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Alex Thorn, Director of Research at Galaxy Digital, stated that despite the recent sharp decline, the structural bull cycle in the cryptocurrency market remains intact. He believes the next major rally will be fueled by AI investments, stablecoin growth, and asset tokenization. “AI spending is being supported by tech giants with strong balance sheets and government policies. Stablecoins are strengthening on-chain payment infrastructure, and tokenization is now moving from pilot to real-world use,” Thorn said. The recent cryptocurrency crash disrupted the October rally known as “Uptober.” Over $19 billion in leveraged positions were liquidated that day, while some altcoins lost…

Federal prosecutors have filed a 113-page brief asking US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla to reject Roman Storm’s motion to overturn his August 2025 conviction for illegally running a money-transmitting business. The jury at the time was deadlocked on two more serious charges, money laundering and sanctions evasion. DOJ Argues “Functional Authority,” Not Decentralization The prosecutors state that the evidence against Storm was overwhelming and emphasize they believe he and co-defendants maintained functional authority over Tornado Cash, despite claims that the platform was decentralized in nature. Back in August 2022, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned…

ApeX Protocol has integrated Chainlink Data Streams to power RWA Perpetuals, bringing traditional RWA markets on-chain with institutional-grade data infrastructure. The integration replaces centralized price feeds with Chainlink’s premium low-latency oracle solution, delivering sub-second real-world asset price updates across five networks: Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, Ethereum, and Mantle. Chainlink Data Streams Powers New Infrastructure Chainlink Data Streams has secured over $26 trillion in on-chain transaction volume for protocols including Aave, GMX, and Lido. The oracle network now provides ApeX with the infrastructure to bring real-world asset prices on-chain with the speed and reliability required for professional derivatives trading. The integration…

Ethereum (ETH) price trades near $3,445, down 17.5% month-on-month but slightly up 3.5% over the past week.The short-term bounce hides a deeper concern — Ethereum’s chart shows two bearish crossovers forming. Yet, Ethereum whales have added nearly $900 million worth of ETH in just a few days. The question is: what are they seeing that most traders aren’t? Bearish EMA Crossovers Loom, Yet Ethereum Whales Keep Buying On the daily chart, Ethereum faces a potential shift in short-term momentum. The 50-day EMA is close to crossing under the 100-day EMA, a bearish signal that often shows a slowdown in price…

The Russian government will rely on the cooperation of foreign-based trading platforms when it needs to confiscate crypto holdings as part of criminal proceedings. That’s according to a draft law that has been advancing in the Russian parliament and recently overcame another hurdle. The legislation regulates the seizure of digital assets by the Russian state. Russian law enforcement to treat cryptocurrency as property Authorities in Russia will soon be able to take control over cryptocurrency during criminal investigations under a new law, including by approaching exchanges registered in other jurisdictions for assistance. The bill, which aims to regulate the process,…

Asset tokenization—the process of putting real-world assets like company shares, real estate, and legal documents on the blockchain—is gaining quiet but consequential momentum. The promise is big: faster transfers, fewer intermediaries, and wider global access. But while the tech races ahead, governments are still struggling to keep pace. In many developing countries, ownership is still recorded on paper, leaving administrators with systems that are slow, fragile, and ripe for disruption. Corey Billington, CEO of the asset-tokenization firm Blubird, believes those very constraints could make emerging markets the first to leapfrog into a blockchain-based future. In an interview with crypto.news, he…

On-chain data suggests that Ethereum whales have been aggressively buying millions of dollars worth of ETH. Arkham Intelligence reported that a new Ethereum wallet purchased 20,000 ETH while another wallet purchased $206 million worth of AaveETH. The recent crypto market meltdown has not been enough to discourage large players from doubling down on Ethereum. On-chain data shows that these market participants have purchased more than $350 million in Ethereum in recent times, as the ETH price plummeted. On-chain data provider Arkham Intelligence reported that a new Ethereum wallet purchased 10,000 ETH, worth approximately $34 million, on Wednesday, when Ethereum reached…

Gold has made every other asset on earth its dog throughout this year, rallying too hard that it now takes 116 hours of minimum wage work to buy one ounce of the precious metal in America, the highest ratio in literally over a century, according to data from Bloomberg. That means a worker earning the federal minimum wage would need to work nearly three full weeks to afford a single ounce. The gold price closed around $4,225 per ounce at press time, while average hourly earnings stood at $36.50 in August, leaving income growth far behind. The ratio has doubled…

XStocks are becoming the tokenized shares of choice, after reaching $10B in total trading volumes. Solana is also the main carrier for actively traded RWA tokens. XStocks has shown ongoing expansion in trading activity since the launch of the new tokenized share standard. The XStocks market broke above $10B in total volumes for the first time, on a mix of activity inflows from Kraken and, more recently, Hyperliquid. Most of the trading volumes are concentrated on centralized markets, with around $341M cumulative volumes on DEXs. XStocks volumes expanded continuously, boosted by activity on the Kraken centralized exchange. | Source: Dune…

Ethereum (ETH) climbed 1.29% on Wednesday, November 12, supported primarily by favourable market conditions. Most notably, the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee released a new bill draft on November 10, classifying the altcoin as a digital commodity under the oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The bipartisan framework is expected to bolster the cryptocurrency’s regulatory status, thus easing institutional adoption concerns down the line. Unsurprisingly, the renewed emphasis on market integrity and investor protection has led many to speculate about Ethereum’s price in the following weeks. To assess the situation from another perspective, Finbold turned to its AI prediction…