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Ledger Launches Wrapped-Bitcoin Loans Through Morpho

Ledger Launches Wrapped-Bitcoin Loans Through Morpho

The wallet app defaults to 50% loan-to-value and charges a 1% borrowing fee, while pledged collateral remains subject to liquidation.

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Ledger Launches Wrapped-Bitcoin Loans Through Morpho

Ledger Launches Wrapped-Bitcoin Loans Through Morpho

The wallet app defaults to 50% loan-to-value and charges a 1% borrowing fee, while pledged collateral remains subject to liquidation.
Robinhood Unveils In-App AI Agents for Crypto and Stock Trading

Robinhood Unveils In-App AI Agents for Crypto and Stock Trading

Trade approvals will default to on, while a planned Loops feature will let users run recurring strategies around the clock.
Tether Says EQIBank Exposure Is Below 0.034% of Group Assets

Tether Says EQIBank Exposure Is Below 0.034% of Group Assets

A federal court order lists $79.1 million seized.
Bitget Moves Institutional Collateral To Sygnum's Off-Exchange Custody

Bitget Moves Institutional Collateral To Sygnum's Off-Exchange Custody

Client collateral sits in segregated accounts at the Swiss bank and is mirrored back to the exchange for trading. Bitget is the fourth venue on Protect, after Binance, Deribit and Bybit.
CoinEx to Close Exchange on Ninth Anniversary

CoinEx to Close Exchange on Ninth Anniversary

Withdrawals end Dec. 22, while Arkham attributes $422.7 million across 3.2 million addresses to CoinEx and its reserve page shows no current audit rows.
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Nasdaq Invests $100 Million in Kraken Parent Payward

Nasdaq Ventures agreed to put $100 million into Kraken's parent company, at a $21 billion valuation according to Bloomberg, and Payward will adopt Nasdaq's surveillance technology across its trading venues.
Backpack Adds Micron and SanDisk Shares as Margin Collateral

Backpack Adds Micron and SanDisk Shares as Margin Collateral

The exchange also introduced 24/7 perpetual futures on MU, SNDK, SPY and QQQ, but its post did not specify key collateral and liquidation terms.
Strategy Restarts Bitcoin Buying With $370 Million Purchase

Strategy Restarts Bitcoin Buying With $370 Million Purchase

The company funded 4,603 BTC entirely with MSTR share-sale proceeds, leaving its $5.10 billion USD Reserve untouched for preferred dividends and debt interest.
Coinbase and Better Take Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages Beyond the Waitlist

Coinbase and Better Take Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages Beyond the Waitlist

The product pairs a conventional home loan with a separate downpayment loan secured by pledged bitcoin and a second lien on the property.
Tether Clears First Full Audit From KPMG Without Publishing the Statements

Tether Clears First Full Audit From KPMG Without Publishing the Statements

The Big Four firm issued an unqualified opinion on 2025 accounts for Tether's El Salvador issuing entity. The work was done to AICPA standards rather than the PCAOB standards the GENIUS Act sets for licensed U.S. issuers, and Tether has released neither the statements nor the opinion letter.