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Fidelity International, a global asset manager with about $1 trillion in client assets, has launched a tokenized liquidity fund assessed by Moody’s Ratings. The new Fidelity USD Digital Liquidity Fund (FILQ) is issued on blockchain infrastructure linked to Chainlink and was launched through Sygnum Bank’s tokenization platform. According to Sygnum, the fund received a AAA-mf assessment from Moody’s Ratings, a designation used for money market funds that signals strong credit quality and liquidity. “This marks an important milestone in the evolution of capital markets, demonstrating how tokenized liquidity products can bring high-quality, yield-bearing liquidity on-chain in a regulated and scalable…

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) logged $171 million in outflows on Thursday, their biggest day of redemptions since March 3, when they posted $348 million in outflows. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) led the outflows with $41 million, Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) followed with $32 million, the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) sold $30.5 million, and Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC) sold $24 million, according to data from Farside Investors. The outflows follow a period of demand for Bitcoin ETFs, which attracted $1.36 billion in monthly inflows so far in March and are on track for…

General Tensor, a core infrastructure developer within the Bittensor ($TAO) decentralized AI ecosystem, has acquired Backprop Finance, a leading decentralized exchange (DEX) and DeFi hub built on the $TAO network. The acquisition, first reported by Business Insider, marks a significant consolidation of liquidity and trading activity within the Bittensor ecosystem. Acquisition details and ecosystem impact Backprop Finance has been one of the largest decentralized exchanges operating on Bittensor, facilitating a substantial portion of token swaps and liquidity provision for $TAO-based assets. With this acquisition, General Tensor is now estimated to account for approximately 33% of the total trading volume on…

Ethereum price started a fresh decline and traded below $2,300. $ETH is now consolidating above $2,250 and might struggle to recover. Ethereum started a downside correction below the $2,280 zone. The price is trading below $2,300 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $2,300 on the hourly chart of $ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it stays above the $2,320 zone. Ethereum Price Faces Resistance Ethereum price failed to remain stable above $2,320 and started a downside correction, like Bitcoin. $ETH price dipped below…

Stablecoin transfer volume hit a record $4.5 trillion in the first quarter of 2026, an a16z crypto report said this week, as Wall Street started pricing the sector as a structural risk to the credit-card networks that have run global payments for half a century. “Stablecoin volume hit ~$4.5T in Q1 2026,” a16z crypto’s research team posted on X on April 24, citing its own quarterly tracker. “Nearly two-thirds of the volume originates from Asia, primarily Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan,” the firm added in a follow-up post, pointing to the region as the engine room of the boom. The…

Popular platform LunarCrush shared a report to show a great surge in discussions related to three top cryptos – $XRP, Dogecoin, and Shiba Inu – on social media. Two of those have nearly surpassed a yearly high, with $XRP’s metric going up to a 3-digit peak. $SHIB, $DOGE, $XRP surge in social discussions The aforementioned data source reminded the community about the recent announcement made by two major US market regulators – the SEC and the CFTC. The press release published by the SEC states that the majority of cryptocurrencies are not digital securities but rather are digital commodities. $DOGE…

Bitcoin ($BTC) network activity has dropped sharply in recent months until March 27, with active addresses down over 30% since August 2025. ​Active addresses, a measure of the number of unique addresses participating in the Bitcoin network, have dropped by over 280,000, representing 30.2%, during the past 229 days, with CryptoQuant data showing around 655,900 active participants as of March 25. Bitcoin active address analysis for 1 year. Source: CryptoQuant This significant drop in network participants, averaging a daily loss of 1,234 addresses, suggests declining user engagement, which may reinforce the medium-term bearish sentiment surrounding Bitcoin. ​Backing the significant decline…

In a bold move to expand its DeFi capabilities and enable Asian-based crypto users to access advanced decentralized borrowing offerings without selling their existing holdings, Morpho, a decentralized lending protocol, today entered into a strategic integration with Kaia Chain, an EVM-compatible Layer‑1 blockchain. Announced on the X social media platform, Kaia disclosed that Morpho is now live on its blockchain network, a calculated move aiming to offer crypto users in the Asian region DeFi lending and yield products powered by crypto lender Morpho. Kaia Chain is an innovative layer-1 blockchain network developed by the South Korea-based KakaoTalk messaging platform and…

Tom Lee, a leading figure in the financial world and Chairman of the Board of Bitmine, made striking analyses regarding the future of cryptocurrency markets, and Ethereum in particular, in his latest strategy report. Lee argued that Ethereum’s three consecutive months of gains were historically the most concrete evidence that the “crypto winter” was over. Lee highlighted Ethereum’s resilience despite tensions between the US and Iran. Noting that $ETH has risen for three consecutive months, Lee stated that a close above $2,100 in May would be a historic signal. “No period in history where Ethereum has risen for three consecutive…

Ouch. That is how Holger Zschaeptiz, one of the most widely followed macro commentators on X, reacted after the yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury note (government bond) rose to 5% early today, hitting the highest since July 2025. This level has been tested only twice over the past two decades. His reaction also sums up the mood of several crypto analysts who see rising yields as a headwind for bitcoin , the world’s biggest cryptocurrency by market value and a macro asset. “At this point, the dynamic is simple. As long as yields remain attractive and [Fed’s monetary policy]…