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Quick Take Ripple will acquire the PolySign subsidiary Standard Custody in a deal that’s pending regulatory approval. Standard Custody will bolster Ripple’s portfolio of regulatory tools through its U.S.-based trust licenses, Ripple President Monica Long told The Block.
Quick Take Nym has collaborated with Electric Coin Company to integrate mixnet technology into Zcash to prevent user metadata leakage. The integration allows Zcash wallet developers to implement Nym’s privacy features, supported by a $150,000 community grant from Zcash.
Ether options open interest for February has already exceeded figures seen during the whole month of January.Ether’s price increased by almost 8% in the past 24 hours, according to The Block’s Price Page.
Quick Take A group of developers have released their own alternative implementation of the ERC-404 idea, which fuses ERC-20 tokens with NFTs. Despite the effort, one of the developers maintains it is likely still more of a “gimmick” than anything else.
Quick Take The organization argued that Warren’s proposed crypto anti-money laundering bill would result in an outflow of capital and expertise from the U.S.
The fund reportedly invested $200 million in bitcoin and ether from late summer to early fall of 2023.
Quick Take Com2uS collaboration with Oasys to roll out web3 games on the blockchain network. It plans to onboard the game franchise Summoners War: Chronicle onto Oasys.
The firm filed an S-1 registration statement on Monday for the Franklin Ethereum ETF and said the fund will generally reflect the price of ether.
Quick Take Spot bitcoin ETFs dominated the market of crypto investment products last week with $1.1 billion of inflows and the highest AUM since early 2022, CoinShares said.
Quick Take “I assure you that the SEC takes its cybersecurity obligations seriously,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler said in a letter sent to House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry and others last week.
