Derivatives continue to drive the bulk of Bitcoin trading activity in 2025, with daily turnover ranging from a few hundred thousand to around one million BTC. Although the highest single-session levels still approach or occasionally exceed one million, the ratio between derivatives and spot trading volume appears narrower than it did during some of the […]

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Support for Soneium is a precursor for firms to use Fireblocks’ technology to provide crypto custody services on the month-old blockchain. …

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Tether announced on Feb. 11 the Legacy Mesh, a system designed to connect USDT0 and existing USDT deployments across multiple blockchain networks. The integration spans TRON, Ton, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Ink, and Berachain, creating a unified framework for stablecoin interoperability. The Legacy Mesh provides connectivity for chains where USDT is already established, enabling the seamless movement […]

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In a hearing with the loaded title “A Golden Age of Digital Assets,” the sector was — for the first time — mostly treated as a welcome arrival to U.S. finance. …

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Following Trump’s executive order, Chairman Powell has vowed not to launch a digital dollar. …

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Franklin Templeton has registered a “Franklin Solana Trust” in Delaware, indicating it may soon file for a spot Solana ETF alongside a host of other bidding issuers.

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Goldman Sachs reported over $2 billion in crypto exposure through Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETF) as of Dec. 31, according to its latest 13F form.  According to its 13F form, the lender had a $1.56 billion exposure to Bitcoin at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, over 2x higher than […]

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Four.Meme has suspended its PancakeSwap liquidity pools following a malicious attack. …

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The altcoin sector is undergoing one of its most severe devaluations amid widespread sell-side pressure, with liquidity concentrated on a few trading pairs. According to a recent Glassnode report, weak adoption and product-market fit have compounded these struggles. This has led to broad-based losses across all altcoin subsectors, and in recent weeks, altcoins have significantly […]

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