Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Neutrl has suspended minting and redemptions for its NUSD synthetic dollar after unspecified circumstances affected protocol reserves, leaving the cause and scale of any potential impairment unclear. On Thursday, Neutrl said it had also paused other protocol functions on legal advice… Read More
Strategy (MSTR), the world’s largest corporate bitcoin BTC$64,589.09 holder, raised its cash reserve by roughly $225 million last week after selling common stock, bolstering liquidity while leaving its bitcoin holdings unchanged. Michael Saylor, executive chairman of the firm, said Monday that Strategy now holds a… Read More
Invesco’s move is another sign of asset managers increasingly chasing a new business opportunity created by stablecoins. These cryptocurrencies are designed to maintain a fixed value, typically tied to one U.S. dollar, and are backed by reserve assets such as cash and short-term Treasuries. As… Read More
Strategy’s perpetual preferred security, Stretch (STRC), fell as low as $97.11 on Thursday as bitcoin BTC$73,565.90 slipped to the $73,000 mark. STRC tends to face selling pressure during bitcoin drawdowns and in the days immediately following its ex-dividend date, as seen on Nov. 20 and… Read More
Investment banking giant Morgan Stanley has made a quiet by significant move into stablecoins, expanding its footprint in the digital assets industry. The firm’s investment management arm, MSIM, has announced the launch of the Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio – a government money market fund designed for… Read More
The effort is starting small, but Texas made an opening foray into a state-based crypto reserve — getting closer to the first government stockpile in the U.S.
