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Bill Barhydt, our CEO & Founder, was featured in?Worth Media Group’s?piece about the crypto boom following Donald Trump’s inauguration. Bill notes that the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, head of Trump’s transition team and appointee as Commerce Secretary, is a major Bitcoin holder and investor in Tether. Read the full article here:?https://bit.ly/4kknGN6

Bohan Jiang, Abra’s Head of OTC Options Trading, provided insight into Bitcoin's slide?in a statement to?Bloomberg. He noted that the selloff appears to be driven by both spot selling and a basis unwind, linking the decline to ETF spot outflows from directional traders. Read the full piece here:?https://bloom.bg/3F8aL0j

As crypto firms seek greater efficiency, many are moving away from pre-funded models, opting to optimize collateral to improve yields. Head of Trading at Abra, Robert Wallden, predicts that partnerships and shared balance sheets may shape the future, with custody and trading teams merging, driving better, more efficient ways of managing collateral across firms. Tune in to this great episode of Derivatives Decoded for more from Robert! Full episode: https://lnkd.in/gY39mY7h #DerivativesDecoded #Podcast #CryptoInvesting #TradingStrategies #CryptoIndustry #MarketEvolution #FinancialInnovation #CryptoTrading #OptionsMarket #Innovation

DOGE giving back money to taxpayers... Though inflationary, it'll likely cause HUGE gains for crypto. ?? Thoughts? ??

Our CEO Bill Barhydt went on The Defiant podcast to discuss the increasing role of DeFi in financial services, macro and markets, and the increased trend of companies holding bitcoin on their balance sheets. See here for the full session:?https://bit.ly/4gNaBbO

Our Founder and CEO, Bill Barhydt's commentary on X has been included in a recent Cointelegraph piece on Bitcoin’s price this cycle. Bill expects a “cyclical Valhalla” to start in Q1 and that BTC/USD will hit a cycle peak of $700,000. The reason, he argues, boils down to the new US government administration. See here for the full piece: https://bit.ly/3QbME34

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Treasury Today Group included commentary from Marissa Kim, Head of Asset Management at Abra, in a piece on bitcoin’s slow but steady adoption in corporate treasury strategies. In the piece, Marissa argues that corporates have been concerned about the lack of regulatory clarity, but that this may be addressed soon under a pro-crypto and bitcoin U.S. administration. She also notes that companies will be forced to seek out inflation hedges in the expected elevated inflationary environment. Read the full piece here: https://bit.ly/42ykzKZ