Digital assets, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and currency news.
Key Highlights: Solana is scheduled to migrate to the Alpenglow voting mechanism at epoch 1064, expected on October 21 around 15:00 UTC. Validator operational costs will shift from dynamic voting charges of approximately 1 SOL per epoch to a flat admission fee of 0.8 SOL. Reported on-chain transaction metrics could see an apparent drop upon ...
Key Highlights Near Protocol ($NEAR) suffered a sharp decline of over 12% following heavy liquidations, including a single whale losing 500,000 tokens worth more than $2.64 million. Bearish momentum accelerated as Spot and Futures taker Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) flipped negative, accompanied by retail investors selling capital after buying near the $4.50 top. Despite the ...
Key Highlights Thirteen emerging startups have been selected to build next-generation applications on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), covering payments, artificial intelligence, credit, and trade documentation. Ripple’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, Ripple USD ($RLUSD), plays a central role across multiple solutions, including e-commerce settlement and collateralized borrowing. Surging agentic AI transactions and institutional developmentsāincluding initiatives with Standard Chartered, ...
Key Highlights: All 10 constituents of the Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index registered double-digit gains in Q3, led by Chainlink surging 97.6%, Ether advancing 69.1%, and Bitcoin rising 42.3%. Despite the asset rebound, digital asset-adjacent equities lagged, with shares of Riot Platforms, Hut 8, and Galaxy Digital dropping significantly during the third quarter. Bitwise ...
Key Highlights: Pyth Network ($PYTH) extended its price recovery from the $0.072 demand zone, breaking above the critical $0.089 swing high. Open Interest jumped by more than 10% to $17.28 million, alongside positive weekly funding rates and a 67% dominance in long positions. While derivatives positioning indicates strong bullish bias, high leverage and a crowded ...
Key Highlights: Londonās High Court determined that Chinese law governs property rights over 61,000 Bitcoin seized by the Metropolitan Police, currently valued at roughly $5 billion. The ruling stems from civil recovery proceedings targeting fraud mastermind Zhimin Qian, who was sentenced to 11 years and eight months for money laundering. While the decision establishes the ...
Key Highlights Global asset manager Franklin Templeton is driving institutional interest in the digital asset sector through ongoing tokenization initiatives. The integration of traditional investment products like mutual funds and ETFs onto blockchain networks aims to unlock enhanced market liquidity. Market participants are advised to track institutional expansion and upcoming regulatory developments that will shape ...
Key Highlights: Researchers have introduced the “Compact Shielded Client-Side Validation (CSV)” framework, designed to safeguard Bitcoin against quantum computing threats without requiring a consensus-layer soft fork. The new approach offloads bulky post-quantum keys, transaction histories, and algorithmic proofs to the peer-to-peer level, maintaining the base blockchain strictly as an immutable ledger. The breakthrough emerges amid ...
Key Highlights: Bitcoin traded at $83,220.70 amid significant market turbulence, characterized by $811.79 million in liquidations affecting 169,781 traders within a 24-hour window. Approximately 71.04% of the circulating Bitcoin supply remains in profit compared to 28.96% in loss, reflecting ongoing market stress alongside potential accumulation indicators. U.S. demand signals weakened significantly as the Coinbase Premium ...
Key Highlights: Major compliance executives have exited Philippine cryptocurrency exchange Coins.ph, including Chief Compliance Officer Lexi Herrera, AML Transaction Monitoring Head Chris BeaƱo, and Money Laundering Reporting Officer Irish Calagui. New regulatory restrictions have been placed on Coins.ph without a specified time limit, following a broader central bank clampdown on e-wallet gambling integration. Gambling platforms ...
Key Highlights: Interactive Brokers has officially rolled out crypto staking, launching first exclusively with Ethereum (ETH). Eligibility depends on account-holding affiliates and client residency, expanding a digital asset roster that already supports 20 tradable tokens and multiple stablecoin funding methods. Key commercial details, including exact reward percentages and fees taken by partner ZeroHash, remain undisclosed, ...
Key Highlights The UKās National Crime Agency (NCA) and blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis are collaborating to target and disrupt organized cryptocurrency scam networks. While broader cryptocurrency market prices currently reflect mixed signals, ongoing crackdowns on illicit schemes are seen as vital to rebuilding long-term investor confidence. Anticipated follow-up actions and investigations could lead to tighter ...