Day: 19 September 2025

PRNewswire, PRNewswire, 19th September 2025, Chainwire

Quick Breakdown  XRP ETF hit $37.7M in day-one trading, the strongest ETF debut of 2025. Dogecoin ETF recorded $17M, placing it among the year’s top ETF launches. Despite 40 Act restrictions, investor demand proved stronger than expected.   Investors rushed into the first-ever Dogecoin and XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in ...

Quick Breakdown: Upbit enables trading for ETHFI, RESOLV, INIT, and SPK on BTC and USDT markets. Deposits open two hours after announcement; network verification is mandatory. Initial trading comes with restrictions on order types, buy limits, and minimum sell prices. Upbit announced today that it will begin supporting trading for ...

Quick Breakdown:  Grvt DEX raised $19M in Series A to expand privacy-focused DeFi infrastructure. Uses ZKsync Validium L2 blockchain for secure, private transactions. Funds will support product scaling, infrastructure, talent acquisition, and global expansion. Privacy-focused decentralized exchange Grvt has raised $19 million in a Series A round, positioning itself as ...

Quick Breakdown:  Defiance ETFs launches ETHI, the first leveraged Ethereum ETF in the U.S. The product offers amplified exposure to ether and weekly income through options strategies. ETHI marks a new step in bringing advanced crypto investment tools to traditional markets. Defiance ETFs has rolled out a first-of-its-kind product for ...

Quick Breakdown: Coinbase introduces USDC lending with yields up to 10.8% via Morpho and Steakhouse Financial on Base. Lending allows users to earn passive income directly within the Coinbase app. Rollout begins in the U.S. (excluding NY State), Bermuda, and additional countries. Coinbase has introduced a new way for users ...

Quick Breakdown:  Stablecoin holdings plunged from 42.7% to 25% in Q3 2025, with institutions cutting deepest at just 17.2% exposure. Capital rotated into altcoins, with DEX tokens quadrupling and Layer 2 assets nearly tripling in portfolio share. Solana (SOL) hit its peak 2025 allocation, while XRP climbed to the third-largest ...

Quick Breakdown:  Warsaw Stock Exchange launches its first crypto-linked ETF, the Bitcoin BETA ETF, offering exposure to bitcoin futures. The ETF uses FX risk hedging to limit USD/PLN volatility, with liquidity supported by Dom Maklerski BOŚ S.A. GPW now lists 16 ETFs, with turnover reaching PLN 1.9 billion in 2025, ...

Quick Breakdown  PayPal expands PYUSD to Stellar and eight new blockchains, introducing a permissionless version (PYUSD0) via LayerZero. Stellar integration offers low-cost, fast transactions with adoption in developing economies. Expansion comes as the stablecoin market heads toward $2 trillion, with PYUSD competing against USDT and USDC. LayerZero integration brings permissionless ...

Quick Breakdown  Valour launched a Bitcoin staking ETP on the LSE with a 1.4% annual yield. The product is currently limited to institutions, with retail access possible from October. The UK is signalling a more open stance toward crypto through regulatory changes and US cooperation talks DeFi Technologies’ subsidiary Valour ...