Anna Irrera

London-based blockchain analytics company Elliptic raised $120M led by One Peak Partners at a $670M valuation; the platform screens 1B+ transactions per week (@annairrera / Bloomberg) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic has raised $120 million in a new funding round backed by Deutsche Bank and Nasdaq’s venture arm, as large financial institutions expand their digital-asset offerings bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

JPMorgan and other big Wall Street firms are using crypto's underlying technology to transform a key corner of the financial market. (No, not stocks) I encourage you to click this link and enjoy a session of hypnoblockchaining through the lead graphic. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

excl: MoonPay has acquired crypto security startup Sodot for $100 million in an all-stock deal. the purchase will form part of the company's new MoonPay Institutional unit, led by @CarolineDPham bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The global crypto race is leaving a divided Europe behind bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @annairrera @europressos

Today's big take in @business is a fantastic piece from @annairrera and her team on what is at stake for the Euro in the context of stablecoins, which are dominated by USD. As I said to Anna in our interview, “You need to think about stablecoins as the payments rails of the world of the future. If you are not building the rails for the euro to be on in the future then the euro might not exist.” bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Europe is pushing a digital euro in a bid to fight back but the crypto-powered dollar is winning anyway. Why does this matter? “You need to think about stablecoins as the payments rails of the world of the future,” said @mariekeflament. “If you are you are not building the rails for the euro to be on in the future then the euro might not exist.” bloomberg.com/news/features/…

JPMorgan exec Naveen Mallela, global co-head of blockchain division Kinexys, steps down after 11 years at the bank; Kinexys handled $5B transactions per day (@annairrera / Bloomberg) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… #a260211p14" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">techmeme.com/260211/p14#a26… 📥 Send tips! techmeme.com/contact

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK raked in more donations that any other British political party in the third quarter bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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@tracyalloway starting a bloomberg desk labubu chain cc @annairrera

Day 2 of labubu ownership and I am enjoying this thing far more than I should, I think

“Okay, are you ready? I don’t know who he is.” bbc.com/news/articles/…

scoop: JPMorgan plans to allow institutional clients to use Bitcoin and Ether as collateral for loans by the end of the year bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

scoop: FIFA is now facing a criminal complaint over its blockchain-based tokens linked to tickets for the World Cup, after an investigation by Switzerland’s gambling regulator bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the UK must regulate the crypto industry soon to safeguard its position as an international financial hub, doubling down on his support for digital assets bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The Bank of England plans to grant exemptions to proposed caps on stablecoin holdings by businesses, indicating a softening stance toward cryptoassets amid growing competition from the US bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

scoop: Switzerland’s gambling regulator is opening a preliminary probe into sales on FIFA’s blockchain-based ticketing platform, which offers fans the right to buy a ticket to the World Cup final — but only if their team makes it bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Banco Santander is mulling an expansion in digital assets, including early-stage plans to offer a stablecoin as well as access to cryptocurrencies for retail clients bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

UPDATE: Spain / Portugal / south of France blackout. Spain remains extremely short of power, with rolling blackouts hitting most of the country. Official data shows demand (= supply) running at ~10 GW now, significantly below the 26 GW pre-outage. This is a massive blackout.

BlackRock the world’s largest asset manager, is launching a Bitcoin exchanged-traded product in Europe trib.al/FnTLhLW