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Key Highlights: Open USD is designed for banking, cross-border payments, card settlement, institutional trading and lending. Open Standard has moved from an initial network of more than 140 partners to five founding investors. Coinbase, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe and Visa have committed more than $1 billion to establish OUSD liquidity over the coming months. Open USD ...
Key Highlights Pharos plans to introduce proof-of-stake staking and Testnet gas sponsorship in Q4 2026. Agent Accounts and other agent-focused infrastructure are scheduled to roll out in 2027. Pharos is targeting an integrated Agent-Native stack by 2028. Pharos Sets Out Blockchain Infrastructure Roadmap Through 2028 Pharos Network plans to expand its blockchain infrastructure with proof-of-stake ...
Key Highlights: Peter Brandt believes Bitcoin may have already entered a new bull market cycle. Brandt warned that Bitcoin could still correct to $65,000–$66,000 in early October. He raised his Bitcoin peak forecast to between $300,000 and $600,000 by late 2029. Peter Brandt Sees Signs of a New Bitcoin Bull Market Veteran trader Peter Brandt ...
Key Highlights Firms face a February 2027 deadline to submit applications under the new cryptoasset regulatory framework. More than 60 companies already hold registration under the Financial Conduct Authority’s existing anti-money-laundering-focused regime. Edinburgh-based crypto infrastructure platform Zumo has launched a U.K Cryptoasset Regulation Tracker to help firms prepare. Crypto Firms Face February 2027 Regulatory Application ...
Key Highlights AllUnity is adding Instant FX to its Business Mint Account for supported stablecoin currencies. Institutional clients can mint and redeem USDAU through the account, with partners supporting liquidity, banking, custody and foreign exchange services. AllUnity provides MiCA-compliant, fiat-backed stablecoins and payment infrastructure through a BaFin-regulated, multicurrency and multichain platform. AllUnity Adds Instant FX ...
Key Highlights: BIT Research says Bitcoin’s cycle bottom arrived in late July after the price held above $62,900 and moved above its 21-week moving average. The company estimates Bitcoin’s fair value at approximately $105,000 and identifies about $142,000 as a baseline level for the current cycle. Based on historical-cycle models, BIT Research projects a possible ...
Key Highlights: Cardano is being used in two research projects designed to track fuel-related emissions benefits and prevent double counting. One application would link passenger fuel-benefit allocations to an original fuel certificate, while a diesel model would record the fuel’s production-to-use journey. Both projects remain at the research stage, with no disclosed fuel volumes or ...
Key Highlights: Bitcoin fell after briefly rising above $87,000 and is now trading near $83,000. New York Fed President John Williams said there is “no need to rush” into another monetary policy step. Market-implied expectations for an October Fed rate hike dropped from about 70% to below 50% as investors assessed the latest PCE data. ...
Key Highlights Standard Chartered projects that Ethena’s ENA token could reach $2 by the end of 2028. The target would represent an approximately eightfold increase from current levels. The bank identified Ethena’s exposure to perpetual futures, tokenization and stablecoins, along with ENA buybacks, as potential growth and price-support factors. Standard Chartered Sets $2 Target for ...
Key Highlights Standard Chartered says Ethena’s $ENA token could rise sevenfold if $USDe reaches $40 billion in supply and buybacks normalize. Ethena’s approved buyback program begins when $USDe supply reaches $7.5 billion, with revenue allocation rising to 20% at $20 billion. Remaining investor unlocks will be released on Oct. 5, while about 12% of $ENA ...
Key Highlights: Grayscale Research Head Zach Pandl identifies financial privacy technology as one of Zcash’s key differentiators. Zcash currently represents 1.5% of Bitcoin’s market capitalization, a level Pandl says is not unusual in the cryptocurrency market. Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss compared current sentiment around Zcash ($ZEC) with the cryptocurrency market in 2019. Zcash’s Financial Privacy ...
Key Highlights BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes said Ethereum could reach $10,000 by the end of the year if market conditions remain favorable. Ethereum was trading at $2,672 when Hayes’ prediction emerged. Reaching $10,000 would require an approximately 3.7-fold increase, or a gain of about 274%, from that level. Arthur Hayes Predicts Ethereum Could Reach $10,000 ...