How Grayscale Brought Crypto Staking to Wall Street for the First Time
Grayscale has introduced regulated crypto staking yields to mainstream Wall Street investors by integrating staking rewards into its new spot crypto ETFs, marking the first broad offering of this kind in regulated U.S. markets. The product pairs traditional ETF structures with on-chain staking returns, opening yield opportunities previously limited to direct crypto holders while operating under custody and compliance frameworks. The move could accelerate institutional adoption, broaden retail access to crypto yields, intensify competition among asset managers, and draw closer regulatory attention to how staking is administered and reported.
Bitcoin Trader Says 'Lock In' As Dip-Buyers Enter Below $110K
Bitcoin briefly slipped below $110,000 before retesting support as on-chain data showed smaller retail investors buying the dip while large holders (whales) dialed back an extended sell-off. The move highlights renewed demand around the $110k level and a cooling of...
Ocean, Fetch.ai Feud Escalates to Legal Threats as Binance Restricts Deposits
A public feud between Ocean Protocol and Fetch.ai escalated into legal threats after Fetch.ai CEO Humayun Sheikh accused Ocean of mishandling ASI tokens and pledged to bankroll class-action suits to “expose the truth.” The dispute intensified as Binance temporarily restricted...
Trustless, with Caveats: Babylon’s Big Bitcoin DeFi Claim
Babylon Labs says it has built a BitVM3-based system that lets native Bitcoin serve as trustless collateral for borrowing on Ethereum, claiming cross-chain Bitcoin lending without wrapped tokens. The design reportedly enables direct BTC-backed loans on Ethereum but has raised...
France’s New Tokenized Stock Exchange Wants to Reinvent IPOs
France’s Lightning Stock Exchange announced plans to launch the first tokenized IPO in Q1 2026 as it seeks to become Europe’s first fully tokenized equity exchange. The platform will trade blockchain-based shares, promising faster settlement, 24/7 trading and broader retail...
Lost Your Bitcoin in California? You Might Get It All Back
California has enacted a law barring the state from immediately selling abandoned Bitcoin, pausing escheat sales and creating a clearer path for owners to reclaim crypto assets. The measure obliges state agencies to hold digital assets rather than liquidate them,...
Wealth Managers Must Adapt to the Greatest Capital Transfer in History
Wealth managers face a pivotal shift as an estimated $83 trillion in assets will transfer to digital-native generations, forcing firms to adopt tokenization and other digital asset capabilities or risk losing business to more tech-savvy competitors. The scale of the...
‘Dino Coin’ Season: Why Are Zcash and Dash Seeing Biggest Rebounds?
Zcash and Dash have posted some of the largest recent rebounds among cryptocurrencies as a renewed privacy-coin narrative helps these older “dinosaur” tokens break multi-year downtrends. Traders are rotating into ZEC and DASH amid broader altcoin strength and speculation that...
Privacy 2.0: Encrypted Computing’s Blockchain Revolution
Blockchain privacy is entering a new phase as encrypted computing, zero-knowledge proofs and multiparty computation enable “Privacy 2.0” — shared encrypted states that let chains compute over sensitive data without exposing it. Arcium CEO Yannik Schrade says this approach can...
170-Year-Old Bank Now Holds OKX Institutional Clients’ Crypto in Europe
OKX has struck a custody arrangement with 170-year-old Standard Chartered to hold its institutional clients’ cryptocurrencies in Europe, marking a major traditional bank entry into crypto custody for institutional flows. The tie-up comes after October’s market crash and is positioned...
Memecoins Rewind to July Levels as Markets Struggle to Recover
Memecoin prices plunged nearly 40% intraday before a modest rebound, wiping gains back to levels last seen in July as broad market sentiment remains weak. Major tokens Dogecoin and Shiba Inu led the declines, trading deep in the red and...
Trump’s Second Term Fuels a $1B Crypto Fortune for His Family: Report
A report says the Trump family’s cryptocurrency ventures—centered on World Liberty Financial and memecoins such as TRUMP and MELANIA—have generated more than $1 billion in profits. The gains stem from token launches, trading activity and ancillary services tied to the...
From Coffee Shops to Airlines: Who Accepts Bitcoin, Ether and XRP in 2025
By 2025 Bitcoin, Ether and XRP have moved from niche assets to practical payment options across coffee shops, fast-food chains, major retailers and travel services, supported by gift-card schemes and third-party processors. Notable examples include Starbucks via Bitrefill, Sheetz and...
SEC Chair: US Is 10 Years Behind on Crypto, Fixing This Is ‘Job One’
SEC Chair Paul Atkins warned the U.S. is roughly a decade behind in crypto development and said establishing a clear regulatory framework to draw innovation and capital back to the country is “job one” for the agency. He called for...
How Deep Could BTC Crash If Bulls Fail to Defend $107K–$110K Support Zone?
Bitcoin is perched just above a critical $107,000–$110,000 support zone around the $111,700 mark, and analysts warn that failure to hold that band could trigger a sharp sell-off and volatile price swings. A break below the zone would likely force...
Bitcoin Needs a Fresh Catalyst to Avoid a ‘Deeper Correction’ — Analysts
Analysts warn Bitcoin needs a fresh catalyst to push past recent resistance and avoid a "deeper correction," with the cryptocurrency facing potential volatility in the coming month. Market observers point to slowing momentum after failed attempts to reclaim key levels...
Australia’s Financial Watchdog Could Gain Power to Ban Crypto ATMs
Australia’s government is not seeking an immediate ban on crypto ATMs but is proposing draft laws to give financial watchdog AUSTRAC the discretionary power to prohibit them. Minister Tony Burke said the change would allow a targeted ban where ATMs...
Banks Fumble TXs Too; at Least Paxos’ $300T Error Was Transparent
Paxos accidentally minted $300 trillion of its PayPal USD stablecoin on Oct. 15, an "internal technical error" that the blockchain made visible and allowed to be fully burned within 22 minutes. Industry executives say the episode underscores blockchain’s advantage over...
Bank of England Clarifies Plan to Limit Stablecoins Is Temporary
The Bank of England said its proposed limits on stablecoins are temporary, seeking to reassure markets after industry groups warned the measures would stifle innovation and signal the UK is unfriendly to crypto. The draft limits would have constrained stablecoin...
95% of Corporate ETH Buys Happened in Q3 — Start of Ether Supercycle?
Corporate buyers concentrated 95% of their Ether purchases in Q3, a surge market observers say, alongside growing ETF accumulation and rising volumes of ETH locked in staking. Crypto executives are projecting up to 200% upside for Ether by year-end, citing...
Nasdaq-Listed Zeta Network Raises $230M in Bitcoin-Backed Private Sale
Nasdaq-listed Zeta Network raised $230 million in a private share sale in which investors paid with Bitcoin and SolvBTC, adding those crypto assets to the company’s corporate treasury. The deal marks a direct infusion of digital-asset exposure onto Zeta’s balance...
High-Leverage Crypto Trader James Wynn Liquidated Again, This Time for $4.8M
Pseudonymous high-leverage crypto trader James Wynn was liquidated for about $4.8 million one day after opening new positions, Lookonchain reported. Wynn had deployed $197,000 in stablecoins into a 40x long on 34 BTC (~$3.85M), a 10x long on 122 million...
Ripple CEO Calls for Parity in Treatment of TradFi, Crypto Companies
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse urged regulators and the press to hold crypto firms to the same AML, KYC and sanctions standards as banks while granting them equivalent access to banking infrastructure such as Fed master accounts, as Ripple awaits an...
CME Futures Open Interest Flips Binance: Does Wall Street Fully Control Crypto Now?
After last week’s flash crash that wiped out about $74 billion in leveraged positions and triggered roughly $19.2 billion in reported liquidations, CME’s futures open interest in BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP climbed to $28.3 billion—surpassing Binance’s $23 billion and...
Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Keeps BTC Above $110K: Will This Level Hold?
Bitcoin has held above $110,000 driven by sustained US buying that has produced a noticeable Coinbase-US premium, but market structure signals rising risk: long-dormant coins are re-entering circulation and derivatives activity—open interest and leverage—has surged. Those flows have kept prices...
MEV Bot Exploit Heads to US Court, Testing Crypto’s Legal Gray Zones
Two brothers, Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, appeared in U.S. court this week over allegations they used a miner-extractable-value (MEV) bot to exploit the Ethereum blockchain and siphon roughly $25 million. The case centers on whether their trading strategy constituted criminal...
Bitcoin's ‘Uptober’ Vibes Hinge on Fed Rate Cut Odds, Nasdaq and Tech Stocks’ Response
Bitcoin’s upside through October is contingent on shifting Federal Reserve rate-cut expectations, fresh BTC ETF inflows and whether the Nasdaq and large-cap tech stocks continue to rally. Traders are watching Fed pricing and ETF flows as the main drivers of...
Bitcoin Treasury Companies Should Lean Into the Lightning Network
Voltage executive Bobby Shell argues that corporate Bitcoin treasuries should shift from passive holdings to active use on the Lightning Network, deploying idle BTC into liquidity channels to earn native, noncustodial yield via routing fees and transaction-volume rewards. The move...
Thiel-Backed Erebor Wins US Approval as Silicon Valley Bank Rival Emerges
Thiel-backed challenger bank Erebor won U.S. regulatory approval to operate, marking one of the most significant new bank charters tied to digital assets since the 2023 regional banking crisis. The approval positions Erebor to compete with Silicon Valley Bank-style lenders...
DOGE Holders Are Buying Dips: Is $1.60 by 2026 Realistic?
Dogecoin holders have been accumulating after a 66% flash crash on Oct. 10 that wiped out $365 million in long positions, and onchain metrics suggest the market has not reached euphoric top conditions. Short-term holder accumulation, rising share of coins...
Solana Becomes Liquidity Hub as USDT0, XAUt0 Bring Omnichain Dollars, Gold
Omnichain versions of Tether’s USDT and tokenized gold XAUT — labelled USDT0 and XAUt0 — have launched on Solana via the Legacy Mesh protocol, enabling native transfers of dollar and gold tokens across multiple blockchains. The move aims to aggregate...
Bitcoin Traders Fear $102K BTC Price Dive Next as Gold Sets New Highs
Bitcoin traders warned of a potential plunge to as low as $102,000 after price action signaled a need to ‘fill’ local lows on Binance, reigniting sell-side pressure in the crypto market. At the same time, gold surged to record highs...
The Protocol: Monad Airdrop Portal Opens as Token Launch Nears
The Monad protocol opened its airdrop portal as it prepares for an imminent token launch, enabling users to claim allocations ahead of distribution and signaling a key milestone in its rollout. The announcement comes alongside broader crypto infrastructure updates—Ethereum’s Sepolia...
What Happens if Ether Reaches $100,000?
If Ether reached $100,000, Ethereum’s market capitalization would swell to roughly $12 trillion, reshaping the crypto asset landscape and challenging equities-sized asset classes. Key drivers cited include potential spot-ETF inflows, continued Layer-2 scaling that boosts throughput and lowers fees, and...
SoloTex Set to Bring Tokenized Stocks to U.S. Retail Traders With FINRA Green Light
SoloTex, a platform built by Texture Capital and Sologenic, has secured FINRA approval to offer tokenized, on‑chain stock ownership to U.S. retail investors, executives said. The move aims to let retail users hold real digital representations of equities on blockchain...
LuBian-Linked Wallet Moves $1.3B in BTC After DOJ Reveals $15B Forfeiture Case
A wallet linked to crypto laundering service LuBian moved roughly $1.3 billion in Bitcoin a day after the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against Prince Holding Group and disclosed a related $15 billion forfeiture case. The DOJ alleges...
Bitcoin Miner Stocks Continue Surge, With BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft Joining in $40B AI Data Center Bet
Bitcoin miner stocks rallied as BlackRock, Nvidia and Microsoft joined a roughly $40 billion investment to build AI data centers, marking the first deployment by the newly formed Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership. The move is part of a broader plan...
How to Read Crypto Charts in 2025 (Even if You’re a Beginner)
A new primer explains how beginners can read crypto charts in 2025 by combining price patterns, technical indicators and charting tools to better spot trends and anticipate market moves. It highlights practical elements such as candlestick patterns, moving averages, RSI,...
BNB Price Analysis: ‘Double Top’ Setup Warns of 30% Drop Ahead
BNB is showing a bearish 'double top' technical setup that analysts warn could precipitate a roughly 30% decline in price. The downside pressure is compounded by reports of $21.75 billion in outflows from Binance and accusations of an exploit in...
Quantum Computers Could Bring Lost Bitcoin Back to Life: Here’s How
Researchers and analysts warn that advancing quantum computing could make it practical to reverse-engineer Bitcoin private keys from publicly exposed addresses, potentially resurrecting coins long considered irretrievable. Quantum algorithms such as Shor’s theorem threaten current ECDSA-based cryptography once quantum machines...
China Merchants Bank Tokenizes $3.8B Fund on BNB Chain in Hong Kong
China Merchants Bank International (CMBI) has tokenized a HK$3.8 billion (about $3.8B) fund on Binance’s BNB Chain in Hong Kong, marking a high-profile move into blockchain-based asset tokenization. The initiative follows CMBI’s prior tokenization with Singapore’s DigiFT on Solana in...
XRP Price Shows Promise at $2.50: Is 57% Rally Still Possible?
XRP traded around $2.50 as analysts signaled a bullish macro outlook, saying a breakout could be triggered if the token reclaims key support levels. Price analysts cited technical targets implying as much as a 57% rally from current levels if...
Bitcoin Metric Shows ‘Euphoria’ as $112.5K BTC Price Squeezes New Buyers
Bitcoin’s price surge to about $112,500 has triggered a short-term holder squeeze and pushed a key supply-ownership metric into levels historically associated with euphoria and bull-market tops. New buyers are struggling to realize profits as on-chain data shows concentration and...
Analysis: DATs Keep Buying Bitcoin, Outperforming ETFs Is the Hard Part
Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) continue to accumulate bitcoin but have largely failed to outperform holding spot BTC or ETF products, with most corporate treasuries—including MicroStrategy and GameStop—lagging Bitcoin’s roughly 23% year-to-date gain. Only a few outliers, such as Twenty One...
Nansen and Sanctum Launch Solana Liquid Staking Token
Nansen and Sanctum launched nxSOL, a Solana liquid staking token that lets users earn SOL staking rewards while keeping liquidity to withdraw or deploy in Solana’s DeFi ecosystem. The move arrives as Solana’s TVL tops $13 billion, Sanctum’s TVL has...
Are Miners Now Net Accumulators? Marathon Adds 400 BTC After the Crash
Marathon Digital Holdings bought 400 BTC for about $46 million on Oct. 13, taking advantage of a market crash three days earlier and increasing its treasury to 53,250 BTC. That holding is now valued at over $6 billion, according to...
The Crypto Liquidation Crisis Highlighted OTC Desks as Crucial Shock Absorbers, Finery Markets Says
A sudden crypto sell-off that saw Bitcoin tumble from about $122,000 to $103,000 and a brief USDe depeg to $0.65 on Binance triggered widespread altcoin losses, but Finery Markets says over-the-counter (OTC) desks absorbed much of the shock. The firm...
Crypto Crash Unlikely to Have Derailed ‘Uptober,’ Analysts Say
Crypto markets rebounded to about $4 trillion following the largest liquidation event in history, and analysts say the sell-off is unlikely to derail an anticipated October rally dubbed ‘Uptober.’ Despite the shock, analysts point to structural supports—renewed inflows, stronger on‑chain...
BlackRock CEO Sees ‘New Wave of Opportunity’ in Tokenization
BlackRock CEOsaid tokenization represents a “new wave of opportunity,” signaling the world’s largest asset manager is betting on digital securities to reshape capital markets. The firm, which manages $13.46 trillion in assets and holds about $104 billion in crypto-related assets,...
Crypto Maturity Demands Systematic Discipline over Speculation
Lucas Kiely argues that crypto remains fundamentally speculative because most tokens lack quantifiable fundamentals like earnings or cash flow, leaving prices driven by sentiment and traders rather than intrinsic value. Unfettered leverage on crypto exchanges has amplified this risk, contributing...