Crypto holders relied more on loans backed by digital assets as market conditions weakened in 2026, according to research from CryptoQuant. The report analyzed data from crypto lender CoinRabbit. It found higher borrowing activity among both retail and high-net-worth users. Borrowing Activity Rises Crypto-backed loans allow holders to access cash without immediately selling their digital […]
El Salvador has significantly reduced public participation in its Chivo e-wallet as part of changes to the government’s involvement in Bitcoin, according to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF said efforts are also underway to improve transparency around the country’s BTC holdings across its different wallets. No Public Funds Bought Bitcoin Majority ownership and operational […]
Given the nature of its blockchain, bitcoin was long considered to move around within a broader four-year cycle prompted by the halving, which takes place in general every four years. However, the pattern has been rejected in the past year or so, and popular on-chain analyst Willy Woo took the same approach in his latest […]
A Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper tests the XRP Ledger (XRPL) as a proof-of-concept for verifying official statistics on-chain, recording cryptographic fingerprints of public datasets that publish in three to five seconds and verify in one to two. The Working Paper No 1374 essentially asks how statistical agencies can give users an independent […]
The correlation between the leading cryptocurrency and the largest financial asset, gold, has climbed to its highest level since the 2020 pandemic, while its relationship with the Nasdaq has weakened significantly. The shift comes as concerns about debt, deficits, and currency debasement return to the spotlight after the latest developments in the US. Closer to […]
Standard Chartered extended its deliverable Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) spot trading to institutional clients in the United Arab Emirates on September 3, becoming the first Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) to offer the service in the country. The offering runs through Standard Chartered DIFC, the bank’s arm in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), […]
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission unveiled a phased roadmap on September 4 for converting stocks, bonds and investment funds into blockchain-based tokens, with the earliest phase due to start in February 2027 once an amendment to the Electronic Registration Act takes effect. The plan links the country’s securities market to a stablecoin payment system that […]
Coinbase said this week it filed notice registrations with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer single-stock perpetual futures domestically, according to a post from the company’s official account. The move adds another regulated derivatives product to Coinbase’s US lineup and comes as regulators continue sorting out how perpetual contracts should be classified […]
All eyes on Friday were on the US jobs report, which actually showed that the US economy had added 162,000 jobs in August, almost triple expectations of roughly 55,000-58,000. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1%, while July’s initially reported loss of 23,000 jobs was revised to a gain of 21,000. The reaction in financial markets […]
XRPL developer Denis Angell launched a live dashboard this week that scores every amendment on the XRP Ledger for how much of its functionality has actually been exercised on devnet before it reaches mainnet. The tool turns amendment readiness, previously a matter of trust in the process, into a public scorecard that shows exactly which […]