AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoMarket Shock: Crypto slid hard on Oct. 7 as oil jumped, Treasury yields rose, and the dollar firmed—pushing BTC toward ~$83.6K and triggering a leverage flush with ~$550M in liquidations. ETF Watch: Winklevoss Asset Services filed for a spot Zcash ETF on Nasdaq under ticker WINK (0.25% fee, Gemini custody), while Coinbase says it will relaunch Coinbase Pro by year-end after completing its Deribit integration. Regulation & Privacy: The CFTC is moving ahead with a federal framework for leveraged crypto trading despite Congress stalling, and FinCEN withdrew proposed rules that would have increased surveillance of self-custody wallets and treated mixing as a top laundering focus. Institutional Moves: Robinhood confirmed a first-time $25M Bitcoin treasury buy; Russia’s Sberbank was added to the country’s crypto custody register for BTC, ETH, and USDT. Crypto Business: BTCC launched a refreshed Trust Center for its 15th anniversary, and SwissBorg added Worldcoin’s WLD for MiCA-regulated swaps. Enterprise/Tech: Zumo and Quantum Chain teamed up to build quantum-secure financial infrastructure in the UK. XRP Angle: Ripple moved nearly $150M in XRP to Binance-linked wallets, adding to XRP’s sell-pressure narrative.
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