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XRP price recovery could be hindered by stiff resistance at $2.80, as a recent 240% jump in profit-taking highlights investor caution. Key takeaways: XRP surged 12% to $2.53 on Trump’s stimulus news. Increased profit-taking by long-term holders could slow the recovery. Read more

The bonds mark Hong Kong's third digital bond sale since 2023 and are part of its push to become a leading global hub for tokenized assets.

Bitcoin traders are monitoring the latest CME futures gap between Friday’s close at $104,160 and Sunday’s open at $110,370. This six-thousand-dollar “missing” price action often attracts short-term moves. With Bitcoin near $105,900, focus is on whether the market will fill the gap or climb away from it. When CME Bitcoin futures close on Friday, trading […] The post BTC targets CME gap at $104,000 as shutdown end buoys risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Money was anonymous for thousands of years until the recent experiment in financial surveillance. Privacy-preserving crypto offers a path back to normalcy. Opinion by: Carter Feldman, CEO of Psy For thousands of years, money changed hands in private. A bronze coin passed from merchant to customer, leaving no record of the transaction. No government official knew what you bought or from whom. No bank tracked your spending habits. This wasn’t a bug in the system — it was how money worked. Even as banking systems developed, privacy remained the default. When you paid for a beer with a banknote issued by an institution like the Bank of England, there was no compulsion for the tavern to perform real ID verification or Know Your Customer (KYC). Read more

Five spot XRP ETFs were added to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s active roster, signaling readiness for imminent launch.

World Liberty Financial's WLFI token is leading the crypto market rally in a “momentum play" an analyst told Decrypt.

Bitcoin’s dominance is unquestioned in 2025. The world’s first cryptocurrency has transformed into a core financial instrument, with ETFs from BlackRock, Fidelity, and VanEck channeling billions in institutional inflows. Corporate treasuries now hold Bitcoin as part of digital asset reserves, reinforcing its position as a macro hedge comparable to gold. That success, however, has made […]

The high-leverage trader said he was “all-in,” betting on a Bitcoin decline below $92,000 despite the optimism surrounding the end of the 40-day US government shutdown. While most cryptocurrency investors welcomed the market recovery following the potential end of the US government shutdown, some short sellers were caught off guard by the rebound. The crypto market recovery saw popular high-leverage trader James Wynn’s main Hyperliquid account liquidated multiple times during the past 24 hours, with his wallet’s value sinking to just $5,422, according to Hyperdash data. The unexpected recovery liquidated Wynn 12 times in the last 12 hours, resulting in 45 liquidations over the past two months, according to blockchain data platform Lookonchain. Read more

After two consecutive weeks of outflows totaling $1.5 billion, assets under management in crypto ETPs fell to $207.5 billion, the lowest level since mid-July. Cryptocurrency investment products faced heightened selling pressure last week as crypto funds recorded a second consecutive week of outflows amid ongoing negative sentiment in the markets. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $1.17 billion in outflows last week, up around 70% from $360 million recorded the previous week, CoinShares reported Monday. CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, attributed the sell-off to the ongoing negative crypto market trend following the Oct. 10 flash crash, along with uncertainty over a potential US interest rate cut in December. Read more

Interim CFTC chief Caroline Pham confirmed plans to greenlight leveraged spot crypto trading in the US as early as next month following talks with regulated exchanges. Acting Chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Caroline Pham is in talks with regulated US crypto exchanges to launch leveraged spot crypto products as early as next month. In a Sunday X post, Pham confirmed that she is pushing to allow leveraged spot crypto trading in the US and that she is in talks with regulated US crypto exchanges to launch leveraged crypto spot products next month. Pham also confirmed that she continued meeting with industry representatives despite the government shutdown. The regulator is also currently considering issuing guidance for leveraged spot crypto products. Read more

As Bitcoin rallied on the Senate passing an agreement aimed at ending the shutdown, experts see a path to $150K BTC by year-end.

WLFI is by far the top performer in the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin is back at $106,400, a pivot point that has been critical to this cycle’s rallies and pullbacks. As we outlined in “Today’s $106k retest decided Bitcoin’s fate,” acceptance above this band has tended to unlock the next level. At the same time, rejection has forced a rebuild below a fair-value axis that acts as […] The post Bitcoin at critical test: If BTC breaks above $106k, bear market could be postponed appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum has rebounded from the $3.2K region after a deep liquidity sweep, signaling potential exhaustion of the recent downtrend. While short-term resistance remains strong, both technical and on-chain data suggest the market could be entering an accumulation phase led by larger participants. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, ETH has […]

Ripple’s token is attempting to recover from its recent lows after weeks of compression inside a descending wedge. The market is now testing key resistance, where a breakout could confirm a short-term structural reversal. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, XRP continues to trade within a large descending wedge formation, […]

The Bank of England invites feedback on its proposed stablecoin framework, with the aim of finalizing the rules in the second half of 2026. The United Kingdom’s central bank is moving toward stablecoin regulation by publishing a consultation paper proposing a regulatory framework for the asset class. The Bank of England (BoE) on Monday released a proposed regulatory regime for sterling-denominated “systemic stablecoins,” or tokens it said are widely used in payments and therefore potentially pose risks to the UK financial stability. Under the proposal, the central bank would require stablecoin issuers to back at least 40% of their liabilities with unremunerated deposits at the BoE, while allowing up to 60% in short-term UK government debt. Read more

As institutional interest in cryptocurrencies booms, the market is clearly entering a more mature phase – one that’s defined less by speculation and increasingly by integration. Following a period of caution after high-profile market failures (FTX, Celsius, Luna, etc.), traditional players such as hedge funds, banks, and asset managers, have seemingly re-evaluated their approach when […]

Bitcoin surged past $106,000 as short-term volatility spiked, signaling a liquidity-testing phase on Binance.

The reopening of the US government could fuel Bitcoin price recovery, as exchange order-book liquidity placed $112,000 on top of the list for bulls. Key takeaways: Bitcoin price rebounded as traders expected the US government shutdown to end this week. Bitcoin market analysis sees a squeeze toward $112,000 after a bullish weekly close. Read more

The Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) just fell off a cliff. For most people outside financial circles, that means absolutely nothing. For markets, it’s seismic. Borrowing money overnight in U.S. markets suddenly got much cheaper. And in the plumbing of the global financial system, that’s the equivalent of someone opening the floodgates a little wider. […] The post Cheaper cash, higher risk as a key US funding rate suddenly collapses appeared first on CryptoSlate.