Ondo Finance urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to delay or reject Nasdaq’s proposal to trade tokenized securities, saying it lacks transparency and could give established market players an unfair edge. In a Wednesday letter to the regulator, Ondo — a blockchain company that issues tokenized versions of traditional assets — said regulators…
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Key takeaways: Bitcoin price stabilized after US regional banks posted stronger-than-expected earnings, easing credit fears. One analyst predicted Bitcoin’s bull run could end in 10 days. Bitcoin (BTC) fell more than 5% to trade below $105,000 on Friday, extending a two-day decline as renewed US banking stress rattled risk markets and revived concerns over broader…
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Bitcoin infrastructure company Babylon Labs claimed to have developed a system that enables native Bitcoin to be used as collateral for borrowing assets on Ethereum. Babylon Labs co-founder and Stanford University professor David Tse said on Wednesday that the company built a proof-of-concept that allows native Bitcoin to be used “trustlessly” as collateral for loans…
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Key points: Bitcoin is finding buying support below the $107,000 level, but the relief rally is likely to be sold into. Several altcoins have reached strong support levels, but the lack of a solid rebound suggests the downward pressure may continue for a while. Bitcoin (BTC) remains under pressure as bears attempt to maintain the…
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Switzerland’s Gambling Supervisory Authority (GESPA), the country’s gambling regulator, has filed a complaint against FIFA’s non-fungible token (NFT) platform FIFA Collect, alleging that it is an unlicensed gambling provider. On Friday, GESPA announced the complaint, alleging the platform’s “competitions,” which feature user rewards like airdrop campaigns and challenges, constitute gambling under current Swiss regulations due…
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Key takeaways: Market analysts believe the Bitcoin bull run could soon come to an end. BTC price risks a 50% correction to $52,200 if key support levels fail, according to technical analysis. Bitcoin (BTC) fell to $103,500 on Friday, resulting in over $916 million in liquidations of leveraged long positions and dampening sentiment in BTC…
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Crypto adoption in European countries like the United Kingdom and Germany is lagging behind Russia, according to the latest report from US blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Russia emerged as the leading crypto market in Chainalysis’ latest European Crypto Adoption report, receiving $376.3 billion in crypto between July 2024 and June 2025. Published Thursday, the report…
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Mt. Gox, the defunct Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, still holds around 34,689 Bitcoin (BTC) ahead of its Oct. 31 repayment deadline. The exchange lost around 650,000 BTC in thefts that went undetected from 2011 until its 2014 collapse, while about 200,000 BTC was later found in an old-format wallet. Those coins became the foundation for creditor…
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The crypto market’s Fear & Greed Index flipped sharply to “fear” this week, falling to levels last seen in April, as a market sell-off erased over $230 billion in a single day. On Friday, CoinMarketCap’s Crypto Fear & Greed Index, which tracks volatility, market momentum, social media trends and dominance metrics, fell to a low…
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Update (Oct. 17, 2025, at 11:00 am UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by a Binance spokesperson. France’s banking regulator is conducting additional Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks on Binance and other cryptocurrency exchanges, as Paris lobbies for more authority over Europe’s crypto industry under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). According to…
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