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U.S. asset manager seeks to register $75 million fund bundling XRP and ISO 20022 assets for retail investors

U.S. asset manager Gratus Reserve V has begun the process of registering a $75 million fund to offer retail investors an institutional-style digital asset strategy that includes XRP. It filed preliminary offering documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to register a decentralised corporate treasury portfolio. The firm highlighted lower XRP trading costs via institutional OTC desks and plans to include ISO 20022-aligned assets as well as bitcoin, ether and solana.

AI & Enterprise

DeepSeek secures first external funding, clarifies role split with High-Flyer

DeepSeek is seeking external investment for the first time this year as the division of roles with its founder’s quant hedge fund, High-Flyer, becomes clearer. CNBC reported that High-Flyer-affiliated funds secured pre-IPO allocations in Chinese semiconductor and robotics firms, while DeepSeek moved to raise separate financing to meet expanding funding and computing needs. Analysts cited limits to relying solely on High-Flyer as DeepSeek grows.

Crypto

Institutions flock to Polymarket and Kalshi as retail profits drop in prediction markets

Easy profit opportunities that retail traders once enjoyed on prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi are rapidly shrinking as institutions, market makers, quant managers, funded trading firms and AI agents enter the space. The immediate battleground is the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy rate decision, where most outcomes are priced in, leaving a narrow range to trade. Experiments also show AI models have not yet delivered stable returns.