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U.S. SEC Said to Open Talks with Grayscale on Spot Bitcoin ETF Push

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened talks with Grayscale Investments on the details of the company's application to convert its trust product GBTC to a bitcoin spot exchange traded product (ETF), according to a person…

BIS Chief Touts Benefits of CBDCs, Says Crypto Reveals ‘Poorly Designed and Poorly Supervised Financial Systems’ 

In a Wednesday speech in Basel, Switzerland, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) chief Agustín Carstens argued that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will “sit at the core of the future financial system,” bringing innovation and meeting…

The Protocol: Kraken Awakens – as Ethereum L2 Candidate

In this week's edition of The Protocol newsletter, we explain how Kraken is reportedly considering launching its own layer-2 blockchain, following Coinbase's recent launch of a similar network, amidst a broader trend of companies creating…