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Asian investors commit $1 billion to form a new Ethereum treasury, showing growing regional confidence in ETH’s long-term potential. Ethereum price struggles near $3,800, facing selling pressure despite strong institutional interest from major Asian backers. Ethereum price is drawing attention as top investors in Asia plan to create a $1 billion ETH treasury. The effort comes as the cryptocurrency struggles to stay above the $3,800 mark. This move could become one of the biggest joint investments in Ethereum from the region, signaling growing confidence in its long-term value. Asian Investors Plan Major Ethereum Treasury A group of prominent Asian cryptocurrency…

The interest rate cut announced by the FED yesterday did not have the expected impact on the cryptocurrency market. While the price of BNB reached an all-time high of $1,000, the prices of major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum remained largely flat. Analysts say this suggests investors lack confidence that the Fed is truly shifting to a looser monetary policy path. Wave Digital Assets CEO David Siemer stated that he expects the effects of the interest rate cut to be seen over time, saying, “Bitcoin could rise to approximately $130,000 by the end of the year, while Ethereum could rise…

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, today is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with BitPay, the world’s leading cryptocurrency payments processor, to broaden its digital assets solutions for merchants and payment service providers (PSPs) via ACI’s Payments Orchestration Platform. This alliance empowers ACI’s commitment to digital currency innovation by amplifying the platform’s traditional abilities for merchants and PSPs. Almost 55% of global retailers are assessing cryptocurrency acceptance as fragment of their payment strategy, according to the current study of ACI Worldwide and Payments Dive. In addition, ACI evolves its Payments Orchestration Platform, enabling seamless…

VyFinance, one of Cardano’s most established DeFi projects, today unveiled cstAPEX, a staked version of the APEX token built natively on Cardano that mirrors the potential 10% APY available when staking APEX on Prime. The new token is designed to bring yield-bearing Cardano assets into a more composable, cross-chain future. VyFinance says cstAPEX was developed and deployed entirely on Cardano’s UTxO-based architecture, but that the work is only the first step: the team plans to extend cstAPEX to EVM chains, linking Cardano-native yield into the broader multi-chain DeFi ecosystem through Apex Fusion. “This partnership with VyFinance brings Cardano’s DeFi innovation…

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee has echoed the sentiment that digital asset treasury hype may be coming to an end, but remains bullish on Ether, having purchased $1.5 billion worth since the market crash. BitMine Immersion Technologies has scooped up a total of 379,271 Ether (ETH) worth almost $1.5 billion since the record crypto market liquidation event last weekend. The acquisitions came in three separate purchases: 202,037 ETH after the weekend crash, 104,336 ETH on Thursday, and 72,898 ETH on Saturday, according to onchain data from Arkham Intelligence and ‘BMNR Bullz’, which tracks the firm’s purchases, though it has yet to be…

Stablecoins are gaining momentum in global finance, with financial institutions and corporations increasingly exploring adoption, according to a new survey from EY-Parthenon. The report finds that stablecoins are currently used by 13% of financial institutions and corporations globally. Meanwhile, more than half of non-users expect to adopt them within the next 6 to 12 months. Moreover, EY-Parthenon estimates that by 2030, 5% to 10% of cross-border payments will be made using stablecoins, representing between $2.1 trillion and $4.2 trillion. The push toward stablecoins reflects a broader shift in global payments as firms continue to push for faster settlement, lower costs,…

OKX TR, a cryptocurrency exchange operating in Türkiye, announced the addition of two new assets, PROVE (Succinct) and DOOD (Doodles), to its spot trading market. Listings will be phased in on October 17, 2025. OKX TR to List PROVE (Succinct) and DOOD (Doodles) Tokens in Spot Trading According to the exchange’s statement, PROVE and DOOD deposit transactions began at 10:00 on October 17. Following this, the preliminary trading period for PROVE/USDT and DOOD/USDT pairs will be held between 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM. Spot transactions will become active at the following hours: Succinct (PROVE) is a protocol built on a…

A solo Bitcoin miner has become the latest lucky person to win the “Bitcoin mining lottery,” pocketing a $347,455 block reward. Bitcoin node infrastructure company Umbrel said the solo miner won the block via the Public Pool Bitcoin mining pool — earning the 3.125 Bitcoin (BTC) block reward and a 0.016 BTC transaction fee on top. It took place at block height 920,440, on Thursday at 7:32pm UTC, Mempool.space data shows. While solo Bitcoin miners winning blocks isn’t uncommon, this one was more impressive as the miner secured the block entirely on their own by running a solo mining pool…

Decentralized perpetual trading volume is set for a massive month in October, having just passed a record $1 trillion with a week still to spare as traders place big bets on the crypto markets. The $1 trillion milestone has already beaten August’s record of $762 billion by a considerable margin, according to data from DeFiLlama. While Hyperliquid leads October with $317.6 billion in trading volume, Lighter, Aster, and edgeX have also fared well, seeing $255.4 billion, $177.6 billion and $134.7 billion, respectively, with the rest made up of smaller decentralized exchanges. Those platforms contributed to a record $78 billion in…

Ethereum ETH$3,973.03 emerged as the frontrunner in crypto’s third-quarter recovery, leaving bitcoin BTC$106,931.06 behind as capital flowed into altcoins, DeFi protocols, and a new wave of tokenized assets, a report by CoinCecko found. The broader market added over half a trillion dollars in value, its second straight quarter of meaningful growth, but this time, it wasn’t bitcoin leading the charge. Instead, investors looked to ethereum ETH$3,973.03 and other large-cap tokens to carry momentum forward, a report by CoinCecko found. At the start of July, it looked like bitcoin would again set the pace. Its price hit new highs early in…