Solana ETFs have overtaken XRP products in total net assets after an eight-day inflow streak brought in nearly $254 million. The shift is notable because SOL still has a smaller market capitalization than XRP, yet its ETF complex now represents a much larger share of the underlying token’s value. $254M in 8 Days Sees Solana […]
A former U.K. National Crime Agency officer, Paul Chowles, has been ordered to repay approximately $2.38 million for stealing 50 bitcoin seized during the investigation of the Silk Road 2.0 dark-web marketplace. Dark Web Theft and Asset Laundering A disgraced former National Crime Agency officer who stole seized cryptocurrency following an investigation into the […]
SBI Holdings has taken full ownership of Bitbank on Oct. 1, folding one of Japan’s busiest XRP markets into one of Ripple’s oldest partners in Asia. The Deal The final share transfer went through on Oct. 1, making Bitbank a wholly owned subsidiary of SBI. The price tag was approximately $290 million (¥46.7 billion), the […]
U.S. bitcoin ETFs snapped a nine-session inflow streak on Wednesday with $148.69 million in net withdrawals, as selling spread across most major crypto funds. Ether, solana, zcash and HYPE ETFs also finished lower, while the newly launched NEAR fund was the day’s lone bright spot. 9-Day Inflow Streak Ends for Bitcoin ETFs The month ended […]
Zano has disclosed the bug that forced its extraordinary 30-day blockchain rewind in a recent postmortem. An attacker exploited a missing verification in Gateway Addresses to mint roughly 18.4 million ZANO in a single transaction, then repeated the trick and did the same with fUSD. The first exploit sat unnoticed for nearly a month, while […]
Cboe and S&P Dow Jones Indices extended their exclusive S&P 500 options licensing agreement for 25 years, keeping Cboe’s SPX rights in place through 2051. The agreement also leaves room for the companies to explore products beyond traditional index derivatives, including tokenized options. No such product has been announced, but the language shared comes as […]
Bitcoin pumped above $85,500 on Wednesday morning following the release of lower-than-expected U.S. PCE inflation data for August—but a quick pullback erased most of the gains. PCE Data Triggers Intraday Volatility Bitcoin’s price briefly spiked to $85,500 on Wednesday before a sell-off nearly erased the gains, leaving the cryptocurrency marginally higher just hours before […]