Crypto custody firm BitGo has launched a global over-the-counter trading desk for digital assets amid its plan to go public https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/crypto-custody-firm-bitgo-adds-otc-trading-as-it-mulls-ipo?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Crypto Custody Firm BitGo Adds OTC Trading as It Mulls IPO
Crypto custody firm BitGo Inc. has launched a global over-the-counter trading desk for digital assets amid its plan to go public.
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The Solana cryptocurrency sank to the lowest level since early November as the president of Argentina became embroiled in a scandal involving a memecoin launched on the token’s blockchain https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/argentina-scandal-fuels-selloff-on-favorite-memecoin-platform?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Argentina Scandal Fuels Selloff on Favorite Memecoin Platform
The Solana cryptocurrency sank to the lowest level since early November as the president of Argentina became embroiled in a scandal involving a memecoin launched on the token’s blockchain.
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The estate of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has begun distributing cash to creditors https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/ftx-estate-begins-to-repay-bankrupt-exchange-creditors-in-cash?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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FTX Estate Begins to Repay Bankrupt Exchange Creditors in Cash
The estate of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has begun distributing cash to creditors more than two years after Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading platform imploded.
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy plans to offer $2 billion of convertible debt in a private offering, extending the self-styled Bitcoin treasury company’s unconventional fundraising strategy. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/saylor-s-strategy-to-raise-another-2-billion-for-bitcoin-buying?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Saylor’s Strategy to Raise Another $2 Billion for Bitcoin Buying
Michael Saylor’s Strategy plans to offer $2 billion of convertible debt in a private offering, extending the self-styled Bitcoin treasury company’s unconventional fundraising strategy.
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There's no positive spin to put on the latest memecoin controversy on Solana, @MuyaoShen writes in the @Crypto newsletter. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-18/milei-s-foray-into-memecoins-highlights-a-solana-hellscape?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Milei’s Foray Into Memecoins Highlights a Solana ‘Hellscape’
Muyao Shen reports that Argentina President Javier Milei’s brief foray into the world of memecoins is leaving a mark on the Solana blockchain that hosts many such tokens.
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Everything you need to know about what's moving markets today https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Stocks Decline Amid Fresh Round of Tariff Threats: Markets Wrap
Stocks closed at all-time highs as traders looked past signals the Federal Reserve is in no rush to cut interest rates.
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Singaporean blockchain platform DigitFT will offer a tokenized version of a $6.3 billion Invesco private credit fund, the latest example of blurring lines between the finance and crypto worlds https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/digitft-to-offer-tokenized-version-of-6-3-billion-invesco-fund?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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DigiFT to Tokenize $6.3 Billion Invesco Credit Fund
Singaporean blockchain platform DigiFT will offer a tokenized version of a $6.3 billion Invesco private credit fund, the latest example of blurring lines between the finance and crypto worlds.
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The political uproar over Argentine President Javier Milei’s role in a crypto scandal has cast the spotlight on his closest adviser and gatekeeper: his sister https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/milei-crypto-scandal-widens-with-allegations-against-his-sister?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Milei Crypto Scandal Widens With Allegations Against His Sister
The political uproar over Argentine President Javier Milei’s role in a crypto scandal has cast the spotlight on his closest adviser and gatekeeper: his sister.
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Singaporean blockchain platform DigiFT will offer a tokenized version of a $6.3 billion Invesco private credit fund, the latest example of blurring lines between the finance and crypto worlds https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/digift-to-offer-tokenized-version-of-6-3-billion-invesco-fund?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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DigiFT to Tokenize $6.3 Billion Invesco Credit Fund
Singaporean blockchain platform DigiFT will offer a tokenized version of a $6.3 billion Invesco private credit fund, the latest example of blurring lines between the finance and crypto worlds.
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Crypto market maker Wintermute is looking to expand its operations into the US, including opening an office in New York and offering new products stateside https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/crypto-market-maker-wintermute-looking-to-expand-in-us-open-office-in-new-york?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Wintermute Says Looking to Expand in US, Open Office in New York
Crypto market maker Wintermute Trading Ltd. is looking to expand its operations into the US, including opening an office in New York and offering new products stateside.
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The US under President Donald Trump has moved on from a crypto regulatory regime marked by “a bit of oppression”, according to Binance CEO Richard Teng https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/binance-ceo-teng-sees-fresh-reset-for-crypto-in-new-us-regime?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Binance CEO Teng Sees ‘Fresh Reset’ for Crypto in New US Regime
The US under President Donald Trump has moved on from a crypto regulatory regime marked by “a bit of oppression”, according to Richard Teng, chief executive officer of Binance Holdings Ltd.
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As fears swirl over Europe’s anemic growth, investors are sending Germany a clear message ahead of its election that there’s room to borrow more https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-19/bond-vigilantes-are-ready-to-give-germany-a-pass?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Bond Vigilantes Are Ready to Give Germany a Pass
As fears swirl over Europe’s anemic growth, investors are sending Germany a clear message ahead of its election that there’s room to borrow more.
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Bench Accounting had big ambitions to disrupt small business bookkeeping. But an ambitious bet on AI helped lead it to sudden disaster https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/once-hot-accounting-fintech-bench-bet-on-ai-and-found-itself-in-bankruptcy?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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How a Once-Hot Fintech’s AI Bet Led to Bankruptcy
Bench Accounting, like many fintech startups, had ambitions to shake up a boring but important corner of finance — in this case, bookkeeping for small businesses.
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Dozens of public companies have been following in the footsteps of Michael Saylor’s Strategy by using corporate cash, and in some cases borrowed money, to buy Bitcoin https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/michael-saylor-s-big-bet-on-bitcoin-is-inspiring-copycat-ceos?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Michael Saylor’s Big Bet on Bitcoin Is Inspiring Copycat CEOs
Investors had pretty much written off Jonathan Ferrari’s fledging meal-delivery company.
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Two Argentine regional governments are exploring a return to international bond markets after a near decade-long absence, tapping into Wall Street confidence that the economy is rebounding https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/argentina-provinces-eye-debt-sales-as-economic-optimism-mounts?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Argentina Provinces Eye Debt Sales as Economic Optimism Mounts
Two Argentine regional governments are exploring a return to international bond markets after a near decade-long absence, tapping into Wall Street confidence that the economy is rebounding and inflation is finally back under control.
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Binance US said its customers will soon be able to deposit and withdraw dollars on the crypto exchange for the first time in almost two years https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/binance-us-restores-use-of-dollars-on-platform-via-bank-transfer?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Binance.US Restores Use of Dollars on Platform Via Bank Transfer
Binance.US said its customers will soon be able to deposit and withdraw US dollars on the crypto exchange for the first time in almost two years.
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy is offering investors sweeter terms for its proposed $2 billion issue of convertible debt. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/saylor-s-strategy-sweetens-terms-of-2-billion-convertible-bond?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Saylor’s Strategy Sweetens Terms of $2 Billion Convertible Bond
Michael Saylor’s Strategy is offering investors sweeter terms for its proposed $2 billion issue of convertible debt, according to people familiar with the matter.
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An estimated 86% of crypto traders that took positions in a memecoin endorsed by Argentine President Javier Milei on Friday ended up losing money, according to research firm Nansen. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/javier-milei-s-crypto-scandal-led-to-losses-for-86-of-traders?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Javier Milei’s Crypto Scandal Led to Losses for 86% of Traders
An estimated 86% of crypto traders that took positions in a memecoin endorsed by Argentine President Javier Milei on Friday ended up losing money, according to research firm Nansen.
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Here's what you need to know to start your day https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-19/trump-spurns-zelenskiy-as-a-dictator-as-alliance-unravels?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Trump Spurns Zelenskiy as a ‘Dictator’ as Alliance Unravels
Good morning. Trump issues his most direct threat yet to Zelenskiy. More companies are buying up Bitcoin. And Manchester United is losing off the field, too. Listen to the day’s top stories.
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Get up to speed on what's moving global markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_source=telegram&utm_content=crypto&utm_medium=social
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Stocks Fall on Walmart’s Warning as Big Banks Sink: Markets Wrap
Stocks fell from all-time highs as a disappointing forecast from the world’s largest retailer added to concern about the economy’s main engine.
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