Peter Mwangi
Race for XRP ETF Intensifies as Franklin Templeton Updates S-1 Filing
Franklin Templeton took a key step toward listing a spot XRP exchange traded fund after it updated its S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and removed the 8(a)...
Grayscale Updates XRP ETF Filing Before Ripple’s Swell, XRP Still Range-Bound
Grayscale Investments has put XRP back in front of institutional readers after submitting Amendment No. 2 to its Form S-1 for an XRP Trust ETF with the U.S. Securities and...
Balancer’s $116M Exploit Dominates Crypto News Today as Bitcoin’s Red October Ends
Balancer has become the most discussed topic across crypto forums after the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol faced a large-scale exploit that drained more than $116 million in assets. According to...
Binance Regains 2024-Level Stablecoin Liquidity With $7.3B Inflows
According to CryptoQuant’s latest data, centralized exchanges, led by Binance, saw ERC-20 stablecoin balances rise by $7.3 billion in 30 days, a level last seen just before Bitcoin broke past...
Retail Bitcoin Activity Falls as ETFs Reshape Market Flows
Bitcoin’s retail participation has declined over the past two years, with new data indicating a large decrease in inflows from small holders, often referred to as “shrimps,” to major exchanges...
Hong Kong to Ease Restrictions on Crypto Trading to Boost Market Activity
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) plans to ease restrictions for licensed crypto trading platforms, allowing them to connect local traders with their global order books. The regulator’s chief...
Changpeng Zhao Rejects Claims of Proposing Crypto Bank in Kyrgyzstan
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao has denied reports suggesting that he proposed setting up a private digital asset bank in Kyrgyzstan. Zhao stated that he has never considered starting or running...
The EU Has a $5 Trillion Problem That Ripple’s XRPL Could Help Fix
Axiology is developing a regulated blockchain infrastructure on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). CEO Marius Jurgilas, speaking on RippleX’s Onchain Economy series, stated the goal is to integrate capital market systems...
Innovation Needs Neighbors: The Compromise New Hampshire Must Write
The New Hampshire Senate Commerce Committee has voted to delay a key crypto deregulation bill. The committee voted 4-2 on Thursday to send House Bill 639 for “further study.” This...
Virtuals Protocol Jumps 23% On Coinbase Integration As Volume Nears $1 Billion
Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) recorded a strong market surge today. The token’s price and trading volume climbed significantly following news of its integration with Coinbase’s on-chain infrastructure. According to CoinMarketCap, VIRTUAL...
BTC Dip Is ‘Hot Money’ Shakeout, Long-Term Bull Market Intact: Analysts
Bitcoin’s recent decline has raised questions about the bull market’s longevity. Market data and key technical indicators, however, show the general uptrend remains intact. According to CoinDesk analysis, Bitcoin’s 200-week...
SBF’s New 15-Page Argument Faces Old Facts: Chapter 11 and Court-set Valuations
A social account tied to Sam Bankman-Fried shared a document arguing that FTX was never bankrupt and that lawyers forced a filing that derailed a short-term liquidity fix. The post...
XRP Traders Parse Ripple Swell 2025 Schedule for Market-Moving Announcements
Ripple will host Swell 2025 in New York on Nov. 4–5, featuring Patrick Witt from the White House and senior leaders from Nasdaq, BNY, Citi, Fidelity, and Kraken. The lineup...
21Shares Seeks 2x Long HYPE ETF as Spot HYPE and SEI Trust Filings Advance
Crypto asset manager 21Shares has submitted an S-1 registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The filing seeks approval to launch the 21Shares 2x Long HYPE ETF....
UAE’s Commercial Bank International Launched a New Hub for AI, Tokenization and Web3: Meet CBIx
Commercial Bank International (CBI) has launched CBIx, a wholly owned subsidiary intended to advance innovation across artificial intelligence (AI), tokenized assets, Web3, and the global fintech ecosystem. According to a...
CME’s XRP, Solana Futures Hit Record $3 Billion Open Interest, Options Launch
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has recorded an all-time high in open interest for its Solana (SOL) and XRP futures. This highlights accelerating institutional and retail participation in regulated crypto...
XRP Ledger RWA Market Jumps 215% As Compliance Tools Land; ETF Hopes Build
Messari’s Q3 report shows XRPL’s RWA market cap at $364.2 million, up 215% QoQ, as issuers scaled tokenized U.S. Treasuries (e.g., OUSG), digital commercial paper (Guggenheim), and real estate projects...
Arthur Hayes Uses 100 Years of Stock Data to Predict Crypto Graveyard – 99% Failure
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes delivered a stark warning for crypto investors, pointing to startling new research on the U.S. stock market as evidence. “99% of all shitcoins are zeros in...
Ripple Starts University Research Council as USF Joins XRP Ledger Study, $1.5M Grants Funded in RLUSD
Ripple advanced its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) into a more coordinated phase. The company created an Academic Advisory Council, added the University of San Francisco (USF) to the network,...
Crypto Pauses After Hitting 2-Week Highs; All Eyes on Fed Decision This Week
The crypto market saw a burst of optimism Monday, pushing Bitcoin above $116,000 and Ethereum past $4,240, both two-week highs, according to Santiment data from yesterday. This surge was clearly...
BNB Foundation Burns $1.66 Billion BNB Tokens; Price Climbs Post-Burn, Eyes XRP’s #4 Rank
The BNB Foundation has just completed its 33rd quarterly BNB token burn, permanently removing 1.44 million BNB, valued at a substantial $1.66 billion, from circulation. This latest event pushes the...
Indian Court Rules Crypto Is ‘Property,’ Blocks WazirX Plan to Use User’s XRP to Cover Hack Losses
The Indian court delivered a major win for investor rights, ruling that cryptocurrency constitutes ‘property’ under domestic law, thereby blocking the embattled exchange WazirX from imposing a collective loss-sharing plan...
Markets Edge Higher on US-China Tariff News and a Bitcoin vs Tokenized Gold Showdown
Markets saw a flash of optimism Monday as Bitcoin and stock futures climbed while gold dipped, reacting to news that the U.S. has delayed any harsh new tariffs on Chinese...
Here’s How CZ Responded after Trump’s Pardon Triggered a Washington Backlash
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has publicly addressed the growing criticism surrounding his recent presidential pardon by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a post shared on X, Zhao said that...
XRP Sees $25K Buy From James Wynn and Prime-Broker Launch in the Same Week
James Wynn, a pseudonymous trader recognized for high-stakes plays in meme coins and Bitcoin futures, has publicly pivoted, announcing a $25,000 investment into XRP. Wynn stated via X (formerly Twitter)...
