Kraken CEO hits back as banker calls stablecoin yields a ‘detriment’Consumers deserve the choice to earn yield on stablecoins, not be boxed into earning interest only through banks, Kraken co-CEO Dave Ripley said.Oct 22, 2025Ciaran Lyons
Tether’s stablecoin touches 6.25% of the world’s population, says CEOTether has notched its 500 millionth user of its USDT stablecoin, an achievement its CEO Paolo Ardoino said is “likely the biggest financial inclusion achievement in history.”Oct 22, 2025Brayden Lindrea
Kadena blames ‘market conditions’ as founding team exits, tanking tokenThe team behind the Kadena blockchain said it is no longer able to continue business operations and will cease maintenance of the network immediately.Oct 22, 2025Brayden Lindrea
Maple Finance stablecoins debut on Aave’s onchain lending marketsThe partnership links Aave’s liquidity with Maple Finance’s institutional credit pools, introducing yield-bearing stablecoins to Aave's lending markets.Oct 21, 2025Nate Kostar
Ocean Protocol’s team faces $250K bounty after $120M crypto dump allegationsWhile Ocean Protocol denied the allegations, onchain data points to an Ocean Protocol-linked multisignature wallet converting about 661 million Ocean tokens into 286 million FET.Oct 21, 2025Zoltan Vardai
Ethereum enters final testnet phase ahead of Dec. 3 Fusaka upgradeThe cap on individual transactions aims to improve block efficiency, reduce DoS risks and lay the groundwork for parallel execution in future upgrades like Glamsterdam.Oct 21, 2025Nate Kostar
Bitcoin rally to $114K highlights futures traders’ improving confidenceCrypto futures traders are returning to the market and opening fresh positions as Bitcoin, SOL and ETH rallied into overhead resistance levels.Oct 21, 2025Ray Salmond
Bitcoin whale opens $235M BTC short, after netting $200M from market crashThe $11 billion Bitcoin whale made millions in profit from last week’s crypto market crash and continues betting on more downside.Oct 21, 2025Zoltan Vardai
Galaxy Digital reports $505M Q3 profit on trading surge, institutional demandGalaxy Digital reported higher quarterly profit as trading volume increased 140%, reflecting stronger institutional activity in crypto markets.Oct 21, 2025Sam Bourgi
SharpLink adds 19,000 ETH, lifts holdings to $3.5B as companies buy the dipSharpLink increased its ETH holdings following a $76.5 million raise, with staking rewards topping $23 million since its treasury launch in June.Oct 21, 2025Nate Kostar
Bitcoin whales quietly embrace BlackRock ETF following SEC rule changeBitcoin’s biggest holders are moving billions into ETFs like BlackRock’s IBIT, signaling a new phase of institutional adoption.Oct 21, 2025Sam Bourgi
Fed mulls ‘skinny’ payment accounts to open rails for fintech, crypto companiesIndustry watchers welcomed the idea of “skinny” master accounts as another sign of the end of crypto’s banking troubles, which insiders described as “Operation Chokepoint 2.0.”Oct 21, 2025Zoltan Vardai
Andrew Cuomo’s crypto Hail Mary unlikely to give an edge over MamdaniAs the New York mayor’s race draws to a culmination, Andrew Cuomo has developed a crypto and AI strategy for the city.Oct 21, 2025Aaron Wood
Bitcoin taps $110K as BTC price diverges from 5% gold correctionBitcoin returned to $110,000 after bouncing at the weekend’s CME futures gap, contrasting with 5.5% daily losses and a potential double top for gold.Oct 21, 2025William Suberg
How Batched Threshold Encryption could end extractive MEV and make DeFi fair againBTE offers epochless, constant-size decryption shares (as small as 48 bytes) that can help layer-2 rollups to achieve pending transaction privacy.Oct 21, 2025Kyrian Alex
Binance’s $33M charity gift becomes Malta’s political minefieldMalta’s Finance Minister Clyde Caruana backed a government-run charity’s decision to reject a now $33 million Binance donation due to reputational concerns.Oct 21, 2025Adrian Zmudzinski
The P2E apocalypse is gaming’s best newsPlay-to-earn gaming’s collapse isn’t a crisis; it’s a necessary reset that will force developers to prioritize fun over financial extraction mechanics.Oct 21, 2025Tobin Kuo
Will Solana price bounce below $180? Double bottom hints at 40% rallySolana price data strongly suggests that the recent correction to $174 was a buy-the-dip opportunity as traders eye a rally to $250.Oct 21, 2025Nancy Lubale
Coinbase bets $375M that onchain ICO crowdfunding is crypto’s next waveEcho, a crowdfunding platform whose first fundraising project was Ethena, has been acquired by Coinbase after operating for less than two years.Oct 21, 2025Helen Partz
Bitcoin to suffer if it can’t catch gold, XRP bulls back in the fight: Trade SecretsThe panic over Trump’s tariffs was bullish, actually, and Ethereum’s price chart shows subtle hints at a surprising breakout.Oct 21, 2025Ciaran Lyons
‘Keep pace’ or fall behind: CryptoUK says US-aligned rules key to UK crypto revivalThe Bank of England is launching a consultation on new stablecoin rules that mirror the US approach to fiat-pegged crypto assets.Oct 21, 2025Ezra Reguerra
Bitcoin crash to $104K was ‘flush,’ not crypto cycle ‘failure’Bitcoin’s four-day crash has initiated a healthy reset among investors, with momentum limited until long-term holders stop selling their BTC, according to Glassnode.Oct 21, 2025Zoltan Vardai
SpaceX moves $257M in Bitcoin, reignites questions over its crypto playThe SpaceX-labelled wallets made their second large-scale Bitcoin transfer in three months, raising speculation of a sale as the company faces growing competition.Oct 21, 2025Zoltan Vardai
Argo’s creditor grabs 87.5% stake in struggling miner in bold takeover moveArgo Blockchain will delist from the London Stock Exchange after its main creditor, Growler Mining, seized control through a debt-for-equity swap.Oct 21, 2025Amin Haqshanas
Ethereum fails again above $4K as traders grow frustrated with shakeoutsEther ran into resistance at $4,000 as the absence of new buyers and weak spot Ethereum flows threatened ETH price dropping to $3,100 next.Oct 21, 2025Nancy Lubale
Crypto, Fintech push back against banks’ war on open bankingThe Blockchain Association, Crypto Council for Innovation and fintech allies urged the CFPB to finalize an open banking rule ensuring consumers, not banks, control their data.Oct 21, 2025Nate Kostar
Bitcoin eyes CME gap below as BTC price dips 2.5%, risks $100K collapseBitcoin price dropped 2.5% on Tuesday in an attempt to fill the latest weekend CME futures gap, while traders warned that $100,000 could fail as support.Oct 21, 2025William Suberg
US political turmoil tests ‘institutional confidence’ as crypto ETFs bleedThe outflows came as “No Kings” protests swept across the US amid a prolonged government shutdown and political division, deepening market risk aversion.Oct 21, 2025Amin Haqshanas
‘Corpo chains’ doomed unless they embrace crypto’s ethos: StarkWare CEOStarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson said corporate blockchains will help with mainstream adoption, but long term, they will be abandoned if they try to retain control.Oct 21, 2025Stephen Katte
Canadian province to ban new crypto mining connectionsBritish Columbia is moving to ban new crypto mining connections to protect its Hydro power grid. For years, analysts have argued this is the wrong approach.Oct 21, 2025Brian Quarmby