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Funds structured as stablecoin issuer Circle’s Blackrock-managed USDC reserve fund “generally will be deemed ineligible” for the New York Federal Reserve’s reverse repurchase program under the new rules. Source: …

BTC climbed Tuesday afternoon as Google and Microsoft’s first-quarter earnings surpassed expectations. Both equities and Treasury yields were down on Tuesday, however. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/04/25/bitcoin-regains-28k-amid-mildly-encouraging-tech-earnings-liquidation-of-short-positions/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

FTX.US last purchased Ledger Holdings, the parent company of LedgerX, for $298 million in October 2021, according to audited financial documents viewed by CoinDesk. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/25/ftxs-ledgerx-derivatives-exchange-sold-to-miami-international-holdings-in-bankruptcy-auction/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Joseph Seibert, formerly head of its digital assets at Signature Bank, has brought over part of his risk and compliance team and a blockchain payments specialist. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/25/former-signature-bank-crypto-payments-chief-four-of-his-team-join-fortress-trust/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The crypto lender said it will return value to customers via direct distribution. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/25/voyager-says-binanceus-sent-letter-terminating-1b-asset-buy-deal/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

More than 90 Celo community members voted in favor of joining the Chainlink Scale program and only three voted against. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/04/25/celo-joins-chainlink-program-to-promote-development-by-giving-developers-access-to-data-feeds/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The U.K. is consulting on new rules for the crypto sector. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/25/uk-fca-wants-to-work-with-the-crypto-industry-to-develop-regulation-executive-says/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The initiative will come with technical and monetary support for early-stage Web3 developers. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/25/google-cloud-to-help-web3-builders-fast-track-their-startups/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Decentralized Finance protocol DFlow would bring a controversial practice in the equities market into the world of decentralized finance. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/25/defi-protocol-dflow-raises-55m-to-bring-purchase-order-flow-to-crypto/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines