The Core Foundation has partnered with institutional lending protocol Maple Finance and custodian companies BitGo, Copper, and Hex Trust to expand deeply into the bitcoin staking space. Core's IstBTC token allows institutional participants to remain securely within a trusted custodian partner while receiving benefits from bitcoin holdings without the risk or operational burden of smart contracts. Maple will issue a liquid staking token in the coming months, which will allow trading firms and ass...
As of December 31, 2024, institutional investors held 25.4% of the assets under management (AUM) of spot Bitcoin ETFs, totaling $26.80 billion. Vetle Lunde, head of research at K33 Research, said that the proportion of assets under management of Bitcoin ETFs held by institutional investors increased by 113% between the third and fourth quarters of 2024. In addition, as total assets under management jumped 69% to $78.80 billion at the end of the fourth quarter, the assets under management held by...
According to market news, the Reserve Bank of India has relaxed investment norms for all Indian Financial Institutions Groups.
1. Central Huijin will enter five Financial Institution Groups. 2. Central Bank: RMB loans increased by 5.13 trillion yuan in January, and RMB deposits increased by 4.32 trillion yuan. 3. Central Bank: The increase in social financing in January was 7.06 trillion yuan, 583.30 billion yuan more than the same period of the previous year; M2 money supply increased by 7% in January. 4. More than 50% of private placements achieved positive returns in January, and the bond strategy achieved a "good st...
On February 17, according to Cointelegraph, the Bank of Italy and the securities regulator are in discussions with crypto service providers to ensure adequate safeguards are in place to deal with financial and cyber security risks. Fabio Panetta, the governor of the Bank of Italy, discussed key issues such as cyber security risks related to crypto assets, digital finance, and global and European regulation at the 31st AssiomForex Congress on February 15.
According to Trader T, 1,041 institutions reported holding BlackRock Spot, the Bitcoin ETF IBIT, in the fourth quarter of 2024, a 55% increase from 672 in the third quarter of 2024. In addition, institutions doubled their bitcoin holdings in the fourth quarter to 166,000 bitcoins, correspondingly, 30% of the shares were held by reporting institutions, compared to 19% (+ 58%) in the third quarter.
Asian and European investors are beginning to question the yen, and Japanese institutions expect the yen to fall to 157. Click to view...
On February 12th, the price of gold has risen by more than 40% in the past year, and the price of gold has broken through historical highs all the way. Entering 2025, due to the growth of the Spring Festival public demand for cash, the enthusiasm for gold recycling before the Spring Festival is high, and the recycling volume of gold recycling institutions in January increased by 76% year-on-year; during the Spring Festival, the price of gold reached a new record high, and the total amount of rec...
Institutional analysts point out that for bitcoin investors, tonight's U.S. January CPI report could have a major impact on the direction of the market. A lower-than-expected CPI, especially excluding core data on food and energy, could boost hopes that the Federal Reserve will ease interest rates. That could weaken the dollar and make Treasury yields more attractive, potentially boosting demand for riskier assets such as bitcoin. However...
On February 11, think tank the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Group Forum (OMFIF) and security technology firm Giesecke + Devrient Currency Technology released a survey of 34 central banks, finding that those with plans to introduce CBDCs are still moving forward with their plans, while about 31% of central banks have delayed implementing CBDCs. The report said the main reasons for the delay included "concerns about regulatory and governance frameworks" and unforeseen "economic cha...
Many institutional traders expect inflation and tariffs to "dominate" the market...
DeepSeek was grilled by Irish privacy authorities over its use of data.
Some large institutional investors are shifting their sights from artificial intelligence chipmaker NVIDIA to the head cryptocurrency ETF, with data showing that Millennium Management's Israel Englander reduced its stake in NVIDIA by 12.5% in the third quarter of 2024. Capula Managment's Yan Huo decreased by 27.7% in the third quarter. Meanwhile, the two high-profile billionaire investors increased their holdings in bitcoin through BlackRock IBIT, where Englander increased its IBIT holdings by 1...
US Inflation vs. Federal Reserve Rates: Summary of Investment Bank Expectations 2025
On January 12, 2025, Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China, met with Du Jiaqi, Chairperson of HSBC Group, Howard Wilkes, Chairperson of Standard Chartered Group, and David Schwimmer, CEO of London Stock Exchange Group, who came to Beijing to attend the 4th China-UK Financial Services Summit. The parties exchanged views on the global economic and financial situation, China's macroeconomic and financial policies, and China-UK financial cooperation.