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Gemini wins CFTC approval for prediction market, may expand into crypto futures, options and perps
Gemini's Designated Contract Market will offer binary event contracts and may expand into other CFTC-regulated derivatives....

A16z-backed Lead Bank adds Loop Crypto to inner circle with eye on scaling stablecoins and payments
Lead Bank is a 97-year-old community bank that has, in recent years, pivoted to serving fintechs and crypto companies. ...

Bitcoin and ETH whipsaw after Fed’s quarter-point cut and caution on further easing
Traders are shifting expectations, with futures markets pricing a nearly 40% chance of another cut by March despite the Fed’s cautious tone....

The Daily: Silk Road bitcoin wallets wake up, SEC Chair Atkins signals quick action on crypto priorities, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons....

CryptoQuant says bitcoin could reach $112,000 if Fed turns dovish and key resistance levels break
The firm said bitcoin could move toward $112,000 in the near term, but only if it clears two key resistance levels first....

Stripe acquires Valora wallet team as it builds out stablecoin services
Stripe has acquired the team behind peer-to-peer mobile payments app startup Valora, though not the app itself....

Strategy says MSCI’s 50% bitcoin test risks index ‘whiplash’ and conflicts with US pro-innovation policy
Strategy argues MSCI’s proposed crypto holding threshold would be impossible to apply consistently and would "stifle innovation."...

Crypto AI ‘four times better’ than ChatGPT and Grok raises $15 million
The startup named Surf says over 300,000 people are using the platform with more than a million search results....

Trump brothers’ American Bitcoin adds another $38 million of the cryptocurrency as total holdings rise to 4,783 BTC
Eric Trump said the company has become one of the fastest-growing bitcoin accumulators since its Nasdaq listing three months ago....

Polychain and Variant-backed ‘neo-brokerage’ Cascade wants to open 24/7 perps trading for any asset class
Cascade raised $15 million in seed funding in a round co-led by Polychain and Variant, with support from Coinbase Ventures....