Month: August 2025

Assetera, a regulated trading platform based in Austria, introduced an API that allows cryptocurrency exchanges to offer tokenized financial products like stocks and government bonds without applying for their own MiFID license. The tool is designed to plug a gap in the European market, where strict financial rules have...

Cross-chain bridges have overtaken traditional mixers as the primary tool for laundering stolen crypto in early 2025, moving over $1.5 billion in hacked funds. Their speed, liquidity, and lighter regulatory scrutiny have made them far more attractive than mixers like…...

The FCA’s decision could enhance retail investor participation in crypto markets, potentially increasing market liquidity and innovation. The post UK FCA to allow retail investors to trade crypto ETNs appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The wind seems to be coming out of the crypto market’s sails. Bitcoin (BTC) fell 3% in the past 24 hours, dropping below $115,000, and it’s actually one of the better performing of the largest cryptocurrencies. The CoinDesk 20 (CD20)...

Eric Conner, a prominent Ethereum figure who helped design the network’s landmark fee-market overhaul EIP-1559 and recently left the ecosystem to work in artificial intelligence, said late Thursday that the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s new policy direction amounts to a dramatic tailwind for Ether. “The SEC just lit...

Bitcoin (BTC) is coiled tighter than a spring, according to AI analysis of a critical technical indicator. Grok’s review of historical Bollinger Band squeezes suggests the current extreme compression could precede a parabolic surge, potentially echoing past gains exceeding 4,600%. The Squeeze Before the Storm The buzz started when...

The Japanese investment firm’s stock offering is part of its treasury strategy to acquire 210,000 Bitcoin by the end of 2027....

Prediction markets show minimal belief that Donald Trump will attempt to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell by the end of August, despite the former president’s latest attack on Powell via Truth Social. What Happened: According to decentralized prediction platform Polymarket, the likelihood of Trump trying to fire Powell...

A new class of public companies is reshaping the relationship between traditional equity markets and digital assets. Digital Asset Treasury Companies (DATCOs), firms that accumulate crypto assets like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) as a core business strategy, now collectively hold more than $100 billion in cryptocurrencies....

Nate Geraci, President of The ETF Store, believes that the world’s largest asset manager – BlackRock – will file for an XRP ETF. If true and if history is any indicator, this could have a long-term positive impact on XRP as an asset, following in the footsteps of ETH...