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Gold is having its strongest run since 1979. The metal touched a record near $5,600 an ounce in January. And unlike other retail-frenzy driven asset runs, this one is being driven by the most conservative institutions on earth: Central banks. Central banks added 863 tonnes of gold in 2025 and are on pace for roughly 850 more in 2026, nearly twice their pre-2022 rate. The World Gold Council’s latest survey of 76 reserve managers found that 89% expect official gold holdings worldwide to grow over the next twelve months, and a record 45% plan to add to their own. Gold…

TokenWorks, the two-person team behind $NFT gacha protocol Fake World Assets, will route 80% of future protocol fees to FWA token buybacks and spend 327 $ETH, about $610,000, buying the token for a team reserve. The commitments came after holders learned that the team’s original plan for FWA’s trading debut directed none of the roughly $3.2 million earned during the protocol’s two-week launch to buybacks, setting off a selloff that took the token to a record low. FWA traded at $0.0083 on Tuesday, down 43% over 24 hours after hitting an all-time low of $0.0066 overnight, according to CoinGecko. The…

“I believe that tokenization holds the potential to help the securities industry achieve a real-time inventory management, which could drive efficiency, reduce settlement failures, mitigate the risk of abusive naked short selling, with the goal of eliminating that possibility altogether,” Atkins said. “Therefore, I’ve asked the staff to consider what steps can be taken to dovetail a growth-friendly environment with protections against harmful market behavior.” Moving the U.S. securities markets beyond their weekday, daytime tradition will involve significant adjustments, Atkins and other SEC commissioners admitted, though Commissioner Hester Peirce noted, “Crypto markets certainly don’t sleep.” Peirce said that firms may…

Coinbase has filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to list single-stock perpetual futures in the United States, seeking to bring a derivatives product widely used in crypto markets to individual US equities. The filing, submitted Friday through Coinbase Derivatives, seeks regulatory approval for contracts that would give US traders 24/5 exposure to individual stocks without owning the underlying shares. Perpetual futures differ from traditional futures contracts in that they do not expire. Coinbase said the products would build on its existing US perpetual futures market, extending the structure beyond crypto assets. The proposed contracts are classified by the CFTC…

Ami Ben-David, CEO of Ownera, highlighted that fragmentation poses a significant risk to tokenized markets. Ownera’s FinP2P protocol has now integrated with Hedera to create trusted, institutional-grade infrastructure for real-world asset tokenization. This collaboration holds potential for greater market stability and could attract institutional interest in Hedera’s offerings, as detailed in Hedera’s tweet. Breaking It Down Traders scanning the order books got a surprise when Ownera announced its integration with Hedera’s blockchain. This development aims to address the increasing fragmentation within tokenized markets, which has been a growing concern. While the broader crypto market shows mixed signals, Ownera’s focus on…

Ric Edelman compares Bitcoin’s adoption to Amazon in 1999 and predicts $BTC could reach $500,000 by 2030 as global adoption expands. Veteran American financial adviser Ric Edelman has made a striking comparison between Bitcoin’s current stage of adoption and Amazon during the early days of the internet boom. In a September 17 interview with Bitcoin Magazine TV, Edelman said he expects Bitcoin to become far more widely held over time and reiterated his $500,000 $BTC forecast for 2030. Edelman Draws a Bitcoin-Amazon Parallel Edelman pointed to the uncertainty surrounding Amazon in 1999, when investors were still debating whether the emerging…

Garrett Jin, a notable crypto trader, recently sold 35,001 $ETH for $87.5 million at a price of $2,500 each. This substantial sale, as noted by Twitter commentator @lookonchain, suggests a strategic pivot as he now opens a 3x long position on Bitcoin. Such moves can signal changing dynamics in the crypto market, influencing trader sentiment and liquidity going forward. What Happened The recent sale of 35,001 $ETH by Garrett Jin has sparked interest in the crypto community. This move aligns with broader market observations where Ethereum has shown a lag in momentum compared to Bitcoin. Analysts have noted that shifts…

Avalanche Treasury Corp approved a $10 million Class A share-repurchase program after reporting a $44.7 million second-quarter loss, with about $35.7 million attributed to losses linked to $AVAX. Management described the program as one tool to create shareholder value while it sees a market disconnect. The company’s Aug. 26 results release discloses the board’s approval and contains no disclosure of completed purchases, and its immediate effect is a statement of management intent. The company said the $35.7 million reflected fair-value changes, realized digital-asset losses, and impairments. That mix includes accounting adjustments and realized losses, making it distinct from a measure…

The $XRP Ledger is getting one of its biggest updates in a long time, moving from version 3.2.1 to version 3.3.0. The upgrade brings six new features, though not all of them are as new or exciting as they sound. How XRPL Updates Actually Work The $XRP Ledger runs on a network of computers called nodes, all connected to each other and all running the same software, known as $XRP Ledger D. The “D” stands for daemon, which is just a technical term for a background service. Version numbers follow a simple pattern: major changes update the first number, new…

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan says the failure of the CLARITY Act in the Senate is unlikely to derail crypto’s current bull market, arguing that Bitcoin’s recent rally was already taking place as the bill’s chances of passage declined. The Senate rejected cloture on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on Tuesday in a 49 to 50 vote, falling short of the 60 votes required to advance the legislation. Hougan pointed to Bitcoin’s performance since July as evidence that the market was not dependent on the bill. Bitcoin rose from $57,950 on July 1 to above $80,000 on September…