Strategy remains in the Nasdaq 100 as MSCI considers excluding firms whose crypto holdings exceed 50% of total assets.
Amin Haqshanas
Amin (Ruholamin) Haqshanas, a writer at Cointelegraph, is a seasoned crypto and finance journalist with over four years of experience. He has contributed to several high-profile outlets, including CryptoNews, The Tokenist, EthereumPrice.org, and Milk Road. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering from Herat University. Ruholamin has no crypto holdings above Cointelegraph’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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Solana ETFs pull $369M in November as investors look to productive yield assets Solana ETFs have pulled in $369 million so far this month as investors appear to favor yield-bearing products, while Bitcoin and Ether ETFs faced billions in redemptions.
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Exodus taps Bitcoin holdings to fund $175M move into onchain payments Exodus is using its Bitcoin reserves to back a $175 million acquisition of W3C Corp, bringing Monavate and Baanx under its roof as it expands into onchain payments.
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