Tag: Crypto

Ripple Expands Custody Network to Africa Following RLUSD Rollout

Ripple is extending its institutional custody infrastructure to Africa through a new partnership with Absa Bank, one of South Africa’s largest financial institutions. The deal makes Absa Ripple’s first major custody client on the continent and reflects growing institutional interest in tokenized assets across emerging markets. Absa will use...
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Analysis: DATs Keep Buying Bitcoin, Outperforming ETFs Is the Hard Part

“Just buy an ETF.” That blunt advice from Strive Asset Management CEO Matt Cole during a panel at Hong Kong’s Bitcoin Asia in August summed up the growing frustration with Digital Asset Treasuries (DAT) , the corporate vehicles that promise to outperform bitcoin (BTC) through clever financing and balance-sheet...
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LuBian Wallet Moves Over $1B in BTC After 3 Years of Inactivity: On-Chain Data

A wallet associated with LuBian, a significant Bitcoin mining pool that was hacked in December 2020, moved BTC on Wednesday, ending three years of dormancy. The wallet labelled as “39DUz” moved 9,757 BTC, worth $1.1 billion, to two new addresses, “34kn9z…s9tef” and “bc1q4c…77s0,” respectively, according to analytics firms Peckshield...
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