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The Fed will announce its critical interest rate decision in just two days, on September 17. While the market considers a rate cut a certainty, a 25 basis point rate cut is priced in at 94.2%, and a 50 basis point rate cut is priced in at 5.8%. At this point, while the September decision will be the FED’s first interest rate decision of 2025, British investment bank Barclays announced its forecast. Barclays said in its report that it is certain that the Fed will cut interest rates by 25 basis points this week. Barclays US Chief Economist Marc Giannoni…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced that it will delist some trading pairs following regular reviews to protect users and ensure a high-quality trading market. Binance to Delist Two Spot Trading Pairs on September 19th According to the exchange’s statement, NXPC/BNB and HUMA/BNB spot trading pairs will be removed as of 06:00 on September 19, 2025. Binance cited factors such as insufficient liquidity and low trading volume as reasons for removing trading pairs. The company stated that the move aims to create a more efficient trading environment on the platform. Importantly, delisting trading pairs does not mean the tokens are completely removed…

September 21, 2025 Hyperliquid (Hyperliquid HYPE) is a constantly growing DeFi platform, and it is in the news that 42 percent of the token supply is yet to be airdropped. The relocation has attracted attentions of crypto buyers across the planet especially when the platform declared that purchasers of Aster (ASTER) tokens are not part of the current distribution. This omission indicates an attempt to avoid the problem of double-dipping and encourage original involvement in the ecosystem of Hyperliquid. Hyperliquid as compared to other significant airdrops The airdrop of the platform is significant to the landmark historical token distributions. For…

If you’re wondering why bitcoin’s (BTC) price is slipping for the past two hours, the possible culprit is pre-market trading on Wall Street, where shares of Nvidia (NVDA) have dropped nearly 3%. The losses follow an announcement by China’s market regulator that Nvidia allegedly violated the country’s anti-monopoly laws during its acquisition of Israeli networking company Mellanox Technologies in 2020. The regulator said that Nvidia breached the terms of its conditional approval related to that acquisition, although the specific details of the violations have not been disclosed. The weakness in NVDA is accompanied by poor price action in the crypto…

Crypto custody provider BitGo said it secured approval from Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin, to expand into regulated crypto trading. The license extension allows Frankfurt-based BitGo Europe to offer both over-the-counter trading and an electronic trading platform for thousands of digital assets and stablecoins, the firm said in a Wednesday press release. Earlier this year, BitGo agreed with custody specialist Copper on an expanded “in-custody” trading network that aims to onboard major exchanges so that assets can be traded while held within a regulated custody ring-fenced environment. Crypto exchanges Coinbase and Kraken also offer trading platforms and custody in the region.…

Prediction markets and decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, may be closer cousins than most people think, according to Syndicate co-founder Ian Lee.  There are strong similarities between the two, as both are fundamentally about blending social behavior and money, despite what terms suggest, he told Decrypt. (Disclosure: Decrypt’s parent company, DASTAN, operates a prediction market called Myriad.) “In the abstract, [DAOs are] about coordinating human capital and financial capital at the same time,” Lee explained. “So, prediction markets that coordinate capital as well as human intelligence, I think of those as a DAO.”  Lee, whose company helped create once-prominent…

Binance Futures announced that it will remove the USDⓈ-M ALPHAUSDT perpetual futures contract from the platform on September 23, 2025. Binance Futures Deletes ALPHAUSDT Futures Contract According to the exchange’s announcement, all open positions will be closed and automatically liquidated at 12:00 PM on September 23. Following this process, the contract will be completely delisted. To avoid potential risks, users are advised to close their open positions before the delisting process begins. Furthermore, opening new positions will be blocked after 11:30 AM. Binance also shared important details about the liquidation process. The Futures Insurance Fund will not be used in…

Ethereum price started a fresh decline below the $4,450 zone. ETH is now consolidating and might aim for a fresh increase if it clears $4,380. Ethereum is still struggling to recover above the $4,400 zone. The price is trading below $4,380 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance at $4,340 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a recovery wave if it settles above $4,350 and $4,380. Ethereum Price Faces Hurdles Ethereum price started a recovery wave after it formed a base above the…

Crypto investment products reversed their recent outflow trends last week, with Bitcoin, Ether and Solana exchange-traded products (ETPs) recording significant inflows. Global crypto ETPs saw $3.3 billion in inflows last week, lifting overall assets under management (AUM) to $239 million, which nears the record high seen in August. Last month, crypto ETPs saw an all-time high AUM of $244 billion. The inflows came as underlying assets showed modest gains over the week. Bitcoin (BTC), which traded at $111,900 last Monday, rose 3.3% to $115,600 on Friday. Ether (ETH) went from $4,300 to $4,500 last week, a 4.6% gain in five…

London-based fintech firm LMAX Group has entered the leveraged crypto derivatives market, unveiling perpetual futures contracts tied to Bitcoin and Ether aimed at institutional clients. The exchange, which averages over $40 billion in daily spot volume across FX and digital assets, said the move was driven by client demand for high-leverage access to crypto markets, according to a Wednesday report by Bloomberg. “Perpetual futures have dominated the crypto market for the last three or four years,” LMAX CEO David Mercer said. “Our institutional clients, including top proprietary trading firms and brokers, are looking for that kind of exposure,” Mercer added.…