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Investments

Investors Seeking Safe Havens Hoard Gold — Physical as well as Digital

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Investors are increasingly hoarding gold and bitcoin as conventional safe havens in US bonds and the dollar have come up short.

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Advisor Upside

BlackRock Tops Grayscale for Digital Asset Dominance

The shift highlights the growing footprint of traditional firms in the digital asset industry, and signals renewed confidence in crypto.

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Patent Drop

Stripe Fraud Detection Patent Could Restore Trust in Crypto

Stripe wants to fortify blockchain transactions with it’s latest patent.

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Markets

Bankrupt Crypto Exchange Repayments Shakes the Bitcoin Market

Mt. Gox is finally paying off its roughly $9 billion debt to former customers, highlighting how much the bitcoin market evolved.

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ETF Upside

Altcoin ETFs Test Demand for Anything Other Than Bitcoin

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Bitcoin has been big business in the ETF market. Ether less so. What does that mean for Other Crypto Assets?

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Blockchain

Grayscale’s CEO Steps Down as Investors Bail on Bitcoin Fund

Grayscale’s ETF charges a fee of 1.5%, while many of its rivals have continuously slashed fees down to almost nothing.

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Patent Drop

Stripe Seeks Blockchain Patent As it Plays Crypto Catch-up

Stripe wants to make crypto payments seamless as it steps back into the market.

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Blockchain

Robinhood’s Crypto Unit Receives SEC Wells Notice

The move follows the SEC’s suit against crypto exchange Coinbase for allegedly operating an unregistered securities exchange.

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Cryptocurrency

Trump’s Reportedly in Talks to Buy a Stake in Binance

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The deal would link the Oval Office’s head honcho with a crypto exchange that pleaded guilty to money laundering two years ago.

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Blockchain

Bitcoin Slumps After ETF Rollout

The industry clamored for clearance to offer spot ETFs. Now that they’re here, the results are less than stellar.

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Media & Entertainment

Crypto Exchange Bullish Buys Crypto News Site CoinDesk

CoinDesk was acquired in an all-cash deal by Bullish, a crypto exchange run by former NYSE president Tom Farley.

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Blockchain

OpenAI Founder Launches Eyeball-Scanning Cryptocurrency

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Advisor Upside

Crypto’s Hot. So Are the Scams

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Digital asset fraud is among the greatest threats to retail investors, according to the North American Securities Administrators Association.

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