Standard Chartered Opens Bitcoin and Ether Trading in UAE
The service puts custody and settlement inside the bank’s own system, while Dubai’s VARA approval gives the launch a regulated foothold.
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The service puts custody and settlement inside the bank’s own system, while Dubai’s VARA approval gives the launch a regulated foothold.
Markets are weighing the rate outlook against an impending U.S. inflation report, while Bitcoin dominance remains high at 57.9%.
The move ends spot trading for two smaller ecosystem tokens, with copy trading set to stop a week earlier and unsold assets handled by Binance.
Without a confirmed launch or airdrop, Coplan’s comments keep attention on how the prediction-market giant may approach tokenization as crypto startups weigh equity financing.
The certificate adds issuer and counterparty exposure, while affiliated contract terms lack independent fairness approval and variable costs can erode returns.
Stablecoins may be changing the usual signal: their market share is currently helping keep Bitcoin dominance elevated.
The integration targets developers building stablecoin payments, fintech applications and agentic commerce on the XRP Ledger.
The forecast faces a near-term test at $84,000 resistance, with ETF outflows and the October 14 U.S. inflation report shaping demand and risk appetite.
The buyback accompanied a nearly 6 million ETH accumulation, while BitMine shares gained 3% year to date as ETH fell 9%.
Fidelity's FBTC captured most of the Bitcoin total, while Ethereum Mini Trust led Ether inflows, pointing to demand across both asset classes.
The statement points to potential resource development in Greenland, but provides no details on projects, timing or the companies involved.
Bitcoin’s decentralized governance can make upgrades slow, so Coinbase says technical protections should advance while the separate dispute over dormant coins is debated.
The surplus is on track to top last year's record, putting China's export strength and its role in global trade in focus.
More than 14.3 million cumulative x402 transactions point to growing agent-payment activity, but the recorded XRP and RLUSD totals show that transaction count alone says little about economic scale.
The milestone points to rapid early activity on Robinhood’s Ethereum-based Layer 2, though trading volume alone does not show how much activity will persist.
The upgrade would sharply shorten transaction confirmation time, a key performance milestone for Solana applications and users.
The website restrictions raise an immediate access question for existing customers, while withdrawal guidance still depends on cooperation from the affected operators.
The shift could make settlement faster for merchants and bridges, while changing transaction-count metrics as validator votes move off-chain.
The transfers put nearly $97M of Bitcoin into five newly created wallets, though wallet receipts alone do not confirm who controls them or whether the BTC was bought.
A programmable asset tied to Polymarket's platform economy is under exploration, but no launch plan or timeline has been announced.