Digital Assets: archive
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Canada's draft stablecoin rules cap redemption fees at 1%, ban yield
Holders could redeem any amount within three business days, and reserves must be held with a Canadian custodian.
Ether futures take $286 million of $483 million bitcoin, ether total
CoinGlass data cited by CoinDesk show ether's smaller futures book produced the larger share of forced closures.
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Bitcoin slides below $80,000 as U.S. evacuates Middle East posts
Bitcoin fell 2.2% to $79,700 on Saturday, Oct. 24; CoinDesk tied the move to a Wall Street Journal report on the evacuations.
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Bank of Korea plans stablecoin forex amendment by year-end
Dollar tokens would be treated as a reportable cross-border payment, not legal tender, under Bitcoin Magazine's reading of the Oct. 22 submission.
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Bitcoin's crypto market share hits 60% as ETF flows waver
CoinDesk reported the share at its highest since May; smaller-token indexes fell and ETF flows stayed volatile.
Spot bitcoin ETFs draw $1 billion as bitcoin slips below $82,000
SoSoValue data cited by CoinDesk put inflows at more than $1 billion for the week's first three sessions; DeFi tokens led the decline.
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CME Group plans bitcoin cash, uniswap futures
CoinDesk reported a Monday start pending review; contract size, fees, margin and regulator are not given.
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Citrini publishes 79-page case for tokenized assets
CoinDesk's Oct. 17 column says assets can move between apps and serve as collateral; its summary names no custodian or terms.
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XRP ETFs draw $1.80 billion in first year of trading
Circulating supply rose 63% since 2017, Nansen's Nicolai Sondergaard told CoinDesk, leaving each token a smaller share of total value.
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France proposes 31.4% tax on swaps into MiCA stablecoins
A finance committee amendment would make swaps into EU-regulated e-money tokens taxable from Jan. 1, 2027, if the budget passes by Dec. 10.
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Strategy buys $21 million of bitcoin, its fifth purchase since August
The company funded the purchase by selling common stock and spent about $192 million retiring nearly 2 million STRC preferred shares.
Bitmine buys 12,532 ether, reaching 4.9% of supply
The ether treasury firm plans to stop buying once it reaches 5% of supply, CoinDesk reported.