets under management. Here’s why they make sense to investors, says Adam Guren of Hunting Hill.

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Opinion

Insurance Is the Silent DeFi Guardian

There is a long history of insurers helping to reduce industrial risks, from cars to buildings. They can play a similar role now in DeFi, where a lack of regulation stifles growth, says Q Rasi, co-founder of Lindy Labs.

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Markets

‘Sell in May and Go Away’: The Seasonality of Crypto-asset Returns

The summer months, between June and September, have historically brought significantly lower investor returns than other months of the year, says André Dragosch, head of research at ETC Group.

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Finance

Why Asset Tokenization Is Inevitable

On-chain real-world assets and the integration of wallet infrastructure will replace intermediaries and become standard in the modern asset management lifecycle, says Mehdi Brahimi, head of institutional business at L1.

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Markets

TradFi Sees Opportunity in Crypto Despite ‘Red Wedding,’ Burning Buildings

Asset managers see decline in crypto valuations as a chance to increase exposure.

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Markets

Crypto Investors: Why You Need to Understand Layer 1 Protocols

There’s value in crypto, especially layer 1 protocols, even if regulators and politicians don’t dig enough to see it.

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