Corporations are buying Ether at a faster pace than Bitcoin, signaling a shift in institutional interest toward the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency as it prepared to celebrate its 10th anniversary, according to a new report from Standard Chartered shared with Cointelegraph.
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the special administrative region’s central banking authority, has finalized its regulatory framework for stablecoin issuers, releasing two sets of guidelines that will take effect on Aug. 1
On Tuesday, the HKMA released finalized guidelines and

The Consensys-developed Linea network says it will become one of the first Ethereum layer-2 networks to commit to burning Ether as part of its network design, as it shared new details of its upcoming token generation event and airdrop.
Linea announced new staking and burning mechanisms for its upc

Blockchain analytics platform Bubblemaps has raised concerns about Rugproof, a self-described Solana-based launchpad that claims to protect investors from rug pulls.
Ironically, Bubblemaps alleged that the project may be orchestrating the same type of exploit it claims to prevent. On Monday, the an

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has filed to list shares of Canary Capital’s proposed staked Injective exchange-traded fund (ETF), further expanding the wave of regulated crypto investment products in the United States.
The CBOE’s 19b-4 filing, submitted Monday, comes shortly after invest

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Bitcoin returns to $119,000 after a CME gap fill as new Galaxy Digital exchange transactions fail to sway the market mood.
Nerves over “OG” BTC sales already seem to have passed after last week’s 80,000 BTC transaction.

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Key takeaways:
ETH futures and options data show no signs of defensive positioning despite Ether's 7-month price high.
Ether ETF inflows and corporate holdings signal growing conviction from institutional investors.
Ether (ETH) price fell 4% after briefly touching $3,940 on Monday. This drop

American billionaire and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has recommended a 15% portfolio allocation into Bitcoin or gold to optimize for the “best return-to-risk ratio” in light of America’s crippling debt problem and currency devaluation.
“[If] you were optimizing your portfolio for the best return-t

Representative Tom Emmer, the sponsor of the US House’s Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, said the bill, if passed, would significantly limit the Federal Reserve’s ability to issue a central bank digital currency.
In a Friday press call, the Minnesota representative spoke on the progress of the Ant

Artificial intelligence is developing at an unprecedented pace, with the global AI market projected to surpass $1.8 trillion by 2030. Advancements in machine learning, natural language processing and other AI technologies are projected to result in a compound annual growth rate of 19.1% for the