Digital assets, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and currency news.
Key Highlights: Gold trades near $4,200 per ounce while Bitcoin holds around $84,000, reigniting the institutional debate surrounding store-of-value assets. Yorkville America CEO Steve Neamtz highlights that while gold carries a 5,000-year track record as a reserve asset compared to Bitcoin’s 17-year history, both share fixed scarcity against currency debasement. Broader market and cultural updates ...
Key Highlights Web3 developer platform EasyA is preparing to go public via a direct listing with an independent valuation set at $1.1 billion. The company aims to make its shares available in tokenized form, potentially launching on the very first day of public trading. EasyA boasts over 1.3 million users and actively collaborates with major ...
Key Highlights BlackRock recorded $79.6 billion in digital assets under management at the end of the third quarter, marking a 63% increase from $48.8 billion in June. Net inflows reached $7.9 billion for the quarter, offsetting the approximately $2.2 billion withdrawn by investors during the first half of the year. Market appreciation drove the majority ...
Key Highlights: Interpol issued a Red Notice for crypto entrepreneur Richard Heart in 2024 following requests from Finland over aggravated tax fraud and an alleged assault. Law enforcement officers seized firearms, electronics, drones, gold jewelry, and significant cash reserves during an operation reported by local outlet IHA. The developments follow the February 2025 dismissal of ...
Key Highlights: Hong Kong entertainer Alex Fong revealed significant personal losses in non-fungible tokens, stating the downturn exceeded anything he experienced in the stock market and cautioning the public against pursuit of overnight wealth. Celebrity-backed digital collectibles—including Jay Chou’s PhantaBear, Shawn Yue’s Christie’s auction collection, and Edison Chen’s Heart Project—have suffered massive retracements, falling below ...
Key Highlights: Social volume metrics from Santiment show Ethereum experiencing notable optimism with 2.05 bullish comments for every bearish comment across X, Reddit, and Telegram. Bitcoin and XRP face heightened negative sentiment, registering bullish-to-bearish comment ratios of 0.82 and 0.92, respectively. Liquidation of leveraged long positions and technical price struggles are driving fear in BTC ...
Key Highlights: Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has agreed to acquire Lithuania-based Saldo Bank for an undisclosed sum. The landmark transaction positions Payward as the first crypto firm to purchase a bank in Europe, securing a coveted European Union banking license. Saldo Bank reported total assets of 163.9 million euros ($180 million) ...
Key Highlights The headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed 3.7% year-over-year in September, exceeding expectations of 3.6%. Core CPI, which strips out volatile food and energy costs, expanded 0.3% month-over-month and 2.6% annually, both topping consensus forecasts. Financial markets reacted sharply, with Bitcoin tumbling $1,000 to $82,800, the 10-year Treasury yield jumping to 5.284%, and ...
Key Highlights: U.S. headline CPI climbed 3.7% year-over-year in September, exceeding market forecasts of 3.6%. Core CPI also came in hot, rising 2.6% annually and 0.3% month-over-month against expectations of 2.5% and 0.2%, respectively. Higher inflation strengthens the prospect of prolonged tighter monetary policy from the Federal Reserve, raising concerns over short-term selling pressure on ...
Key Highlights: Coinbase warned that Bitcoin must proactively confront cryptographic vulnerabilities presented by future quantum computing advancements. Analyst Shashank Agrawal outlined that post-quantum readiness goes far beyond swapping signature algorithms, requiring solutions for block space limits, node verification, and lost coins. The exchange stressed that establishing post-quantum security will take years, demanding immediate cross-ecosystem collaboration ...
Key Highlights Pendle Finance has introduced an initiative offering a 153% annual percentage yield (APY) linked to a traditional finance (TradFi) ETF strategy. The high-yield product is aimed at bridging the gap between conventional finance frameworks and decentralized yield opportunities. Market analysts are monitoring the rollout to gauge whether this benchmark influences institutional capital flows ...
Key Highlights: Ethereum’s Estimated Leverage Ratio dropped to 0.62 alongside declining open interest, signaling muted appetite for leveraged risk among derivatives traders. Institutional and domestic demand indicators reflect ongoing caution, with the Coinbase Premium Index hitting -0.117 and U.S. spot ETH ETFs snapping a 10-day outflow streak with modest Tuesday inflows. Technical indicators reveal consolidation, ...