Asset Tokenization Draws Focus From Global Securities Watchdogs The International Organization of Securities Commissions wants to analyse whether or not further policy direction is needed for tokenization. https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/12/asset-tokenization-draws-focus-from-global-securities-watchdogs/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Hong Kong Could Approve Spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs as Early as Monday: Bloomberg Hong Kong could approve approve spot bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds as early as Monday, Bloomberg said, citing two people familiar with the matter. https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/12/hong-kong-could-approve-spot-bitcoin-ether-etfs-as-early-as-monday-bloomberg/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

First Mover Americas: BTC Holds Stable at $70K The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 12, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/12/first-mover-americas-btc-holds-stable-at-70k/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Australian Court Hands Over $41 Million of Crypto Held by Blockchain Mining Group at Regulator's Request An Australian federal court agreed to a petition by markets regulator ASIC to hand over some US$41 million in digital assets invested by over 450 Australians with the mining companies to specialists f... https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/12/australian-court-hands-over-41-million-of-crypto-held-by-blockchain-mining-group-at-regulators-request/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Bitcoin Cash Sends Bitcoin Traders Warning Sign About Halving Bitcoin cash has been seen a proxy for the upcoming halving of rewards on the Bitcoin blockchain. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/12/bitcoin-cash-sends-bitcoin-traders-warning-sign-about-halving/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

TON Foundation Teams Up With HashKey to Drive Crypto On-Ramping in Telegram HashKey and the Foundation are focussing their partnership on Hong Kong in the first phase. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/04/12/ton-foundation-teams-up-with-hashkey-to-drive-crypto-on-ramping-in-telegram/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Bitcoin Meme Coin PUPS Fuelled by Hype Ahead of Runes Release Ordinals and Runes are both projects by long-time Bitcoin developer Casey Rodarmor, which has created trust and lent an idea of authenticity among users. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/12/bitcoin-meme-coin-pups-fuelled-by-hype-ahead-of-runes-release/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Ether.Fi Inks $500M Restaking Deal With RedStone Oracles Under its deal with RedStone, Ether.Fi will dedicate $500 million to help secure RedStone's data oracles, which are used to pass information between blockchains and the outside world. https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/04/12/etherfi-inks-500m-restaking-deal-with-redstone-oracles/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Hong Kong-Listed Bitcoin ETFs Could Unlock Up to $25B in Demand, Crypto Firm Says Singapore-based Matrixport expects mainland Chinese investors to move billions into potential Hong Kong-listed spot BTC ETFs through the Stock Connect program. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/12/hong-kong-listed-bitcoin-etfs-could-unlock-upto-25b-in-demand-crypto-firm-says/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Bitcoin Stable Near $71K as GBTC Outflows Pick Back Up The Thursday total ETF flow was negative, with GBTC leading the pack https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/12/bitcoin-stable-near-71k-as-gbtc-outflows-pick-back-up/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines