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SpaceX’s first week as a public company is starting to look less like a conventional stock-market debut and more like a high-leverage crypto asset. Shares of Elon Musk-led company, trading under the ticker SPCX, extended their post-IPO rally Tuesday as investors piled into one of the smallest public floats ever attached to a company valued […] The post SpaceX is trading like a $2T meme stock after its record IPO appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The sector's losses have been broad-based, affecting both established names like Dogecoin as well as much newer entrants.

Japan's central bank lifted rates to a level unseen in decades, a move that once shook crypto markets—yet prices barely stirred.

The launch comes amid growing competition among financial institutions to manage assets backing dollar-pegged stablecoins. State Street Investment Management has launched a money market fund designed for stablecoin issuers, offering a vehicle for holding reserve assets under the framework established by the GENIUS Act. The fund is structured as a Rule 2a-7 government money market fund and will invest in assets commonly used to back stablecoins, including US government securities and repurchase agreements. The fund's initial investors include State Street Bank and Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered crypto bank. State Street said the product was designed to comply with reserve requirements established under the GENIUS Act, which was signed into law on July 18, 2025, creating the first federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins in the United States. Read more

Ripple’s investment in Flutterwave will bring RLUSD, Ripple Payments and XRPL to one of Africa’s largest fintechs as blockchain remittances gain traction. Blockchain payments company Ripple has acquired an equity stake in African fintech giant Flutterwave, deepening its push into one of the world's fastest-growing cross-border payments markets. Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola said the undisclosed investment values the company at $3.3 billion, according to Bloomberg. The deal gives Ripple exposure to Africa’s fast-expanding payments ecosystem while providing Flutterwave with additional resources to scale its financial infrastructure. The investment makes Ripple a shareholder rather than an owner or commercial partner. Flutterwave operates in 35 African countries and has recently expanded its digital asset offerings by integrating stablecoin payment services. Read more

The all-stock deal would make Cursor a wholly owned SpaceX subsidiary and deepen the company's push into AI following its blockbuster IPO.

Real-world case studies show how the best crypto swap APIs help wallets, aggregators, and protocols improve onboarding and retention.

US-regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures could give retail and institutional traders new ways to access crypto derivatives. How Bitcoin perps are entering regulated US markets For years, Bitcoin perpetual futures have ranked among the most important products in crypto trading. They account for a large share of global crypto derivatives activity and are widely used by traders seeking leverage, hedging tools and short-term exposure to market moves. Despite their popularity, perpetual futures have mostly operated outside regulated US markets. Most trading has taken place on offshore platforms. This left many American traders and institutions with limited choices: Avoid true perps, use offshore venues where permitted or turn to imperfect regulated alternatives. Read more

Bitcoin exchange balances are now sitting at their lowest sustained level in about five years.

Without specifically calling out a report on Binance’s EU license, the crypto exchange warned that any rejection forcing it to delay activities in the region could “weaken liquidity” and present other potential risks. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance, whose application under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework is under consideration, has generally deferred responding to a report that the company’s licensed activities in the region could be at risk. In a Tuesday blog post, Binance said that Greece's Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), one of the regulators responsible for overseeing MiCA, had completed its review of the crypto exchange’s application and “considered it compliant with MiCA requirements,” subject to review at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The post came just a few hours after Reuters reported that EU regulators were preparing to reject Binance’s licensing bid, potentially cutting off the exchange’s ability to offer services to residents. “Bi...

The reported $100 UNI target hinges on tokenized assets leaving closed rails for liquid, composable markets. The post Standard Chartered’s $100 Uniswap call exposes the open DeFi problem Wall Street may need to solve appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The deal values Flutterwave at $3.2 billion, and will integrate Ripple's RLUSD and the XRP Ledger network to speed cross-border payments across Africa.

"SHIB looks dangerously ignored at these levels," one analyst stated.

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Ethereum has staged an impressive recovery from the $1.5K support region, but the latest rally is now approaching a critical inflection point. The market is testing a major supply zone that could determine whether the rebound extends toward higher resistance levels or transitions into another period of consolidation. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On […]

BlackRock is expanding its suite of BTC-linked products aimed at institutional investors.

Robinhood is letting go of 10% of its employees, attempting to streamline operations amid a downturn in crypto-related revenue.

The crypto exchange said investors will own the shares and receive dividends, underscoring growing momentum behind tokenized securities.

Ripple has made a strategic Series E investment in one of the leading fintech companies in Africa in a move to bring RLUSD, XRPL, and stablecoin settlement deeper into the region.

An EU crypto license application by the world’s largest crypto exchange is set to be rejected by the Greek regulator HCMC, according to a report from Reuters.