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US Treasury Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel Crypto Laundering Network Tied to Fentanyl Sales

The US Treasury has hit a Sinaloa Cartel-linked crypto laundering network with fresh sanctions, saying the group helped move fentanyl trafficking proceeds through cryptocurrency and Ethereum wallets. See the Treasury action against this drug money-laundering ring linked to the Sinaloa Cartel. US Treasury sanctions target a Sinaloa Cartel-linked laundering network Fentanyl trafficking proceeds allegedly converted […]

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JPMorgan Says Bitcoin Is the Institutional Base Layer as Ethereum Lags

Ethereum stalls as JPMorgan crowns Bitcoin the new institutional base layer JPMorgan says the money is moving where the risk is easier to understand: Bitcoin is regaining institutional favor faster than Ethereum, while ETH and the broader altcoin market keep lagging on flows, positioning, and fundamentals. BTC ETF flows are recovering faster than ETH Ethereum […]

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Intesa Sanpaolo Doubles Crypto Exposure to $235M, Bets on Bitcoin and Ethereum

Italy’s largest bank is leaning harder into crypto, and it’s doing so with the kind of caution only a giant regulated lender can love. Intesa Sanpaolo more than doubled its crypto holdings in Q1, lifting exposure to roughly $235 million while shifting toward Bitcoin and Ethereum, cutting back Solana, and adding more crypto infrastructure bets. […]

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Jane Street Rotates Toward Ethereum as Bitcoin ETF Exposure Gets Trimmed

Jane Street’s reported crypto rotation is another reminder that institutions are no longer lumping Bitcoin and Ethereum into the same bucket. BTC still dominates the store-of-value trade, but ETH is increasingly being treated like financial infrastructure with a life of its own. Jane Street reportedly increased Ethereum exposure while trimming Bitcoin ETFs ETH is being […]

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Ethereum Clear Signing Standard Aims to End Blind Signing in Wallets

Ethereum is going after one of crypto’s most annoying security failures: signing something you can’t actually read. A new clear signing standard is meant to turn wallet prompts into human-readable transaction details, so users know what they’re approving before their funds get shuffled, swapped, or siphoned into the void. Ethereum clear signing aims to make […]

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Schwab Rolls Out Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading for U.S. Retail Clients

Charles Schwab has started rolling out spot crypto trading to a select group of U.S. retail clients, opening the door to direct Bitcoin and Ethereum purchases inside one of Wall Street’s biggest brokerage machines. Schwab Crypto launches with Bitcoin and Ethereum 75-basis-point fee, phased rollout through 2026 Custody via Charles Schwab Premier Bank, execution by […]

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JPMorgan Launches Tokenized Money Market Fund on Ethereum as Wall Street Embraces Blockchain

JPMorgan is putting a tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, another sign that Wall Street is no longer treating blockchain as a novelty act. JPMorgan filed a tokenized money market fund on Ethereum Ticker: JLTXX under JPMorgan Trust IV Permissioned blockchain setup, not open DeFi 0.16% net expense ratio after waivers BlackRock and JPMorgan are […]

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Ethereum Pushes Clear Signing Standard to Kill Blind Signing Scams

Ethereum is finally taking a serious swing at one of crypto’s worst security habits: blind signing. Backed by the Ethereum Foundation and major wallet providers, a new clear signing standard is designed to turn unreadable transaction blobs into human-readable prompts before users hit confirm, making it harder for scammers, drainers, and phishing kits to turn […]

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BNY Launches Bitcoin and Ether Custody in Abu Dhabi’s ADGM

BNY has launched institutional Bitcoin and Ether custody in Abu Dhabi’s ADGM, a move that shows traditional finance is no longer merely flirting with crypto — it’s wiring it into the regulated machinery. BNY enters Abu Dhabi’s ADGM with institutional BTC and ETH custody Next targets: stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets Bigger signal: custody is […]

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US Crypto Rules Advance as BlackRock Pushes Ethereum Tokenization Amid DeFi Risks

Washington is finally moving on crypto market rules while BlackRock keeps turning Ethereum into a serious piece of financial infrastructure. That’s the bullish side. The messy side is still very much alive: stablecoin stress fears, DeFi hacks, court-backed asset recovery drama, and whale-sized ETH transfers that make traders reach for the panic button. Clarity Act […]

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Institutional Capital Favors Bitcoin as Ethereum Holdings Fall: ETH/BTC Still Weak

Bitcoin is still pulling in institutional capital while Ethereum is getting trimmed, and that split is telling the market exactly where professional money thinks the cleaner crypto bet sits right now. BTC fund holdings: up by more than 92,000 Bitcoin ETH fund holdings: down by about 127,000 Ether Institutional signal: Bitcoin first, Ethereum second ETH/BTC […]

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Ethereum ETF Inflows Hit $14B as Pepeto Presale Pushes Hype and 100x Claims

Ethereum is drawing real institutional money even as price action stays messy, while a speculative Pepeto presale is trying to hijack the spotlight with big promises and bigger hype. Spot ETH ETFs reportedly crossed $14 billion in year-to-date inflows. BlackRock’s ETHA is still leading the charge for Ethereum ETF demand. ETH is trading around $2,283 […]

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Ethereum Beats Bitcoin in Holder Count, But ETH Price Still Needs Real Demand

Ethereum is beating Bitcoin on one attention-grabbing on-chain metric: holder count. But before anyone starts declaring the death of BTC or crowning ETH king of everything, there’s a catch — this data measures wallet activity, not unique people. Crypto loves a good headline; reality usually shows up to ruin the party. Ethereum holder count: 189.49 […]

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Bitcoin Beats Ethereum as Institutions Add 92K BTC and Trim ETH Exposure

CryptoQuant data shows institutions are leaning harder into Bitcoin while trimming Ethereum exposure, a pretty blunt vote for BTC as the cleaner long-term crypto bet. Bitcoin holdings: up about 92,000 BTC since early February Ethereum holdings: down more than 127,000 ETH over the same period Market read: big money still likes Bitcoin’s “digital gold” setup […]

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Ark Invest Sees $16T Bitcoin by 2030 as Stablecoins Dampen BTC’s Emerging Markets Role

Ark Invest says Bitcoin could reach a $16 trillion market cap by 2030, but the firm also admits stablecoins are chewing into one of BTC’s biggest real-world use cases. $16 trillion Bitcoin market cap by 2030 Institutional adoption seen as the main fuel Stablecoins are weakening Bitcoin’s emerging-markets story Crypto market cap could hit $28 […]

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Coinbase’s CUSHY Tokenized Credit Fund Targets Institutions on Ethereum, Solana and Base

Coinbase’s CUSHY fund brings institutional credit on-chain ahead of Q2 2026 launch Coinbase Asset Management is taking another swing at tokenised finance with CUSHY, a tokenised credit fund for qualified institutional investors that will run across Ethereum, Solana, and Base. It’s a serious institutional product, not another retail yield gimmick dressed up in blockchain cosplay. […]

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