Buy crypto at your bank
PNC just became the first major U.S. bank to let eligible private bank clients buy, hold, and sell spot bitcoin directly inside its own platform, using Coinbase’s “crypto-as-a-service” for trading, custody, and settlement. For now it’s limited to high net-worth clients funding BTC purchases from existing PNC accounts, but execs are pitching it as phase one of a broader digital-asset strategy that could eventually extend to other client segments. Read more →
Tempo blockchain inches toward launch
Stripe-and Paradigm-backed Tempo has opened its public testnet, inviting companies to build stablecoin payment applications on its new blockchain. The pitch? Use developer-friendly, Stripe-style, plug-and-play rails for stablecoins with fixed fees around one-tenth of a cent per transaction for things like payroll, payouts, and microtransactions. That’s a big difference from debit/credit cards, where fees can run between 1-3%, plus a fixed fee. Tempo already boasts an impressive roster of early design partners including Gusto, DoorDash, Brex, Kalshi, Persona (!), Deutsche Bank, Faire, OpenAI, Anthropic, Mastercard, and others. Read more →
Buy BTC… but only at night?
A new ETF submission from Tidal Trust II aims to buy and hold BTC only from 4 pm to 9:30 am ET when US markets are closed. The ETF will then rotate into short-term Treasuries during American trading hours. Although it sounds like an odd idea, research from Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas last year showed that most of BTCs gains are, in fact, after hours. Read more →
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