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ETF Investors Are Flocking to Bitcoin (BTC), Futures Investors to Ethereum (ETH)! What Does This Mean?
While Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) have attracted attention with their weak performance in recent days, investors stand out with their different preferences. At this point, ETF investors turned to Bitcoin and futures investors turned to Ethereum. Investors Split Between Bitcoin and Ethereum! Important data from the US this week is being followed before the FED’s critical interest rate decision. While expectations for an interest rate cut have been growing ahead of this data, the data shows that it has led to a major divergence between futures investors investing in Ethereum and exchange-traded funds that have converted their capital into…
Solana just recorded $2.25 billion in USDC Minted during September, with the last $250 million batch closing out the month at a record pace. Clearly, this is not random market noise. Circle Solana activity has been steady, structured, and large-scale, which points to systematic institutional deployment rather than retail speculation. Circle has already minted about $25 billion of USDC on Solana this year, locking in over 70 percent of Solana’s stablecoin share. USDC Mint on Solana Reaches $2.25 Billion Institutional preference for Solana is obvious when looking at throughput and speed. The network processes over 65,000 transactions per second with…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released a joint statement on Sept. 5, 2025 signaling coordinated steps toward modernizing American financial markets. In the press release, the agencies confirmed that they are evaluating policies to introduce 24/7 trading cycles, regulate perpetual futures, and expand oversight across crypto and derivatives markets. Push Toward Continuous Market Access For more than a century, U.S. markets have operated under fixed weekday hours. Since 1985, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq have followed a standard schedule, closing on nights and weekends. The joint statement questioned whether…
Are you ready for a significant moment in the crypto world? The highly anticipated Binance Wallet JOJO TGE is set to kick off tomorrow, September 19th, at 9:00 a.m. UTC. This event marks the official launch of the JOJO token, and it’s happening exclusively through Binance Wallet for a limited one-hour window. Investors and enthusiasts are buzzing with anticipation, eager to learn more about this crucial token generation event. What Exactly is a Token Generation Event (TGE)? Before diving into the specifics of the Binance Wallet JOJO TGE, let’s clarify what a Token Generation Event (TGE) actually entails. Essentially, a…
REI Network, an advanced public blockchain, has collaborated with Hive Intelligence, a cutting-edge AI agent infrastructure platform. The collaboration aims to merge the next-gen data capabilities of Hive Intelligence with the zero-fee and efficient EVM chain of REI Network. As mentioned in the official social media announcement of REI Network, the development will fortify the accessibility of efficient blockchain data to power AI apps. Hence, the duo is poised to accelerate the AI-native ecosystems’ adoption within the Web3 landscape by offering intelligence and speed for dApps. 🧠 Meet Hive Intelligence! Our newest partner delivering real-time, AI-ready blockchain data across 60+…
Enosys has launched Enosys Loans, a Collateralized Debt Position protocol on the Flare blockchain. The system allows XRP holders to mint a trustless, overcollateralized stablecoin without selling their assets. At launch, FXRP and wFLR are accepted as collateral, with plans to add stXRP in the near future. The protocol uses the CDP model, where users lock assets as collateral to generate stablecoins valued near $1. A stability pool manages liquidation events and covers outstanding debt, while participants earn rewards from minting fees, interest, and liquidation proceeds. Collateral Pricing via FTSO Collateral pricing is provided by the Flare Time Series Oracle…
Ethereum’s renewed bullish momentum is a combination of improving fundamentals, demand spike amid a declining supply, according to digital asset bank Sygum. According to Sygnum’s latest report, Ethereum’s limp performance between 2022 and 2024 and the first half of 2025 has taken a quick U-turn, with a perfect storm of supply shock and institutional demand, coupled with fundamental and regulatory developments, pushing it to record highs after nearly four years. “The price of Ethereum has risen around 140% since the Pectra upgrade compared to 15% for Bitcoin and 42% for Solana,” the bank noted, due to the “smooth execution of…
M2, the Abu Dhabi based regulated crypto exchange, has dropped its previous business model and is now focusing on being a digital asset wealth management platform. The firm which is backed by UAE sovereign wealth fund ADQ, with shares also owned by Phoenix Group, has changed its business plan and will now focus on serving high-net-worth individuals (HNWI), family offices, institutional investors and corporate treasuries, offering them digital asset investment solutions. Globally there has been a rising demand for institutional investment in digital assets. An EY survey reported that nearly 60% of institutional investors plan to allocate over 5% of…
Hong Kong-based institutional prime broker LTP has partnered with the UK fintech provider Gold-i to broaden distribution of its cryptocurrency and Forex liquidity, as institutional investors increasingly demand unified access to both digital and traditional asset markets. The partnership connects LTP’s liquidity pools to Gold-i’s MatrixNET platform, which according to both companies, should allow brokers, hedge funds, family offices and professional traders to access both crypto and FX markets through a single FIX API connection. LTP has been expanding beyond its core crypto prime brokerage services to include traditional FX and CFD markets. The firm now offers unified market access…
The Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty, a metric that tracks the relative challenge of adding new blocks to the ledger, climbed to a new all-time high of 142.3 trillion on Friday. Mining difficulty hit successive all-time highs in August and September, driven by an influx of freshly deployed computing power over the last several weeks. Bitcoin’s hashrate, the average of the total computing power securing the decentralized monetary protocol, also hit an all-time high of over 1.1 trillion hashes per second on Friday, according to CryptoQuant. The rising mining difficulty and the constant need for energy-hungry, high-performance computing power to secure…