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Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters said on Monday that Hong Kong’s push into tokenized money and stablecoins could lay the foundation for a new era of digital trade settlement. Speaking at Hong Kong FinTech Week, Winters pointed to ongoing pilots in tokenized deposits and the creation of a Hong Kong-dollar-backed stablecoin as potential breakthroughs for cross-border commerce. “I wouldn’t say that we’ve fully captured the digitized nature of those flows as yet, but we will,” Winters said. “Having innovations like the tokenization of deposits being led in Hong Kong, the establishment of Hong Kong dollar stable coins … becomes a…

TL;DR Crypto mining waste heat now warms homes for ~140,000 people in Finland. Companies like MARA and Hashlabs connect water-cooled miners to city heating networks. The circular model provides miners with dual revenue and helps cities cut carbon emissions. Excess heat from cryptocurrency mining now warms homes across Finland. Operators such as Hashlabs, Terahash, MARA, and MinersLoop connect water-cooled ASIC miners to district heating networks and inject captured heat into municipal pipelines. Crypto Economy analysts estimate coverage for about 140,000 residents, near 2.5% of the national population. Utilities ease pressure on conventional boilers and cut carbon output by substituting recovered…

Ethereum price has struggled to regain momentum, hovering near the $3,000 level over recent sessions. This prolonged consolidation has weighed on sentiment and weakened short-term confidence among ETH holders. Still, shifting on-chain signals and historical price behavior suggest conditions may be forming for a potential rebound. Ethereum ETFs Continue To Lose Money Ethereum ETFs have faced sustained pressure over the past two weeks. During this period, only one trading day recorded net inflows, largely driven by Grayscale activity. Outside that session, investors consistently pulled capital from ETH ETFs, signaling caution across traditional finance channels. This pullback appears cyclical rather than…

Even when Bitcoin has increased twofold and certain projects seeded on the Early-Stage Token Fund LP have paid 20x to 75x, a $100,000 investment in the fund has dropped down to only $56,000 in four years. The case reveals how the profits may be wiped in a booming market by high fees and poor fund strategies. The investor, who works with Maelstrom, the family office fund of Arthur Hayes, posted the outrageous outcome in order to point out the ineffectiveness of massive crypto venture funds. The loss is an indicator of a 44 per cent capital drop in the midst…

Ethereum is unlikely to hit new highs in the coming year, given the current conditions for Bitcoin, says crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen. “If Bitcoin truly is truly in a bear market, which is what it feels like, it would be kind of hard for Ethereum to go up there,” Cowen said on the Bankless podcast on Tuesday. It comes after veteran trader Peter Brandt predicted on Dec. 19 that Bitcoin could fall as low as $60,000 by the third quarter of 2026. However, Cowen said that if Ether (ETH) does manage to reclaim its $4,878 all-time high, which it last…

Nvidia, the tech giant famous for its graphics chips, has reached a great milestone. Its market value has now surpassed the GDP of almost every country in the world, except for the United States and China. This achievement highlights the enormous influence Nvidia has gained, especially in the era of artificial intelligence. INSIGHT:🇺🇸🇨🇳 Nvidia’s market cap has surpassed the GDP of every nation except the U.S. and China! pic.twitter.com/fmsETsKJqE — Coinvo (@ByCoinvo) November 3, 2025 A Record-Breaking Milestone Nvidia recently became the first company to reach a market capitalization of $5 trillion. To put this in perspective, Japan’s economy is…

The turbulent year of 2025 is drawing to a close. Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins experienced both sharp rises and sharp falls. One of them was Ethereum (ETH). After reaching a new all-time high in August, ETH subsequently experienced sharp declines, falling to levels around $2,600. While analysts generally predict Ethereum is oversold and has bottomed out, one analyst did not paint a positive picture for ETH. Popular analyst Benjamin Cowen stated in his latest analysis that it is unlikely for Ethereum to reach a new all-time high in 2026. The analyst says that given the possibility of Bitcoin entering a…

Brazilian financial giant Banco Inter and Chainlink have completed a blockchain-based pilot that enabled the central banks of Brazil and Hong Kong to settle a cross-border trade transaction in real time using digital currencies and smart contracts. The test was part of Phase 2 of the Central Bank of Brazil’s Drex digital currency initiative, which aims to create a digital version of Brazil’s real. It linked Brazil’s Drex network with Hong Kong’s Ensemble platform, overseen by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). Chainlink’s infrastructure provided the connection between the two systems, according to a press release shared with CoinDesk, allowing…

As December draws to a close, Ethereum (ETH) holders are facing increasingly challenging market conditions. On-chain data shows that more than 40% of Ethereum’s supply is currently held at a loss. Notably, ETH holders are responding to mounting losses in sharply different ways, with some capitulating and others continuing to accumulate despite deep unrealized drawdowns. Ethereum Holders’ Positions Sink Underwater as ETH Slides Ethereum has closed the past three consecutive months in the red, with November alone posting a steep 22.2% decline. In December, the asset has continued to face volatility. Despite briefly reclaiming the $3,000 level, ETH failed to…

Standard Money, developer of the BNB Chain-based stablecoin USDsd, has raised $8 million from an array of crypto investment heavyweights. The strategic investment round was led by Yzi Labs and included participation from Gate.io, Crypto.com, and Animoca Brands, according to an emailed announcement shared with CoinDesk on Monday. USDsd is a yield-seeking algorithmic stablecoin based on the Tether’s USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization. The funds raised will support Standard Money’s mainnet rollout and expand its liquidity partnerships and global operations, according to Monday’s announcement. Algorithmic stablecoins are tokens designed to maintain their peg to the applicable asset…