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Danske Bank has started offering Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs to customers for the first time, but the bank still doesn’t endorse crypto assets.

Danske Bank Now Offers Bitcoin & Ethereum ETPs

As announced in a press release, Danske Bank’s customers can now invest in some exchange-traded products (ETPs) tracking the two largest cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The bank said that the new option is a response to increasing user demand for digital assets and improved regulation related to the sector. Kerstin Lysholm, head of investment products & offering at Danske Bank, noted:

As cryptocurrencies have become a more common asset class, we are receiving an increasing number of enquiries from customers wanting the option of investing in cryptocurrencies as part of their investment portfolio.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Danske Bank is the largest bank in Denmark with 3.75 trillion DKK (around $596 billion) in assets. Previously, the bank took a stalwart stance against offering cryptocurrency trading, but the latest move suggests it’s finally opening up to the market.

Though, Danske Bank still doesn’t offer advisory services for digital assets, labelling them as “opportunistic investments” rather than part of a long-term portfolio strategy. The addition of the new Bitcoin and Ethereum investment option is geared at investors who use the firm’s trading platform without receiving any investment advice, the bank said.

Investors using the option will gain exposure to the cryptocurrencies not by direct holding, but via ETPs, investment vehicles that allow for indirect exposure. This means that traders won’t have to engage with blockchain components like wallets and exchanges.

Lysholm emphasized that access to digital asset ETPs on the company’s trading platform shouldn’t be taken as a recommendation of cryptocurrencies from Danske Bank. The bank warned that the asset class involves “high risk” and may result in large losses.

The move to allow Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs isn’t the only one related to the cryptocurrency sector that Danske Bank has made recently. In September, the bank joined hands with eight other major European banks to develop a shared euro-pegged stablecoin.

Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that have their price pegged to a fiat currency. Currently, the space is heavily dominated by the USD-based tokens, and the consortium of Danske Bank and other European banks plans to challenge this hegemony.

Since the initial announcement, the consortium has gradually added more members, now involving a total of twelve European financial institutions. The banks have set up a company called Qivalis in Amsterdam to handle the issuance of the stablecoin.

While the exact launch date of the token is unknown, the consortium has said it aims to make a commercial release in the second half of 2026.

BTC Price

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is floating around $66,700, down more than 8% in the last seven days.

Министерство финансов Великобритании объявило о выпуске цифровых гособлигаций (digital gilts) на блокчейне Orion, принадлежащем крупнейшему по объему активов европейскому банку HSBC.

Индикаторы технического анализа часто запаздывают относительно движения цены. Для волатильных инструментов, таких как криптовалюты, это может снижать эффективность сигналов. Center of Gravity (CG) позиционируется как осциллятор, способный минимизировать временной лаг. Рассмотрим принципы его работы и особенности применения.

BlockFills, a Chicago‑based cryptocurrency trading and lending firm that caters to institutional investors, has temporarily halted client deposits and withdrawals following the latest sharp downturn in digital asset markets. 

The decision came after Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to around $60,000 last week before recovering some of its losses. A company spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday that the suspension remains in effect.

BlockFills Imposes Trading Limits

The firm, which is backed by Susquehanna Private Equity Investments and the venture capital arm of CME Group, said the pause was introduced as a precautionary step. 

According to reports, clients were notified last week that the measure was designed “to further the protection of our clients and the firm.” The notice stated that any funds sent to the platform during the suspension period would be rejected and returned. 

While deposits and withdrawals are frozen, BlockFills clients are still permitted to trade, though under certain limitations. Positions or loans requiring additional margin may be closed if necessary.

BlockFills operates across several areas of the crypto market, offering spot and derivatives execution, structured products, and crypto‑backed lending services. Its clientele includes Bitcoin miners, hedge funds, and other professional counterparties. 

The company emphasized that trading for both spot and derivatives markets remains available for opening and closing positions, subject to restrictions implemented in response to current conditions.

No End In Sight

In a public statement, BlockFills said that recent market and financial volatility prompted the temporary suspension. The firm added that it is working to restore liquidity to the platform as quickly as possible. 

The company has not indicated how long the suspension will last, nor has it disclosed specific details about the underlying issues beyond citing heightened market volatility. 

While such pauses are disruptive, they are not without precedent in the cryptocurrency industry. During the 2022 market downturn often referred to as the “crypto winter,” several major centralized lenders and exchanges froze customer withdrawals as liquidity strains intensified. 

Companies including Celsius, Voyager Digital, BlockFi and Genesis eventually filed for bankruptcy after suspending client funds. More recently, in 2025, some exchanges experienced temporary disruptions. Binance, for example, briefly halted futures trading for less than an hour, attributing the interruption to technical issues.

The situation for BlockFills and its users will likely persist until crypto prices recover. For example, Bitcoin renewed its downtrend on Wednesday, dropping toward $67,554. The cryptocurrency registered losses of 2% and 8% in the 24-hour and seven-day time frames, respectively, positioning it 46% below all-time high levels.

According to CoinGecko data, Ethereum (ETH), XRP, and Solana (SOL) followed Bitcoin’s lead, with respective declines of 3%, 2%, and 3.5% in the 24-hour time frame alone, adding to the growing fear of a full-fledged bear market taking place. 

Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com 

Преступники все чаще используют биткоин, Monero и USDT для расчетов и отмывания средств. Об этом сообщили опрошенные Bloomberg эксперты, указав, что выбор актива зависит от ликвидности, уровня анонимности и стоимости транзакций.

Аналитики ончейн-платформы CryptoRank заявили, что биткоин подает один из самых заметных медвежьих сигналов с начала 2022 года. Речь идет о резком ухудшении динамики 200-дневной скользящей средней — ключевого индикатора долгосрочного тренда.

Федеральный суд Калифорнии снизил штраф для компании Paxful Holdings, оператора P2P-платформы Paxful, со $112 млн до $4 млн. Компания признала вину в нарушении требований по противодействию отмыванию средств (AML).

Центральный банк Малайзии (BNM) через Центр инноваций цифровых активов (DAIH) запустил нормативную песочницу для тестирования привязанных к ринггиту стейблкоинов в международных расчетах, а также токенизированных активов реального мира (RWA).

Криптовалютный аналитик Михаэль ван де Поппе (Michael van de Poppe) заявил о расхождении между ценой эфира и сетевой активностью. По его словам, динамика транзакций указывает на формирование условий для последующего роста.

Компания Tether увеличит вложения в государственные облигации США, которые используются для обеспечения стейблкоинов USDT и USAT. Об этом заявил глава американского подразделения компании Бо Хайнс (Bo Hines).

Глава исследовательского подразделения норвежской брокерской компании K33 Research Ветле Лунде (Vetle Lunde) предположил, что возвращение биткоина к диапазону цен $70 000–$75 000 может произойти в ближайшие недели.

Недавний подъем биткоина с $60 000 до $67 000 объясняется активностью крупных держателей криптовалюты, так называемых китов. Однако явных признаков устойчивого восстановления спроса на рынке пока не наблюдается, утверждают аналитики компании Glassnode.

Американский инвестиционный банк Goldman Sachs сократил свою долю в крупных криптовалютных биржевых фондах (ETF). Об этом говорит финансовый отчет банка за октябрь — декабрь, поданный в Комиссию по ценным бумагам и биржам США (SEC).

Лауреат Нобелевской премии по экономике Пол Кругман (Paul Krugman) заявил, что на биткоин-рынок надвигается апокалиптическая зима из скандинавской мифологии, которая обычно предшествует Рагнареку и может продлиться несколько лет.

Крупнейший в Дании банк Danske предложил своим клиентам возможность покупать биткоин и эфир в виде паев биржевых продуктов (ETP). К прямым инвестициям в криптовалюту банк продолжает относиться с осторожностью.

Российское правительство утвердило концепцию токенизации реальных активов, в том числе имущественных прав и результатов интеллектуальной работы. Проект документа предложили Минфин и Банк России.

Депутат верхней палаты парламента Индии Рагхав Чадха (Raghav Chadha) раскритиковал власти за обложение криптовалютных транзакций налогами без, по его словам, понятной регулирующей использование цифровых активов нормативно-правовой базы.

Бывший гендиректор рухнувшей осенью 2022 года криптобиржи FTX Сэм Бэнкман‑Фрид (Sam Bankman-Fried), осужденный на 25 лет тюрьмы за мошенничество, подал ходатайство о новом судебном разбирательстве по своему делу.  

Криптовалютная торговая платформа Arkham Exchange, созданная сервисом аналитики Arkham Intelligence, будет закрыта из-за низкой популярности у пользователей. О решении Arkham изданию CoinDesk рассказал знакомый с ситуацией источник.

Quick Facts:

• Hong Kong’s SFC is officially exploring allowing perpetual futures contracts, a major step toward institutional crypto adoption in Asia.
• This move drives demand for high-performance blockchain infrastructure that can support sophisticated, high-frequency trading applications.
• Bitcoin Hyper aims to meet this demand by integrating the high-speed Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) as a Bitcoin Layer 2 solution.
• The project has attracted significant interest, with its presale raising over $31M and attracting major whale investments.

In a landmark move, Hong Kong’s top financial regulator has signaled the city is actively exploring perpetual futures contracts for licensed crypto exchanges. The announcement from Julia Leung, CEO of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), at Consensus Hong Kong, marks a profound maturation of the region’s digital asset framework.

We’re moving far beyond the simple spot ETF approvals that dominated headlines earlier this year. Frankly, this isn’t just a minor regulatory tweak; it’s a foundational shift that acknowledges the sophisticated demands of institutional and professional traders.

Perpetual contracts, which let traders speculate on an asset’s price without an expiry date, are the lifeblood of the global crypto derivatives market (we’re talking trillions in monthly volume). By opening the door to these instruments, Hong Kong is positioning itself as a premier crypto hub in Asia, aiming to capture capital that currently flows offshore.

But what most coverage misses is the second-order effect: this legitimization creates immense pressure on the underlying blockchain infrastructure. Institutional-grade trading demands sub-second execution, low fees, and deep liquidity, capabilities that legacy networks like Bitcoin simply can’t provide on their own.

This creates a paradox. Bitcoin remains the ultimate institutional asset, the digital gold standard. Yet its base layer is too slow and expensive for the high-frequency world of derivatives.

The market is crying out for a solution that bridges Bitcoin’s unparalleled security with the high-performance execution required by modern finance. The question is no longer if institutions will build on Bitcoin, but how.

Bringing Solana-Speed Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

The chasm between Bitcoin’s security and the market’s need for speed is exactly where new infrastructure is emerging. One of the most ambitious is Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER), a project designed from the ground up as the first Bitcoin Layer 2 integrated with the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM). This isn’t just an incremental improvement. It’s a quantum leap for the Bitcoin ecosystem.

By using the SVM, known for its parallel processing and blistering speed, Bitcoin Hyper aims to deliver transaction finality faster than Solana itself, all while anchoring its security to the Bitcoin mainnet. This architecture directly addresses the very limitations that prevent complex financial apps from running on Bitcoin today.

Developers can build high-speed decentralized exchanges (DEXs), lending protocols, and NFT platforms with familiar tools like Rust, unlocking a wave of innovation previously locked out of the ecosystem.

The project’s design is purpose-built for the future Hong Kong is signaling: Bitcoin for settlement, and a real-time SVM layer for execution. When traders need to execute complex strategies tied to BTC perpetuals, they’ll require an on-chain environment that can actually keep up.

Bitcoin Hyper provides a high-throughput venue for DeFi, payments, and other dApps, all while using wrapped BTC as its core transactional asset.

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Smart Money Takes Note as Presale Momentum Builds

So, is there demand for a high-performance Bitcoin L2? The numbers speak for themselves. The Bitcoin Hyper presale has seen a staggering influx of capital, raising over $31M date. With its $HYPER token currently priced at $0.0136754, this level of early-stage funding suggests a broad consensus: solving Bitcoin’s scalability is one of the biggest opportunities this cycle.

And it’s not just retail enthusiasm. Smart money is moving. On-chain analysis shows high-net wallets scooping up as much as $500K in a single purchase. Moves like this often precede wider market recognition, suggesting savvy investors are getting in position.

Delivering a flawless and secure bridge for $BTC is a massive technical challenge, and the project’s success ultimately hinges on its ability to deliver on its ambitious roadmap. We think this is definitely one of the best crypto to watch.

Still, the proposition for investors is compelling. Presale participants can stake their tokens immediately after the Token Generation Event (TGE) to earn a high APY while helping secure the network. This combination of a powerful technical narrative, clear market demand, and serious early funding places Bitcoin Hyper right at the center of the evolving Bitcoin L2 landscape.

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This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. The cryptocurrency market is volatile, and readers should conduct their own research before making investment decisions.