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#NEWS New reshuffle in the crypto rankings: American Bitcoin overtakes Galaxy Digital The market for corporate BTC holders has seen an unexpected turn 👇 American Bitcoin has overtaken Galaxy Digital in terms of the number of bitcoins on its balance sheet 🔥 📊 Who holds how much? 🟢 American Bitcoin — 6,899 BTC (~$491 million) 🔵 Galaxy Digital — 6,894 BTC 👉 The gap is minimal — just 5 BTC 😮 Any purchase or new mining could change the positions again. 🚀 Why American Bitcoin is growing T...

#NEWS Coinbase May Invest in Bybit – Market Anticipates Major Deal Reports have emerged that crypto exchange Coinbase is in talks for a strategic investment in the Bybit platform. If the agreement goes through, it could be one of the most notable deals in the crypto derivatives industry. 📊 📈 Bybit is one of the largest market players According to CoinGecko, Bybit is the third-largest cryptocurrency derivatives exchange in the world. Platform Key Indicators: • Over $10 billion in daily ope...

#NEWS The Strait of Hormuz is under threat: could the dollar falter? Geopolitics is once again influencing finance—and this time, it's serious. Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio warned that the situation around the Strait of Hormuz could hit the dollar's position 💵 🚨 What's the risk? According to Dalio, if the US fails to control the key shipping route, it will be a sign of weakness: 📉 A decline in confidence in the dollar 🌐 A weakening of US global influence 💣 The risk of losing res...

#NEWS Ledger Strengthens Its IPO Position: New CFO and US Expansion Ledger is taking a major step toward going public 👇 👉 New CFO appointed 👉 New York office opened 👉 Increasing focus on institutional clients 👤 Who has become CFO John Andrews, a former Circle executive, has been appointed CFO 💼 🧠 Over 20 years of experience in finance 📊 Responsible for capital markets and investor relations 🏦 Experience at the company behind stablecoins 👉 A clear signal: Ledger is preparing to handle b...

#NEWS Income-yielding stablecoins are rapidly taking over the crypto market A new trend is gaining momentum in the crypto market: yield-yielding stablecoins. According to Messari analysts, these assets are growing tens of times faster than regular stablecoins. 🚀 Over the past six months, their market capitalization has grown approximately 15 times faster than the overall stablecoin market. 💡 Why are investors paying attention to these assets? The main reason for their popularity is simple: 👉 ...

#NEWS Bitcoin mining difficulty rebounded by 15% after winter storms in the US The Bitcoin network is gaining momentum again 🚀 According to CoinWarz data as of February 20, mining difficulty increased by approximately 15% to 144.4 trillion, completely reversing February's 11% drop. 📉 That decline was the sharpest since China's mining ban in 2021. ❄️ What happened? At the end of January, powerful winter storms in the US disrupted power grids. Miners were forced to temporarily shut down their eq...

#NEWS Stocks are catching up with Bitcoin's decline: who's leading whom? It looks like the market is starting to confirm an important idea 👇 👉 Bitcoin may be a leading indicator for stocks 📊 What happened earlier ₿ BTC fell from ~$90,000 to ~$60,000 📈 Meanwhile, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq held on to their highs 🤔 Everyone was waiting: Will crypto recover or will stocks "catch up" with the decline? 📉 And here's the answer... Stock markets are already falling: 📊 Nasdaq → hitting new l...

#NEWS Kraken Launches Rewards System for Tokenized Stock Traders The xStocks tokenized stocks platform, affiliated with the Kraken crypto exchange, is preparing to launch a new user rewards program. The initiative, called xPoints, will allow participants to earn points for activity in the tokenized stock ecosystem. 💡 How to Earn xPoints Points will be awarded for various actions on the platform: 📊 Trading tokenized US stocks 💧 Providing Liquidity 🔗 Using assets in Decentralized Finance appli...

#NEWS Western Union enters the stablecoin market: launches USDPT on the Solana network Global payments industry major Western Union is teaming up with fintech platform Crossmint to launch a new stablecoin, USDPT. The digital coin will be pegged to the US dollar and will appear on the Solana blockchain. 🪙 What is known about the new stablecoin USDPT will be part of Western Union's new digital asset ecosystem, which will combine blockchain technology with the company's global money transfer netwo...

#NEWS Britons have just one month to reopen: crypto ETNs will no longer be allowed in ISAs Starting April 6, the start of the new tax year, investors in the UK will no longer be able to add crypto ETNs to their tax-advantaged ISAs. This was reported by the Financial Times. 📌 What's changing? The UK tax office, HMRC, is reclassifying crypto ETNs. They will now only be accepted in IFISAs (Innovative Finance ISAs), not in traditional stocks and securities ISAs. The problem is that: 👉 IFISAs are a...