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Bitcoin could grow into a $30 trillion asset by following gold’s expansion, Bitwise’s investment chief suggests. He points to expanding institutional access while warning that investor behavior could determine who benefits from long-term gains. Gold’s Rise Offers a $30 Trillion Bitcoin Comparison Bitcoin could follow gold into a much larger market as institutional ownership expands, […]
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This week’s stories spanned corporate adoption, government crypto flows, security risks and macro concerns. Robinhood added $25 million in bitcoin to its balance sheet, while U.S. government-linked wallets moved nearly $1.9 billion in crypto. Justin Drake warned AI breakthroughs could threaten widely used cryptography, a survey found wealthy investors increasingly favor crypto for long-term returns, […]
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One year after more than $19 billion in leveraged crypto bets were wiped out in a single night, bitcoin sits about 34% below the record it set four days before the crash. The Night That Broke the Market On Oct. 10, 2025, President Trump announced a 100% tariff on Chinese imports and what followed was […]
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B3, Brazil’s largest stock market, intends to enable tokenized trading of securities that will be fungible and equivalent to traditional stocks in the first half of 2027. Nonetheless, advanced developments like 24/7 trading and instant settlements still require regulatory approval from Brazilian authorities. Brazil’s B3 Expects to Implement Tokenized Asset Environment by 2027 The […]
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Blockchain.com is seeking regulatory approval to launch prediction markets and cryptocurrency derivatives trading in the United States, per a report, joining a growing number of digital asset companies looking to capitalize on the booming market for event-based contracts. The cryptocurrency wallet and trading platform has applied for two licenses from the Commodity Futures Trading […]
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BNB Chain has become the first blockchain to surpass 2 million holders of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), giving it roughly 40% of all onchain RWA holders. The milestone arrives as tokenized stocks accelerate across the network, with their market value rising by more than $106 million in just one week. BNB Chain Extends Tokenization Lead […]
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Securitize is launching 1:1-backed versions of major U.S. stocks on Solana, giving eligible investors access to equities including Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, and Microsoft through regulated onchain infrastructure. Securitize Adds Stock Tokens With Dividends and Voting Rights Securitize is taking some of Wall Street’s most recognizable names onchain. The tokenization firm has launched Securitize Stocks, offering […]
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A new International Monetary Fund (IMF) report says tokenization could transform global capital markets, but warns that fragmented infrastructure, thin liquidity and financial stability risks continue to hinder widespread adoption. Small Scale, Niche Dominance Tokenization holds the promise of transforming global capital markets through 24/7 trading, fractional ownership, and compressed transaction times, but key structural […]
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An international gaming regulators’ group, the NFL, and a coalition of 39 states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear New Jersey’s case against Kalshi, arguing that split appeals courts have left sports betting rules depending on where a bettor lives. A Wave of Briefs Fly In Before Kalshi’s Response Gaming regulators, sports […]
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A former infrastructure engineer at a New Jersey-based industrial company has been sentenced to 32 months in federal prison after admitting that he sabotaged his employer’s computer systems—and demanded roughly $750,000 in bitcoin to stop the attack. Daniel Rhyne, 59, of Kansas City, Missouri, was sentenced Sept. 28 in federal court in Trenton after previously […]
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Kalshi’s public data shows its 15-minute gold markets traded more contracts than their ether counterparts in September, their second month of operation. The short-duration markets now bring in most of the exchange’s non-sports fees. Gold Passes Ether in Its Second Month Kalshi’s 15-minute gold markets traded more contracts than its ether markets of the […]
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Europol is pushing back on crypto’s quantum doomsday scenario. In a report published Wednesday, the agency says quantum computers pose a far greater threat to exposed wallet keys than to blockchains themselves, warning that vulnerable keys cannot be retroactively secured and will eventually need to be migrated. Europol Says Quantum Computers Threaten Crypto Keys, Not […]
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This week, the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) initiative’s core contributor, Eduardo Antuña Díez, revealed a technological advancement by showcasing an atomic Layer 1 (L1) to Layer 2 (L2) transaction on Ethereum’s mainnet. The developer further noted that atomic synchronous composability was “no longer a promise.” EEZ Showcases an Atomic L1-to-L2 Transfer on Ethereum Mainnet On […]
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A federal judge in Chicago blocked Illinois from enforcing its sports wagering license rules and a related criminal provision against Kalshi and Coinbase, but held off on the state’s new prediction market fees. It’s Kalshi’s first win in federal court since July. Judge Says a Swap Is a Swap Kalshi has won a partial preliminary […]
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Conduit Technology has sued Tether after the stablecoin issuer froze $2.76 million in the company’s USDT and allegedly kept it locked for more than a year. The stranger part is why. Conduit says Brazilian police never asked Tether to freeze its treasury wallet and that Tether’s own financial crime unit selected the address using criteria […]
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Plume opened nBND on Oct. 5, giving investors blockchain-based exposure to Fidelity’s roughly $28 billion Total Bond ETF. But there’s a small catch. The exchange-traded fund (ETF) itself wasn’t tokenized, and its $28 billion hasn’t moved onchain. The nBND vehicle is a receipt token for a Nest vault holding FBND shares, and hours after launch, […]
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Brazil’s government has asked the Supreme Court to strike down the core of the laws that created its licensed betting market, two years after defending them. The filing landed days before licensed sites go dark on Oct. 6, with Justice Luiz Fux yet to rule on industry requests to suspend the ban. Government Lawyers Say […]
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Sports-centric prediction market platform Novig says its trading volume nearly doubled around the launch of its Sydney Sweeney campaign, with first-time depositors more than tripling. The company-reported figures cover a window that also included the start of the NFL season, and a new funding round reportedly values Novig at $2 billion. The Figures Overlap With […]
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The total crypto market cap recovered from a $50 billion macroeconomic dip to finish the week nearly flat. The altcoin market cap dropped slightly from $1.3 trillion to $1.285 trillion due to mixed overall altcoin performance. Crypto Market Rebounds After Macro-Driven Dip The cryptocurrency market ended a volatile week nearly flat, recovering from a Sept. […]
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SEC Chair Paul Atkins’ statements come as the agency proposes a new regulatory framework regarding the custody of crypto assets. He stressed that the SEC is taking on the crypto-regulation task after the Senate failed to pass the CLARITY Act last month. SEC Chair Stresses More Crypto Regulation Is Coming The Securities and Exchange Commission […]
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The Independent Community Bankers of America filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. banking regulator alleging that it overstepped its authority under the National Bank Act by granting national trust bank charters to crypto companies. Allegations of Statutory Overreach The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) filed a federal lawsuit against the Office of the […]
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The Brazilian election is right ahead, and the cryptocurrency policies of the country, which is ranked as the number one in crypto adoption, might shift as a result. We examine what could happen in the crypto world if President Lula wins, and what would happen if contender Flavio Bolsonaro clinches the victory. Brazil’s Election Will […]
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Porsche has pulled the plug on its Web3 project and PIONEERS CIRCLE, nearly four years after unveiling a 7,500-piece NFT collection built around the 911. The exit comes with a peculiar wrinkle. Holders keep their PORSCHE 911 NFTs onchain, but the Discord community becomes an archive and the project’s X account goes dark. A collection […]
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Bitcoin’s price spent Saturday trapped close to $85,000 after Friday’s charge above $87,000 collapsed, but the forecasts surrounding it were anything but quiet. Polymarket traders give bitcoin a 39% chance of touching $100,000 before 2027, Kalshi’s year-end forecast stands at $86,240, Claude Opus 5.5 predicts $91,500, and ChatGPT-6 Astra goes higher at $94,000. Bitcoin’s price […]
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The couple revealed chilling details of an attack that took place in December, saying that a group of thieves forced their way into the home and stole hundreds of thousands of pounds in cryptocurrency after threatening to kill the pregnant woman and her unborn child with a knife. Criminals Threatened to Kill Pregnant Woman […]
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Does Clippy have a meme coin? No, but followers of Microsoft’s X account might have thought so on Thursday when the tech giant’s access was hijacked to promote an unauthorized crypto token. On Thursday, Microsoft’s official X account began making surprising moves, including following an account promoting an unofficial meme coin inspired by the […]
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Aave founder Stani Kulechov is criticizing proposals from European regulators that could extend restrictions on stablecoin yield and place new controls around access to DeFi. MiCA Review Puts DeFi Access in Focus Aave founder Stani Kulechov is warning that Europe risks regulating the openness of decentralized finance. Kulechov shared an X thread on Friday expressing […]
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Veteran Bitcoin Core contributor Peter Todd has joined the MARA Foundation as lead maintainer of Slipstream, the organization’s private Bitcoin mempool service for submitting transactions directly to MARA Pool. Todd Joins MARA Foundation Slipstream allows users to bypass Bitcoin’s public peer-to-peer relay network and send transactions straight to MARA’s mining pool. The service has become […]
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Trading on sports prediction markets nearly doubled in the month football returned, while shares of the two biggest U.S. sportsbook operators fell to multi-year lows. Kalshi still dominates the market, though rivals are growing faster. A $68 Billion Month Combined notional volume in sports and combo contracts across the exchanges tracked by Aldrin Research rose […]
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New York and Wyoming are linking their separate crypto regulatory systems through a newly announced agreement. The arrangement connects New York’s virtual currency licensing framework with Wyoming’s digital asset oversight while retaining each jurisdiction’s existing powers. Crypto Firms Get a Path to Faster Interstate Reviews Crypto businesses expanding between New York and Wyoming could qualify […]
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The Moca Foundation and Moca Network have launched a decentralized blockchain that lets users and AI agents securely share verified credentials across applications. Decoupling Verification from Data Storage Moca Foundation and Moca Network, an Animoca Brands project, have launched a blockchain network allowing users to carry verified digital credentials across applications without repeatedly sharing their […]
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Base has launched Cobalt, its third major network upgrade, adding new transaction controls for traders and expanding tools for companies issuing tokens on the Coinbase-incubated Ethereum Layer 2 network. Base Debuts Transaction Controls The upgrade is now live on Base mainnet and centers on two areas: a new feature called “Validity Transactions” and enhancements to […]
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Bitcoin calls represent 60.88% of options open interest, while Deribit’s October max-pain level sits near $76,000, below bitcoin’s current $83,719 spot price. Futures exposure totals approximately $53 billion, led by Binance and CME. The market data on Wednesday shows concentrated October call positions, mixed exchange activity, and a substantially smaller CME options book than in […]
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Institutions are moving beyond the question of whether to own bitcoin and toward how to finance, hold, and use it. A new research note says the shift could shape bitcoin’s next phase of adoption. Bitcoin Becomes the Basis for New Financing Bitcoin is becoming the foundation for a wider set of financial products, according to […]
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Tokenized stocks now represent a $3.6 billion market across 4,555 assets, but the latest growth is dividing sharply between institutional capital and retail activity. Avalanche Leads Tokenized Stock Growth as Solana Wins New Users Tokenized equities are starting to reveal two very different growth stories. Over the past seven days, Securitize’s SECZ added $132 million […]
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Prediction-market operator Kalshi is reportedly negotiating a fresh $1 billion funding round at a $40 billion valuation, an eightfold increase from its $5 billion valuation in October 2025. Reuters reported on Tuesday that Sequoia Capital and Wellington Management are discussing leading the investment, with Tiger Global and Dragoneer also participating in talks. The potential deal […]
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Robert Kiyosaki warns that a market crash could drain baby boomers’ retirement savings and leave some without homes. In a Sept. 27 post, he repeated his long-running call to buy bitcoin, gold, and silver as he renewed his criticism of stock-and-bond portfolios. Kiyosaki Warns Boomers Could Run Out of Money A steep market decline could […]
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Following Bitget’s $387.5 million hack, attackers attempted to move more than $50 million through Near Intents, but its SHIELD security system detected the activity and prevented most of the attempted transfers. Just $166,000 slipped through, while another $503,000 was frozen mid-execution. Aurora co-founder Alex Shevchenko said the protocol will waive its recovery bounty, drawing praise […]
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Tokenized stocks generated $20.9 billion in decentralized exchange (DEX) volume over the past 30 days, with Uniswap handling roughly $12.6 billion of the activity. The surge is turning tokenized equities from a niche crypto experiment into a fast-growing battleground for DeFi liquidity, collateral, and market infrastructure. Uniswap Handles $12.6B as Tokenized Stock Trading Surges Tokenized […]
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Total crypto market capitalization increased 4% over the week to $2.99 trillion despite a midweek pullback by bitcoin from $87,000 to $84,000. Market Cap Nears $3 Trillion Milestone The crypto economy closed the week in the green, with total market capitalization jumping from $2.87 trillion on Sept. 20 to $2.99 trillion—a 4% increase. In fact, […]
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Bitcoin’s price has gained 26% over the past six months, and with its dollar value hovering just below $85,000, the question of where it heads next is back on the table. Rather than consult Wall Street analysts or prediction market wagers, we turned to eight leading artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to see where they think […]
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the network is heading toward a future where calling it a blockchain barely describes the machinery. In a Sept. 27 essay, he presents a 2030 vision with finality of roughly eight to 32 seconds, lighter verification and stronger privacy. The twist is that decentralization, long treated as a performance burden, […]
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Robert Kiyosaki says the difference between working for a paycheck and building wealth lies in three kinds of income: earned, portfolio, and passive. His latest post also makes sweeping tax claims that depend on how income is produced. Three Income Types, According to Kiyosaki A paycheck, an investment return, and income from a business can […]
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Solana’s biggest consensus overhaul since launch has crossed a major hurdle. Alpenglow activated on testnet Sept. 24 and devnet Sept. 25, replacing TowerBFT with Votor and targeting transaction finality in just 100 to 150 milliseconds. Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko declared, “You are not ready for this.” However, those speeds remain unproven under full mainnet conditions, […]
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On Saturday, two days after Bitget was hacked, CEO Gracy Chen publicly asked Thorchain to cut off the hackers who drained hundreds of millions from her exchange this week. “Decentralization is a design principle, not a shield for facilitating known stolen funds,” the Bitget executive insisted. Bitget’s Hack Climbs to $387.5 Million as CEO Gracy […]
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Circle’s Patrick Hansen stressed that the planned reform on crypto taxation would introduce a 50% substitute assessment for crypto assets if users fail to provide credible purchase documentation, with these assets paying 50% of the sales proceeds in taxes. Circle’s Patrick Hansen Criticizes German Crypto Tax Reform The cryptocurrency tax reform proposed by the Federal […]
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Sequans Communications sold its remaining 314 bitcoin, fully unwinding its crypto treasury program. The company is redirecting its strategic focus to scaling its core cellular IoT and software-defined radio semiconductor operations. Debt Elimination and Balance Sheet Unwind Sequans Communications has completed its exit from its Bitcoin corporate treasury strategy following the sale of its remaining […]
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The team behind privacy-centric blockchain network Zano disclosed that an inflation bug tied to Gateway Addresses has forced the blockchain toward an extraordinary fix, erasing roughly 24 hours of transaction history. The official social media accounts on X and Telegram have told users to stop economic activity and promised reimbursement for losses caused by the […]
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Gold lending rates have been quoted every working day for 50 years, yet most people who actually own gold have effectively been locked out of the market. Paxos Labs launched PAXGy on Sept. 24 to change that, wrapping institutional gold-leasing economics into a token backed by pax gold (PAXG). The reserves are deployed to institutional […]
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What began as hundreds of millions of dollars mysteriously moving from Bitget-labeled wallets now has an answer. Bitget founder Gracy Chen disclosed Thursday that the crypto exchange suffered unauthorized transfers from portions of its hot and warm wallet infrastructure, with the damage estimated at approximately $351.6 million. Tens of Millions in Onchain Transfers Flagged From […]
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Ark Invest is putting its roughly $1.3 billion ARK Venture Fund on Ethereum through Securitize, giving eligible investors a blockchain-based representation of a portfolio that includes OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks. The fund’s NAV has roughly tripled from near $20 at its 2022 launch to about $60.50 on Sept. 23, 2026. A $1.3 Billion Venture […]
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Bitmex has ended exchange operations, but users can still log in and withdraw their crypto. Balances left on the platform are now subject to account fees for users who completed identity verification, making the withdrawal terms the immediate concern. Bitmex Trading Ends, but Withdrawals Remain Open Users with funds on Bitmex can still access their […]
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Trump-linked investment accounts spent the early summer unloading shares of Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), the world’s largest publicly traded corporate holder of bitcoin. Then, with the stock badly beaten down, the accounts turned around and bought it back. On July 24, they reported a Strategy purchase in the $1,001-to-15,000 range, according to ethics filings. Three days […]
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Solana decentralized exchanges processed about 208 million spot trades in the week ending Sept. 13, surpassing the NYSE’s roughly 190 million transactions for the first time. The milestone does not make Solana larger than Wall Street in economic value, but it shows how quickly onchain trading activity is scaling. Solana Narrows Nasdaq Gap as Weekly […]
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Bitcoin’s current bull cycle could deliver threefold to fivefold returns followed by a milder downturn, according to Cryptoquant’s founder and CEO. His forecast links smaller market extremes to growing institutional ownership and a larger capital base. Bitcoin’s Return Potential Comes With a Different Trade-Off Bitcoin investors could face smaller cycle gains alongside shallower losses as […]
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A group of white hats appears to have pulled off something victims of the Coldcard exploit desperately needed, securing 52.37 BTC before malicious attackers could steal it. Galaxy Digital’s Head of Firmwide Research, Alex Thorn, says the bitcoin, representing 2.8% of the exploited funds, has now been consolidated into an address controlled by Crypto Recovery […]
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CME Group has announced plans to launch bitcoin cash futures contracts, triggering a 30% surge in the cryptocurrency’s price to $345. BCH Outperforms Market on Derivatives Expansion Bitcoin cash (BCH) broke through $300 Tuesday for the first time in nearly three months after CME Group announced plans to add the token and Uniswap (UNI) to […]
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Hana Bank raised $100 million with a five-year foreign-currency digital bond and settled the entire transaction the same day, collapsing a process that normally takes three to five business days into T+0. Issued through Euroclear’s blockchain-based D-FMI, the deal marked the first time a Korean financial institution directly used Euroclear’s infrastructure for a digital bond […]
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Stablecoin issuer Circle is courting crypto-owning institutions, launching a lending service on Monday that lets them borrow USDC against their bitcoin holdings. Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has launched a service that lets institutional customers borrow dollar-pegged tokens against their bitcoin holdings—the latest push by a crypto firm to court treasury departments that […]
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Bitcoin’s price ripped to an intraday high of $87,374 on Monday, Sept. 21, reaching its highest level since late January as billions of dollars flooded back into the crypto economy. The broader sector is now nearing $3 trillion in value, while BTC has rebounded sharply from last week’s lows around $75,000 to $76,000. Bitcoin is […]
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