Month: August 2025

Ripple’s native cryptocurrency continues its downward trend, causing it to lose the third spot in terms of market capitalization. Tether’s USDT has taken it back after a few months of being fourth, as its own market cap has grown to $167,613,338 on CoinGecko. Recall that XRP skyrocketed to a...

Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are set to close August 2025 with total net inflows exceeding $4 billion, significantly outpacing their Bitcoin (BTC) counterparts, which recorded more than $600 million in outflows during the same period. Ethereum ETFs Outshine Bitcoin ETFs According to data from SoSoValue, spot Ethereum ETFs...

Following the recent regulatory developments in Hong Kong, Asia’s largest oil and gas producer, PetroChina, is reportedly evaluating the adoption of stablecoins for cross-border payments. PetroChina Considers Stablecoin Adoption On Friday, local news media outlets reported that PetroChina, the listed arm of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), will...

Tether is making a change to how it handles USDT on some of the older blockchains it once supported. Instead of freezing these tokens, the company is marking them as “unsupported.” This applies to networks like Omni Layer, Bitcoin Cash SLP, Kusama, EOS, and Algorand. Transfers Will Still Work...

Plasma is gathering serious traction in the DeFi space. Backed by Bitfinex, the stablecoin-focused Layer 2 just landed a major partner. EtherFi, the leading liquid restaking platform, is integrating its $500 million ETH vault directly into Plasma. This positions the network for a strong launch and gives users immediate...

At the recent BNBDay event in Tokyo, Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said decentralized exchanges (DEXs) will eventually surpass their centralized counterparts (CEXs) in trading volume. CZ noted that while CEXs currently dominate the market due to their liquidity and user-friendly experience, the momentum is shifting toward decentralized finance...

El Salvador’s move highlights growing concerns over quantum computing’s potential to disrupt cryptographic security in financial systems. The post El Salvador relocates Bitcoin reserve into multiple wallets to reduce exposure to quantum attacks appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

On-chain data shows exchanges are still the main venue of Bitcoin trading, with Binance alone observing volume double that of the spot ETFs. US Bitcoin Spot ETFs Still Account For Just 13% Of Trading Volume In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant has talked about how...

At the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong, Eric Trump, the son of President Donald Trump, predicted that the market’s leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC) could soar to $1 million within the next few years, which could represent a major 825% increase from current levels.  Eric Trump Bullish On Bitcoin...

The crypto space is talking after blockchain investigator ZachXBT turned his attention to Ripple investors and the XRP community at large. In a series of direct posts, he stated that he does not support Ripple holders and even joked that he would mock anyone who sent him a private...