The Swiss National Bank (SNB) owns about $72 million worth of MicroStrategy shares, giving it indirect exposure to Bitcoin. Although SNB's president has publicly stated Bitcoin is unsuitable as a reserve asset, the bank's stake in MicroStrategy, a company known for its large Bitcoin holdings, acts as a proxy for Bitcoin investment. This position, which has been managed actively and fluctuated over the past year, is a byproduct of SNB's currency intervention strategy rather than a direct bullish bet on Bitcoin. The SNB's indirect exposure avoids direct crypto risks but still participates in Bitcoin's price swings through MicroStrategy's leveraged treasury strategy.
Ripple's head of product, Jazzi Cooper, emphasized XRP's potential as collateral in institutional credit, calling it a 'killer use case.' This is supported by new XRP Ledger amendments XLS-65 and XLS-66, which enable on-chain lending and pooled asset...
Teucrium has postponed the launch of its short XRP ETF, designed to profit when XRP's price falls, 19 times since April 2025. The latest filing sets the earliest possible start date to October 11, 2026, but this is only a permission date, not a guara...
Hershey froze its quarterly dividend for five cycles from early 2024 to late 2025 due to sharp declines in net and operating income caused by high cocoa costs and tariffs. Starting February 2026, the company raised its dividend to $1.452 per share, r...
Goldman Sachs reversed its previous forecast and now anticipates a 25-basis-point Federal Reserve rate hike on September 16, following hotter-than-expected August core inflation data. This shift aligns with rising market odds, which surged to over 86...
A survey of 14 Ethereum staking providers accessible in Germany reveals that only five clearly state their commission fees, which range from 0% to 50% depending on the reward component. The network's annual percentage rate (APR) was 2.46% on Septembe...
