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Bitcoin Gets a Decentralized Exchange as Cosmos Native Osmosis Activates Bridge

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Osmosis, a decentralized exchange (DEX) built for the Cosmos blockchain ecosystem, has opened a bridge to the Bitcoin network, as part of a pivot toward the world’s largest cryptocurrency.

The decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that governs Osmosis <a href=»https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/06/21/cosmos-dao-osmosis-to-adopt-fee-free-bitcoin-bridge» target=»_blank»>voted in favor of adopting Bitcoin bridge Nomic</a> in June. The integration went live on Tuesday.

Nomic’s bridge now enables users to deposit their BTC on the Bitcoin network in return for a token called alloyed BTC (allBTC) on Osmosis.

«In leveraging Nomic’s decentralized custody engine and offering zero-fee transactions, Osmosis is becoming a decentralized Bitcoin exchange,» a spokesperson told CoinDesk in a Telegram message.

The project’s aim is to give traders the user experience of popular centralized exchanges but with decentralized custody of BTC.

Osmosis is one of several projects attempting to leverage the value tied up in BTC, which is by far the largest cryptocurrency by market cap, to bring liquidity to the broader crypto world.

Bitcoin dominance — a measurement of what percent of the total crypto market BTC accounts for — <a href=»https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/BTC.D/» target=»_blank»>hit 60% last month for the first time since March 2021</a>, highlighting the massive wealth of bitcoin reserves compared to that which exists in any other asset.

«I’ve always personally been pretty Bitcoin maxi,» Osmosis co-founder Sunny Aggarwal said in an interview with CoinDesk.

Bitcoin «maxi,» an abbreviation of «maximalist,» is a term for people who believe BTC is the only cryptocurrency (or currency of any kind) that is needed.

«I’m bullish on bitcoin dominance. That’s the biggest market and so we want to take a big chunk of it,» Aggarwal said.

Aggarwal describes Osmosis as a DEX for assets that don’t have their own native DEXs, as opposed to tokens that are built on Ethereum or Solana, where there are plenty of native decentralized exchanges to choose from.

«We’re one of the primary DEXs for app chains and most of them were probably built using the Cosmos stack, so we have about a 95% share of DEXs in the Cosmos ecosystem,» he told CoinDesk.

«That’s why we’re looking at what other assets don’t have their own DEXs, and the obvious one is bitcoin, so BTC is going to grow to be more and more a core piece of our strategy.»

Read More: <a href=»https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/09/12/build-on-bitcoin-trend-imports-another-concept-from-ethereum-the-dao» target=»_blank»>Build-on-Bitcoin Trend Imports Another Concept from Ethereum: the DAO</a>

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Crypto Trading Firm Keyrock Buys Luxembourg’s Turing Capital in Asset Management Push

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Crypto trading firm Keyrock said it’s expanding into asset and wealth management by acquiring Turing Capital, a Luxembourg-registered alternative investment fund manager.

The deal, announced on Tuesday, marks the launch of Keyrock’s Asset and Wealth Management division, a new business unit dedicated to institutional clients and private investors.

Keyrock, founded in Brussels, Belgium and best known for its work in market making, options and OTC trading, said it will fold Turing Capital’s investment strategies and Luxembourg fund management structure into its wider platform. The division will be led by Turing Capital co-founder Jorge Schnura, who joins Keyrock’s executive committee as president of the unit.

The company said the expansion will allow it to provide services across the full lifecycle of digital assets, from liquidity provision to long-term investment strategies. «In the near future, all assets will live onchain,» Schnura said, noting that the merger positions the group to capture opportunities as traditional financial products migrate to blockchain rails.

Keyrock has also applied for regulatory approval under the EU’s crypto framework MiCA through a filing with Liechtenstein’s financial regulator. If approved, the firm plans to offer portfolio management and advisory services, aiming to compete directly with traditional asset managers as well as crypto-native players.

«Today’s launch sets the stage for our longer-term ambition: bringing asset management on-chain in a way that truly meets institutional standards,» Keyrock CSO Juan David Mendieta said in a statement.

Read more: Stablecoin Payments Projected to Top $1T Annually by 2030, Market Maker Keyrock Says

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Crypto Trading Firm Keyrock Buys Luxembourg’s Turing Capital in Asset Management Push

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Crypto trading firm Keyrock said it’s expanding into asset and wealth management by acquiring Turing Capital, a Luxembourg-registered alternative investment fund manager.

The deal, announced on Tuesday, marks the launch of Keyrock’s Asset and Wealth Management division, a new business unit dedicated to institutional clients and private investors.

Keyrock, founded in Brussels, Belgium and best known for its work in market making, options and OTC trading, said it will fold Turing Capital’s investment strategies and Luxembourg fund management structure into its wider platform. The division will be led by Turing Capital co-founder Jorge Schnura, who joins Keyrock’s executive committee as president of the unit.

The company said the expansion will allow it to provide services across the full lifecycle of digital assets, from liquidity provision to long-term investment strategies. «In the near future, all assets will live onchain,» Schnura said, noting that the merger positions the group to capture opportunities as traditional financial products migrate to blockchain rails.

Keyrock has also applied for regulatory approval under the EU’s crypto framework MiCA through a filing with Liechtenstein’s financial regulator. If approved, the firm plans to offer portfolio management and advisory services, aiming to compete directly with traditional asset managers as well as crypto-native players.

«Today’s launch sets the stage for our longer-term ambition: bringing asset management on-chain in a way that truly meets institutional standards,» Keyrock CSO Juan David Mendieta said in a statement.

Read more: Stablecoin Payments Projected to Top $1T Annually by 2030, Market Maker Keyrock Says

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Gemini Shares Slide 6%, Extending Post-IPO Slump to 24%

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Gemini Space Station (GEMI), the crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has seen its shares tumble by more than 20% since listing on the Nasdaq last Friday.

The stock is down around 6% on Tuesday, trading at $30.42, and has dropped nearly 24% over the past week. The sharp decline follows an initial surge after the company raised $425 million in its IPO, pricing shares at $28 and valuing the firm at $3.3 billion before trading began.

On its first day, GEMI spiked to $45.89 before closing at $32 — a 14% premium to its offer price. But since hitting that high, shares have plunged more than 34%, erasing most of the early enthusiasm from public market investors.

The broader crypto equity market has remained more stable. Coinbase (COIN), the largest U.S. crypto exchange, is flat over the past week. Robinhood (HOOD), which derives part of its revenue from crypto, is down 3%. Token issuer Circle (CRCL), on the other hand, is up 13% over the same period.

Part of the pressure on Gemini’s stock may stem from its financials. The company posted a $283 million net loss in the first half of 2025, following a $159 million loss in all of 2024. Despite raising fresh capital, the numbers suggest the business is still far from turning a profit.

Compass Point analyst Ed Engel noted that GEMI is currently trading at 26 times its annualized first-half revenue. That multiple — often used to gauge whether a stock is expensive — means investors are paying 26 dollars for every dollar the company is expected to generate in sales this year. For a loss-making company in a volatile sector, that’s a steep price, and could be fueling investor skepticism.

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