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Quick Take Ikigai Asset Management, which had a majority of its funds at FTX before it collapsed, sold its claim and is now allowing investors to redeem their capital, CIO Travis Kling said.
Quick Take The SEC told a Utah court it will train staff about “the duty of accuracy and candor.”
Quick Take The SEC said BarnBridge and its founders, Tyler Ward, 34, and Troy Murray, 38, did not register the “offer and sale of structured crypto asset securities known as SMART Yield bonds.”
Quick Take U.S. data center infrastructure provider Akron Energy has raised $110 million in private funding. Alternative investment manager Bluesky Capital Management led the round, which saw additional participation from Kestrel 0x1 and Nural Capital.
Quick Take Crypto industry leaders share their thoughts on the digital assets outlook for the year ahead, covering everything from spot bitcoin ETFs to stablecoins, real-world assets, NFTs and regulations.
Quick Take The Securities and Futures Commission published two circulars today addressing the requirements for spot crypto ETFs.
Quick Take In an X space talk with Cathie Wood, Musk said he hardly thinks about crypto these days.
Quick Take Some Solana Saga phone customer orders have been canceled following an “inventory management” issue, according to its official X account. The device saw huge demand last week amid a surge in the price of bonk and an arbitrage opportunity presented by the 30 million tokens that come with the phone.
Quick Take South Korean gaming firm Wemade partnered with technology investor Whampoa Digital. The partnership focuses on launching a $100 million fund dedicated to Web3 development.
Ark Invest disposed of another 80,118 Coinbase shares ($13.5 million) on Thursday.The investment management firm has now sold over $200 million worth of Coinbase shares this month, rebalancing its fund weightings amid a surge in COIN’s price.
