Digital assets, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and currency news.
Key Highlights: Large-scale cryptocurrency whales have accumulated more than 14,335 BTC—valued at roughly $1.22 billion—since October 1st. Bitcoin is consolidating between $83,000 and $86,700, backed by a massive on-chain support zone of 1.59 million BTC between $83,300 and $84,600. Market indicators show derivatives traders heavily favoring upside exposure, while analysts note a clear path toward ...
Key Highlights: Prediction market Kalshi submitted a regulatory filing with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to introduce perpetual futures contracts linked to the Pepe meme coin. Just two days after the initial submission, the platform abruptly withdrew the proposal. The sudden withdrawal comes despite Kalshi previously listing other major meme tokens, including Dogecoin ...
Key Highlights: Global alternative investment manager Brevan Howard has partnered with Ripple to utilize its institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure. The move expands an existing relationship that began after funds managed by Brevan Howard affiliates participated in Ripple’s $500 million strategic investment round in 2025. The agreement leverages Ripple Prime, the multi-asset prime broker built from ...
Key Highlights The Sepolia testnet is set to activate a major fork on October 6 at 13:53 UTC, increasing its block gas limit from approximately 60 million to 200 million. Validators operating on client version v7.2.1 will automatically propose 200 million gas blocks to stress-test validator hardware and capacity. Findings from Sepolia will directly inform ...
Key Highlights Green Dot Bank has retained its prohibition on cryptocurrency transactions within the updated terms for Apple Cash users, while adding an “except as otherwise permitted” clause. Green Dot Bank is slated to be acquired by Commerceone Financial Corporation, and Smith Ventures is set to acquire Green Dot’s non-bank fintech business. Major leadership shifts ...
Key Highlights: Total perpetual open interest on Hyperliquid stands at $17.29 billion, sitting roughly $920 million shy of its September 23 all-time high. Growth is primarily driven by fresh participants rather than existing traders stacking leverage, with active wallets maintaining a steady average of 1.36 open positions compared to 1.3 in January. Daily trading volume ...
Key Highlights: Bringin has introduced business accounts across 30 European countries, allowing companies to execute cross-border settlements and instant Bitcoin-to-euro conversions. Operating on Lightspark Payments Europe AS’s MiCA-compliant architecture, the service safeguards assets with hardware security modules rather than omnibus wallets. The platform supports Lightning Network payments, stablecoins, and upcoming AI agent integrations via APIs ...
Key Highlights: OKX secured new capital at a $25 billion valuation from quantitative hedge fund manager Qube Research & Technologies (QRT). Existing strategic backers participating in the financing include Circle, Ripple, and Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures. The injection expands an earlier March round featuring a $200 million investment from New York Stock Exchange parent company ...
Key Highlights: SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) surged 7.6% on October 5 to finish at $171 per share. The closing price marks the stock’s highest valuation level since July. Market gains were driven by broader macroeconomic factors, including softer-than-expected jobs data and positive sentiment from a bullish Morgan Stanley analyst note. SpaceX Stock Rallies to Multi-Month Highs ...
Key Highlights: The ICE BofA MOVE Index surged 46% in June to near 116, approaching its March high and its highest level since April 2025. Surging Treasury market turbulence has rapidly spilled into corporate debt, lifting investment-grade and high-yield bond volatility percentiles into the upper deciles. While Bitcoin’s BVIV and the S&P 500’s VIX remain ...
Key Highlights: The Solana Foundation announced Solana DvP, an open-source escrow program offering an API for payment-on-delivery settlement on the Solana blockchain. By utilizing atomic settlement, Solana DvP executes payment and asset transfers simultaneously, cutting settlement windows from days to seconds while eliminating counterparty failure risk. Wall Street banking giant JPMorgan provided reconciliation expertise to ...
Key Highlights: Major cryptocurrencies remain range-bound, with Bitcoin trading at $86,051.26 and Ether at $2,715.12 amid choppy market conditions. Smaller altcoins are driving market gains, led by Bitway’s native token $BTW, which surged 25% in 24 hours and 170% over the past 30 days. Filecoin (FIL), LayerZero (ZRO), and Midnight (NIGHT) recorded notable intraday increases, ...