Category: Other Crypto News

Sol Rally Toward $100 Fizzles As Solana Competitors Rise

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Key takeaways: SOL derivatives signal bearish sentiment as funding rates hit 0% and put (sell) options trade at a premium. While Solana leads in DEX volume, it faces stiff competition from Hyperliquid in the perpetual contracts sector. Solana’s native token SOL (SOL) faced a 3-day 11% decline after peaking at $97.70 on Monday. Thursday’s move down to $87 triggered $25 million in leveraged long positions being liquidated, negatively impacting trader sentiment. SOL derivatives currently point to fear of further downside and a lack of conviction from bulls, increasing the odds…

Coinbase Tokenizes Bitcoin Yield Fund on Base

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Coinbase Asset Management’s Anthony Bassili says the Bitcoin Yield Fund’s tokenized share class checks “identity and eligibility at the token level” for compliance. Coinbase has brought its Bitcoin Yield Fund onto its Base blockchain, launching a tokenized share class for the fund in partnership with the financial services firm Apex Group. Apex said in a statement on Thursday that the tokenized share class of Coinbase Asset Management’s fund “is set up to interact with compatible platforms, wallets, and infrastructure without compromising compliance.” Coinbase Asset Management president Anthony Bassili said that…

Chainlink Bears Take Control, But $9.55 Flip Could Change Everything

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Teucrium Founder Predicts What Will Happen To Ripple If XRP Price Goes To $3

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The potential impact of Ripple securing a full banking license is gaining significant traction after Teucrium Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sal Gilbertie discussed the crypto company’s massive holdings and the XRP price. Analysts are now weighing what it could mean if the XRP price climbs to $3 on the back of Ripple’s potential transformation from a crypto-focused firm into a top licensed bank.  The XRP Price If Ripple Becomes A Top Bank In a recent X post, a crypto market commentator announced that Ripple could become a top-20 bank globally…

Execution Quality Is The Missing Metric In Bitcoin And Ethereum Markets

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Opinion by: Arthur Azizov, founder of B2 Ventures Transaction cost analysis (TCA) has long been an important tool in equity trading. With this instrument, traders can see the hidden costs that a transaction carries and minimize the difference between the expected and the actual price. As crypto matures, it begins to resemble traditional financial markets and functions like other tradable instruments. Crypto transactions also come with costs: fees that investors pay every time they buy or sell crypto. Yet there is one thing that is clearly not keeping pace with…

Bitcoin Sell-off Capped At $70K But Data Points To Rebound

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Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below $69,000 on Thursday, pulling the price back into its six-week range just days after tapping range highs above $76,000. The pullback coincides with an increase in selling from Bitcoin futures markets and stalling demand from US-based investors, but the chance for a rebound rally remains. A recurring chart setup indicates that BTC can return to its bullish pathway if the necessary conditions are met. Bitcoin futures set the trend as spot demand fades The latest pullback aligns with a visible shift in derivatives’ dominance over spot…

Bitcoin Demand Heats Up: Coinbase Premium Green For 25 Straight Days

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Data shows the Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Gap has been positive for the past 25 days, a sign that could point toward returning demand from American institutional traders. Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Gap Has Been Climbing Recently In a new post on X, CryptoQuant community analyst Maartunn has talked about the latest trend in the Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Gap. This indicator measures the difference between the BTC price listed on Coinbase (USD pair) and that on Binance (USDT pair). When the value of this metric is above zero, it means the cryptocurrency…

SEC Interpretation on Crypto Laws ‘a Beginning, Not an End,‘ Says Atkins

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US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins has clarified how the agency intends to approach digital asset regulation following an interpretative notice issued this week. In prepared remarks for a Thursday speech at the Practising Law Institute, Atkins said that the SEC would take a different approach to digital assets than its previous “regulation by enforcement” campaign. According to the SEC chair, the agency would first focus on its interpretation of how federal securities laws apply to crypto following the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the…

BPI sounds alarm on ‘backdoor’ for hardware wallets in Kentucky crypto bill

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Kentucky House Bill 380, a state-level crypto regulatory bill, includes provisions that would force crypto hardware wallet manufacturers to build a “backdoor” into devices, Bitcoin (BTC) advocacy organization Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) has warned.  The provisions require crypto hardware wallet manufacturers to provide recovery options for users’ seed phrases, and were added to the bill in a “last-minute” floor amendment, BPI said. The amended Section 33 of the bill reads: “A hardware wallet provider shall provide a mechanism for, and assist any person who owns a hardware wallet that was…

Forward Industries Funds Share Buyback With Solana-Backed Loan

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Forward Industries, a publicly traded company with a Solana-focused treasury strategy, has launched a share repurchase program funded through a crypto-backed loan from Galaxy Digital LLC, underscoring how digital assets are increasingly being used in traditional corporate finance. The company said Thursday it will repurchase 6,164,324 shares of its common stock from an unnamed institutional investor for approximately $27.4 million, reducing total shares outstanding to 76,977,809. Cointelegraph’s email to Forward seeking further information on the identity of the selling institutional investor was not answered prior to publication. A partial list…