River Financial’s equity sale comes as the high-end brokerage embarks on a major hiring push. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-brokerage-river-financial-funding-round

The milestone isn’t just psychological, and potentially opens entire new groups of investors who couldn’t participate previously. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/coindesk-podcast-network/bitcoin-is-now-a-trillion-dollar-asset-where-do-we-go-from-here

If the U.S. reins in pseudonymity in stablecoin transactions (as seems possible) there could be big implications for the crypto industry, says our columnist. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/what-happens-if-all-stablecoin-users-have-to-be-identified

“Web 3 developers should be building on open protocols,” NFX General Partner Morgan Beller said of Radicle, a platform for crypto-native code collaboration. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/radicle-code-collaboration-nfx-galaxy-rad-token-funding-round

Backed by CipherTrace, TRISA looks to get virtual asset service providers (VASPs) ready for new anti-money laundering rules. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/evil-vasp-simulation-preps-crypto-exchanges-for-fatf-travel-rule

A new tie-up with payments firm Klarna brings the exchange access to more than 5,000 banks across Europe. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/safello-partnership-enables-direct-crypto-purchases-from-users-bank-accounts

Betting can be used to predict the future. That’s the crazy idea behind prediction markets. Here’s how they work and where cryptocurrency fits into the picture. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/how-crypto-transforms-prediction-markets

Ether’s derivative market looks overheating amid the cryptocurrency’s rally to new record highs. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/ether-looks-overleveraged-as-cryptocurrency-hits-new-high-over-1900

The sale gives Christie’s a chance to “dip its toes” in crypto, said a New York representative. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/top-auction-house-christies-to-accept-ether-cryptocurrency-for-digital-art-sale

Urban Tea has hired two new executives ahead of its expansion into cryptocurrency mining. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-mining-tea-china