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XRP Futures Top $56 Billion Across 3 Exchanges as Trading Rebounds
XRP futures trading increased in September, a new analysis shows, suggesting sustained interest despite a retreat from earlier records. The rebound reflects greater turnover in price-linked contracts, rather than proof of fresh investment…
Hyperliquid Brings 24/7 Perps to Bloomberg as HYPE Eyes Fresh High
Hyperliquid’s 24/7 perpetual futures are now visible on the Bloomberg Terminal, giving institutional users real-time access to prices across crypto, commodities, equities, indexes, and FX. At the same time, a new USDC yield mechanism has…
OKX Adds Ripple, Circle and SC Ventures as Investors at $25B Valuation
OKX has secured fresh strategic investment at a $25 billion valuation from a group including Ripple, Circle, Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures, and Qube Research & Technologies. OKX Keeps Valuation as New Strategic Investors Pile In OKX…
Bitcoin Behemoths Strategy and IBIT Amass 1.65 Million BTC Worth $140B
Strategy and Blackrock’s IBIT now control a combined 1.653 million bitcoin worth roughly $140.82 billion, nearly 8% of the network’s absolute 21 million supply ceiling. The two piles are almost the same size, but that’s where the…
CFTC Opens Crypto Rulebook as Selig Tells Industry ‘Build Here’
The CFTC took the wraps off a potentially sweeping U.S. crypto market framework Monday, opening a 60-day public comment period on rules covering retail crypto commodity transactions. Chairman Michael S. Selig paired the move with an…
Justin Sun Prize’s New Round Honors Human–AI Collaboration on Erdős Problems
Geneva, Switzerland — October 5, 2026 — The Office of Justin Sun today announced the newest recipients of the Justin Sun Prize: independent researcher Wouter van Doorn, mathematics Ph.D. student Quanyu Tang, and mathematics researcher…
Bitcoin Price Fails to Break $87K as CFTC Signals New Crypto Rules
Bitcoin rallied to an intraday peak of $86,969 before erasing most of the gains and returning to trade near $85,200 with a $1.71 trillion market cap. Bitcoin Rejection Near $87K Triggers Intraday Volatility Bitcoin wiped out early gains on…
S&P Global Targets $10B Crypto Lending Market With New Risk Framework
S&P Global Ratings has introduced a new framework for assessing onchain lending vaults after deposits in the sector surged to $10 billion. S&P Global Brings Wall Street Risk Ratings to DeFi Vaults S&P Global is pushing deeper…
US Treasury Moves to Scrap Proposed Crypto Wallet, Mixer Surveillance Rules
FinCEN, a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department, is planning to kill two crypto surveillance proposals that spent years hanging over self-custody and privacy tools without ever becoming law. One would have required banks and money…
Bitcoin’s Halving Clock Is Ticking With Fewer Than 80,000 Blocks Left
Bitcoin’s notorious halving event is getting closer, and as of Monday, there are now fewer than 80,000 blocks left until that point. When that happens, at block height 1050000, on or around April 12, 2028, block rewards will shrink from…