Bitcoin’s on-chain activity has shown a sharp slowdown since spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) launched. While institutional inflows into these products have accelerated, the number of active BTC addresses has declined. As Wall Street embraces BTC exposure, the network’s grassroots participation appears to be undergoing a significant transformation. In an X post, the CEO of SwanDesk, financial analyst Jacob King, pointed out that Bitcoin active addresses have been in a steady decline since the US spot BTC ETFs launched in January 2024, and the irony is obvious. Why Retail Participation Shows Signs Of Fatigue For years, BTC maximalists have pushed for Wall Street adoption, believing institutional involvement would unlock the next wave of mass usage. Instead, on-chain participation has dropped sharply as retail lost interest. Related Reading: US Fed Has Ended Quantitative Tightening, But Why Is The Bitcoin Price Still Below $100,000? King noted that these Bitcoiners have piled into the ETF for a quick, early FOMO bump, and then bailed, leaving behind a market where the asset is increasingly traded by proxy. According to King, ETF investing kills BTC’s core principles. While investors no longer hold or control their own assets as banks do, which is the very system BTC was designed to challenge, greed always beats ideology. Market watcher Crypto Seth has revealed that the net inflows into BlackRock and Fidelity’s spot BTC ETFs have been relatively subdued since October 10, when the largest liquidation events happened. Seth believes that this might turn into a momentum reversal soon, as the US stock market is at 1% below new highs despite retail sentiment remaining stuck in extreme fear. Seth also pointed out that the macro backdrop is shifting in BTC’s favor. This is because the Federal Reserve ended its Quantitative Tightening (QT) program on December 1, 2025, wrapping up a multi-year effort that shaved nearly $3 trillion from the balance sheet since 2022. Since the US Fed rate is still at 4.00%, more interest rate cuts are on the horizon, which is higher than both Europe and China. The BlackRock iShares BTC Trust (IBIT), which was launched in January 2024, is currently the firm’s most profitable exchange-traded fund (ETF) based on annual fee revenue, despite being less than two years old. Unlocking Bitcoin Without Compromising Its Core Principles Bitcoin is seeing key initiatives that improve its ecosystem. Every market cycle that has promise to unlock Bitcoin for decentralized finance (DeFi), RioSwap is one of the few products built on infrastructure that was capable of unlocking it in a truly decentralized way. Related Reading: Bitcoin Aims Higher as Bulls Regain Strength and Push for Resistance Break According to Mintlayer, this was powered by Mintlayer’s native HTLC architecture, as RioSwap introduces a Decentralized Exchange (DEX) that allows BTC to move directly into decentralized markets without wrapping, unbridging, and is fully in the user’s control. With the RioSwap testnet now live, Mintlayer sees this as the start of a new liquidity phase for BTC where the asset will become an active participant in the decentralized market on its own terms. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital finance, Ethereum is quickly establishing itself as the primary infrastructure for global on-chain capital markets. From tokenized bonds and money market funds to institutional liquidity rails, the world’s capital is beginning to migrate to an ecosystem where transactions are programmable, auditable, and borderless. Why Is Ethereum Chosen As The Default Choice For Global Rails The global capital markets are moving on-chain to Ethereum because it is credibly neutral. ETH has never experienced downtime, and it possesses the economic security necessary to support the world’s financial system. Investor and founder of GM42NFT, Captain GM, has stated that ETH is not fast enough to support trading because it wasn’t built for it. Related Reading: Ethereum Price Falls 25% But On-Chain Data and Institutional Staking Signal Q4 Recovery Potential However, the attempts to build a genuinely fast on-chain trading environment have consistently led teams to centralize significant parts of the trading system. This move creates security, reliability, and neutrality concerns for a system designed to be global. These compromises are in direct conflict with the very benefits that ETH provides, and make it the chosen blockchain for global finance. This is where Raya Network steps in to solve these issues at the core. Raya is delivering a decentralized exchange (DEX) with institutional-grade execution speed and Ethereum-level security. It’s a platform that is as fast as TradFi and remains simultaneously secure, reliable, and credibly neutral as exactly DeFi should be. “Fast is easy, decentralized is hard, and it’s only Reya that does both,” Captain GM noted. Analyst Alucard mentioned that the Raya network has become one of the few projects that genuinely solves the speed and security problem. The sub-millisecond execution speeds, trades are fully verified on ETH, and there’s no dependence on a single sequencer. This is an engineered combination designed for real progress in the space. However, over 45% of the token supply is allocated to the community. Reya, combined with the ETH buyback mechanism, creates an ecosystem that’s aligned both technically and economically. They’re building something fast and secure, and because of that, Reya sits in a different category. Why Reya’s Design Feels More Like A New Standard Than Another DEX A trader and ambassador of Somnia, Onur, has also explained that his experience with Reya feels like a full redesign of on-chain execution rather than a small improvement. It offers sub-millisecond fills, unified margin, Ethereum security with ZK settlement, and smooth flow through EigenDA. Related Reading: Ethereum Price Attempts Fresh Recovery as Bullish Pressure Builds According to Onur, the peer-to-pool model keeps trades consistent, efficient, and free from bottlenecks or hidden edges. As a result of this approach, Reya isn’t just another venue anymore, and it’s actively becoming the new execution standard for DeFi. Featured image from Peakpx, chart from Tradingview.com
The attack did not compromise the underlying smart contracts, but users are advised to avoid the compromised domains and instead use decentralized ENS domains.
Backed by Founders Fund, Haun Ventures and Robinhood, zk-rollup-powered Lighter plans to expand its institutional trading suite.
The team cannot afford the cost of relaunching the protocol, which would require significant investment in audits and development.
A competitive battle has erupted in the perpetual decentralized exchange (perp DEX) sector, with emerging platforms like Aster and Lighter significantly challenging Hyperliquid’s former dominance. But what do bosses of centralized exchanges say about the ongoing trend.
James Wynn's new trade comes just days after being liquidated on the same token, as he believes ASTER's airdrop will be one of the biggest in crypto history.
Solana’s futures Open Interest (OI) has reached a new all-time high. This record level of activity highlights growing demand and institutional participation in SOL, signaling deeper liquidity and confidence in its long-term role within the digital asset ecosystem. Derivatives Demand Highlights Rising Confidence in Solana In an X post, crypto analyst Tom Tucker has revealed that Solana Open Interest (OI) has reached a new all-time high of $13.68 billion, a key indicator suggesting that traders are placing significant bets on SOL’s upside. This record-breaking figure comes as SOL records a 17% jump to $217 in Q3, which is fueled by a major network upgrade. Related Reading: Solana Investors Cash Out Nearly $1-B As SOL Tests Key Price Level The Alpenglow upgrade, which was recently approved, is a major catalyst for this institutional confidence. Interestingly, this upgrade has reduced transaction finality from over 12 seconds to a blistering 150 milliseconds. Solana has achieved a level of speed and efficiency that rivals traditional financial systems. Combined with a tested capacity of over 107,000 transactions per second (TPS), this performance boost makes Solana a prime candidate for high-frequency trading and large-scale institutional applications. As history has often shown, a high OI indicates that a significant amount of new capital is entering the derivatives market. Also, this accumulation of open contracts suggests a strong market consensus that signals a major price move could be on the horizon. SOL’s Strong Buying Pressure Solana’s rising prominence is a result of growing institutional flows and an exploding DeFi ecosystem. According to an analyst known as Gum, the key to capitalizing on this trend lies with teams that can build the right infrastructure and services to accommodate this new wave of capital. One of the major winners of this trend is Orca, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Solana, which has focused on creating a more secure and reliable environment for large-scale investors. Its new Wavebreak launchpad feature is designed to create a fairer environment for new token launches using anti-bot mechanisms, CAPTCHA, and on-chain permission to prioritize human users. By fixing the sniper bots issue and focusing on creating the right DeFi services, Orca is building the on-ramps needed to bring tens of millions of dollars into the SOL on-chain ecosystem. As the accumulation of open contracts grew, SOL experienced a slight upward move, which led to the liquidation of short positions. A recent post by SolanaFloor has confirmed a massive $22 million liquidation of short positions in the last 24 hours, as the token’s price surged above the $200 price mark. Related Reading: Solana (SOL) Poised for Move – Can It Clear This Barrier? Specifically, this event is a clear sign of renewed bullish momentum and that SOL bulls are reentering the market. According to the platform, a substantial portion of these liquidations occurred on on-chain perpetual futures platforms, surpassing centralized exchanges (CEXs). Featured image from iStock, chart from Tradingview.com
A portion of the stolen funds has already been bridged from Arbitrum to Ethereum.
JUP prices remained stable after the announcement, up marginally over the past 24 hours.
The system matches retail traders with non-algorithmic traders, ensuring fair play and a balanced trading environment.
XRP has achieved another impressive milestone with the Dubai Land Department’s announcement of a $16 billion real estate tokenization project on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). This development has been lauded as one of the factors that could spark an XRP price rally. XRP Records Milestone With New Dubai Land Department Project In a press release, Ctrl Alt revealed that it has partnered with Dubai Land Department (DLD) to develop a secure and compliant tokenization framework. The project will focus on structuring, minting, and tokenizing real estate deeds on the blockchain. The release also mentioned that the XRP Ledger has been chosen for the tokenization project, representing a huge achievement for the XRP ecosystem. Related Reading: Is There A “Secret XRP Ledger” And Is The Price Really At $1,000? Ctrl Alt noted that the XRP Ledger is a decentralized layer-1 blockchain, which is renowned for its decade-long reliability and stability in tokenizing and exchanging digital and real-world assets. This move is expected to further enhance the network’s utility and ultimately increase demand for XRP, the network’s native token. Ripple Executive Reece Merrick commented on the development, noting that the Dubai Land Department forecasts a $16 billion tokenized real estate market by 2033. This represents 7% of total property transactions, which would be processed on the XRP Ledger. Pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton also commented on this milestone. In an X post, he remarked that people fail to realize that the XRP Ledger, which was created in 2012, has the world’s first decentralized exchange (DEX). He added that this DEX was designed for RWA tokenization, such as real estate, indicating that the XRPL is the perfect choice for the DLD. Crypto analyst Cryptoinsight highlighted how bullish this milestone is for the XRP price, predicting that it could be one of the catalysts that sparks a rally to $12. This will mark a new all-time high (ATH) for the altcoin. Other Recent Milestones For XRP And The XRP Ledger XRP has recorded some other milestones in the last week. Brazil’s Braza Group announced that its new USD-backed stablecoin, USDB, will launch on the XRP Ledger. This will give individuals and institutions a seamless and secure way to move value across borders. It is worth mentioning that Braza had already launched the BBRL, a Real-backed stablecoin, on the XRP Ledger earlier this year. Related Reading: XRP Price At $10-$20 Only The Beginning, It’s Headed For $1,000 – Analyst Reveals Meanwhile, Schuman Financial’s EURØP became the first MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin on the XRP Ledger last week. Ripple noted that this is a key step toward compliant stablecoin adoption, enabling payments, tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), and on-chain finance in the European market. Mayukha Vadari, a software engineer at Ripple, has also teased a number of exciting new features coming soon to the XRP Ledger. At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $2.30, up in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com
The BNB price is showing remarkable bullish strength on the weekly chart, with technical signals aligning for a potential surge to $1,000. The altcoin has not only broken resistance levels but is currently maintaining a stronghold above the 50-week Exponential Moving Average (EMA). BNB Price Set To Catapult To $1,000 With momentum building, Binance Coin (BNB) could be gearing up for a significant price move to $1,000, taking it well above all-time high levels. This forecast, published in an analysis report by TradingView crypto expert Unichartz, notes that the BNB price action has broken above a long-standing descending resistance line, indicated by the red line in the chart. Related Reading: Crypto Analyst Releases Next Potential Targets For Cardano, Is $1 ADA Still Possible? The breakout from this downtrend signals the end of a multi-month consolidation phase and a potentially imminent trend reversal. More notably, the cryptocurrency has reclaimed a historical support-resistance zone marked in the shaded gray area around the $460 – $535 range, which previously acted as a ”battleground for bulls and bears.” This key level is now serving as a potential launchpad for further gains, reinforcing the BNB chart’s bullish structure. Moving forward, the 50 EMA, highlighted by the orange line in the chart, has repeatedly acted as a dynamic support for the BNB price during pullbacks. The TradingView analyst has revealed that on multiple occasions, BNB bounced off this moving average, confirming it as a reliable foundation for a potential rally. As long as the price continues to trade above this 50 EMA and within the reclaimed zone, Unichartz’s outlook for BNB remains optimistic. With sustained bullish momentum, a retest of the all-time high zone around $793 is likely. A successful breakout above this level could trigger a 45.99% climb toward the psychological $1,000 mark. BNB Bulls In Control As Price Aims For Fresh Breakout Market analyst Wise Crypto has issued a bullish forecast for the BNB price, anticipating a massive breakout that could see the altcoin surge above $700 soon. According to the analyst, several technical indicators and bullish developments are aligning in favor of this projected price surge. Related Reading: Crypto Analyst Says “Altseason Is Dawning” As Bitcoin Dominance Reaches HTF Resistance, What To Expect On the technical side, Wise Crypto pointed to indicators like the EMA, DMI, and Ichimoku Clouds flashing bullish. Fundamentally, the analyst emphasized Binance Coin’s growing Decentralized Exchange (DEX) volume. Notably, BNB’s DEX volume has skyrocketed by an impressive 85.66% increase within one week. The DEX trading volume saw a rise of about $34.85 billion, placing it well above its major competitors, Ethereum and Solana. Moreover, Wise Crypto has declared that BNB bulls have finally taken control, with the market trend demonstrating strength. Supported by positive technical indicators and growing DEX volume, the BNB price is expected to climb approximately 2.21% from its current price of $684.85 to reach $700 in the near term. Featured image from Adobe Stock, chart from Tradingview.com
Users fled the DEX and TVL has dropped to $150 million from $540 million in the past month.
Crypto analyst Trader Tardigrade has drawn the community’s attention to a bullish pattern that has formed for Solana. Based on this pattern, the analyst predicted that SOL could witness a parabolic rally to a new all-time high (ATH) and provided a target that the crypto could reach. Solana Could Rally To $565 As Ascending Triangle Forms In an X post, Trader Tardigrade predicted that Solana could rally to $565 following the formation of an ascending triangle. He noted that SOL has been forming ascending triangles before each recent breakout. The analyst added that Solana reaches its target at Fibonacci 2.618 after each breakout. Related Reading: Solana Price Will Complete 1,800% Surge To $4,000 With This Formation: Analyst In line with this, Trader Tardigrade predicts that Solana can reach $565 once this ascending triangle completely forms. The analyst revealed that the current ascending triangle is more than halfway complete, indicating this parabolic rally could soon happen. His accompanying chart also showed that SOL could reach this price target as early as April. Asset manager VanEck also recently provided a bullish outlook for Solana, predicting it can reach $500 by year-end 2025. The asset manager’s analysts explained that this projection is supported by Solana’s developer dominance, increasing market share in decentralized exchange (DEX) volumes, revenues, and active users. Meanwhile, crypto analyst Ali Martinez suggested that Solana couldn’t rally to as high as $500 but predicted it could reach at least $350. However, he warned that SOL needs to hold above the support level at $198. In a more recent X post, he also raised the possibility of Solana reaching $380. The analyst stated that Solana is testing a key support level at the lower boundary of the parallel channel he highlighted on the charts. According to him, holding above this support level could strengthen the uptrend, fueling a rally to $387. SOL Needs To Reclaim The $220 Level In an X post, crypto analyst Jelle stated that the first mission for Solana is to reclaim $220. This came has he noted that SOL is holding the key support level so far. The analyst indicated that it would be ideal for SOL to bounce from its current level if its price action is to remain short-term bullish. In line with this, he remarked that the first mission is to reclaim $220. Related Reading: Solana Price At $4,000? Cup And Handle Pattern Shows Why This Is Possible Crypto analyst CryptoElites asserted that Solana is preparing for a massive move. The analyst revealed that the 2021 downtrend has been broken, and SOL is holding above it. Based on this, he outlined $450, $678, and $1,099 as his targets for Solana in this market cycle. The analyst again reaffirmed that the technical outlook is fully positive with big moves ahead. At the time of writing, the Solana price is trading at around $202, down over 1% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from Tradingview.com
Mango Markets, a Solana-based DEX, is shutting down operations following an SEC settlement, governance votes and legal troubles stemming from a 2022 exploit.
The layer-1 chain needs more than a successful perpetuals exchange to justify the HYPE token’s lofty valuation, according to the asset manager.
Uniswap hinted that the latest iteration of its DeFi platform will come out this year. It was undergoing testing for the duration of 2024.
Uniswap remains the largest DEX by trading volume, recording $106 billion over the last 30 days.
PancakeSwap's 2024 trading volume surged to $310 billion, driven by DeFi growth, layer-2 adoption and user-focused upgrades.
Institutional investors have played a large role in Binance’s $24.2 billion net inflows so far in 2024.
CeFi and DeFi ecosystems do not need to be divided as regulation is well-positioned to help DEXs improve universal standards, the GRVT CEO said.
Curve clocked annualized revenues of nearly $37 million during the past 30 days, according to Token Terminal.
The perpetual futures platform will issue 10 billion F Tokens as it continues its decentralization.
The Solana network remains one of the leading blockchains in the dynamic crypto sector, drawing in a significant number of users on a daily basis, which has led to a recent notable spike in its transfer volume to unprecedented levels. Solana Sets New Benchmark In Adoption Glassnode, a world-leading on-chain and financial platform, reported that the […]
PancakeSwap’s new Telegram bot lets users trade over 3,000 tokens from the app, highlighting DeFi’s growing accessibility.
Ronin’s Katana DEX is set to launch a v3 upgrade, focusing on improving liquidity efficiency and capital utilization. The update, which will roll out in November, introduces concentrated liquidity pools and customizable fees, offering better trading depth and reduced slippage. As part of the upgrade, Ronin will also cut its liquidity mining rewards by 50%, …
WazirX founder Nischal Shetty also announced the upcoming introduction of staking services to the centralized cryptocurrency exchange.
Competition is mounting among DeFi derivatives protocols after Synthetix launched on Arbitrum in July.