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Crypto Prices Under Pressure From Global Rise in Yields

A sharp gain in interest rates didn't dent crypto's price rally through late 2024, but that may not be the case anymore.

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UK Government Plans Pilot for a Digital Gilt Instrument Using Distributed Ledger Technology

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will mention the DLT-based digital gilt instrument in her first annual speech laying out her long-term vision.

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Finance

Tokenization Allows More Efficient Collateral Transfers, Digital Asset, Euroclear and World Gold Council Found in Pilot Project

The initiative created digital versions of gilts, eurobonds and gold on the Canton Network to test complex financial transactions on blockchain rails.

All but one of the recently launched spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) charge a lower fee than the largest gold ETF, making them a cheaper investment into a gold-like asset. (Unsplash)

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Slovenia Becomes First European Union Nation to Issue Sovereign Digital Bond

The 30 million-euro ($32.5 million) bond was settled through the Bank of France's tokenized cash system and coordinated by BNP Paribas.

Slovenia (Neven Krcmarek/ Unsplash)

Markets

Blockchain Startup Etherfuse Rolls Out Tokenized Bonds in Mexico Targeting Retail Investors

The company is targeting the second-largest and most liquid bond market in LatAm.

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Markets

Volatility in $25 Trillion U.S. Treasury Market Slides. Here's Why It Matters to Crypto

The MOVE index, an options-based measure of turbulence in Treasury notes, dropped to an 18-month low last week.

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Policy

Bankman-Fried Remains Out on Bond, but Judge Warns ‘Revocation’ Proceedings Possible in Future

Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan warned Sam Bankman-Fried that he could hold a hearing to revoke the FTX founder’s bond should SBF continue violating court orders.

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on Feb. 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

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Securities Lawyer on Sam Bankman-Fried: I've Never Seen Anything This Lenient

Securities lawyer James Murphy addresses the latest legal proceedings for Sam Bankman-Fried after the former FTX CEO had allegedly used a VPN to watch football games. "In my 30 years doing this, I've never seen anything this lenient in a situation where someone has millions of victims of...what is allegedly one of the world's largest frauds," Murphy added.

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US Prosecutors Ask Judge to Limit Bankman-Fried From Using Phones, Internet

Federal prosecutors asked a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to modify the terms of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's release on bond to ban him from using cellphones or the internet except under very specific conditions. Securities lawyer James Murphy, also known as "MetaLawMan" on Twitter, weighs in on the latest legal proceedings for Bankman-Fried.

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Sam Bankman-Fried's $250M Bond Is a 'Joke': Securities Lawyer

A federal judge ruled the names of Sam Bankman-Fried's bond co-signers should be revealed after Bankman-Fried did not apply to the appeals court. The signers were revealed to be Stanford University's Andreas Paepcke and Larry Kramer, who put up $200,000 and $500,000, respectively. Securities lawyer James Murphy weighs in on the latest developments and why he thinks Bankman-Fried's $250 million bond is a "joke."

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