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Lead story · Rails

NYSE Parent ICE Partners With tZERO on Tokenized Securities Infrastructure

ICE will act as a design partner for its upcoming tokenized securities platform while investing in tZERO's latest financing round.

  • NYSE parent ICE has selected tZERO as a design partner for its upcoming tokenized securities platform and will invest in tZERO's financing round.

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What happened

ICE will act as a design partner for its upcoming tokenized securities platform while investing in tZERO's latest financing round.

Why it matters

NYSE parent ICE has selected tZERO as a design partner for its upcoming tokenized securities platform and will invest in tZERO's financing round.

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24h breadthMixed · 51/100
Latest available market pulse.A compact snapshot of whether BTC, ETH, SOL moved higher or lower over the prior 24 hours.
Lower50 = flatHigher

Tracked assets were close to neutral overall.

Breadth starts at 50, adds three points for each 1% of average 24-hour movement across the tracked assets, and is capped between 0 and 100.
BTC$77,713.00+0.25%
BTC was 0.25% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
ETH$2,405.47−0.34%
ETH was 0.34% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
SOL$100.78+0.75%
SOL was 0.75% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.

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@brian_armstrongBrian Armstrong

Welcome Anthony Armstrong @a2xai to the Coinbase board! Excited to build the financial system for AI together.

RailsdevelopingOriginal ↗
@jchervinskyJake Chervinsky

CFTC just filed their motion to dismiss CME's lawsuit over perpetuals and they cooked 🔥 The motion argues that CME lacks standing for several reasons, including that it too could offer perpetuals, so any injury is self-inflicted ✅ "This lawsuit is much ado about nothing." https://t.co/AuNjOOJEAO

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@EricBalchunasEric Balchunas

In the past six months Bitcoin has had a lower correlation to US stocks than gold, small caps, EM and even treasuries. Had to check for myself when I saw the post below. Tbf btc has always been about .40 it's gold and treasuries that have become much more correlated. Small window of time to be sure, but still notable and blows up the claim that it's just QQQ.

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This panel compares each provider quote with the quote 24 hours earlier. Editorial stories remain in the Editor-in-Chief’s priority order instead of being repeated or pulled into this fixed data region.

Mixed · breadth 51/100. A score of 50 means the tracked assets were flat on average.

24-hour price changeLatest · 04:58 UTC
Each row compares the current provider quote with its quote 24 hours earlier. Bar length is scaled to the largest move shown.
BTC$77,713.00
+0.25%BTC was 0.25% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
ETH$2,405.47
−0.34%ETH was 0.34% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
SOL$100.78
+0.75%SOL was 0.75% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.

Exact percentages are printed beside every row; color is supplemental.

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