Crypto

Federal Reserve officials focused significantly on stablecoins during their July 29-30 meeting, analyzing potential impacts on the financial system following the passage of the GENIUS Act. In the minutes released on Aug. 20, the members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) mentioned the digital tokens multiple times. Stablecoins discussed extensively The officials mentioned “payment […] The post Fed discusses stablecoins extensively in recent FOMC meeting following GENIUS Act passage appeared first on CryptoSlate.

China‘s Yuan-Backed Stablecoin has been advanced to State Council review, with a roadmap for global use, regulator roles and risk controls. Hong Kong and Shanghai have been set as pilots as officials study yuan internationalization and cross-border trade amid dollar-based market dominance. The post Global Shake-Up Looms – China’s Yuan-Backed Stablecoin May Redefine Cross-Border Payments appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto Companies IPO momentum has risen before Labor Day as banks have flagged a $15B pipeline. Circle and Bullish have listed; Gemini and Figure have filed, with Ripple backing Gemini. Bloomberg has placed Circle and Coreweave among 2025’s best-performing U.S. IPOs. 2024 proceeds near $40B ex-SPAC. The post Crypto Companies Rush IPO Timeline to Capitalize on Hot U.S. Market Conditions: Report appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin and Ethereum were well into positive territory on a strong day for crypto markets.

Four in 10 crypto investors in Britain reported that their banks blocked or slowed payments to digital asset platforms, highlighting growing tension between traditional finance and the country’s crypto sector. The findings come from an IG Group survey of 500 active crypto users and 2,000 adults across the U.K., according to a CoinTelegraph report. Crypto […] The post UK crypto investors face banking barriers amid regulatory tension appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Crypto-related stocks like Strategy and Coinbase are down big over the last month, underperforming the likes of Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Bitcoin is pulled by speculative leverage, creating short-term turbulence and institutional demand reducing supply, all while SOPR stays neutral.

Crypto markets have shifted from "greed" to "fear." There are at least a few charts out there, though, that don't seem scared yet.

Ethereum price prediction outlines ETH’s path toward a $10,000 scenario: a 15% monthly gain, a local high near $4,700, repeated tests of $4,350, and support near $4K. RSI has hovered around 55, MACD has tilted bullish, and DeFi on Base and memecoin activity have returned.   The post Ethereum Price Prediction: ETH Tests $4,350 Resistance – $10K This Cycle? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Seven organizations affiliated with crypto urged a quick confirmation of Brian Quintenz to the CFTC, though nothing was scheduled on the Senate calendar before its recess. Several cryptocurrency and blockchain associations advocating for the industry are pushing for a “prompt confirmation” of Brian Quintenz as chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). In a Wednesday letter to US President Donald Trump, representatives from several crypto organizations reiterated their support for Quintenz’s confirmation in the Senate following the president’s nomination. Signatories included the Crypto Council for Innovation, Blockchain Association, Decentralization Research Center, DeFi Education Fund, The Digital Chamber, Satoshi Action Fund and Solana Policy Institute Read more

Hayden Davis and Ben Chow, who helped launch the Libra meme coin promoted by Argentine President Javier Milei, can access their USDC again.

The Fed is researching tokenization, he added.

Brevan Howard reportedly managed $34 billion in assets as of April 2025, with the company's digital asset division, set up in 2021, managing $2 billion. Gautam Sharma, the CEO of alternative investment management company Brevan Howard’s digital assets division, is reportedly leaving after five years. The departure could spell changes for the division, which has grown significantly in the past few years and manages $2 billion in assets. According to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday, Brevan Howard has no plans to fill the role. Meanwhile, the company in May promoted Chris Rayner-Cook, former head of global trading and financing at Coinbase, as the digital assets division’s chief investment officer. Brevan Howard’s digital asset division has over 10 portfolio managers, 13 investment professionals and 15 blockchain engineers. Read more

Bitcoin (BTC) is experiencing declining capital inflows and surging speculative activity, mirroring patterns observed near previous cycle peaks, according to an Aug. 20 Glassnode report. BTC retraced nearly 9.2% to $112,900 following last week’s high at $124,400, accompanied by substantially weaker capital inflows compared to earlier 2024 breakouts.  The realized cap increased just 6% monthly […] The post Bitcoin market shows late-cycle patterns as leverage peaks appeared first on CryptoSlate.

XRP data highlights investor profit-taking and reveals reasons why the altcoin’s price could continue to fall. Key takeaways: XRP confirms a bearish descending triangle on the daily chart, risking an 18% drop to $2.40. Declining daily active addresses signal reduced transaction activity and cooling demand for XRP. Read more

Dogecoin trades at $0.21 as analysts eye a rounding bottom; a breakout above $0.29 could send DOGE toward $0.80.

Altcoin Season has picked up in August, though momentum has remained uneven as Bitcoin dominance has stayed above 60%. Selective flows have favored WEPE for tool-linked activity, CRO for chain usage, and Fartcoin for meme liquidity, reflecting rotation focused on function and engagement. The post Altcoin Season Shock – WEPE, CRO, Fartcoin Are Hogging All the Liquidity appeared first on Cryptonews.

As much of the crypto industry avoids picking a favored party in Congress, the brothers atop Gemini decry "bad-faith" Democrats as they give to a new PAC.

The majority of participants at the Fed's last monetary policy meeting saw inflation risk outweighing employment risk.

Several solutions have been proposed to bolster Monero’s proof-of-work consensus mechanism to prevent 51% attacks on the network. The Monero community is exploring a potential overhaul of its proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism to make the network resistant to 51% attacks. Community members suggested several proposals, including localizing mining hardware, switching to a merge mining algorithm,  allowing XMR to be mined alongside Bitcoin (BTC) or other major cryptocurrencies, and adopting Dash’s ChainLocks solution. Dash’s ChainLocks uses “randomly selected masternodes” to reach a quorum on the first valid block broadcast by the network, locking the blockchain ledger into place and appending the chain only with blocks verified through the ChainLock system. This would function on top of the existing PoW Consensus. Read more