After an active morning Tuesday, bitcoin flattened out in afternoon trading around the $87,500 area, up 2% over the past 24 hours.
President Donald J. Trump has announced that he will deliver an address to the nation tomorrow night at 9:00 PM EST, live from the White House. The announcement has already sparked speculation across financial markets, especially in crypto. Analysts say the speech could act as a short-term catalyst, with markets likely to react sharply depending …
BTC options flow points to expectations for a broad range play rather than a massive surge or crash.
The CME Group has launched Spot-Quoted XRP futures, giving traders a new way to gain exposure to XRP using a regulated futures contract that closely tracks the current market price of the token. These contracts are designed to make futures trading easier to understand, especially for self-directed and active traders who want pricing that looks …
XRP was trading at around $1.92 on Wednesday, up more than 1% over the past 24 hours, as the broader crypto market attempted to recover from a sharp sell-off seen earlier this week. U.S. unemployment hits four-year high Fresh U.S. economic data showed signs of a weakening labour market. The U.S. unemployment rate rose to …
The influential Democrat is the most vocal critic of the crypto legislation, and she continues to throw rhetorical sand in the gears of the negotiation.
Backed by U.S. Treasuries, USDM1 marks a new model for digital public finance and universal basic income in underserved regions.
The exchange partnership sparked measured buying as volume rose 17% above monthly averages.
After its latest purchase, the company now holds 5,098 bitcoin worth nearly $450 million
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has formally closed its investigation into the Aave Protocol without recommending enforcement action, according to a letter shared by Aave founder Stani Kulechov. The decision ends a probe that lasted nearly four years and examined the operations of one of the largest decentralised finance (DeFi) lending platforms. In a …
The banking regulator began its formal rulemaking process to set up the procedures by which depository institutions can start stablecoin subsidiaries.
Using the Bitcoin's Lightning Network and Tether's USDT, Speed handles $1.5 billion in annual payments and serves 1.2 million users.
Crypto markets remain "fragile," said Samer Hasn from XS.com. Traders are either stepping aside or being forced out.
Bitcoin miners who pivoted business plans to high-performance computing benefitted greatly this year, but have seen sharp declines of late.
The São Paulo auction will record every document involved in the process on blockchain, making it a public, traceable, tamper-evident record.
Bitcoin could see further declines if traditional markets sharply pull back, or just possibly a broad tumble in stocks could set the stage for a bull run in crypto.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said BTC is likely to hit all-time highs next year, with lower volatility and weaker equity correlations reshaping how institutions view the asset.
About 21% of people surveyed by the Financial Conduct Authority said they hold between $1,345 and $6,718, and the most popular cryptos are bitcoin and ether.
Aave (AAVE) was also among the top performers, rising 3.9% from Monday.
The Hong Kong-based fintech says demand for stablecoin-powered cards and cross-border payouts is accelerating as it scales payments beyond crypto trading.
The funding will help the London-based team expand Strata, a DeFi protocol that structures onchain yields into senior and junior tranches.
The crypto market is under strong selling pressure, and prices continue to fall. Bitcoin is now testing an important support level, while new data from liquidation heat maps shows fresh downside targets. At the same time, Ethereum is close to flashing a short-term signal, and XRP looks weak on higher time frames. Stock Market Weakness …
Combined with softer than expected October data, this morning's numbers point to at least a modestly weaker jobs market as the economy heads into the end of the year.
Singapore’s regulated crypto ecosystem is preparing for another major step forward. StraitsX, a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)-licensed stablecoin issuer, has announced plans to bring its Singapore dollar-backed XSGD and U.S. dollar-backed XUSD stablecoins to the Solana blockchain by early 2026. The move signals growing confidence in high-performance blockchains as demand for real-world, regulated stablecoin …
XRP, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency with a market value of $116 billion, has seen its price drop nearly 7% in the past week, falling below the key $2 psychological level. Heavy selling by big holders has kept XRP under pressure, making traders cautious for now. However, crypto analyst Dark Defender believes the drop may be over …
The Wyoming-based cryptocurrency bank argued that the three-judge panel undermined state banking authorities, raising “serious constitutional questions”
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For most blockchains, a sustained DDoS attack at internet-scale would mean stalled transactions, missed blocks, and visible network stress. That didn’t happen this time. Over the past week, the Solana network has been operating under a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked near 6 terabits per second, ranking it as the fourth-largest DDoS attack …
Initial participants include Cross River Bank and Lead Bank, which are settling with Visa in USDC over the Solana blockchain.
The proposals outline a "similar approach" to regulating crypto as in TradFi, echoing the U.K. Treasury's intention to extend financial rules to crypto.