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Borrowing against bitcoin and earning income to build their BTC holdings are becoming priorities for long-term investors, Xapo Bank CEO Seamus Rocca told CoinDesk.

The securities have financed purchases of nearly 136,000 bitcoin, opening a funding channel that analysts expect to complement the larger ETF market.

Bitwise sees a potential return above $100,000, while LO:TECH expects a narrower trading range as interest-rate uncertainty weighs on the market.

Het pad van Bitcoin naar $100.000 splitst analisten te midden van dreigende rentetarieven

Executives see openings for tokenization, DeFi and dealmaking, while lawyers warn agency action leaves spot-market oversight and lasting certainty unresolved.

Crypto M&A has hit record levels, but the Clarity Act’s Senate setback leaves dealmakers weighing how much regulatory uncertainty still matters.

CEO Iana Dimitrova said OpenPayd aims to launch in the U.S. by April 2027 and is eyeing deals to add licenses and technology.

BNY in talks with Kraken parent Payward over infrastructure partnership

The stablecoin payments company said the audit is part of its preparations to go public, disputing an August report that the listing had been put on hold.

Kraken parent Payward is unifying trading, payments, asset management and institutional services on common rails, co-CEO Arjun Sethi said.