Day: 15 August 2025

Cryptocurrency exchange CoinW has completed a full-scale upgrade to its trading platform, integrating centralized and decentralized capabilities into a unified global digital asset ecosystem. The overhaul consolidates CoinW’s operations across spot, derivatives, DeFi, and public chain infrastructure into a single architecture, designed to improve liquidity, execution speed, and cross-asset access. ...

Flying Tulip, a new on-chain trading platform built on the Sonic (S) layer-1 blockchain, has opened its first public fundraising round, targeting U.S.-based investment funds. The project is led by Andre Cronje, co-founder of Sonic Labs, who issued the call for investors in an August 14 post on X. Designed ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended its review period for proposed Solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from Bitwise and 21Shares, setting a new deadline of October 16, 2025. The original decision date was August 17. In its August 14 filing, the regulator said the extension allows “sufficient time ...

Coinbase has completed its acquisition of Deribit, the leading global crypto options exchange, in a move that could reshape the structure of digital asset derivatives markets. Deribit, which processed over $1 trillion in trades last year and currently commands around $60 billion in open interest, saw record activity in July ...

Bitcoin’s estimated leverage ratio (ELR) has dropped from its late July and early August highs, reducing the likelihood of sharp market corrections and helping to sustain price stability at elevated levels. Data from CryptoQuant shows the ELR peaked above 0.27 before falling sharply in early August to around 0.25, where ...

Altcoins could be on the verge of a breakout as market dynamics increasingly point toward a shift away from Bitcoin, according to Coinbase. In its latest monthly outlook, released Thursday, Coinbase Institutional’s global head of research David Duong said current conditions “suggest a potential shift towards a full-scale altcoin season” ...

KindlyMD has completed its merger with David Bailey’s Bitcoin-focused firm, Nakamoto, forming a Nasdaq-listed company with ambitions to build one of the largest Bitcoin treasuries in the world. According to the announcement, the combined entity will keep the KindlyMD name and continue trading under the ticker NAKA, with Nakamoto operating ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved to reassure markets that Washington is still pursuing plans to grow its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, despite earlier remarks that sparked a rapid sell-off. In an X post on Thursday, Bessent said the Treasury remains “committed to exploring budget-neutral pathways” to purchase Bitcoin, reiterating ...

Citigroup is gearing up to expand its presence in the digital asset market, targeting custody and payments solutions for stablecoins and cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as part of its broader blockchain strategy. Speaking to Reuters, Biswarup Chatterjee, Citi’s global head of partnerships and innovation, said the U.S. banking giant sees ...

MoonPay has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Trust Wallet, making it the default provider for the wallet’s “Buy Crypto” feature over the next two years, starting with customers in the United States. The agreement, announced on August 14, builds on a collaboration that began in 2020 when Trust ...