Introduced in October 2020, Europe’s digital euro may not launch until 2029, according to ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone.
Growing Wall Street crypto adoption and agentic AI platforms may catalyze a “supercycle” for Ethereum, according to BitMine, the largest corporate holder of Ether.
Kraken has committed $2 million to Freedom Fund PAC and America First Digital, citing the need to defend crypto users’ rights in the US.
BlackRock’s $2B Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) fund is seeking expansion into XRP Ledger (XRPL), essentially deepening the relationship between tradfi and blockchain infrastructure. The official announcement named Ripple and tokenization platform Securitize as the driving forces behind the functionality of the coming RLUSD smart contract. Carlos Domingo, CEO and co-founder of Securitize, declared: Partnering with Ripple to integrate RLUSD into our tokenization infrastructure is a major step forward in automating liquidity for tokenized assets —Carlos Domingo, CEO of Securitize, Official Ripple Announcement The move signals great things to come for the crypto world, given XRPL’s accelerated growth and mainstream impact. According to data from Dune, XRPL manages 5.6M accounts and over 4B in total transactions and recorded an increase of 430% in the volume of weekly payments between 2023 and 2025. This creates a more comprehensive perspective on how the market may react to the news, with PEPENODE’s ($PEPENODE) $1.4M presale likely to become one of the best cryptos to buy now. How the $RLUSD Integration Benefits Investors The collaboration between Ripple and Securitize also features a smart contract integration that adds RLUSD to the platform. This allows investors to trade their shares in tokenized funds, including $BUIDL, for $RLUSD on a 24/7 basis. Jack McDonalds, SVP of Stablecoins at Ripple, believes this to be a ‘natural step as we continue to bridge traditional finance and crypto’. Long-term, the integration will benefit $RLUSD thanks to the high-profile contract that sees the token marking a turning point in the marriage between tradfi and blockchain tech. Despite a bland performance since its release in 2024, $RLUSD established itself as one of the fastest-growing stablecoins with a current market cap of $741M and great chart resilience. And the future looks bright, especially after Ripple and SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial conglomerate, started working together to bring $RLUSD in Japan in 2026. Monica Long, Ripple’s president, also envisions the potential behind the token after announcing the partnership with DBS Bank and Franklin Templeton last week. A partnership designed to solve two core problems with tokenized institutional assets: utility and liquidity. The stronger relationship between TradFi and the blockchain will contribute to an alternate global financial system. One where decentralization will redefine how investors engage with financial instruments, allowing for more freedom and flexibility. This will be very fruitful for projects like PEPENODE ($PEPENODE), which offers on-chain utility through a mix of entertainment and innovation. PEPENODE Makes Presales Engaging and Rewarding PEPENODE’s ($PEPENODE) $1.4M presale redefines the standards that presales need to attract investors. Unlike standard presales, which offer little incentive to keep investors engaged, PEPENODE offers crypto mining. The virtual gameplay consists of buying nodes, upgrading them, and building a personalized mining facility to climb up the ranks and earn rewards. The leaderboard keeps track of the top performers and rewards them with higher staking rewards and bonuses. Post launch, PEPENODE will offer real meme coin rewards based on the miners’ performance. PEPENODE lets get accustomed to coin mining without having to pay ungodly electricity bills. You only need nodes and some initial capital to invest and kickstart the operation, and everything is automated from that point on. The facility comes with a visual dashboard that keeps track of your progress, hashrate, and energy throughput for a more comprehensive experience. PEPENODE lets you learn how coin hunting works, while keeping you engaged during the presale and long after it ends. Thanks to the project’s utility and innovation, our price prediction for $PEPENODE puts the token at $0.0031 by the end of 2025 and $0.0095 by 2030. With sufficient community support and regular upgrades, we expect the token to go even higher. Since $PEPENODE is $0.0010702 right now, we’re looking at a 5-year ROI of 788% if you invest today. So, read our guide on how to buy $PEPENODE and go to the presale page to grab your tokens and start your mining rig today. This isn’t financial advice. Do your own research (DYOR) and invest wisely. Authored by Aaron Walker, NewsBTC: https://www.newsbtc.com/news/2b-buidl-potential-expansion-to-xrp-ledger-could-pump-pepenode
The UK-listed firm's BTC purchase immediately places B HODL in the top 100 public bitcoin treasury companies.
Bitcoin whale distribution and a weakening technical structure could push BTC price into an extended sell-off toward $100,000.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is widening the conversation beyond crypto. In a new blog post, he warned that if the world continues to rely on closed, centralized systems in healthcare, finance, and governance, the result could be monopolies, abuse of power, and a deep loss of trust. “The default path,” Buterin wrote, “is corporations and …
After a volatile few months, the cryptocurrency market is showing signs of renewed strength, and investors are closely watching the horizon for a potential bull run in October 2025. While September has historically been a challenging month for crypto, the recent market dynamics suggest a turning point could be near. Macro Conditions Supporting Crypto Growth …
FearsOff CEO Marwan Hachem told Cointelegraph that it was risky to keep too much centralized control in projects that “claim to be decentralized.”
BitMine's Lee said he saw the possibility that Ethereum was entering a "super cycle" that would last 10 to 15 years.
IBIT's price uptrend has stalled since July.
Bitcoin has seen massive crashes lately, dropping below $112,000 levels. It has slipped over 9% from its all-time high of $124K just a month ago, raising concerns over its next move. In contrast, gold has been rising to new all-time highs. Although Bitcoin is often compared to “digital gold,” critics are now questioning its role …
Cohort selling and long-term holder distribution add to ongoing pressure.
XRP’s price action in September 2025 is shaping up to be crucial, as the token consolidates near key support levels that could define its next major move. Market participants are closely watching how XRP reacts to liquidity shifts and buying pressure, with momentum building around its long-term structure. A decisive rebound from current ranges could …
Bitcoin and Ethereum traders remain optimistic about the market’s trajectory even after this week’s price corrections rattled digital assets across the board. According to Derive.xyz, an on-chain derivatives platform, market participants are assigning a 22% probability that Ethereum will surpass $5,000 by Oct. 31. Bitcoin is viewed even more favorably, with traders pricing in a […]
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The mechanism is designed to reduce cross-chain fragmentation and is being adopted by teams including LI.FI and Rhinestone.
Which treasury strategy is gaining ground in 2025: Bitcoin as digital gold or Ether as a yield engine?
The cryptocurrency market faced a sharp sell-off over the past three days, wiping out weeks of gains and causing panic among traders. While some analysts call this a “sell the news” reaction following the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting, historical seasonal trends suggest this dip could create the perfect setup for a strong fourth-quarter crypto rally. …
Chalom and SOL treasury firm DeFi Development Corp's Dan Kang said their treasury firms are ready to weather a potential bear market.
In a major step towards reaching another milestone, Pi Network’s native token Pi has been listed on Payochain. It is a mobile-blockchain dapp designed for empowering mobile blockchain cryptocurrencies. This makes Pi the first coin to be added to the platform, signalling a slight hope for a rise. Payochain Lists Pi Coin Pi Network’s mission …
A new smart contract on Securitize's platform enables investors to swap shares for RLUSD, creating a 24/7 stablecoin off-ramp for tokenized treasuries.
Pantera Capital founder Dan Morehead believes a geopolitical shift in reserve management will push adversaries of the United States into Bitcoin at massive scale, calling it “inevitable” that China and Russia eventually hold “trillions of dollars” worth of the asset. Speaking on Blockworks’ Empire podcast released this week, the billionaire framed the prediction as part of a longer-term rotation in global reserve assets and a response to sanction risk embedded in dollar-denominated holdings. “I think it’ll take a decade or two,” Morehead said, adding that the first movers will likely include US-aligned Gulf states before “the big one” arrives with countries “antagonistic to the United States, like China or Russia.” Why Russia And China Will Adopt Bitcoin Morehead anchored his argument in the historical cadence of reserve transitions and the vulnerability of holding claims on a rival’s financial system. “You gotta remember, the reserve currency’s changed every 80 or 100 years… no one’s ever really lasted for more than, let’s call it 100, 110 years,” he said. While calling it “inconceivable that the dollar will be supplanted” overnight, he warned that countries with large US Treasury positions face concentrated political risk. Citing China’s portfolio, he argued: “It’s really pretty crazy to have your entire country’s life savings in an asset that your potential adversary could literally just cancel.” In his view, that calculus makes it “inevitable” that such countries “will have started to save in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies” within the next decade. Related Reading: Bitcoin Dip-Buy Calls Spike: Why This Could Actually Be Bearish The provocation lands amid measurable changes in how major economies hold US debt. Official Treasury data for July 2025 show China’s reported Treasury holdings at $730.7 billion, the lowest since 2008 and down markedly over the past decade, a decline often read as gradual diversification of reserves rather than abrupt abandonment. JUST IN: BILLIONAIRE DAN MOREHEAD JUST SAID IT’S “INEVITABLE” CHINA AND RUSSIA WILL HOLD TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN #BITCOIN NATION STATE GAME THEORY. IT’S HERE ???? pic.twitter.com/tOQO9tHYNi — The Bitcoin Historian (@pete_rizzo_) September 23, 2025 Japan remains the largest holder at roughly $1.15 trillion, with the United Kingdom near $900 billion. The broader pool of foreign-held Treasuries nonetheless hit a record in July. These figures illustrate that while the dollar system remains deep and liquid, China’s share is slipping at the margin—the exact dynamic Morehead argues could accelerate alternative reserve strategies over time. Morehead’s timeline also intersects with a flurry of policy proposals that, if enacted, would normalize sovereign Bitcoin exposure. In March, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a national digital asset stockpile. Wyoming legislators separately advanced a bill to permit limited Bitcoin investments—capped at 3%—within certain state funds, an incremental step toward institutional reserve management in digital assets at the state level. Related Reading: Bitcoin Falls Below $113,000, But This Indicator Says It’s Time To Buy Outside the US, Gulf governments are already experimenting at the edges of sovereign crypto exposure—another plank in Morehead’s thesis. The United Arab Emirates’ has launched state-backed mining initiatives and disclosures suggesting several thousand BTC accumulated on the balance sheet via those operations. Skeptics will note that moving “trillions” of dollars into Bitcoin would require not only policy shifts but also market structure capable of absorbing sustained sovereign demand without disorderly volatility. Liquidity depth has improved with US spot ETF adoption and growing derivatives markets, yet Bitcoin’s free float, custody frameworks, and cross-border payment rails still face periodic stress. Morehead, however, situates the thesis in a long arc rather than a short-term trade. “I don’t think it’s gonna happen overnight,” he said, emphasizing a horizon of “a decade or two” and a phased path in which US-aligned adopters pave the way for politically non-aligned states that prize censorship resistance and sanction insulation. For China and Russia specifically, the impetus would be as much strategic as financial. China’s willingness to chip away at Treasuries aligns with its broader push to diversify reserves into gold and other assets, while Russia’s post-2014 and 2022 sanctions experience has already driven a dramatic reconfiguration of its reserve composition. At press time, Bitcoin traded at $112,639. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
The London-based firm says the deal underscores growing institutional demand for blockchain oversight as banks move deeper into digital assets.
The Ethereum co-founder warned that closed systems breed abuse and monopolies, urging open-source, verifiable infrastructure for healthcare, finance and voting.
Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of MicroStrategy and one of Bitcoin’s strongest supporters, is once again urging the U.S. to think bigger about digital assets. Saylor believes the U.S. should treat Bitcoin not just as an investment, but as a national digital reserve. In a recent CNBC interview, he said Bitcoin could start rising sharply …
CAKE, the native token of PancakeSwap, has ignited fresh excitement in the crypto market following a price breakout. With the CAKE price surging to $2.81, up 5.01% in the past 24 hours, traders are closely eyeing whether this momentum can deliver a sustained bullish rally. Successively, backed by a $966.98 million market cap and a …
What is India’s levy crypto tax, and how does it apply across various types of transactions, such as trading, selling or spending your crypto?
Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi says the fight for crypto in the United States is "far from over,” as the exchange looks to back pro-crypto policy.
On September 23, both spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded a second straight day of net outflows. Data from SoSoValue shows Bitcoin ETFs lost $103.61 million, while Ethereum ETFs saw outflows of $140.75 million. Bitcoin ETF Breakdown Bitcoin ETFs posted a total outflow of $103.61 million. Fidelity’s FBTC led withdrawals at $75.56 million. Ark & …
The Bitcoin price crash began over the weekend and has since seen he digital asset break below the $112,000 support level. Interestingly, this crash was called by a couple of crypto analysts who had pointed out the weaknesses surrounding Bitcoin over this time. As their predictions begin to play out, this report takes a look at the complete forecasts, with most showing that the Bitcoin price crash is far from over and must proceed deeper before finding a bottom. Bitcoin Price Is Headed Below $100,000 Crypto analyst HAMED_AZ had previously pointed out that the Bitcoin price was moving within a descending channel. Since this was a bearish trend, it was expected that the Bitcoin price would begin to crash, and this was the case. There is also the fact that the Bitcoin price had broken its short-term ascending trendline. At the same time, it had also reached the upper boundary of the descending channel, meeting resistance at $117,000-$120,000. As the bears pushed back on the price, the fall had begun. Related Reading: Analyst Predicts XRP Price Will Definitely Reach $10,000, Gives Reasons Why It didn’t help that the resistance was sitting a the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level, one of the factors that triggered the corrective move. As the short-term ascending trendline was broken, it empowered the bears to take control of the digital asset once again. Despite the already notable decline, the crypto analyst says that as long as the price stays below $118,000-$120,000, then the bearish pressure will continue. The possible target here is below $106,000, but the descending trendline points to a bottom as low as $96,000 in the worst-case scenario. Bears Are Still In Control Another pseudonymous crypto analyst on the TradingView website has also outlined why the Bitcoin price is bearish. The fact that the digital asset had broken below the ascending trendline, as well as the Ichimoku cloud, suggests that the momentum has turned bearish from here. Related Reading: Solana Faces Deadly Selling Pressure After 312,233 SOL Deposit Into Coinbase – Here’s The Value With the support of $113,00 already lost, the next targets are on the downside. Prices are expected to keep crashing as low as $108,000 before finding a bottom. However, there could be redemption on the horizon if the bulls are able to reclaim the support between $113,000 and $114,500. But a more definite close above $115,000 would completely invalidate the current bearish move. Meanwhile, crypto analysts like CrypFlow on X are more bullish after the decline. The analysis shows that the Bitcoin Bollinger Bands are being squeezed again. There is also a bullish Stochastic RSI cross and a momentum explosion. With all of these developments so close together, the analyst believes that it is only a setup for the Bitcoin price to rally higher. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com