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A small Texas community bank is playing an outsize role in the global crypto market. United Texas Bank is the backbone of dollar settlement rail for offshore crypto exchanges and trading firms. It's one of the only banks willing to handle transactions with crypto-friendly

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Scoop: Jane Street more than tripled its crypto trading in 2024, boosted by bitcoin ETFs and market rebound theinformation.com/articles/jane-…

The Fed also pivoted on crypto regulation, following earlier moves by the OCC and FDIC

Crypto Boom Drove Big Trading Rise at Jane Street Wall Street powerhouse Jane Street tripled its crypto trading last year, getting a boost from bitcoin ETFs and Trump's election. Read more from Yueqi Yang👇

Jane Street tripled its crypto trading in 2024, buying and selling $220B worth of crypto (gross). In 2023 that number was just ~$60B. (via The Information) theinformation.com/articles/jane-… by Yueqi Yang

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Crypto VC funds are back in the market fundraising, but they also face intense competition for capital from MicroStrategy, Janover, TwentyOne Capital, and crypto ETFs. Crypto VCs are on track to raise nearly $4 billion in the coming months, which would top last year’s total of

First state banking trade group I've seen come out against stablecoin reform comes from the Lone Star state >>>>

🤖 new 🤖 Robotics startup founded by former CEO of failed fintech firm Synapse aiming to finalize $100mn fundraising at $1 billion valuation, from the family office of a member of the Saudi Arabia royal family among other investors theinformation.com/articles/ex-sy…

The success of Saylor’s fundraising playbook for Strategy is causing trouble for its imitators, as the market for the bonds they are using to fund Bitcoin buys is getting tighter -- and a rival with heavyweight backers about to pumping out its own paper bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Great episode, this one feels personal! My favorite workwear brand. Yueqi Yang & I went to their collection launch party last year and met Sarah & Miyako. Even then, they were already talking about the effort to source textiles globally-- including a beautiful interweave knit

Crypto can't dream big enough under Trump. Read my newsletter The Information: theinformation.com/articles/crypt…

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Scoop: We obtained a doc circulating from pro-crypto Democrats on the "major victories" they've obtained through the GENIUS Act talks with Republicans. Wins include new standards for foreign issuers, limits on Big Tech ownership and more. PBN Text subscribers had it first.

Exclusive: Bank tech giants FIS and Fiserv are planning to help banks integrate with stablecoins for payments. The two companies provide much of the infrastructure underlying the modern banking system. Their plans come as more banks are prepping for the arrival of