Kraken Launches Institutional Platform Offering Credit, 90% Market Access

Kraken Prime is redefining institutional crypto trading with unmatched liquidity access, smart order routing, and elite-grade security built to exceed Wall Street-level performance expectations. Kraken Prime Unveiled With Deep Liquidity, Smart Order Routing, and Institutional-Grade Security Crypto exchange Kraken announced on June 3 the introduction of Kraken Prime, a full-service prime brokerage platform created to … Read more

XRP Lending Goes Institutional—New Platform Targets US Public Companies

XRP is primed to supercharge institutional lending as a top-tier enterprise platform targets NYSE and Nasdaq-listed giants with on-chain, futures-hedged, asset-backed crypto loans. XRP to Fuel Institutional Loans for Public Giants on NYSE and Nasdaq Boards Hyperscale Data Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS) disclosed on May 29 that its subsidiary, Ault Capital Group Inc. (ACG), will … Read more

Cantor Fitzgerald Boss: Bitcoin’s Fixed Supply Makes It Superior to Gold in Scarcity

Cantor Fitzgerald, a major global financial services firm, has executed its first trades this month within its newly launched $2 billion bitcoin financing business, Chairman Brandon Lutnick explained at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas. Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman Details Firm’s Growing Bitcoin Initiatives During his fireside chat session with Paolo Ardoino the CEO of … Read more

$430B Bitcoin Flood: Institutions Set to Hold Over 4.2M BTC by 2026

Institutions are on track to scoop up over 4.2 million BTC by 2026, as explosive capital inflows, sovereign adoption, and yield strategies converge—new research maps unstoppable bitcoin momentum. From ETF Flows to Sovereign Moves: The Institutional Bitcoin Map for 2026 Bitwise Asset Management and UTXO Management released their first collaborative research report last week, publishing … Read more

Report: VCs See Stablecoins as Crypto’s ‘Killer App’

Despite the geopolitical tensions from the U.S. trade war causing a decline in most liquid tokens, venture capitalists continued to focus on the core utility of cryptocurrencies, particularly stablecoins. VCs’ Growing Positive View of Stablecoins Although the geopolitical tensions sparked by the U.S. trade war resulted in a quarter-long giveback of gains across most liquid … Read more

Standard Chartered to Provide Banking Services for Digital Asset Prime Broker Falconx’s Institutional Clients

Falconx, an institutional digital asset prime broker, announced a strategic partnership with Standard Chartered. In the initial phase of the collaboration, Standard Chartered will provide a comprehensive suite of banking services to Falconx globally, enhancing the platform’s offerings for institutional clients. The partnership will integrate Standard Chartered’s banking infrastructure, allowing Falconx to access a wide … Read more

Sygnum Reports 400% Surge in Institutional Demand for Crypto-TradFi Integration

Sygnum, a Zurich-based digital asset banking group, revealed a 400% average annual growth in traditional securities trading volume on its blockchain-based DLT Treasury Management system since 2020, alongside a doubling of institutional clients trading these assets over the past year. This surge, amplified by recent U.S. regulatory shifts—such as the Federal Reserve’s decision to ease … Read more

Sovereign Wealth Funds Bet on Bitcoin as Gold Alternative, Says Coinbase Institutional Strategist

John D’Agostino, Head of Strategy at Coinbase Institutional, revealed that sovereign wealth funds and institutional investors have become key drivers of bitcoin accumulation in April, contrasting with retail investors’ retreat from exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Institutional Demand and Sovereign Funds, Not Retail, Behind Bitcoin’s April Rally, D’Agostino Tells CNBC Sovereign wealth funds — state-owned investment pools … Read more

HTX Integrates Fireblocks Off-Exchange to Secure Institutional Trading

HTX has integrated and launched Fireblocks Off-Exchange, a solution aimed at institutional trading. This integration enhances the platform’s security infrastructure and streamlines operations within a compliant framework. Fireblocks Off-Exchange enables institutions to securely trade digital assets by maintaining funds in self-custodied, off-exchange collateral accounts, which reduces counterparty risk while allowing for rapid, low-cost settlement. Since … Read more

Avalon Labs Launches Institutional Layer on Bybit to Enhance Bitcoin Lending and Yield

Avalon Labs has launched its institutional layer on Bybit, aimed at transforming bitcoin lending and yield opportunities within the centralized exchange ecosystem. This new feature allows bitcoin holders to access enhanced yield by leveraging Avalon’s fixed-rate institutional borrowing layer alongside the FBTC asset, which is a bitcoin−pegged token with over $1.25 billion in total value … Read more