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MicroStrategy eyes more Bitcoin with potential $2B preferred stock offering

MicroStrategy may decide not to move forward with the perpetual preferred stock offering if market conditions aren't favorable this quarter.

MicroStrategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, is eyeing a $2 billion raise from a perpetual preferred stock offering to buy more Bitcoin in a move that would expand on the company’s “21/21” plan.

The perpetual preferred stock may be obtained through converting MicroStrategy’s class A common stock, paying a cash dividend, redeeming shares or a combination of these, the Bitcoin-stacking business intelligence firm explained in a Jan. 3 statement.

Source: Michael Saylor

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S&P Global joins Singapore’s Project Guardian tokenization trials

The rating agency will provide its perspective on risk mitigation in tokenized fixed income transactions.

S&P Global Ratings is the latest institution to join the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) massive Project Guardian. The two-year-old project examines the role asset tokenization can play in the liquidity and efficiency of financial markets.

Project Guardian seeks to establish standards and policy guidelines and to develop a commercially oriented digital asset ecosystem. S&P Global will participate in fixed-income pilot projects. S&P Digital Assets analytical lead Andrew O'Neill said in a statement:

Within the fixed-income pilots, institutions are conducting foreign exchange and bond transactions against liquidity pools of tokenized bonds and currencies. They are also carrying out repurchase agreements with digital bonds an developing a listing framework for debt securities and an initial token offering for digital tokens offered on the Singapore Exchange.

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Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission CVM Subpoenas Mercado Bitcoin on Fixed Income Token Investments

Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission CVM Subpoenas Mercado Bitcoin on Fixed Income Token InvestmentsThe Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has sent a subpoena to Mercado Bitcoin, one of the biggest exchanges in the country, to inquire about the services the company lends regarding cryptocurrency-related fixed return investments. The company will have to disclose the details of these investments and if they plan to maintain them as available […]

FDIC Releases 175 Crypto Banking Docs, Signaling Regulatory Overhaul

$2.2 Trillion Asset Manager Pimco Looking to Trade Cryptocurrencies, CIO Says

.2 Trillion Asset Manager Pimco Looking to Trade Cryptocurrencies, CIO SaysPimco, an asset manager with $2.2 trillion under management, is looking to start trading cryptocurrencies. “We’re trading from a relative value perspective,” the firm’s chief investment officer said. Pimco’s clients include central banks, sovereign wealth funds, public and private pension funds, financial and non-financial corporations, foundations, and endowments. Pimco Getting Into Crypto Pimco’s chief investment […]

FDIC Releases 175 Crypto Banking Docs, Signaling Regulatory Overhaul