Year: 2026

Shield Swap partners with Flowdesk for confidential institutional trading

Shield Swap has announced a collaboration with Flowdesk to provide liquidity for institutional and professional traders while keeping their positions and strategies confidential. Summary Flowdesk will supply liquidity for institutional and professional traders using Shield Swap. Shield Swap says participant…

Solana’s RWA Market Explodes 600% in a Year as Ethereum Struggles to Keep Up

Solana is rapidly closing the RWA gap with Ethereum as its tokenised market share grows from 4.5% to 26% in one year. Solana’s on-chain economy is growing beyond meme coins. In fact, a new report suggests that real-world assets…

French Assembly Narrowly Adopts Stablecoin Swap Tax Proposal

Key Takeaways French lawmakers narrowly passed a proposal to tax crypto-to-stablecoin swaps with capital gains tax. The measure targets a tax loophole, which could limit traders’ ability to park gains tax-free. The controversial rule faces an upcoming Senate vote before…

Bitcoin price stalls below $84K as analysts split over $90K target

Bitcoin price has recovered to around $81,731 after falling below $80,000 this week, while a daily retreat beneath its Bollinger midpoint has left traders divided over whether the rebound can reach $84,000. Summary Bitcoin traded near $81,731, down 2.44% from…

XRP Ledger Nears Oct. 23 Upgrade as Lending Votes Fall Short

Key Takeaways XRP Ledger’s fixCleanup3_4_0 targets Oct. 23 activation after securing more than 80% validator support. XRPL’s upgrade closes a loophole that could let PaymentBurn delegates create tokens instead of destroying them. XRP Ledger’s native lending amendments remain below the…

Cardano price falls 11% as analyst eyes $0.36 on a breakout

Cardano price has fallen more than 11% against its weekly opening level, leaving ADA near $0.223 as market commentator Nehal outlines a conditional recovery toward $0.30–$0.36 from support around $0.21–$0.22. Summary Cardano traded near $0.223, with its weekly chart showing…

But Most Stocks Are Already in a Bear Market

Although the S&P 500 is inches away from a record high, the picture looks dramatically weaker beneath the surface. The analysts at the Kobeissi Letter argued that Wall Street is in a rare “bull-bear market,” with key indices, such…

Richard Heart Arrested, XRP DAT Rings Nasdaq Bell, And More

Key Takeaways Strive’s consecutive $280M and $235M bitcoin purchases signal renewed corporate demand for BTC. Binance US’s reported $1B valuation is roughly 78% below its $4.5B valuation in 2022. Evernorth’s 473M XRP treasury could position it to lead a broader…

Thailand arrests crypto exchange suspect in 500m yuan laundering case

Thai immigration police have arrested a 37-year-old Chinese man accused of exchanging cryptocurrency and foreign currency for a laundering network linked to more than 500 million yuan in transactions. Summary Police linked the alleged laundering network to more than 133…

Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Lose $152M as Blackrock Drives Friday Selloff – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways Bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) lost $152.07M on Friday, capping weeks of roughly $228.6M and $320M in outflows. Solana hit ten straight outflow days, while NEAR again attracted fresh capital amid broader selling. Attention now turns to…