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The Federal Reserve delivered a widely anticipated 25 basis point interest-rate cut on October 29, lowering the target range to 3.75%-4.00%. What surprised markets, however, was Chair Jerome Powell’s statement...

Ripple expanded its humanitarian work by teaming up with World Central Kitchen, Water.org, GiveDirectly, and Mercy Corps to move money faster and with full traceability. The company said its Ripple...

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...

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....

Mastercard is in late-stage discussions to acquire crypto and stablecoin infrastructure startup Zerohash for between $1.5 and $2 billion, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.  The deal may still...

Leading news agencies scrutinized Donald Trump’s fast-growing crypto footprint this week, reporting large token proceeds, foreign investors, and new ventures that test the line between political power and private profit....

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...

Hong Kong regulators have intensified scrutiny of listed companies attempting to adopt Digital Asset Treasury strategies. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has rejected applications from at least five companies seeking...

Ripple’s management of its massive XRP escrow holdings has once again become a focal point of discussion within the crypto community.  Market commentator Digital Assets Investor suggested that Ripple’s control...

Ethereum software giant ConsenSys, the company behind the popular MetaMask wallet, has reportedly hired JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs to advise on an initial public offering (IPO), according to Axios. ConsenSys...

The United States and China took a step toward calmer trade ties after President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of APEC in Busan. Trump said...

The cryptocurrency market faced a sharp pullback over the past 24 hours after over $600 million in long liquidations swept derivatives and $550 million in net outflows left spot crypto...

Cardano’s exchange-traded fund prospects took center stage this week as analysts weighed the stalled timeline against fresh signs of institutional interest. While Solana and Litecoin funds advanced through no-delay filings...

The rising dominance of the U.S. dollar–backed stablecoins could disrupt global monetary frameworks. This warning has come out from India’s Chief Economic Adviser, V. Anantha Nageswaran. Speaking in Mumbai, he...

At the Blockchain Life 2025 conference held in Dubai, Pavel Durov formally introduced the Cocoon network, short for Confidential Compute Open Network. Cocoon is described as a decentralized compute network...

Sam Bankman-Fried’s mother, Barbara Fried (a former Stanford Law professor and an accomplice in her son’s crime), published a 64-page document defending her son’s actions and framing FTX’s collapse as...

Ripple’s long-time Japanese partner, SBI Holdings, has reached a major milestone in asset management. SBI has now surpassed ¥10 trillion ($66 billion) in assets under management (AUM) as of October...

Grayscale Investments has launched the Solana Trust ETF under ticker GSOL, which began trading on NYSE Arca as an exchange-traded product. The launch is the first of Grayscale’s staking products...

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...

Crypto analyst nietzbux has criticized the Solana community’s response to Western Union’s stablecoin launch on its network. The analyst characterized the reaction as revealing insecurities about XRP rather than celebrating...

According to data from CryptoRank, a leading cryptocurrency research and analytics platform, approximately $2.1 billion worth of crypto tokens will be unlocked in November across several projects. The latest post...

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...

President Donald Trump has called on Fed Chair Jerome Powell to initiate another rate cut later today. While speaking to delegates at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, President Trump urged...

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has warned that major centralized exchanges offering zero-fee trading are trying to push the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid out of the market. In a conversation shared by...

A new analysis from Bitget and Nansen shows the crypto exchange is quickly becoming a key hub for institutional traders. The report, published on Tuesday, shows Bitget’s trading volume reached...