Phoebe's Bitmingham Beat - Ripple to acquire another crypto custody firm / Coinbase partners with Ledger / Oldest Scotch distillery to sell 50-year-old whisky collection with NFT pairs [EN]

Ripple to acquire another crypto custody firm / Coinbase partners with Ledger / Oldest Scotch distillery to sell 50-year-old whisky collection with NFT pairs [EN]

02/15/24 • 17 min

Ripple acquires digital asset custody firm Standard Custody & Trust Company, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index hits a 27-month high amid Bitcoin's surge past $50,000, Ledger partners with Coinbase for easier crypto transfers to hardware wallets, StoneX Group expands its digital asset team and plans new crypto services, Banxa's U.K. subsidiary becomes a regulated entity by the Financial Conduct Authority, and The Glenlivet launches a 50-year-old whisky collection paired with Ethereum-based NFTs.

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Bitcoin's price surged past $50,000, reaching a 26-month high due to investor interest in spot Bitcoin ETFs and anticipation of the upcoming halving event, while venture capital funding in the crypto space showed a significant increase in January despite a general downturn in investment following high-profile collapses in the industry.

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Citigroup successfully tested tokenizing a private equity fund on the Avalanche blockchain, the U.S. now leads in Bitcoin ETF assets with $34.78B, Tiger Global Management sold its entire stake in Coinbase, Bakkt received regulatory approval to issue $150M in securities, and Superchief Gallery announced the opening of the world's first Bitcoin Ordinals art gallery in San Francisco.