Social chatter around ZEC hit six times its August baseline before the price peak, then vanished as the ETF launched. Zcash has been one of the best-performing assets this year. It has managed to attract significant institutional capital. This week, asset manager Grayscale Investments launched the first exchange-traded fund that tracks the spot price…
Two U.S. fund filings dated Aug. 27 and Aug. 28 have listed three XRP-linked ETFs, adding fresh evidence of the token’s growing presence across regulated investment products. Summary ProShares’ filing lists its unlevered XRP ETF and the 2x leveraged Ultra XRP ETF. Morningstar Funds Trust’s amendment includes a live fund combining S&P 500 stocks with…
Charles Schwab announced it is expanding its recently released crypto trading business by adding three major altcoins. Just a few months after it launched its first notable cryptocurrency-focused platform, the Wall Street behemoth has expanded its offering beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. The giant recently announced that its Schwab Crypto trading service will add Solana…
President Donald Trump has announced an oil agreement that would give the United States a 55% effective output share in a new venture controlling 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan reserves. Summary The planned venture covers 17 Venezuelan oil fields with an estimated 65 billion barrels. A U.S. official said the United States would receive equity…
The TRUMP meme coin accounts for an estimated $3.2 billion in investor losses, according to Public Citizen’s latest report. US consumer advocacy group Public Citizen reported that crypto ventures linked to Donald Trump and his family have left investors with at least $4.7 billion underwater since 2022. Most of the losses remain unrealized. Trump’s…
Hyperliquid has received its first reported builder-deployed HIP-4 outcome exchange after OUT completed deployment through the network’s permissionless market framework. Summary OUT has become the first reported outcome DEX deployed through Hyperliquid’s HIP-4 framework. Deployers can create YES/NO markets using templates approved by Hyperliquid validators. HIP-4 contracts are fully collateralized and operate without leverage, funding…
XRP is down by 20% since the local peak marked last Saturday. What comes next? Ripple’s cross-border token staged one of the most impressive recoveries in the past 10-12 days, surging from just under $1.00 to a multi-month peak at $1.70. However, this major rally was halted, and the momentum has faded, with the…
Trump Digital Gold has crashed 99% from its peak after wallets controlling 82.45% of the Solana token’s supply sold their holdings for about $1.01 million. Summary Connected wallets sold 824.54 million GOLD tokens for 9,784.6 SOL, according to EmberCN. GOLD briefly reached a $66 million market cap after a Trump-affiliated merchandise account promoted it. The…
US President Donald Trump called it the largest oil deal in history. Can it impact crypto? The United States has secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves, which could reshape global energy markets, but does it actually matter for bitcoin and crypto? President Trump announced on Friday that…
A regional UK police force has seized 20.21 Bitcoin and other assets valued at more than $1.4 million after tracing the funds to darknet marketplaces active between 2016 and 2019. Summary Police recovered 20.21 BTC, other cryptoassets, and bank funds valued at £1.03 million. Investigators traced the holdings to unnamed darknet markets that operated from…
