Digital assets, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and currency news.
Key Highlights: Binance Research identified a -0.62 negative correlation between six-month changes in the global monetary policy diffusion index and Bitcoin’s six-month returns since 2021. Historical market cycles indicate that Bitcoin often bottoms and recovers before major G10 central banks officially start cutting interest rates. While global monetary easing has not fully materialized, a slowdown ...
Key Highlights Former CFTC Chair J. Christopher Giancarlo argues that federal agencies like the SEC and CFTC already possess sufficient authority to regulate crypto without the stalled CLARITY Act. The CLARITY Act passed the House in July 2025 but failed to clear a critical Senate cloture vote in September 2026, stalling at a 49-50 margin ...
Key Highlights: BitGo has expanded its institutional platform, BitGo Link, by integrating Binance, Bybit, Bitstamp, and Deribit. The addition brings the total number of connected cryptocurrency exchange brands on BitGo Link to 10. The platform enables institutional clients to track balances, transfer assets across trading venues, and oversee access controls through a unified dashboard. BitGo ...
Key Highlights The average allocation of cryptocurrencies in investor portfolios climbed to 1.3 percent, up from 1.2 percent in July. Portfolio diversification has emerged as the primary motivation for crypto investments at 40 percent, while speculative intent plunged below 9 percent. Bitcoin and Ethereum retain market dominance by securing a combined 47 percent share of ...
Key Highlights French fintech startup Spiko is expanding its tokenized cash fund operations to London following regulatory registration with the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Founded in June 2023 by former French Treasury official Paul-Adrien Hyppolite, Spiko manages the flagship SAFO tokenized cash fund launched in collaboration with BNP Paribas and Amundi. Spiko’s leadership sees ...
Key Highlights OKXICE is preparing to launch as the second platform operating under the SEC’s five-year “innovation exemption” for trading tokenized equities via automated market makers. A massive wave of corporate objections forced OKXICE to drastically alter its original roster, with roughly 90% of targeted companies—including Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia—opting out. The revised asset lineup ...
Key Highlights: Bitcoin trades near its critical 200-day moving average around $73,200 as stablecoin inflows stall and the Coinbase Premium remains negative for 30 consecutive days. CryptoQuant’s Bull Score Index has dropped significantly from 90 on October 13 to 20, echoing levels seen in April 2025 ahead of a previous market bottom. Deribit options activity ...
Key Highlights: Grayscale launched a marketing campaign featuring a full-page newspaper advertisement and a dedicated website for the Grayscale Zcash Trust ETF (ZCSH). The asset manager committed $1 million in donations to Zcash ecosystem non-profits, distributing an initial $400,000 across four distinct organizations, alongside plans to reinvest all ZCSH governance fee revenue into network development. ...
Key Highlights: Bitcoin traded steadily around $74,000, while total crypto liquidations spiked 288% to $725 million following stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation data. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs marked a fourth consecutive session of net outflows, losing $95 million as BlackRock’s IBIT saw $78 million in redemptions. Derivatives show cautious sentiment, with put options outweighing calls 1.5-to-1 on ...
Key Highlights: Ripple executive David Schwartz significantly scaled down his crypto portfolio, cutting his stash from 26 million XRP, 1,500 Bitcoin, and 40,000 Ethereum to 3 million XRP, 1 BTC, and 6 ETH. Schwartz explained that the systematic liquidations were driven by a long-term strategy, an agreement with his wife, and a personal aversion to ...
Key Highlights: Ripple executive David Schwartz significantly scaled back his cryptocurrency portfolio, drastically reducing his holdings in XRP, Bitcoin (BTC), and Ethereum (ETH). Schwartz revealed that the sales aligned with a pre-arranged plan with his wife to de-risk and realize profits when XRP achieved new all-time highs. Addressing community speculation regarding a potential lack of ...
Key Highlights Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has added over 200 U.K. and European stocks to its tokenized equity platform, xStocks. The expansion features all 40 constituent equities of Germany’s DAX index, including prominent firms such as SAP, Siemens, and Allianz. Despite the integration of European assets, access to the tokens remains ...