09 Jun 2025
UK regulator lifts ban on crypto ETNs
The UK regulator says the proposals will promote effective competition in the interests of consumers by allowing firms to compete in retail markets offering these products and providing greater investor choice.
06 Jun 2025
Digital assets: 3iQ partners with Criptonite on multi-factor fund AMC
Also: Russia’s Sberbank launches bitcoin-linked structured bond; Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management to roll out gold-protected Bitcoin fund, and more.
25 Apr 2025
Digital assets: VSE opens doors to crypto trackers, Amina partners with EDG in product push
Also: Penguin secures MAS licence, unveils white-glove investment services; Bitwise unveils four crypto ETPs on LSE; 21Shares readies Dogecoin ETP; and Ripple to launch Asia’s first XRP play.
11 Apr 2025
Digital assets: Cboe readies launch of Cboe FTSE BTC index futures
New Cboe FTSE Bitcoin index futures planned to launch on 28 April 2025, subject to regulatory review.
10 Apr 2025
Digital assets: OSL rolls out crypto wealth management platform in HK
Also: Galaxy Digital gets UK FCA’s greenlight on executing derivatives trading, while HK regulator sets guidelines on staking rules for licensed exchanges.
04 Apr 2025
Digital assets: Cboe launches first suite of BuyWrite indices on a BTC spot ETF
Also: HANetf launches Europe’s first leveraged and short cryptocurrency ETPs; trading firm Flowdesk raises US$102m in financing round as it targets to expand OTC derivatives business.
20 Mar 2025
SRP Europe 2025: crypto inches towards mainstream
Amina Bank forecasts the price of Bitcoin to land between US$130,000 to US$140,000 by the end of 2025.
27 Feb 2025
Zerocap taps CoinDesk Indices on Australia’s first index crypto structured note
The Melbourne-based issuer's first index-linked crypto structured note will be constructed with participation payoff.
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26 Feb 2025
Digital assets: TDX taps CoinDesk indices, ETFs spring up
Also: Hong Kong regulator loosens access to cryptocurrencies in new roadmap.
29 Jan 2025
HK manager rolls out first tokenised repack notes
Distributed by GF Securities (Hong Kong) Brokerage and Hash Blockchain, the first tokenised short-term asset-backed liquidity notes in Hong Kong SAR aim to replicate a constant net asset value open-ended investment fund.
28 Jan 2025
Digital assets: Fineqia, FTSE Russell partner in DeFi ETN launch
Also: Maple aims at institutional market with call options BTC play; Nasdaq files for in-kind redemptions for BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF; SignalPlus closes US$11m in series B round funding.
23 Jan 2025
Virtune goes first as Nasdaq launches crypto ETN segment in Finland
Nasdaq has welcomed the first batch of exchange-traded notes on cryptocurrency in Helsinki issued by Virtune AB, a decade after their debut in Sweden.