Ripple’s dollar stablecoin hits a wall in Japan, one of XRP’s friendliest markets, as megabanks earn most of the trust
Japan has long been one of Ripple's most fertile markets. SBI's investment in Ripple dates to 2016, SBI Remit launched Japan's first XRP-enabled international remittance flow in 2021, and SBI VC Trade counts XRP among its most popular assets. When Ripple
Tether uses $127M Drift rescue to challenge Circle’s grip on Solana payments
USDT stablecoin issuer Tether has stepped in to anchor a massive recovery plan for Drift Protocol, the Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) that was crippled by a $286 million exploit earlier this month. However, the rescue package includes a potent commercial string
Clarity Act deadlock fails to stop Stablecoins smashing $320B and yield-bearing tokens surging
Stablecoin supply climbed to a record $320 billion this week, extending the continued surge in dollar-linked digital assets. This comes as one of the biggest questions hanging over the sector remains unresolved in Washington: whether the income generated by the reserves
Bitcoin price jumps towards $80,000 after Strait of Hormuz shipping route declared open
Bitcoin climbed toward $80,000 after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was fully open to commercial traffic for the remainder of the ceasefire period, easing pressure on one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints and triggering a broader risk-on
Trump family’s WLFI starts damage control but its new plan leaves holders who refuse the new terms locked indefinitely
WLFI’s new unlock proposal feels like a move to contain a crisis, but the bigger issue is still about who actually holds the reins and how governance really works. World Liberty Financial is back on its governance forum with a proposal
Bitcoin is squeezing into the $78k ‘True Market Mean’ with Fed and retail data set to decide next move
Bitcoin is pushing up against a patch of resistance right as the bigger economic picture gets trickier. The price is pushing toward $75,000, with some important on-chain sellers stepping in and two big US data releases on deck. These will
Why the SEC just gave self custody crypto apps 5 years to get traditional broker licenses
The SEC moved the crypto market structure forward on Apr. 13 without waiting for Congress to act. The agency's Division of Trading and Markets published a staff statement on Covered User Interfaces, such as websites, browser extensions, wallet-linked apps, and mobile
Bitcoin’s quantum migration plan forces the network to choose between frozen and stolen coins
Bitcoin's debate about quantum computers produced a published draft with real political consequences on Apr. 14. Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 361 (BIP 361), titled “Post Quantum Migration and Legacy Signature Sunset,” landed in Bitcoin's official proposal repository with a three-phase plan to
Why S&P 500’s $6 trillion melt up rally exposes Bitcoin amid range-bound weakness
Traditional equities like the S&P 500 are staging a historic comeback, shaking off weeks of geopolitical anxiety to chart new all-time highs. Yet Bitcoin, which has historically been a synchronized beneficiary of risk-on sentiment, is noticeably dragging its feet, leaving investors
Strategy’s STRC hits record trading volume after massive $1B Bitcoin purchase as market cap doubles since Friday
Strategy's perpetual preferred stock, STRC, played a key role in the company's Bitcoin strategy this week after it saw more than $1.1 billion in daily trading volume. In an X post, Strategy declared April 13 the record date for STRC. Michael Saylor also
XRP flips green after a 63% wipeout as retail fear hits a 2-year extreme – now one Wall Street metric is spiking
After losing 63% of its value over several tough months and challenging investor confidence, XRP made a strong comeback in April. XRP’s recovery is driven by new privacy features for institutions, major retail adoption in Asia, and renewed interest in exchange-traded funds. Cryptorank data
White House study exposes stablecoin yield ban does little for banks, raising the stakes for CLARITY in the Senate
White House study sharpens CLARITY’s core fight as Senate execution remains the real test A recent White House economic study has changed the focus of Washington’s debate over the CLARITY Act. The report addresses the main issue slowing the bill in the
Anthropic’s secretive Mythos AI can hunt crypto smart contract flaws at machine speed, and billions in DeFi could vanish fast
Anthropic's Mythos threat to the crypto industry can trigger hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars in sudden, irreversible losses. That is the stark reality facing digital asset markets following Anthropic’s quiet unveiling of Claude Mythos Preview, a vulnerability-seeking AI
Bessent tells Fed to ‘wait and see’ on cuts as war-driven inflation clouds Bitcoin
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's call for the Fed to hold off on rate cuts reflects a problem that reaches far beyond Washington: war-driven inflation is keeping the door to cheaper money shut. Reuters reported that Bessent urged caution because the Iran
Bitcoin price soars to 4 week high passing multiple resistance levels within hours with eyes on $77k
Bitcoin reclaims $71.5k and pushes through the old ATH band, now the market has to prove it can hold there Bitcoin spent the last 24 to 48 hours doing what the market had repeatedly failed to do through the first part
Kraken is actively being extorted by criminals threatening to release the top crypto exchange’s internal data
Kraken says it is being extorted by a criminal group threatening to release internal material after two support staff members improperly accessed limited customer data. In a security update published by chief security officer Nick Percoco on X, the crypto exchange
Oil prices fall but it hasn’t stopped weak China trade and US inflation data as Iran contagion spreads – in opportunity for Bitcoin
Iran conflict is already disrupting the hidden plumbing of global trade The market spent the first phase of the Iran conflict watching crude. That was the visible layer. Today, prices have fallen below $90 a barrel for the first time in
Bitcoin price clings to $70,500 support after US-Iran talks collapse and oil spikes past $103
Bitcoin price fell during Asian trading hours after a weekend diplomatic push between Washington and Tehran broke down and a new US maritime order raised fresh concern over energy flows from the Middle East. This pulled the top crypto lower alongside