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Ripple will provide crypto custody services to Spain’s BBVA bank, expanding its existing partnership amid MiCA-driven adoption by European banks. Ripple, the US blockchain firm behind the XRP cryptocurrency, will provide crypto custody services to Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA). According to a Tuesday announcement, Ripple’s agreement to provide crypto custody services to BBVA follows the bank’s recent announcement of its Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) retail trading and custody service. BBVA will rely on Ripple’s institutional custody service to power services to its customers. BBVA’s head of digital assets, Francisco Maroto, said that Ripple’s custody service allows it to meet the necessary standards to “directly provide an end-to-end custody service.” Read more

President Tokayev is pushing a digital finance strategy and smart city plans, as crypto adoption rises in Central Asia.

Experts say early adoption will likely remain institutional as Ant Digital tracks 15 million renewable devices across China.

Upbit has unveiled GIWA, an Ethereum Layer 2 network built on Optimism’s OP Stack, as it seeks new growth avenues.

Bitcoin’s quiet start to the week could give way to turbulence as key U.S. economic data and the Fed's decisions collide with expiring volatility contracts.

Nasdaq-listed Lion Group currently holds 6,629 Solana and over one million Sui and plans to gradually convert it all into Hyperliquid tokens. Nasdaq-listed trading platform Lion Group Holding has announced plans to shift its entire stash of Sui and Solana into HYPE, the native token of the Hyperliquid blockchain. The Singapore-based trading platform said in a statement on Monday that it plans to exchange its Solana (SOL) and SUI (SUI) gradually over time to lower the average acquisition cost by “taking advantage of market volatility and accumulating HYPE at optimal prices.”  Lion Group CEO Wilson Wang said the company’s shift to hold all Hyperliquid (HYPE) “through a disciplined accumulation process,” would “enhance portfolio efficiency,” and position the platform for “sustained growth.” Read more

The House spending bill seeks to direct the Treasury to assess the feasibility and governance of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

Rate-cut optimism and gold’s rally have not spilled into crypto, where positioning stays defensive and near-term direction hinges on the inflation report.

An adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin is accusing the Trump administration of using stablecoins and gold to devalue its $37 trillion in outstanding debt. An adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin said the US is strategically using crypto and gold to devalue its debt to “urgently address the declining trust in the dollar.” “The US is now trying to rewrite the rules of the gold and cryptocurrency markets. Remember the size of their debt — $35 trillion. These two sectors (crypto and gold) are essentially alternatives to the traditional global currency system,” Anton Kobyakov said at a press briefing on Monday at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, as reported by RussiaDirect. “As in the 1930s and the 1970s, the US plans to solve its financial problems at the world’s expense — this time by pushing everyone into the ‘crypto cloud,’” Kobyakov said.  Read more

Victims of the crypto scam were lured through messages and dating apps, then tricked into fake crypto investments.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s adviser, Dmitry Kobyakov, accused the US of orchestrating a crypto strategy to eliminate its $35 trillion national debt through the manipulation of stablecoins. During his speech at the Eastern Economic Forum on Sept. 6, Kobyakov claimed that Washington seeks to “rewrite the rules of the gold and crypto markets” as alternatives […] The post Putin adviser accuses US of planning stablecoin scheme to eliminate $35 trillion debt appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tether, the firm behind the stablecoin USDT, met with officials from the South Korean financial heavyweight Shinhan Bank on September 8. The post Tether Execs Hold Stablecoin Meetings With Top S Korean Commercial Banks appeared first on Cryptonews.

Investment activity in crypto funds slowed sharply for the week ending Sept. 6, with total outflows reaching $352 million despite US economic indicators pointing toward conditions that usually encourage risk-taking, according to CoinShares‘ latest report. James Butterfill, head of research at CoinShares, said weaker employment numbers and growing expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut […] The post Ethereum sees significant outflows as Solana and XRP shine amid $352M outflow appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The task force has already conducted roundtables to address issues related to digital asset regulation while proposing changes to the commission's rules. The cryptocurrency task force with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to hold another roundtable that could lead to policy changes at the financial regulator. In a Monday notice, the SEC said the crypto task force, headed by Commissioner Hester Peirce, would host a public roundtable on financial surveillance and privacy on Oct. 17. The event will mark the sixth roundtable focused on issues related to digital assets at the commission’s Washington, D.C., offices since the departure of former SEC Chair Gary Gensler.  “Understanding recent developments in privacy-protecting tools will assist the SEC and other financial regulators as we work on policy solutions in the crypto space,” said Peirce. Read more

Bitcoin trades near $112K as Nasdaq pushes tokenized stocks, whales buy big, and charts tighten. Breakout above $113.4K could target $117K next. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Nasdaq’s Tokenized Stocks and Whale Buys Boost $130K Hype appeared first on Cryptonews.

Boston startup AlterEgo unveiled a wearable built on MIT research that converts silent muscle signals into speech, aiming to reshape how we communicate with machines.

The crypto price prediction for XRP, DOGE and PI is turning increasingly bullish, as the market continues its post-August recovery. The post Crypto Price Prediction Today 8 September – XRP, Dogecoin, Pi Coin appeared first on Cryptonews.

Hackers broke into the node package manager (NPM) account of a well-known software developer and added malware to popular JavaScript libraries, targeting crypto wallets. Hackers have only managed to steal $50 worth of crypto from a massive supply chain hack affecting JavaScript software libraries, industry security researchers say. Crypto intelligence platform Security Alliance shared the findings on Monday after hackers broke into the node package manager (NPM) account of a well-known software developer and added malware to popular JavaScript libraries that have already been downloaded over 1 billion times, potentially putting countless crypto projects at risk. Ethereum and Solana wallets were specifically targeted, Security Alliance said. Fortunately, less than $50 has been stolen from the crypto space so far, the security firm said, identifying Ethereum wallet address “0xFc4a48” as what it believes to be the only malicious address so far. It added on X: The $50 figure was, however, bumped up from five cent...

The USDm stablecoin, built with Ethena and backed by tokenized treasuries, will use its yield to subsidize Ethereum sequencer fees. MegaETH, an Ethereum layer-2 protocol backed by Vitalik Buterin, announced the upcoming launch of a yield-bearing stablecoin that might give it a different business model than traditional L2s, which drive revenue through transaction fees. The stablecoin, USDm, is being developed in partnership with Ethena, an algorithmic stablecoin protocol with $13 billion in total value locked (TVL). It will launch on Ethena’s USDtb infrastructure, which channels reserves into BlackRock’s BUIDL — a tokenized US Treasury bill fund with a $2.2 billion market cap and steady yield, according to RWA.xyz. Yield from the stablecoin’s reserves will reportedly be used to offset sequencer fees, the Ethereum gas costs a layer-2 incurs when publishing batches of transactions to the main chain. Read more

ChatGPT predicts XRP, Pepe, and Shiba Inu could generate substantial returns in the months ahead, with momentum fueled by Bitcoin’s surge past $124K, Trump’s stablecoin legislation, and SEC reforms that analysts believe may set the stage for a strong altcoin rally. The post New ChatGPT Predicts the Price of XRP, Pepe and Solana by the End of 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.