ETF demand is surging, but Bitcoin faces a simple question: can buyers turn institutional inflows into a clean break above $82,000? Bitcoin is trading above $79,000 after US spot ETFs pulled in a reported $730.9 million in a single day last week, their second-largest daily inflows of the year after the $843.6 million they…
The Ethereum Foundation has published ratings for 62 Hegotá proposals after collecting 397 assessments from about 60 protocol specialists across nine teams. Summary 62 Ethereum Improvement Proposals received ratings ahead of the planned Hegotá network upgrade. 397 assessments came from researchers, engineers, and specialists across nine Protocol Cluster teams. Ethereum’s Protocol Cluster wants the Layer…
Three tokenized stocks generated $7.1 billion in DEX volume, accounting for nearly 45% of the category’s total activity. Tokenized versions of SPY, Google, and Robinhood’s own stock led a burst of on-chain trading activity over the past month, with Token Terminal data showing SPY on Robinhood Chain up by more than 1,300% in 30…
Local-currency stablecoin launches have increased demand for 24/7 foreign exchange liquidity as more than 70% of conversions into dollar stablecoins begin in another currency. Summary TransFi CEO Raj Kamal expects local-currency stablecoins to move more foreign exchange activity onchain. Round-the-clock settlement could produce thinner liquidity and higher conversion costs outside normal trading hours. Fragmentation across…
XRP Ripple released 1 billion tokens from escrow on September 1, worth roughly $1.38Bn at the time, and the sell-off traders have feared for years never materialized. The token was trading around $1.38 when the tokens hit Ripple-controlled wallets and sat near $1.42 five days later. That muted reaction matters because it suggests the market…
Buterin says Bitcoin can handle network-layer attacks without needing the kind of broad social consensus required for deeper protocol changes. Vitalik Buterin has rejected a warning that artificial intelligence could cause Bitcoin to lose half its value by weakening assumptions about the network’s security. In reply to crypto commentator Liron Shapira, Buterin said the…
Flare has recorded a roughly 34% increase in staked FLR since July, taking the total to 21.5 billion tokens as its revised economic model cuts inflation and ties more network activity to token burns and protocol revenue. Summary Flare staking increased from about 16 billion to 21.5 billion FLR after the July upgrade. FIP.16 reduced…
In Bitcoin news today, Capital B has completed the purchase of 376 BTC for €25.3M, closing out nearly €30.1M in capital raises and pushing the French-listed firm’s strategic Bitcoin treasury to 3,521 BTC. The transaction, confirmed on September 7, was executed at an average price of €67,182 per BTC using proceeds from financings the company…
Big economic week is ahead with inflation datacoming on Thursday but BTC is untypically silent. Bitcoin has spent the past several days struggling to decisively break past $80,000, and options traders don’t appear too concerned about an imminent volatility explosion despite the major economic events in the next ten days. QCP Capital’s latest market…
Solana price fell 1.4% on Sept. 7 after another rejection near $107, while weakening capital flows and nearby liquidation clusters increased the risk of further volatility. Summary Solana price fell from $106.46 to $104.97 after sellers defended the $107 resistance zone. SOL remains above its 20-, 50-, 100-, and 200-period averages on the 4-hour chart….
