Coinbase just gave bitcoin holders something borrowers usually expect from a bank. Customers can now borrow USDC against their bitcoin while locking in the interest rate and repayment date before taking the money. The fixed-rate loans launched Tuesday through Morpho Midnight on Base, giving eligible U.S. users outside New York a way to tap their […]
Moscow Exchange began trading perpetual futures on an XRP index on Sept. 22, listing the token beside bitcoin on Russia’s largest bourse, yet only qualified investors can touch the contracts. Going Live The contracts opened this morning in Moscow as Moex, Russia’s largest exchange, listed five cash-settled perpetual contracts, BTCUSDF, ETHUSDF, SOLUSDF, XRPUSDF and TRXUSDF, […]
XRP drew $350M (about ₩481B) of trading volume on Upbit on Sept. 21, beating bitcoin’s $225.8M (₩308B), and it has out-traded bitcoin on the exchange every day for a month. The Numbers On Monday night, onchain data showed that XRP was “dominating Upbit,” with the asset’s numbers showing $203.9 million in 24-hour volume against $143 […]
Bitcoin’s price rallied past $86,000, achieving a 6% daily gain and pushing its market capitalization to $1.72 trillion. The move brought the asset near its Jan. 1 opening price of $87,575, narrowing year-to-date losses to under 2%. Two Waves of Price Action Lead to $1.72T Market Cap Bitcoin’s price tapped $86,000 shortly after midmorning as […]
Wallets tied to the Official Trump memecoin team have routed about 8.4 million TRUMP, worth roughly $18 million, into OKX deposit addresses since the token’s Sept. 18 unlock. The Transfers, in Order Last week, onchain sleuths reported that a TRUMP team address had moved out 11.25 million tokens, worth $26 million, on Sept. 7, and […]
U.S. crypto ETFs endured one of their most volatile weeks of September as policy shocks triggered heavy midweek selling before capital rushed back on Friday. Bitcoin funds finished with a slim $6.21 million inflow, while ether ETFs snapped a four-week winning streak with $140 million in net withdrawals. Crypto ETF Buyers Reverse Midweek Selloff The […]
This week’s stories centered on regulation, institutional adoption and market infrastructure. Seven Democratic senators vowed to keep negotiating on the CLARITY Act, while Tom Lee forecast a bullish 12 months for crypto. Revolut attackers demanded 6,000 XMR for stolen customer data, Kalshi captured about 80% of U.S. prediction-market volume, and Kraken parent Payward unveiled plans […]