Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr, who was the central bank's regulatory chief during the Biden administration, flagged potential stablecoin pitfalls.
Regional banks are sharply lower on credit worries on Thursday, pulling broader markets and bitcoin down alongside.
The funding combines equity and project financing to connect DeFi capital with real-world electricity infrastructure
The bank isn’t committing to launching its own token — yet — but executives say it’s building systems that could support one if needed.
WisdomTree introduces Europe's first physically-backed Stellar exchange-traded product amid heightened competition in digital payments infrastructure.
Hedera’s HBAR token saw a dramatic 5% intraday swing as institutional investors drove heavy volatility, with early gains erased by late-session corporate liquidation pressure.
Crypto markets extended their steep losses Thursday as altcoins plunged and bitcoin tested key support, with derivatives data showing cautious sentiment amid fading liquidity.
Once hailed as a fast track to bitcoin accumulation, PIPE financing now faces scrutiny as companies struggle with cratering share prices.
The bounce from the recent leverage flush has failed for the moment.
Institutions are embracing stablecoin technology to cut costs, speed up settlement times, and unlock liquidity in a $150 trillion payments market.
The deal, pending regulatory approvals, would give Ripple access to large enterprise clients as it is building out financial services around its digital asset business.
The total market cap of the 14 U.S.-listed bitcoin miners that the bank covers rose 41% from the end of last month to a record $79 billion.
Coinbase Business, as the new service is called, will simplify vendor payments, eliminate chargebacks, and offer seamless API integrations.
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Jito Foundation will use the funding to grow its validator technology, staking protocol, and developer tools on Solana.
The bank initiated coverage of the stock with a market outperform rating and a $50 price target.
The sale reflects "strong institutional confidence," the company said, with an unnamed investor also receiving an option to buy another 4.5 million shares
Regulation and new players are driving stablecoin momentum and paving the way for a new internet “money layer,” the broker said
Chainlink (LINK) gained 2.1% and Internet Computer (ICP) rose 1.8%, leading the index higher.
During the recent crypto market sell-off that was triggered by Trump’s tariffs on China, the crypto market witnessed significant declines. The market saw over $19 billion in liquidations, marking one of the largest single-day losses in crypto history. While Bitcoin dropped below $105k levels, major altcoins also saw steep declines. Solana Handles High Volume Despite …
Crypto ATMs, once seen as a convenient bridge between cash and digital money, are now facing major scrutiny in Australia. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has announced plans to give its financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC new powers to ban high-risk products like crypto ATMs, which have become a growing tool for scams and money laundering. …
The token's recent addition to Coinbase's listing roadmap has failed to boost its price, but corporate treasury accumulation continues.
The slowdown in DAT demand could be a factor in the stall in bitcoin's bull run.
Institutional adoption of diverse crypto derivatives signals growing confidence in regulated markets, potentially stabilizing the crypto ecosystem.
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Kraken bought Small Exchange for $32.5 million in cash and $67.5 million in stock, IG announced on Thursday
With the ACRA submission complete, the exchange enters the implementation phase, or a period during which users will receive distributions and Recovery Tokens (RTs) under the scheme.
As crypto matures, expands, and attracts more institutions and enterprises, launchpads play an increasingly important role in identifying and nurturing innovative projects before they reach end users. The sheer volume of new tokens, protocols, and other infrastructure creates additional challenges for investors attempting to differentiate between hype and genuine potential. As gatekeepers of quality, launchpads …
Credible Crypto, a widely followed market technician with 479,900 followers on X, turned decisively upbeat on XRP in an October 15 video, arguing that the token’s high-time-frame structure “still looks absolutely freaking fantastic” despite “the most devastating and most significant liquidation event in the history of crypto.” He framed last Friday’s cross-market crash—“around 10 times more than the FTX collapse”—as a bottom-forming anomaly and said XRP’s key support held on closing bases, keeping his double-digit price outlook intact. XRP Targets Double-Digits The analyst’s core claim is straightforward: the violent wick to fresh lows across many venues did not invalidate XRP’s high-time-frame uptrend. He points to a monthly demand band at roughly $2.00–$2.40, noting that even after the flash-liquidity cascade “we did not get any 4-hourly closes below $2.30,” and that the deeper prints to $1.17 on some exchanges were byproducts of forced liquidations rather than organic selling. “Ultimately on the high time frames once again it looks fantastic,” he said, adding that XRP’s prior five-wave advance began at ~$0.49; as long as price holds above the origin of that impulse, he views the recent selloff as a mid-cycle correction, not a cycle top. In his words: “This is not the end of the bull run for XRP… we have much higher to go.” Related Reading: Why This Pundit Believes It’s “Game Over” For XRP Following The Crash He lays out clear tactical markers. On the USD pair, the first meaningful supply band sits around $2.70–$3.11; acceptance above that region would suggest the next impulse has begun. On relative pairs, he highlights a now-familiar horizontal he calls “Gandalf’s grave” on XRP/BTC—a prior multi-touch resistance that recently flipped to support and was respected on hourly closes even during the crash. The path forward, in his telling, splits into two equally plausible tracks. In the first, Bitcoin runs hot toward $130–$150k in a parabolic extension while XRP chops sideways; that rotational dynamic would push XRP/BTC lower toward a deeper, high-time-frame demand zone even as XRP/USD holds a higher base above ~$1.90–$2.30. In the second, XRP stabilizes here and rips sooner, with XRP/BTC launching directly and “the minimum move… a 50% move up against Bitcoin,” which would place XRP/USD at new all-time highs. He cautions that a drift lower on XRP/BTC would be a feature, not a bug: “If you’re not fully loaded on XRP, that is when you should get fully loaded,” he said. Crucially, Credible Crypto ties the XRP roadmap to Ethereum’s next leg. He argues ETH showed “one of the cleanest impulsive movements” in years—a full five-wave advance from ~$2,000 to ~$4,700—then sketched two scenarios. In scenario one (the more aggressive), that $2,000–$4,700 move is wave one of a much larger sequence to $10,000+, with the current drawdown constituting wave two before a $5k–$6k expansion leg. Related Reading: $26 XRP Price Target Remains Technically Valid, Says Expert In scenario two (less aggressive), ETH is missing a final wave-five push to new highs just above $5k, and then would undergo a broader, deeper wave-two correction. He even provides a hard invalidation for scenario two: if ETH fell to ~$2,700–$2,800, the overlap with wave-one territory would scrap it, implicitly favoring scenario one. Either way, he says, “sub-$2,000 Ethereum is likely gone for the rest of the cycle.” Why does this matter for XRP? Because if ETH makes a clean run to and through $5k first, XRP/ETH likely bleeds into a deeper green demand band before reversing—timing that would map to XRP/USD basing while the ETH leg completes. He sees that as constructive signal, not weakness: a final dip in XRP/ETH toward higher-time-frame demand would “tell us when we may be seeing good risk-reward opportunity for long trades on XRPUSD,” and the longer the base, “the greater the expansion.” Credible Crypto’s playbook for confirmation is explicit. On XRP/USD, watch for an impulsive five-wave thrust off the lows and for clean acceptance above $2.70–$3.11. On XRP/BTC, either a swift reversal from the “Gandalf’s grave” retest or a controlled bleed into a deeper, pre-identified demand block that would time a stronger USD-denominated breakout later. On XRP/ETH, a drift to the green demand area would likely coincide with ETH’s final push past $5k, after which he expects the cross to reverse hard in XRP’s favor. At press time, XRP traded at $2.42. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 16, 2025
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) recently shared his thoughts on promoting openness and inclusivity across the crypto industry. In a recent post on X, he suggested that Coinbase should consider listing more projects from the BNB Chain ecosystem. CZ pointed out that Binance has already listed several projects built on Base, while Coinbase has yet …