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The two largest corporate crypto treasuries took opposite paths after a breakout week, with Strategy building cash while BitMine added another 32,447 ETH.
Investor demand broadened beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum as several newer crypto funds extended consecutive weeks of positive flows.
The US funds pulled in $2.6 billion as Bitcoin surged toward $80,000 and Washington delivered a string of market-moving catalysts.
Washington has made it easier to trade crypto with leverage than to raise the money needed to create the next generation of tokens.
A $29 billion retreat from Treasury bills shows why stablecoins are now becoming so important to US debt financing.
KBRA’s BBB rating gives Ripple Prime investment-grade access, but expected parent support and mostly escrowed XRP remain central to the credit case.
Washington is giving crypto companies the legal shell of a bank while stripping away nearly everything consumers normally expect a bank to do.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says Wall Street’s crypto adoption now depends on fixing old trading rules and fragmented market infrastructure.
VanEck says Bitcoin may be entering the later stages of its bear market, yet options traders are paying near-record premiums for downside insurance.
