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India’s regulatory debate around digital assets sharpened this week after former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) executive director G Padmanabhan urged the government to move faster on stablecoin rules. Speaking at a curtain raiser for the Global Fintech Festival 2025, he warned that delays could replicate the policy drift seen with cryptocurrencies. https://twitter.com/thisisksa/status/1966013240795709461 Padmanabhan, now an advisor to the Payments Council of India, stressed that stablecoins differ from speculative crypto assets and should be treated under a distinct policy framework. He noted India cannot afford to ignore global developments, pointing to the United States’ progress with its electronic currency framework.…

Quai Network announced today it’s plugging into Wormhole, taking a big step toward full multichain interoperability. The integration uses Wormhole’s messaging layer and its Native Token Transfers (NTT) standard so $QUAI and $QI can move natively between Quai and more than 40 blockchains, from Ethereum and Solana to Base, BSC and Avalanche, without the usual wrapped-asset friction. Quai describes itself as an “energy-based” monetary system built on a sharded, EVM-compatible Proof-of-Work stack that prioritizes high throughput and decentralization. Its architecture, powered by the team’s Proof-of-Entropy-Minima (PoEM) consensus, claims to deliver very high transaction speeds while keeping fees low, making the…

Ethereum ($ETH) is at a decisive point on the charts. After weeks of volatility, the price is consolidating around $4,300, balancing between strong technical support and stiff resistance. With the crypto market searching for direction, Ethereum’s performance could set the tone for the next major altcoin move. Key Support and Resistance Levels Immediate support: $4,127 (50-day SMA) Resistance zone: $4,356 – $4,500 Secondary supports: $3,838 and $3,530 Major support: $2,728 (200-day SMA) Upside target: $5,000 psychological barrier ETH/USD 1-day chart – TradingView The chart shows ETH repeatedly testing the $4,127 level, where the 50-day moving average has been acting as…

Crypto markets consolidated on Thursday, pushing total capitalization just over $4 trillion as the midweek rally held firm. Bitcoin (BTC) jumped 0.9% to $113,073, while Ethereum (ETH) slipped by about 1.8% to $4,553. Solana (SOL) led gains, up 2.7% to $214.51, following continued interest from corporate treasury strategies, while XRP (XRP) remained steady at $3.01 and BNB (BNB) dipped 1% to $873.77. BTC Chart At the same time, roughly $256 million in leveraged positions were liquidated, with ETH traders taking the biggest hit at $91 million. BTC accounted for $37.25 million, while SOL saw about $30 million liquidated, according to…

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) challenged Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott’s September 30 deadline for advancing crypto market structure legislation on Wednesday, as experts warned of “deep uncertainty” over digital asset regulation and institutional readiness. Kennedy told reporters the committee isn’t prepared to move on the Senate’s version of comprehensive crypto market structure legislation that would complement the House-passed CLARITY Act, according to a POLITICO report. “I don’t think we’re ready,” Kennedy said. “People that I talk to still have a lot of questions. I know I still have a lot of questions.” The current legislative push follows July’s passage…

Farmway Technologies, a US-based fintech company specializing in tokenizing agricultural products, has reached a $100 million deal with the Republic of Georgia to put the country’s almond orchards on the blockchain. Farmway will invest the funds in farming infrastructure, processing, logistics and irrigation systems across the country. The deal spans 500 hectares (1,236 acres) and includes facilities to process almond milk powder, oil and extracts. “Almonds represent one of Georgia’s fastest-growing agricultural sectors — rising from 2,500 tonnes in 2023 to a projected output of 14,000 tonnes by 2027, placing the country among the world’s top 20 producers,” Farmway CEO…

Privacy advocates should be cheering on Wall Street’s adoption of cryptocurrencies, according to Etherealize co-founder and President Danny Ryan. As markets move on-chain, financial institutions are expressing a need for infrastructure that echoes elements of traditional markets, and privacy is “table stakes,” he told Decrypt. “The market does not, and cannot, function fully in the clear,” he said. “If we’re going to onboard the world to blockchains, ‘everyone sees everything all the time’ is just not going to work.” On Wednesday, Etherealize unveiled the closing of a $40 million funding round. The startup said it will promote Ethereum’s use by…

Caliber, a publicly traded real estate asset management company, saw its stock price skyrocket Thursday after announcing that it has adopted a digital assets treasury strategy that will center on Chainlink (LINK). The firm’s strategy was approved by its board of directors, allowing it to allocate a portion of its treasury to acquire LINK—the token that powers a Chainlink’s oracle network, which brings real-world data to blockchain apps. Caliber will use its balance sheet and existing access to capital to acquire LINK, though the firm has not shared how much it intends to acquire.  “This strategy combines what Caliber already…

H.R. 5166 directs the U.S. Treasury to explore a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile. The Treasury will assess the feasibility of storing Bitcoin and digital assets for national security and financial stability. The bill reflects growing congressional interest in integrating digital assets into U.S. fiscal policy. The United States House of Representatives has proposed an appropriation that contains the exploration of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile. Representative Joyce, of Ohio, of the Committee on Appropriations, reported the bill, H.R. 5166, on September 5, 2025, and placed it on the Union Calendar. It is…

This is a segment from The Breakdown newsletter. To read more editions, subscribe “Nobody goes to the store to buy a Swiss Army knife. It’s something you get for Christmas.” — Jensen Huang Great businesses start as scalpels, not Swiss Army knives. By choosing one thing to do, companies are more likely to get great at that one thing — and customers are more likely to know that’s the thing they do. Here, for example, is Yahoo’s homepage, circa 1999: There’s a lot going on there — search, auctions, news, email, instant messaging — and Yahoo wasn’t particularly good at…