Key Highlights Weekend trading volume for TradFi perpetual futures across crypto exchanges has risen sixfold to $28 billion, with Binance accounting for nearly half. Nasdaq and the SEC have identified major infrastructure challenges as traditional markets move toward continuous trading. Tokenized equities and blockchain-based settlement could preserve crypto’s advantage even as Wall Street adopts 24/7 ...
Key Highlights JTO price surged 16% as Jito’s Block Assembly Marketplace celebrated its one-year mainnet milestone and JitoSOL expanded access in Asia via PDAX in the Philippines and Naver Pay in Korea. Derivatives volume jumped 107.04% to $135.90 million and open interest rose 28.96% to $55.53 million, with Binance top traders showing a long/short ratio ...
Key Highlights Veteran trader Peter Brandt reiterated his long-standing skepticism toward XRP, labeling it a “dumb coin” and questioning its tokenomics despite Ripple’s expanding bank partnerships. Brandt draws a sharp fundamental distinction between Bitcoin as a “store of value” and XRP as a transaction-focused asset, arguing utility alone does not drive token price appreciation. The ...
Key Highlights Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade targets approximately 150-millisecond transaction finality, a dramatic reduction from the current 12.8 seconds. The upgrade is now live on both Solana’s devnet and testnet, allowing developers to test applications before mainnet deployment. Anza, Solana’s core software developer, announced the devnet transition on September 25, following the testnet migration a day ...
Key Highlights Tokenized stock wallet addresses surged 43-fold year-over-year to 4.3 million, with BNB Chain (1.8M), Robinhood Chain (1.3M), and Solana (997K) dominating holder counts. Trading volume exploded from $237 million in January to $7.9 billion in August, while BNB Chain and Robinhood Chain captured 88.2% of tracked on-chain volume by September. The SEC granted ...
Key Highlights Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse proposes a simple five-year “buy and hold” strategy focusing on the top five cryptocurrencies by market capitalization: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, BNB, and XRP. Garlinghouse emphasizes he is not an “XRP maximalist,” reveals he personally holds a small amount of Solana, and argues different blockchain projects can succeed simultaneously without ...
Key Highlights LaunchOnSF is rapidly gaining market traction on Solana, directly challenging Pumpfun’s established dominance in the token launch sector. The narrative shift is driven by holder rewards and systematic buyback mechanisms creating a positive feedback loop for participant incentives. Influential analyst @SolanaFloor has highlighted the evolving trader sentiment, signaling a potential restructuring of trading ...
Key Highlights Circle minted approximately $500 million USDC on the Solana blockchain within a six-hour window, signaling strong stablecoin demand. The minting activity was flagged by on-chain analyst @SolanaFloor and coincides with Solana’s expanding role in tokenized finance and DeFi. Increased USDC supply on Solana is expected to boost network liquiduity, potentially influencing trading volumes ...
Key Highlights Bitcoin’s share of US banks’ cryptocurrency exposure dropped sharply from 75.8% to 44.2%, according to new Basel Committee on Banking Supervision data cited by Ledger Insights. Ethereum’s allocation surged to 38.5%, while Solana (7.8%) and XRP (5.6%) entered bank portfolios as notable holdings. Client-driven crypto transaction volumes at American banks jumped 93% to ...
Key Highlights Solana-based memecoin Super Inu surged over 300% following President Donald Trump’s United Nations General Assembly remarks endorsing “super intelligence” for artificial intelligence. The token’s market capitalization reached approximately $7.23 million post-surge, with reports indicating it is paired with tokenized NVIDIA shares via the Stonk platform. No official connection exists between Super Inu and ...
Key Highlights Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) added 950 BTC to its treasury, raising total holdings to 846,000 BTC, while also repurchasing $174 million in STRC preferred shares. Bitmine, the largest corporate Ethereum holder, acquired 27,562 ETH to reach 5.98 million ETH (4.9% of circulating supply), valuing its total crypto-asset portfolio at $17.1 billion. Nasdaq-listed DeFi Development ...
Key Highlights ZetaChain proposes shutting down its Layer 1 blockchain and migrating the $ZETA token to Solana as a native SPL token to leverage superior speed, liquidity, and AI infrastructure. The strategic pivot allows ZetaChain to concentrate resources on Anuma, its private multi-modal AI application that has already amassed over 300,000 users. Analysts are monitoring ...