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The explosive growth that once defined U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds has largely ground to a halt with the sector now managing roughly the same amount of Bitcoin as it did when Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election in November 2024.

The stagnation marks a dramatic reversal for one of Wall Street’s most successful ETF launches.

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Capital flowing into bitcoin has slowed significantly in 2026 so far as investors increasingly favor artificial intelligence-linked stocks even as corporate treasury buyers continue accumulating the cryptocurrency, brokerage Bernstein said in a research note.

The brokerage estimates bitcoin ETF investors have withdrawn a net $2.6 billion in 2026 so far while corporate ...


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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is shaping up to be more than a global sporting spectacle. Before a single match has been played, prediction-market platforms have already processed roughly $2 billion in trading tied to the tournament, turning the event into one of the industry’s largest real-world stress tests to date.



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More than 200 cryptocurrency companies and industry groups have urged the U.S. Senate to quickly advance the CLARITY Act, intensifying pressure on lawmakers to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets before the current legislative window closes.

Over 200 crypto companies send joint letter urging Congress to ‘clar...


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The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has launched an electronic matching system for the interbank foreign exchange market, aiming to modernise trading, improve transparency and strengthen price discovery in the country’s currency market, the central bank said on Tuesday.

The new Electronic Matching System (EMS) replaces a largely manual process in which commercial banks negotiat...


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