A few years ago, talking about putting real estate or government bonds on the blockchain felt like wishful thinking. DeFi was mostly focused on digital assets like crypto tokens, while traditional finance stuck to its usual ways — slow processes, middlemen, and systems that hadn’t changed in decades. But things ...
Over the past few years, decentralized finance (DeFi) and Web3 trading have seen massive growth, especially among individual users. From trading tokens to staking and yield farming, retail and institutional investors have jumped into these new markets with excitement. But while everyday users are embracing this new world, big financial ...
In recent years, the line between traditional finance (TradFi) and crypto has increasingly blurred. What seemed like two separate systems, one built on old-school banks and regulations, the other on code and decentralization, are slowly starting to meet in the middle. Now, JPMorgan, one of the largest and most influential ...
Hello there! This week in crypto has been nothing short of dramatic. From Estonia’s biggest fraudsters walking free, to Singapore car dealers taking ETH, and Kazakhstan rolling out its first Bitcoin ETF. We’ve rounded up the biggest stories for you. Read on, and don’t forget to subscribe to get the ...
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” ...
