Month: September 2025

Capital markets are in flux. As evolving monetary policy casts a spotlight on a fragmented global economy, the stability of infrastructure for borderless transactions with digital assets stands out as a superior alternative to the traditional system. Blockchain is a viable solution to many of today’s financial challenges. Uniquely, its clearest beneficiaries are two distinctly … Read more

Dogecoin staged sharp price swings during the September 5–6 trading window, rising nearly 1% as volume jumped 29% above weekly averages. A midday selloff to $0.213 was quickly absorbed by buyers, underscoring institutional support and ETF-driven speculation. Traders now view $0.22 as the key breakout threshold that could define near-term momentum. News Background • Dogecoin … Read more

Tokenization is the next big step in how financial assets are housed, and offers advantages over existing traditional structures, Wall Street firm Bank of America (BAC) said in a Friday report, noting that it also brings risks. At its core, tokenization is the process of converting ownership of real-world assets, from stocks and bonds to … Read more

Brazil’s largest private asset manager Itaú Asset Management has formed its first dedicated crypto division and named João Marco Braga da Cunha, a former executive at Hashdex, to run the new unit. The division, local news outlet Livecoins reports, will sit within Itaú’s multidesk investment structure, which oversees more than 117 billion reais ($21.6 billion) … Read more

Stripe CEO Patrick Collison said stablecoins are gaining adoption because they offer businesses faster, cheaper and more reliable payments than traditional systems. His remarks came in a Hacker News thread on Sept. 5, 2025, one day after Stripe and Paradigm launched Tempo, a blockchain designed specifically for stablecoin payments. In his first comment on the … Read more

Here’s what we’re looking for now that Congress is back from summer recess and we enter the final four months of 2025. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions. The narrative Welcome to the last four months of … Read more

XRP failed to sustain momentum above $2.88–$2.89, triggering a 4% decline as institutional selling capped the advance. Heavy volume confirmed resistance at those levels, while buyers reappeared in the $2.81–$2.83 range to stabilize price action. The move keeps XRP locked in a 47-day consolidation under $3.00, with traders now eyeing the $2.77 support pivot and … Read more

Adam Back, an early Bitcoin developer and the co-founder and CEO of Blockstream, has weighed in on the debate about what he calls “JPEG spam” on the Bitcoin blockchain. Back argues that it undermines the cryptocurrency’s core purpose as money in a thread on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday. Bitcoin should be considered “owned by … Read more

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko urged regulators to finalize long-delayed rules for cryptocurrencies and digital tokens, according to remarks reported by state news agency BelTA on Sept. 5. BelTA quoted Lukashenko as saying his 2023 instructions to craft comprehensive regulation had yet to produce approved documents. He called for “transparent rules of the game” and new … Read more