Improving crypto regulatory clarity has triggered a 125% surge in global retail crypto transactions for two years in a row, according to TRM Labs. Worldwide retail crypto transactions rose by more than 125% between January and September 2025, echoing similar growth seen in 2024, according to the blockchain intelligence firm in its Crypto Adoption and…
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Stock exchanges in India, Hong Kong, and Australia have reportedly begun blocking or restricting companies from becoming digital asset treasury vehicles. Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. has rejected at least five companies seeking to become DATs, citing rules against “cash companies” that hold primarily liquid assets, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday, citing…
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Kraken boss David Ripley has fired back against a senior executive of the American Bankers Association, who argued that stablecoins yield is a “detriment” to banks’ abilities to support their community. ABA’s senior vice president of innovation and strategy, Brooke Ybarra, said if major crypto exchanges such as Kraken or Coinbase were allowed to pay…
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Key points: Rising spot and futures volumes show traders venturing back into the crypto market. Traders are positioning for upside, but charts hint that swing traders will sell intra-day rally tops. Crypto market price action turned volatile on Tuesday as Bitcoin (BTC) hit a daily high at $114,000, and Ether (ETH) managed a brief push…
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The $11 billion Bitcoin whale is back with another massive short position, signaling that some large investors are hedging for more crypto market downside amid the tariff concerns and ongoing government shutdown. The Bitcoin whale, which is crypto slang for a large investor, returned with a $235 million 10-times leveraged short position on Bitcoin (BTC),…
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Large Bitcoin holders who accumulated the cryptocurrency early, commonly known as whales, are increasingly moving their holdings into exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with asset managers such as BlackRock actively courting them. In an interview with Bloomberg, Robbie Mitchnick, BlackRock’s head of digital assets, said the company has already facilitated more than $3 billion worth of these…
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The US Federal Reserve is considering the introduction of a new type of payment account that would make it easier for smaller companies to participate in the central bank’s payment system, signaling the end of the crypto industry’s banking access challenges. The newly floated “payment accounts” would seek to grant full access to fintech companies…
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How California’s SB 822 will impact digital assets California’s Senate Bill 822 (SB 822), signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2025, makes California the first US state to protect unclaimed crypto assets from forced liquidation. Treating digital assets similarly to bank accounts and securities, SB 822 requires unclaimed cryptocurrencies to be transferred…
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Key points: Bitcoin stays volatile into the Wall Street open with $110,000 making a reappearance. Liquidity conditions thicken around price as the 21-week moving average now important to reclaim. Gold price tumbles from a rematch with all-time highs. Bitcoin (BTC) buyers and sellers fought for control at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as gold fell hard.…
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Opinion by: Tobin Kuo, founder and CEO of Seraph Play-to-earn (P2E) had a moment — “had” its moment — but that’s the problem. Its time has passed. The thrill was the payout, not the play, not the result, which looked less like a game and more like shift work with a user interface. To be…
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