Crypto Users Care More About Trust than Lower Fees: Kraken Survey
Nearly four in five users said they would be willing to pay higher fees for an exchange they trust.
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Crypto for Advisors: Kevin O’Leary talks Crypto Strategy
In today’s “Crypto for Advisors” newsletter, Kevin O’Leary, entrepreneur and investor, shares both his opinion and crypto investment thesis and how they’ve both changed over time. Then, Leo Mindyuk, CEO of MLTech answers questions about how everyday investors can access these investments in “Ask an Expert.” – Sarah Morton Unknown block type “divider”, specify a … Read more
Ethereum Cost Basis Comes Into Focus Amid Slowing ETF, Treasury Investments
As the crypto market corrects amid macroeconomic uncertainty, all eyes are on the realized price for accumulating Ethereum addresses.
Bitcoin faces ‘imminent’ $110K retest as US dollar hits three-week high
Bitcoin fell to new local lows on the back of strong US jobs data, joining stocks and gold in what analysis called an “overdue” correction.
XRP as Wall Street’s dark horse: Why some funds see it like Bitcoin
Seven spot XRP ETF rulings and Ripple’s bank charter decision hit in October 2025. Discover why funds see XRP as Wall Street’s dark horse.
Interpol Seizes $97 Million Worth of Crypto in Huge Multinational Crackdown
Operation HAECHI VI comes as Interpol and other law enforcement agencies step up their policing of crypto-related cybercrime.
Tokenized TradFi assets will ‘redefine’ the crypto industry: Chainlink co-founder
Cryptocurrencies are where the blockchain industry is today, “but tokenization is where it’s going next,” Chainlink’s co-founder Sergev Nazarov told Cointelegraph.
Nasdaq-Listed Ethereum Treasury Firm SharpLink to Offer Tokenized Shares
The Nasdaq-listed Ethereum treasury firm will tokenize SBET shares via Superstate’s Opening Bell, with an eye towards compliant DeFi trading.
Google takes 5.4% stake in Bitcoin mining company Cipher Mining in $3B deal
Google has acquired a 5.4% stake in Bitcoin miner Cipher Mining by backstopping $1.4 billion of Fluidstack’s obligations in a $3 billion, 10-year AI data center deal.
Solana open interest hits record 72M SOL, but why is price falling?
Solana futures’ open interest rose to new all-time highs of 72 million SOL as the technical structure displayed weakness, putting $120 back in play.
SharpLink to tokenize SBET stock on Ethereum with Superstate
SharpLink, one of the world’s largest public holders of ETH, has notified the SEC of its plans to tokenize its common stock on Superstate’s Open Bell tokenization platform.
PayPal Taps Spark to Boost PYUSD Liquidity by $1B Through DeFi Lending
PayPal and decentralized finance platform Spark have teamed up to grow liquidity for PayPal USD (PYUSD) onchain, aiming to scale deposits from $100 million today to $1 billion in the weeks ahead. PYUSD, issued by Paxos and pegged to the U.S. dollar, was recently onboarded to SparkLend, Spark’s lending marketplace. The integration gives users the … Read more
Ohio approves vendor to process crypto payments for state services
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose applauded the progress, while continuing to support the creation of an Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve.
ETH price below $4K: Ethereum's ‘biggest loser’ hit with $36.4M liquidation
ETH’s breakdown from a key chart pattern can now lead to more losses for Ether price, targeting the $3,600–$3,400 zone in the short term.
SharpLink Gaming Set to Tokenize Its Equity on Ethereum With Superstate
SharpLink Gaming (SBET), the Ethereum treasury firm led by Joseph Lubin, unveiled plans on Thursday to tokenize its equity on the Ethereum blockchain as the stock tokenization trend is gaining steam. The Minnesota-based firm said it has tapped tokenization specialist Superstate as its digital transfer agent, while its equity token will be natively issued through … Read more
AI needs proof-of-work, not Big Tech
Bitcoin’s proof-of-work drove hardware innovation from GPUs to ASICs that are 100,000x more efficient. AI networks need the same competitive incentives.
SharpLink to tokenize SBET stock on Ethereum with Superstate
SharpLink, one of the world’s largest public holders of ETH, has notified the SEC of its plans to tokenize its common stock on Superstate’s Open Bell tokenization platform.
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Drops 4.3% as All Constituents Trade Lower
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3896.07, down 4.3% (-174.7) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. None of the 20 assets is trading higher. Leaders: BTC (-1.9%) and BCH (-2.1%). Laggards: AVAX (-11.4%) and NEAR … Read more
BOS Rolls Out New Protocol to Put Dormant Institutional Bitcoin to Work
The protocol targets dormant institutional BTC with programmable tokens, pitched as infrastructure for Bitcoin-based decentralized finance.
Wall Street Wants in on DeFi. Here’s How to Make It Happen
For years, decentralized finance, or “DeFi,” was treated in traditional finance circles as little more than a speculative casino, frivolous and potentially destabilizing. That perception is changing fast. Hedge funds are experimenting with on-chain liquidity pools, major asset managers are piloting blockchain settlement, and digital asset treasury companies (DATs), chasing the wildly successful strategy of … Read more
Securitize Expands to Sei, Debuting With Apollo’s $112M Tokenized Credit Fund
Securitize, a platform for tokenizing real-world assets, is expanding to the Sei blockchain with the tokenized Apollo Diversified Credit Fund (ACRED) the first to debut on the network. The move introduces tokenized private credit to Sei for the first time, the firm said. ACRED, which has $112 million in total value according to RWA.xyz, acts … Read more
Aster leads perp DEX surge to $70B daily trading volume
Community members questioned whether the surge in trading volume reflected market conviction or aggressive incentive farming.
South Korea’s Ruling Party Task Force Aims at Crypto, Stablecoin Oversight
The Democratic Party launched a Digital Asset Task Force targeting comprehensive stablecoin and cryptocurrency legislation by year-end.
Stablecoin-Focused Plasma’s XPL Token Debuts With Over $2.4B Market Cap
The stablecoin-focused Plasma blockchain’s native token, XPL, debuted on major exchanges, including Binance and OKX, on Thursday. The token drew a price of up to $1.54 in early trading, resulting in a market capitalization of over $2.8 billion. The plasma token has a genesis supply of 10 billion, of which 18% or 1.8 billion is … Read more
Cipher Mining Stock Gains 5% on Google AI Hosting Deal
The artificial intelligence and high performance computing sector continues to boom, with Google set to acquire warrants to buy roughly 24 million shares of Cipher Mining (CIFR), equal to about 5.4% equity ownership, as part of a 10-year AI hosting deal with Fluidstack. The agreement underscores Google’s deeper push into AI infrastructure while boosting Cipher’s … Read more
Bitcoin ETFs enter ‘slowdown’ phase: Are bears hunting for $90K BTC price?
US spot Bitcoin ETF flows cooled after strong prior inflows, signalling weaker institutional demand that could push BTC price into an extended correction.
Crypto Market Liquidations Top $442M as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana Dip
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana made up the lion’s share of liquidations as the crypto market took a dive Thursday morning.
AIOZ Stream Aims to Unlock Next-Level Rewards for Viewers and Creators
The Web3 streaming protocol is peer-to-peer and distributes content through DePIN infrastructure for high-quality streams with low latency.
Crypto Markets Today: AVAX Open Interest and Price Tanks, HYPE Underperforms
The crypto market slid early Thursday as ether, the second-largest token, dropped more than 3% to below $4,000. The decline triggered large liquidations, including a multimillion dollar loss for one whale. Bitcoin (BTC) also fell 1.5% to $115,600, nearly erasing gains from Wednesday’s rebound. Other major cryptocurrencies followed suit amid declines in Nasdaq and S&P … Read more
M2 Capital backs Ethena with $20M ENA token investment
M2 Capital invested $20 million in Ethena’s ENA token as the protocol’s TVL nears $15 billion, with growing institutional backing from global crypto investors.