Fireplace, the prediction markets trading terminal that raised $1.5 million in February, told users on August 10 that it is shutting down and gave them until September 30 at 23:59 UTC to close positions, withdraw funds, and export their accounts. “We’re shutting down Fireplace,” the company posted. “To everyone who traded with us and supported […]
Another push above $65,000 failed to hold on Tuesday, sending Bitcoin back below $64,000. The crypto asset was down more than 1.6% over the past day. Against this backdrop, large BTC wallets are back at levels not seen in months. Meanwhile, smaller holders are steadily losing ground. Elite Wallets Are Moving Up Bitcoin’s elite wallet […]
This week, Wintermute said institutional investors made up 72% of its spot OTC crypto flow in the first half of 2026, versus 59% a year ago. Professional investors are changing crypto markets by concentrating on fewer assets, utilizing derivatives, and muting the extreme price swings once associated with retail trading, the firm says. Institutions Are […]
Large Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP holders continued accumulating during recent market weakness, analytics firm CryptoQuant said. The firm’s weekly report, Buying the Bear: A Signal of the Bear Market’s Final Stage, examined the recent accumulation by the largest wallets. It said the steady buying reflects behavior often seen during the closing phase of a bear […]
The previous business week ended with a bit of a surprise as the jobs report showed that the US economy had lost 23,000 jobs in July, compared to expectations for roughly 80,000 new positions. Previous months were revised sharply lower as well, solidifying the argument that the labor market is finally weakening. Although this was […]
In times when most major cryptocurrencies remain flatlined, every big move, even from smaller-cap alts, becomes news. Today’s example comes from Cysic’s CYS. The token skyrocketed by over 60% from its low yesterday at $0.8 to a new all-time high of $1.30 before it was rejected and driven sharply south to $0.92 as of press […]
Ethereum continues to hold a commanding position in the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market, while Solana is emerging as the only other ecosystem to build significant spot trading activity, according to a new joint report by CoinShares and Token Terminal. Other major networks, including Arbitrum, BNB Chain, and Base, have yet to develop meaningful RWA […]
The CLARITY Act got stuck in political limbo at the end of the business week until lawmakers return from their August recess, and Grayscale laid out a potential plan ahead for the US crypto industry if Congress ultimately fails to deliver the highly anticipated market structure this year. There’s no need to sugarcoat it: it […]
XRPL has released version 3.3.0, which takes another step toward becoming infrastructure for institutional tokenization. It introduces several proposed amendments focused on privacy, payments, and managing real-world assets (RWAs). Confidential Transfers Perhaps the most significant new feature is called Confidential Transfer. It’s designed to allow institutions to hide balances and transaction amounts for Multi-Purpose Tokens […]
The delay of the US CLARITY Act announced at the end of the business week harmed several altcoins, but XRP’s price dipped the most among the larger caps. BTC and ETH managed to hold support on Friday, remaining above or at key milestones at $64,000 and $1,900. XRP, on the other hand, slipped to just […]