Market-moving crypto headlines from the last 24 hours.
Analysts including Jim Bianco and Robin Brooks argue a 58% read is a lean, not a lock, and any September move would likely be performative tightening aimed at capping 10-year yields rather than…
The CFTC breakdown cannot distinguish outright bearish bets from hedges, but the 115.7M XRP-equivalent leveraged-fund short contrasts with net longs from dealers and asset managers.
Kalshi's exclusivity blocks rival prediction markets from advertising at the venue and across ESPN broadcasts, an unusual concession that lands amid the platform's federal preemption fight.
Cutting wallet-side proof compute from seconds to milliseconds is what moves shielded ZEC from a chain that works to a payment that works, and the toolkit ships without a network fork.
BTC's 23% August rally shrugged off this week's Strait of Hormuz escalation. The next test lands Sept.
The milestone gives investors a direct read on institutional demand and broader risk appetite, with sustained flows the key test for the risk-on signal.
Tenev's call lands alongside Brian Armstrong at Coinbase and a CFTC chair now publicly confident the Clarity Act clears the Senate by September 15.
The precautionary halt widens the event from a DeFi protocol incident to a broader operational risk for Cronos users, lenders and ecosystem projects.
The strike puts the Strait of Hormuz back at the center of markets, where higher crude prices can pressure inflation and complicate the rate outlook for risk assets including crypto.
The plan would test whether Russia's new framework can move BTC, ETH and USDT from trading venues into bank credit.
The $1M paper gain puts the trade in profit, while 10x leverage makes its bullish ETH exposure highly sensitive to price reversals.
The result gives bulls a stronger seasonal benchmark and shifts attention to whether Bitcoin's momentum can carry beyond the month.
Reserve rules, issuer practice and BIS evidence align around a measurable short-term funding channel, not automatic demand for 10- to 30-year bonds.
Forced covering can amplify upside while clearing crowded derivatives leverage, but the resulting move does not by itself prove durable spot demand.
The IMF's view gives stablecoins a broader financial-infrastructure case, but adoption will still be judged on safeguards and macro stability.
The 2% to 6.5% rate jump and a $93,500 knock-in barrier sitting roughly 20% above current BTC expose the structural cost of converting a cheap short-cycle facility into a longer, more expensive one.
The decades-old messaging network just proved it can compete on speed. With stablecoins and tokenized securities racing toward $9T by 2030, Swift's first live blockchain settlement is its bid not to…
Strategy's balance-sheet shift matters beyond one purchase: with almost four years of preferred-dividend coverage, new capital is likely to fund BTC buys and STRC buybacks.
The proposal names no specific token, but shifts the compliance burden onto US exchanges. Fail the diligence bar, and stablecoins like USDT risk losing access to US customers by July 2028.
The carry channel had been shut since February; the funding rebound is reopening the cleanest market-neutral yield in crypto, with hedge funds on CME now flipping net long as the directional overlay…
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