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Solana (SOL) processes approximately 70 million transactions per day and recorded over $143 billion in monthly DEX volume as of Oct. 30, according to DefiLlama. The network operates with 1,295 consensus validators across 40 countries, and a Nakamoto Coefficient of 20, according to the Foundation’s June 2025 Network Health Report. Production throughput runs at approximately […] The post 70M daily transactions, $143B volume: How Solana won DeFi’s throughput race appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Zcash’s rise mirrors a shifting mood toward privacy in an increasingly monitored online world. Cryptocurrencies focused on privacy have come onto investors’ radar recently, ranking among the most popular token categories. According to CoinGecko, which tracks a combined market capitalization of almost $22 billion across privacy coins, their value rose 52.2% in the past 24 hours. Rival data aggregator CoinMarketCap places the category at nearly $55 billion, with Zcash (ZEC) now leading the pack. One of the early privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, Zcash launched in October 2016. It traded below $80 at the start of this October but exploded 375% over the month to reach $380 by Halloween, flipping Monero (XMR) as the largest privacy token by market cap. Read more

Zcash’s rise mirrors a shifting mood toward privacy in an increasingly monitored online world. Cryptocurrencies focused on privacy have come onto investors’ radar recently, ranking among the most popular token categories. According to CoinGecko, which tracks a combined market capitalization of almost $22 billion across privacy coins, their value rose 52.2% in the past 24 hours. Rival data aggregator CoinMarketCap places the category at nearly $55 billion, with Zcash (ZEC) now leading the pack. One of the early privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, Zcash launched in October 2016. It traded below $80 at the start of this October but exploded 375% over the month to reach $380 by Halloween, flipping Monero (XMR) as the largest privacy token by market cap. Read more

Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper did not describe the end of Bitcoin’s development but the beginning, argues Voltage’s Bobby Shell.

The publicly traded company started trading on Brazil's stock market B3 earlier this month.

The company is behind several crypto-focused ETFs.

A fast rebound met heavier trading, but rallies stalled near resistance as advocates shared Halloween-themed comments on X.

Scott Bessent met Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during the APEC 2025 summit, as world leaders gathered to address global growth, energy security and technology. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent praised Singapore’s leadership in stablecoin and digital asset adoption during a meeting with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Friday, according to an official readout from the US Department of the Treasury.  The discussion was held at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2025 summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, where world leaders are meeting to discuss global growth, energy security and technology. Bessent also told APEC leaders during the Economic Leaders’ Informal Dialogue that through their work with APEC economies, the US is “seeing record levels of capital being invested into advanced manufacturing and technology sectors.”  Read more

Scott Bessent met Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during the APEC 2025 summit, as world leaders gathered to address global growth, energy security and technology. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent praised Singapore’s leadership in stablecoin and digital asset adoption during a meeting with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Friday, according to an official readout from the US Department of the Treasury.  The discussion was held at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2025 summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, where world leaders are meeting to discuss global growth, energy security and technology. Bessent also told APEC leaders during the Economic Leaders’ Informal Dialogue that through their work with APEC economies, the US is “seeing record levels of capital being invested into advanced manufacturing and technology sectors.”  Read more

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), with analytical support from Deloitte, has released its e-HKD Pilot Programme Phase 2 Report, offering a look into how central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and other digital money forms could reshape the city’s financial ecosystem. The post Hong Kong Advances Digital Money Strategy as HKMA’s e-HKD Pilot Programme Enters Phase Two appeared first on Cryptonews.

Xen Baynham-Herd, Base's head of global builders, is taking an inclusive approach to Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 scaling network. He unpacks how developers' geography informs their approach to projects, why stablecoins denominated in local currencies are important, and how Base's upcoming token fits into the network's decentralization goals.

ICP bounces 1.04% to $2.94, reversing part of its recent decline as traders return and buying activity strengthens above key support.

Ethereum tests key support near $3,700 and 0.0325 BTC. Analysts eye bounce potential as futures hit record highs and exchange supply drops.

BONK climbs above $0.00001380 resistance with 67% volume surge as meme token rallies toward new short-term highs.

Tether has published its Q3 2025 attestation covering figures through September 30, 2025. The report states year-to-date profit exceeded $10 billion and excess reserves totaled $6.8 billion, and it verifies reserves, liabilities, and the assets backing USDT.Reserves were reported at $181.22 billion against $174.45 billion in liabilities, including $174.36 billion related to tokens in circulation. […] The post Tether Reports $10B+ YTD Profit And $6.8B Excess Reserves appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto users must deal with costly fees, protocol-level restrictions and multiple service providers to execute simple stablecoin transactions. The number of different stablecoin tickers and token standards is fragmenting liquidity across the crypto ecosystem and burdening users with a poor experience that is costly, technical,and time-consuming, according to onchain sleuth ZachXBT. Cross-chain bridging restrictions, gas and transaction fees that must be paid in the native token of the blockchain being used, and a lack of universal token support across exchanges are all obstacles users face in transferring stablecoins across the crypto ecosystem, ZachXBT said. He gave the following example: From there, the user may realize that their exchange of choice doesn’t support the token or a swap on that token and is forced to bridge to a different blockchain, spend more on gas fees, download another wallet or sign up for another exchange to execute the transaction. The lack of a smooth user experience and intuitive us...

Crypto users must deal with costly fees, protocol-level restrictions and multiple service providers to execute simple stablecoin transactions. The number of different stablecoin tickers and token standards is fragmenting liquidity across the crypto ecosystem and burdening users with a poor experience that is costly, technical,and time-consuming, according to onchain sleuth ZachXBT. Cross-chain bridging restrictions, gas and transaction fees that must be paid in the native token of the blockchain being used, and a lack of universal token support across exchanges are all obstacles users face in transferring stablecoins across the crypto ecosystem, ZachXBT said. He gave the following example: From there, the user may realize that their exchange of choice doesn’t support the token or a swap on that token and is forced to bridge to a different blockchain, spend more on gas fees, download another wallet or sign up for another exchange to execute the transaction. The lack of a smooth user experience and intuitive us...

The chief policy officer said that the company was “proud to have supported the building of a new ballroom” in response to allegations of corruption from a US senator. Faryar Shirzad, chief policy officer at US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, has pushed back against many of the claims made by a US senator regarding ties to the Trump administration. In a Thursday X post, Shirzad responded to criticism from Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, who claimed on social media that Coinbase was one of the cogs in US President Donald Trump’s “corruption factory” through its contributions to the political action committee (PAC) Fairshake and funding the 2025 inauguration. The senator drew a direct correlation between the funding and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dropping an enforcement action against Coinbase, which was filed during the previous administration. Read more

The chief policy officer said that the company was “proud to have supported the building of a new ballroom” in response to allegations of corruption from a US senator. Faryar Shirzad, chief policy officer at US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, has pushed back against many of the claims made by a US senator regarding ties to the Trump administration. In a Thursday X post, Shirzad responded to criticism from Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, who claimed on social media that Coinbase was one of the cogs in US President Donald Trump’s “corruption factory” through its contributions to the political action committee (PAC) Fairshake and funding the 2025 inauguration. The senator drew a direct correlation between the funding and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dropping an enforcement action against Coinbase, which was filed during the previous administration. Read more

A breakout above $550 followed a 1 a.m. UTC volume spike, then price cooled into a $553 to $556 band as traders watched whether $553.50 would hold.