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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is starting an initiative to allow stablecoins as tokenized collateral to satisfy margin needs in the vast derivatives market, inviting input from the industry on how to bring such a policy online. In the latest move toward crypto inclusion in the U.S. financial sector, the acting chief of the CFTC, Caroline Pham, continues to advance policy in the absence of President Donald Trump’s current nominee to be the chairman, former Commissioner Brian Quintenz. As the confirmation process for Quintenz remains mired in delays and some open conflict, Pham has been regularly announcing initiatives as…

A “gm” tweet from Sam Bankman-Fried has sparked speculation of his crypto comeback, linking him to a new Solana-based perpetual futures DEX launched by a former FTX COO. The project is using a “tokenless” model that rewards users with points, drawing parallels to SBF’s past success with the “Solana playbook.” The Solana Playbook The SBF connection gained momentum after he broke months of silence with a simple “gm” post from his official X handle, which quickly went viral. The timing also overlapped with a rally in the ASTER token, drawing parallels with SBF’s infamous early bet on Solana in his…

Onino, a Europe-based tokenization engine, announced a strategic collaboration with GBeast, a meme coin social ecosystem. With this partnership, GBeast leverages Onino’s tokenization platform to expand its offerings beyond meme coins. Onino is a Layer-1 blockchain network and tokenization platform designed to bring scalable, compliant, and transparent RWAs on-chain. On the other hand, GBeast is a meme coin social network that allows people to engage with various meme tokens, collaborate for growth, and earn rewards for self-development. 🚨 Partnership Announcement 🚨Memes meet modular tokenization.🤝We’re teaming up with @Gbeast_1, the social-powered memecoin ecosystem turning $GB into a bridge across communities.Together, we’re…

Wallets holding 1K–10K ETH added 818,410 ETH ($2.5B) in 4 months — the largest buying spree since 2018. Ethereum exchange reserves hit multi-year lows, signaling growing scarcity. Ethereum whales have quietly launched their most aggressive buying spree in years. Data from Glassnode and Lookonchain shows that wallets holding between 1,000 and 10,000 ETH added 818,410 ETH worth $2.5 billion in just four months, effectively doubling their holdings. This is the largest accumulation campaign since the 2018 bear market bottom. Not only mid-tier wallets but also mega-whale wallets holding over 10,000 ETH have grown to ~1,200 addresses, a level not seen…

This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. I started covering Franklin Templeton half a dozen years ago while on the asset management beat at a B2B finance pub. I wasn’t aware of the term TradFi back then and knew little about crypto. The $1.6 trillion money manager is still very relevant to my transformed beat. You might remember my July interview with Sandy Kaul, during which she said all Franklin Templeton products are likely to end up onchain. She promised there’d be more to come. Sure enough, the financial giant said today it…

The passing of two key crypto bills in the US will usher in a new wave of crypto participation that could upend the traditional four-year market cycle, says Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz. Novogratz told Bloomberg on Tuesday that the stablecoin-regulating GENIUS Act, signed into law in July, and the CLARITY Act, which outlines regulatory agencies’ jurisdiction over crypto, would lead to a surge of new investors that would disrupt the four-year cycle pattern. “It’s a big deal. With those two bookends of legislation, it’s going to unleash a tremendous amount of new participation in crypto.” Many crypto investors believe…

Key Highlights Aster DEX quickly announced a refund to cover losses from a technical error A technical error hit DEX that caused incorrect short liquidations on the XPL trading pair The problem was a funding rate miscalculation caused by a platform error Aster DEX has promised to fully repay traders who lost money due to a technical problem on its platform, which took place on Thursday. The issue caused a wave of automatic account closures for traders betting against a token called XPL. We are aware of abnormal price movements on the XPL perpetual trading pair. Rest assured, all user…

While Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins have experienced a major crash in recent days, October, which is historically known as the bullish and strongest month of the year, is expected. At this point, as bullish expectations for October increase, Santiment has listed the five altcoin projects with the most active development activity in the last 30 days. Ethereum (ETH) ranked first on the list, followed by BNB Chain and Polygon. ” 1)Ethereum 2) BNB Chain 3) Polygon 4) Optimism 5) Arbitrum” According to the data, 2,903 Etheruem ecosystem development events took place last month, making ETH the leader in this number.…

While ethereum-liquid staking protocols (LSPs) welcomed a hefty 690,000 ETH influx across 14 weeks until the end of August, the tide has since shifted, with LSPs watching 60,000 ETH slip away in just the last 27 days. Billions in Motion: Ethereum Liquid Staking Now Worth $63.99B ETH LSPs have shed $268.55 million — about 60,000 ether — since Aug. 24, 2025, after raking in hefty inflows over the 14 weeks before that date. Today, ethereum-powered LSPs account for $63.99 billion of the $87.177 billion locked across all liquid staking protocols, giving the No. 2 crypto a hefty 73.4% slice of…

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has shot down the notion that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 50 basis points in September, just days after Standard Chartered Bank made the aggressive forecast. “Whether or not we have a 50 basis cut, I don’t think that’s probably on the cards,” Solomon said during an interview with CNBC on Wednesday. While CME FedWatch Tool data shows just 7.8% of market participants expect such a move at the Sept. 17 Fed meeting, Standard Chartered Bank recently raised its forecast to that level, citing August’s weaker-than-expected jobs report, according to a…