BREAKING: Wells Fargo Discloses Huge Crypto Holdings in Bitcoin, ETH, SOL, MSTR, BMNR

The post Ethereum’s newest nonprofit wants to become Wall Street’s guide to crypto appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. For Ethereum Institutional’s founders, becoming an independent nonprofit rather than remaining within the foundation was a deliberate choice. “The EF has always been quite vocal about its principle of subtraction,” Dawson said, referring to the organization diving up responsibilities for the network to other organizations . “This is an example of that increasing decentralization, and the number of nodes participating in representing Ethereum.” Operating outside the foundation also gives the organization greater freedom, Walsh said. “We feel like we have a lot more autonomy and freedom to work as an independent entity,” he said. “We can get a bit more opinionated, and a bit more aggressive, in terms of being able to support these teams.” For years, the Ethereum Foundation has walked a careful line in how much influence it exerts over the ecosystem. Its mandate has larg

US 10-year Treasury yields nears dangerous level while major Deribit Bitcoin options expiry approaches.

Institutional blockchain adoption via private networks could undermine Bitcoin's value by bypassing public chains, affecting its growth potential. The post JPMorgan says Bitcoin’s real threat isn’t Strategy’s massive holdings, it’s blockchain adoption that skips public chains entirely appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Robinhood launched a Wall Street layer 2 chain and the market crowned a $150M cat coin first appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Robinhood launched the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain this month, describing it as a permissionless Layer 2 built on Arbitrum for tokenized stocks, real-world assets, DeFi lending, and AI-native finance. One week in, the chain’s loudest retail activity is driven by CASHCAT, a memecoin built on Robinhood’s own discarded “CashCat” name. The token reached nearly $150 million in market cap and over $159 million in 24-hour volume. CASHCAT gained liquidity, price charts, and social attention through Uniswap V3 pools and third-party launch and routing infrastructure, including Noxa.fun and Pump.fun, rather than through Robinhood’s own app-listing process. An explainer graphic outlines six steps showing how CASHCAT gained liquidity, price charts, and trading volume on Robinhood Chain without a formal listing. Behind an unapproved listing Robinhood built

The Bitcoin miner's shares climbed about 15% after announcing it's acquiring a Texas site with up to 2 GW of power capacity to expand its AI and digital infrastructure strategy.

The post Swift Readies Ledger for 24/7 Token Transfers—Though True Settlement Is Stuck on Old Rails appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief Swift’s pilot allows 17 global banks to transfer tokenized deposits on weekends, but ultimate settlement still relies on legacy, business-hour systems. Participating institutions include major Global Systemically Important Banks such as Citi, HSBC, BNY, and Wells Fargo. Though built with Ethereum-compatible architecture, the blockchain-based ledger remains a largely centralized network. Swift, the financial gatekeeper connecting thousands of banks across the globe, said on Thursday that a dozen-plus institutions are preparing to use its “blockchain-based ledger.” The member-owned cooperative, which has functioned as the traditional financial system’s backbone for decades, expects 17 banks across six continents to participate in a pilot program involving the exchange of tokens that represent deposits, according to an announcement. Highlighting

Swift’s pilot allows 17 global banks to transfer tokenized deposits on weekends, but ultimate settlement still relies on legacy systems.

A surging US dollar could tighten global financial conditions, impacting Bitcoin's liquidity and speculative investment flows. The post Traders are most bullish on the US dollar in over 10 years, and Bitcoin should pay attention appeared first on Crypto Briefing.