AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoSpot Bitcoin ETFs & macro pressure: US spot Bitcoin ETFs kept pulling in money (about $347M on Sept. 23, extending a five-day streak) even as BTC slipped under $84K when 10-year Treasury yields jumped to a 19-year high, with traders now watching Fed-cut timing after Citi pushed the first cut to June 2027. Insurance regulation shock (India): India’s IRDAI proposed commission and expense caps that could squeeze broker economics, sending PB Fintech and Turtlemint shares tumbling 30%–36% and dragging wider insurance and finance stocks. Tokenization & onchain distribution: NEAR and Ondo launched access to tokenized US stocks/ETFs on near.com (starting with 20 assets) using NEAR Intents for cross-chain routing. Institutional crypto plumbing: Circle rolled out Digital Asset-Backed Borrowing so eligible customers can deposit BTC, mint cirBTC, and borrow USDC without selling the underlying. Fintech funding: Crux Analytics raised $2.2M seed to help banks and credit unions win small-business clients without adding headcount. Cyber & scams: FBI warned about fake law-enforcement scams that drained $1.6B in 19 months, while Anthropic flagged AI making cyberattacks easier for more targets.
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