AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoMarket Pressure: Bitcoin briefly fell below $73,000 after hotter-than-expected inflation revived Fed rate-hike fears. More than $723 million in crypto positions were liquidated, mostly bullish bets, while Ether slipped below $2,100. Institutional Payments: PNC is piloting incoming USDC payments for corporate clients, with funds converted to dollars. Visa added Monad to its stablecoin settlement options, and a 21-bank group is reportedly backing a stablecoin venture with $270 million. Wall Street Access: Coinbase won final OCC approval for a national trust bank charter, allowing custody and fiduciary services but not regular deposits or commercial lending. Schwab has opened Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink trading to eligible clients. Tokenized Markets: An NYSE-affiliated venue selected Avalanche as the ledger for planned tokenized stock trading, pending regulatory approval. Security: Binance warned that an iOS flaw could expose wallet recovery phrases if users run malicious apps. Separately, the XRP Ledger is planning quantum-resistant accounts by 2028, as Glassnode estimates 35.4% of Bitcoin’s supply has exposed public keys.
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