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With bitcoin’s price stubbornly range-bound, the appetite for “directional optionality,” or bets on big price moves in either direction, has evaporated, he said. Directional optionality involves traders buying call or put options, or both, to profit from anticipated big moves in the underlying asset, but they aren’t doing that now. The demand for bitcoin options has weakened, and this is reflected in BVIV’s decline. A call option offers a way of buying an asset on the cheap should the price rise, in return for a small upfront cost. A put option offers insurance against price drops in the underlying asset.…

Bitfinex addressed the debate opened by EIP-8363, a proposal that aims to reduce Ethereum validator rewards to zero. The proposal, published in August, did not pass the first formal stage of the network upgrade process and received no support from any team. Founders of Aave and Ether.fi warn that eliminating the base staking yield would affect seven of the ten largest DeFi protocols. The most controversial debate over monetary policy in Ethereum since the event known as the Merge returned to the spotlight in August 2026, and Bitfinex was one of the participants to address its implications. A group of…

PayPal reported its second-quarter results on July 28, saying total payment volume reached $486.4 billion for the three months ended June 30. That was up 10% from a year earlier, or 9% on a currency-neutral basis. The company also placed stablecoins inside its formal innovation plan and confirmed a three-business structure that includes Payment Services & Crypto. The organizational shift gives crypto a clearer place inside PayPal, but it is not a stand-alone digital asset business. The division also includes Braintree, small-business processing and value-added merchant services. PayPal said the model is designed to combine those capabilities with crypto products,…

There is $1.6 trillion in Bitcoin sitting idle, earning nothing, doing nothing. Charles Hoskinson has a plan to put it to work on Cardano, and the plan quietly requires every transaction to burn a little $ADA. Whether that saves Cardano or exposes its central problem is the whole question. Cardano has a problem it has had for years, and it is not a technology problem. $ADA trades around 94% below its 2021 high, the network’s DeFi activity has long lagged its ambitions, and its founder spends a meaningful share of his time denying rumors that he is quitting. What Cardano…

Binance has announced the RWUSD stablecoin, offering an attractive 3.36% annual percentage rate ($APR) paid daily. This initiative allows users to earn rewards benchmarked against tokenized U.S. Treasury Bills. The move could significantly shift how traders utilize stablecoins in their portfolios, enhancing their earning potential while holding stable assets. For more details, visit the original tweet here. The Latest Traders scanning the order books got a surprise when Binance revealed RWUSD’s competitive 3.36% $APR, a notable offering in the current crypto landscape. With the broader crypto market exhibiting mixed signals, this promotion may draw attention to RWUSD, encouraging users to…

Blockchain tracking platform Onchain Lens reported that FalconX, a major cryptocurrency trading and custody firm, deposited 120 Bitcoin ($BTC) — valued at approximately $7.82 million — into Coinbase, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. The transaction occurred just 24 minutes before the report, according to the firm’s monitoring data. Large transfers from institutional platforms to exchanges are often interpreted by market analysts as a precursor to selling, as assets moved to a trading venue are typically intended for liquidation. However, such moves can also be part of routine treasury management, over-the-counter (OTC) trading operations, or liquidity provisioning. Context: Why…

Ethereum core developers are under scrutiny for allegedly blocking out dissenting voices against the controversial staking rewards cap proposal (EIP-8363). Pro-crypto attorney Gabriel Shapiro claimed that one Ethereum core developer deleted about 50 EIP-8363 comments. He claimed that critics wrote most of those comments and one Ethereum core developer deleted them. For him, the move suggested that developers were deploying “dirty tactics” as the situation got “out of hand.” Source: X Ethereum EIP-8363 has only 3% support For perspective, the forum in question is called $ETH Magicians. IResearchers, developers, and community members often use it to discuss technical upgrades and…

Standard Chartered-backed Anchorpoint Financial has pushed the public rollout of its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin HKDAP into August after the project missed its previously expected second-quarter and end-of-July timelines. According to the local media outlet the Hong Kong Economic Journal, Standard Chartered Hong Kong and Greater China and North Asia CEO Mary Huen said an announcement related to HKDAP is expected within August, adding that work on the licensed stablecoin has continued since Anchorpoint received its issuer license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in April. The latest update follows earlier local media reports that the project would be announced…

Solana [$SOL] has not had a strong price trend in recent weeks. In fact, it shed 4% of its value over the past week. And yet, over the past month, it was up by 4.8%. The recent losses came after the altcoin’s rejection at the $84 local resistance level. Source: CryptoQuant The average order size of executed spot trades has increased over the past six months too. It is calculated by dividing the total trading volume by the number of trades. The hike in average size was likely also a product of a decline in the number of trades. As…

Pons, the token launchpad built on Robinhood Chain, has officially rolled out its V2 upgrade, marking a significant step in bridging traditional finance and decentralized trading. The update, which was previously teased in project disclosures, introduces deeper integration with Uniswap V4, allowing tokens issued through Pons to be paired not only with $ETH but also with tokenized stocks. What’s New in Pons V2? The core enhancement in V2 is the expanded compatibility with Uniswap V4’s liquidity pools. Previously, tokens launched on Pons were primarily paired with $ETH, limiting trading flexibility. With the new integration, project teams can now create trading…