
Strategy CEO Le Targets 'JPMorgan of Bitcoin' Role
Strategy CEO Phong Le stated the company aims to become the "JPMorgan of Bitcoin" by providing liquidity and market-making for a digital asset economy.
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Strategy CEO Phong Le stated the company aims to become the "JPMorgan of Bitcoin" by providing liquidity and market-making for a digital asset economy.

Anthropic selected Accenture as its initial embedded evaluator to implement CEO Dario Amodei’s proposal for slowing AI development through independent oversight.

A joint Glassnode-Bybit report reveals Bitcoin's 24.6% August surge was driven by short liquidations, with open interest falling 12.6% as bears were forced out.

Grayscale will execute a 3-for-1 forward share split for its Zcash ETF, aiming to lower the per-share price and improve accessibility for retail investors.

Solana reduced its target slot time from 300 to 250 milliseconds, marking the third phase of a speed upgrade that lowers latency without increasing transaction throughput.

Stablecoin infrastructure provider Bastion received preliminary conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust bank charter.

Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Group has joined Singapore-based payment company dtcpay as a strategic investor, completing the firm's $25 million Series A funding round.

Coinbase Derivatives filed with the CFTC to list perpetual futures tracking individual equities like Apple and Nvidia, aiming for a launch later this year.

Coinbase Derivatives filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to list single-stock perpetual futures, aiming to provide US traders 24/5 exposure to equities without owning shares.

The CFTC filed a prerule-stage regulatory action on Sept. 17, signaling agency-led oversight following the Senate's failure to advance the CLARITY Act.

Bitcoin rose nearly 6% to exceed $81,000 on Friday, defying the recent procedural block of the Clarity Act and a Federal Reserve interest rate hike.

The CFTC submitted a pre-rule on crypto asset transactions and markets to the White House's OIRA for review, signaling intent to regulate derivatives without waiting for Congress.