Thailand Will Extend Its ETF Offering Beyond Bitcoin, Says Regulator: Bloomberg

Thailand’s market regulator says the country is working on expanding its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) plans beyond bitcoin (BTC), Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will allow local mutual funds and institutions to issue such funds under rules, SEC secretary-general Pornanong Budsaratragoon said, according to...
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BBVA Teams With SGX FX to Launch Retail Crypto Trading in Europe

Spanish bank BBVA has partnered with Singapore’s SGX FX to allow retail customers to trade digital assets directly through its platforms. The integration, marking a first for the European market, the companies said on Thursday, will initially support bitcoin and ether, offering 24/7 trading with the same framework BBVA...
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Bitcoin Mining Hits Toughest Level Yet While Hashprice Slides

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty climbed 5% to a record 150.84 trillion on Wednesday, marking the seventh straight upward adjustment, according to Glassnode. Difficulty, which resets every 2016 blocks (approximately every two weeks), measures how challenging it is for miners to find new blocks and maintains the average block time at...
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VivoPower Shares Rally 14% After Announcing $19 Million Equity Raise To Boost XRP Treasury — Stock Sees Slight Pullback Pre-Market

VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ:VVPR) shares are marginally lower in Thursday’s pre-market trading, following a double-digit surge on a $19 million equity raise to support its XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) treasury strategy. VivoPower Raises Equity To Boost XRP Treasury The stock slid 0.78% after-hours, a minor pullback after rallying 14% during...
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Japan’s Metaplanet Becomes 4th Largest Bitcoin Treasury After $615M Buy

Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet has announced a fresh purchase that has brought its holdings to fourth place on the BTC corporate ranking. Metaplanet Has Acquired Another 5,268 Bitcoin As revealed by Metaplanet President Simon Gerovich in a new post on X, the Japan-based Bitcoin treasury company has completed a...
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