What is an issuer? Meaning, examples and issuer risk
An issuer is the company, the state or the bank that issues a security or a crypto asset and stands behind it. With a share that is the public company, with a German federal bond the federal
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Bitcoin Price Prediction: $1.1 Billion Flows Into ETFs, but Can BTC Break $87,500 and Hit $90,000?
Key takeaways Bitcoin ETFs attract approximately $1.1 billion in three sessions Glassnode identifies concentrated selling pressure near $87,500 Sustained breakout could open Bitcoin's path to
European Banks Face Growing Pressure From Sovereign Debt
The rise in bond yields in the euro area revives the debate on the “vicious circle” linking the health of banks to that of states. European institutions hold 4,300 billion euros in sovereign
Bitcoin ETFs Add $1B in Three Days as ETH Funds Lose $1B
Bitcoin ETFs erased October's negative balance after pulling in $1 billion across three consecutive days, flipping the month's net fund-flow figure into positive territory. At the same time,
381 days after the high: why the Bitcoin cycle is running differently this time
The Bitcoin cycle is the observation that the price has moved in a recurring rhythm since 2012: roughly every four years the reward for miners halves, a good eighteen months later a record fo
XRP price falls to $1.33 as whale inflows hit seven-month high
XRP has fallen back toward $1.33 after another unsuccessful attempt to reclaim $1.40, with rising whale deposits to Binance and weakening ETF inflows adding to concerns about selling pressure
Grayscale Enables Token-for-Shares Swaps in 10 Crypto Funds
Grayscale has opened a direct token-for-shares swap mechanism for eligible investors across 10 of its crypto ETFs and trusts, a move that changes how qualified participants can gain exposure
Bitcoin price prediction: 132,411 Bitcoin hinge on the December 25 expiry: is $100,000 still within reach?
At 8 a.m. UTC on December 25, 132,411 Bitcoin in open contracts expire on the options exchange Deribit. At the price of $82,009 on Thursday midday that is around $10.9 billion, and it is the
Crypto analyst Mino sets $1,000–$10,000 target for XRP, $50,000 for QNT
Digital asset price forecasts often divide the crypto community into two camps: those who view cryptocurrencies largely as speculative vehicles and those who believe a structural transformati
If Elon Musk gave kids Bitcoin instead of SpaceX shares, here's how much they would get once they turn 18
Elon Musk said on Oct. 19 that he will give one of his own SpaceX shares to every child in America next year, calling the pledge "the first of many." The promise came a day after Anthropic sa
Bitcoin Institutional Adoption: Who Is Buying and Why?
Bitcoin Institutional Adoption Explained: Who Is Buying and Why A decade ago, a pension fund holding Bitcoin would have been a headline. Today it is an ordinary line in a quarterly filing. Th
France Backs Proposal to Tax Crypto-to-Stablecoin Swaps at 31.4% From 2027
France’s National Assembly has backed a measure that would bring certain crypto-to-stablecoin swaps into the country’s capital-gains tax regime from January 1, 2027. The margin was 38 votes t