Floki Price Prediction Fades as Schwab Opens Spot Crypto Trading While Pepeto FLOKI and TAO Take Different Paths

Schwab just confirmed it will offer direct Bitcoin and Ether spot trading for its nearly $12 trillion client base during the first half of 2026, and that level of Wall Street access landing on retail screens signals a market now shaped by real products and audited security.

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Morgan Stanley applies for OCC bank charter to custody crypto

The Wall Street banking giant has been accelerating its foray into crypto, filing to launch Bitcoin, Ether and Solana ETFs in January.

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Morgan Stanley, other top holders add Bitmine exposure amid sell-off

Bitmine’s top holders continued to increase exposure, showing steady institutional demand for the largest Ether treasury company from Wall Street heavyweights.

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Morgan Stanley files for ether trust after bitcoin and solana ETF push

The Wall Street giant is widening its crypto push, following bitcoin and solana ETF filings with a potential ether trust.

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3 ETH tokens to have as Etherealize raises $40M to bring ETH to Wall Street

Ethereum advocacy firm Etherealize has closed a $40 million funding round to help pitch the blockchain to Wall Street in a week that’s already seen public firms add over $1. 2 billion worth of Ether to their treasuries.

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Asia Morning Briefing: GENIUS Act Positions ETH at the Center of Tokenized Finance, Says Wall Street Veteran

"Every action is powered by ether," Etherealize's founder, Vivek Raman, argues as institutional adoption of Ethereum accelerates amid the stablecoin boom.

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Coinbase to acquire Deribit for $2.9b in largest deal yet: report

Coinbase has agreed to acquire Deribit, the world’s largest trading platform for bitcoin and ether options, for approximately $2.9 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.  The acquisition, Coinbase’s largest to date, includes $700 million in cash and 11 million…

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Crypto Biz: Wall Street gets a taste of altseason

This week’s Crypto Biz explores Ether ETFs growing inflows, the political moves behind Meta’s stablecoin sunset, BitGo’s plans for India, and more.

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U.S. SEC approves first spot Ethereum ETFs: but not yet ready for trading

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved eight applications for spot Ethereum ETFs, marking a significant milestone for the cryptocurrency industry. The approval, announced on May 23, 2024, allows Ethereum (ETH) to trade on Wall Street, and follows the earlier approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs in January. The newly approved ether ETFs will […]

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SEC Drags Its Feet On Spot Ether ETFs — Delays Decision On Proposals From Franklin Templeton, Grayscale

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed its decision on spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications from Grayscale Investments and Wall Street titan Franklin Templeton.

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Coinbase Urges SEC To Approve Grayscale’s Spot Ether ETF — Is ETH About To Go Turbo Parabolic?

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Ark’s Cathie Wood says SEC probably will only approve BTC and ETH ETFs

Cathie Wood, CIO and CEO of Ark Invest told the Wall Street Journal on Feb. 13 that she expects regulators to approve ETFs for very few cryptocurrencies. During the Wall Street Journal’s “Take On the Week” podcast, Wood said: “We’d be surprised to see anything but bitcoin and ether being approved by the [U.

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Goldman Sachs Executes Its First Trade of Ether-Linked Derivative: Report

The Wall Street giant executed its first Ethereum non-deliverable forwards, a derivative that pays out based on the price of ether and offers institutional investors indirect exposure to the cryptocurrency

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Goldman Sachs plans to offer OTC trading for Ethereum options

Goldman Sachs has announced plans to provide over-the-counter (OTC) options trading for Ethereum (ETH/USD) to its clients. The Wall Street giant has attributed this to increased interest and demand for Ether.

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Goldman Sachs’ crypto trading desk expands to Ether

After being critical of cryptocurrencies, the Wall Street investment bank officially embraced Bitcoin earlier this year. It’s now expanding its offerings to include Ether.

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Ethereum (ETH) Moons to Over $4,100 All-Time High 

Ether (ETH) has made it to the psychological $4,100 price region for the first time in its existence. The native digital currency of the Ethereum smart contracts blockchain is now well on its way to becoming more valuable than several Wall Street firms, including JP Morgan Chase.

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“Bye Gold, Buy Bitcoin”: Grayscale Urges Investors to Drop Gold for BTC

Grayscale Investments is weighing in on the gold versus bitcoin debate. Its two sats? Drop the bars, buy the bits (and the dip). The Digital Currency Group off-shoot has launched a “Drop Gold” campaign that encourages investors to ditch the old asset for its digital counterpart, bitcoin.

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E-Trade One-Ups Rival, Readies Launch of Bitcoin Trading for Millions

By CCN: E-Trade is about to offer bitcoin and ether trading, bolstering its securities platform for 5 million customers, a source familiar with the matter told Bloomberg Friday. The securities brokerage firm appears to be taking the approach that ‘if you build it, they will come.

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Five Years in the Making, Bisq Exchange Launches Its Bitcoin DAO

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are one of crypto's more novel and ambitious applications — one that Bitcoin, until recently, has had nothing to do with.

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Fidelity’s Bitcoin Custody Service Could Launch This March

Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest asset managers, is breaking into bitcoin custody. According to a recent report from Bloomberg, three people “with knowledge on the matter” from firms in contact with Fidelity have said that the company is tentatively planning to launch a custody service for bitcoin in March.

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Word on the street: SEC suspends bitcoin and ether ETN over confusion

The Ether Tracker One and Bitcoin Tracker One issued by crypto fund provider XBT Provider AB, a subsidiary of the UK company CoinShares, were suspended due to confusion in their descriptions.

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Op Ed: Utility Token? Why You’re Still Better Off as a Security

The SEC’s proclamation that ether (ETH) is not a security has sparked some celebration amongst the cryptocurrency community. Regulatory clarity is always a good thing, but ICO operators shouldn’t see this as a reason to put the champagne on ice.

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Word on the Street: A market miracle out of the ether

Ether provided the miracle needed to halt the market sliding to a new nadir and it came from an unsuspecting source - Yahoo. 

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