The Xapo Digital Wealth Report for Q1 2026 highlights a major shift in how high-net-worth individuals manage their bitcoin, moving away from active trading and toward long-term capital preservation. Key Takeaways: Xapo members increased active bitcoin-backed loans by 8.9% in Q1 2026 to avoid selling during volatility. Institutional use of bitcoin as collateral grew as […]
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Xapo Bank has announced that it has received full regulatory approval from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission for its new bitcoin yield product, developed in partnership with Hilbert Capital. This development allows Xapo Bank members to access the Xapo Byzantine Bitcoin Credit Fund, which is managed by Hilbert Capital, providing a regulated pathway to generate […]
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Xapo Bank recorded a 24% global increase in bitcoin-backed loan initiations during Q2 2025, with European members driving 72% of the total volume, according to its Digital Wealth Report released this week. Xapo Q2: Bitcoin Loans Up 24%, Millennials Boost Crypto Holdings 10% The Gibraltar-based bank Xapo noted members increasingly use bitcoin ( BTC) holdings […]
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Microsoft’s upcoming vote on whether or not to build a Bitcoin position is just another sign of corporations’ and institutional investors’ growing interest in BTC.
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This week’s Crypto Biz examines Hong Kong’s crypto ETF market, Morgan Stanley’s green light for Bitcoin funds, Xapo Bank license in the UK, and Core Scientific’s billionaire deal with CoreWeave.
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Xapo Bank members will now be able to instantly pay for small purchases of up to $100 at any vendor accepting Lightning payments.
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After Grayscale Investments shared information concerning the company’s product holdings, people questioned why the firm wouldn’t share the public addresses associated with the crypto assets it holds. However, on Nov. 23, OXT researcher Ergo published a Twitter thread featuring onchain forensics that confirm Coinbase Custody holds a balance of 633K bitcoin that likely belongs to […]
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Sources have disclosed that the digital currency mining operation, Bitdeer Technologies, has purchased a high-security storage and display facility in Singapore called Le Freeport for $28.4 million. Bitdeer’s chairman, Jihan Wu, confirmed the vault acquisition via a text message following the reports that revealed the mining firm purchased Le Freeport. Bitdeer Purchases Maximum Security Vault […]
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Licechtenstein’s Financial Market Authority has approved a new startup called Lirium, which was founded by a Xapo co-founder and aims to streamline the integration of crypto services by banks and fintechs.
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South Africa’s Inter-governmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) recently accepted Mercury FX, a UK-based e-money firm, into the first cohort of its regulatory sandbox. The firm, which harnesses the Ripplenet blockchain, says it wants to demonstrate its technology’s ability “to shorten the money transfer window to only minutes.” Fast and Low Remittances Further, Mercury FX, which […]
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