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Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise, a multi-million dollar crypto fund manager, believes that tokenization could revolutionize equity markets, albeit in a non-obvious way. For Horsley, this involves focusing on the supply side, making it easier for companies to go public and issue shares. Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley: Tokenization Might Be Revolutionary on the Supply SideSource link

Four digital assets companies have just secured Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) licenses in the Netherlands, letting them operate across the entire 27-nation European Union.Crypto platform MoonPay, digital asset management company BitStaete, bitcoin lightning FinTech ZBD and prime brokerage and clearing company Hidden Road attained the much desired crypto asset service providers license from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), a filing from Dec. 30 showed.MiCA is a bespoke rulebook for crypto companies that requires firms to receive a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from one member state which then enables them to operate across the entire European Union.The European Union set a Dec. 30 deadline for its member states to implement MiCA, though not all countries...

Will he stay, or will he go? For Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the latter appears imminent. Now bettors on Polymarket are debating on when exactly he'll announce his resignation.While Trudeau resignation contracts aren't anything new, there are two with low six-figures of volume attached to them asking if he'll be gone by February or April, and another from December asking if opposition parties will trigger an election by the spring.The interest in the Canadian Prime Minister's fate popped up on Monday after scoops from two of Canada's largest newspapers put his resignation date to be either Monday or before Wednesday.The Toronto Star says the resignation is coming as early as Monday, while the Globe and Mail, which had it...

Former Special U.S. Assistant Attorney John Deaton expressed his willingness to lead a federal investigation into Chokepoint 2.0. Deaton Calls out Unelected Officials Abusing Their Positions Former Special U.S. Assistant Attorney John Deaton has said it would be “both an honor and a privilege” to lead a federal investigation into Chokepoint 2.0, an alleged governmentSource link

MARA Holdings (MARA), the largest bitcoin (BTC) miner by market capitalization, said it is lending 7,377 BTC to third parties to generate a return on its holdings and cover some operating costs. In a production report released Friday, MARA did not identify the borrowers nor reveal other details regarding the program, which ties up about 16% of its bitcoin. Robert Samuels, the company's vice president of investor relations, said in a post on X that it is earning a yield of less than 10%."There has been significant interest in MARA's bitcoin lending program," Samuels posted. "It focuses on short-term arrangements with well-established third parties. It generates a modest single-digit yield. It has been active throughout 2024. The long-term objective is...