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The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking views on intermediaries, staking, lending, borrowing, and decentralised finance (DeFi), in a discussion paper released on Friday.The discussion paper follows draft legislation by the Treasury that was announced on Tuesday. Once the legislation passes it will bring specific crypto activities within the FCA’s regulation, the regulator said on its website."Crypto is a growing industry. Currently largely unregulated, we want to create a crypto regime that gives firms the clarity they need to safely innovate, while delivering appropriate levels of market integrity and consumer protection," said David Geale, executive director of payments and digital finance at the FCA.Source link

Tokyo-based Metaplanet (3350) has issued 3.6 billion yen (around $24.8 million) in bonds to fund additional purchases of bitcoin (BTC) after the Japanese hotel firm’s holdings surpassed 5,000 BTC.According to a notice from the company, the newly issued bonds were sold entirely to EVO FUND. The bonds carry no interest and will be redeemed at par value on October 31, 2025, unless repaid earlier at the bondholder’s request.The funds are earmarked specifically for BTC acquisition, in line with the plan disclosed earlier this year when Metaplanet detailed a series of stock acquisition rights.The company expects to fund the bond's redemption through capital raised via the exercise of its stock acquisition rights, meaning the ultimate payback may rely on investor appetite...

Economist Nouriel Roubini presents an optimistic outlook for U.S. economic growth, forecasting a 4% annual rise by 2030. He believes that while trade restrictions could slow growth by 50 basis points, technological advancements could boost potential growth by 200 basis points. Roubini Says Trump Humbled by Financial Markets Economist Nouriel Roubini, long known for hisSource link

Optimism for dogecoin (DOGE) and XRP based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is rising sharply with crowd sentiment shifting in favor of both tokens, social data from Santiment in a Thursday update shows.Monitoring social commentary can be used alongside technical tools in a trading strategy, as positive chatter tends to support price rises, while negative chatter can fuel bearish trades.Online discussions around XRP are skewed toward bulls with few bearish outlooks, despite an overall drop in social discussions for XRP compared to other majors. The perceived likelihood of a spot XRP ETF approval by the end of 2025 has risen to 85%, up from 65% just two months ago, per Polymarket.Such a boost in confidence comes despite the SEC’s recent decision to...

The Ninjatrader purchase, originally announced in March, has now been finalized and Kraken has also disclosed a 19% increase in year-over-year revenue during the first quarter. Kraken Finalizes Ninjatrader Purchase, Discloses 19% Jump in Earnings Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has wrapped up its $1.5 billion acquisition of retail futures platform Ninjatrader, according to a press releaseSource link