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Announcing the inaugural Capitol Crypto Forum, hosted by @TheBlockCo and @thehill on November 19.
Lawmakers, regulators, and industry, together for the first time after the midterms.
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THE BLOCK: Bernstein is forecasting that prediction markets and tokenization will drive growth for crypto stocks as spot trading softens.
The firm cut Coinbase’s price target to $250 from $330, but raised Circle's to $145 from $140 and sees Robinhood’s prediction-market revenue overtaking its crypto revenue by 2028.
$COIN $CRCL $HOOD
THE BLOCK: The CFTC and the NBA 🏀 signed a memorandum of understanding in an effort to share information to preserve the integrity of the game in prediction markets.
"I'm pleased the CFTC and NBA signed an MOU which continues the Commission's commitment to increasing data sharing between the agency and professional sports leagues," CFTC Chair Michael Selig said in a statement.
THE BLOCK: Ondo Finance opens subscriptions next week for tokenized pre-IPO exposure to OpenAI, letting its Private Clients subscribe directly to notes already trading on secondary markets.
OpenAI's stock market debut is now expected in 2027 after CEO Sam Altman ruled out a 2026 IPO last month, citing AI safety concerns.
Starknet considers L1 transition - live with Eli Ben-Sasson xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1YxNrbwPR…
THE BLOCK: Ripple has introduced new capabilities for Ripple Treasury, its corporate cash management platform, including AI-powered tools to automate cash positioning, forecasting, reconciliation, liquidity management and payments.
The platform also adds 24/7 Returns, which allows eligible corporate customers to earn returns on qualifying digital assets held in Ripple wallets, including its U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD, subject to program requirements.
THE BLOCK: Strive $ASST acquired 6,182 bitcoin:native for approximately $511.4 million last week at an average price of $82,732, bringing its total holdings to 43,000 BTC.
The company also established an up to $1 billion at-the-market offering program for its SATS preferred stock, according to SEC filings.
Galaxy says bitcoin bear market is over; now is the time to buy and hold theblock.co/news/markets/202…
THE STARTING BLOCK:
Samson Mow unpacks details of the Liquid Network incident, which saw attackers withhold 600 BTC after carrying-out a white hack.
@Excellion said it's the latest in an avalanche of AI-assisted attacks targeting Bitcoin and the wider internet.
Full 📺 from The Future of Capital Markets with @BFXSecurities.
So, what actually happened with the Liquid hack? 🤔
I asked @Excellion (Jan3, and a board member on the Liquid board) for the TLDR on The Starting Block in Lugano 👇
"A white hat, more grey hat hacker hacked the Federation wallet, took a number of coins out, returned some and withheld about 600 BTC."
- The negotiation played out in public, on OP_RETURN
- Peg-outs are back and he says @Liquid_BTC is running normally
- His take on the cause: "It's the normal of AI attacks. It hit Bitcoin first, then it hit Lightning, then it hit Liquid."
Full answer 👇
THE BLOCK: Aviva Investors has launched a tokenized share class of its £22 billion ($29.4 billion) Sterling Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger, with £50 million ($66.7 million) invested. ripple:native
The Ripple-backed launch brings total investment across Aviva's two tokenized money market fund offerings to more than £86 million ($114.8 million).
