Bitcoin options worth roughly $15.9 billion are set to expire on Deribit at 8:00 AM UTC today, covering about 184,000 BTC contracts. The expiry comes with the OG crypto trading near $84,000 after retreating from an eight-month high above $87,000, putting recent price gains against a large options settlement. The Friday Expiry By the Numbers […]
The Trump administration is reportedly considering an initiative to promote dollar-denominated stablecoins overseas. The goal, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the plans, is to protect the dollar’s place as the world’s reserve asset and to raise demand for US Treasuries, which stablecoin issuers typically hold as reserves. Joint Ventures and Federal […]
Ripple’s cross-border token remains highly appealing to institutional investors, while whales have also accumulated a significant amount of tokens lately. Despite these positive factors, XRP has slipped 8% after a red wave swept through the broader market. Meanwhile, one of the company’s top executives shared the stage at the MESA Forum with representatives from financial […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has welcomed Trueo’s planned migration from Base to Ethereum mainnet, describing it as a new prediction-market contender focused on decentralization and ethical design. The move puts Trueo’s dispute-resolution system and plans for wider DeFi integration at the center of its pitch as prediction markets face legal scrutiny and competition. Trueo Says […]
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reportedly reviewing unusual trading on Kalshi’s Ethereum perpetual futures market. This is according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which found close to one million trades clustered around the same $5,500 order size since August. The pattern, which the WSJ said accounted for more than $5 billion in volume, […]
Bitcoin has moved above a key long-term technical level that CryptoQuant says has historically marked major shifts in the cryptocurrency’s market cycle. BTC closed above its 365-day moving average, which stood near $80,500, for the first time since March 2023. At the time, the asset was trading around $86,000 when it closed above the average. […]
CME Group will launch Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures on October 19, pending regulatory review, the exchange announced on Tuesday, and BCH climbed from $270 to $328 on Binance within 90 minutes of the 8:30 a.m. ET release. It kept surging in the following hours to $340, while UNI is currently up by […]
Animoca Brands has mutually suspended discussions with Currenc Group over a proposed reverse merger. The deal was first announced on November 3, 2025. Both companies agreed to pause the talks after reviewing the expected timeline for completing the transaction and changes in market conditions. Merger Talks on Hold In its official blog post, Animoca Brands […]
XRP reserves on Binance have climbed to roughly 2.6 billion tokens, their highest level since June, with the token trading above $1.50 today. The buildup is unfolding in the middle of a broader market rally, though a closer look at the exchange flows suggests the extra supply has more to do with trading turnover than […]
Ethereum climbed steadily on Monday. The leading altcoin rose 6% over the past 24 hours and trades above $2,700 at press time. New data now suggest that ETH is seeing a strong wave of accumulation. Quiet Accumulation Ethereum has rocketed by 80% from $1,510 in just three months. According to CryptoQuant, the rally has also […]