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Ethereum ($ETH) has slightly dipped below $2,500 on Thursday as modest buying activity in the spot market helped counter subdued demand across derivatives. Although $ETH maintains a bullish technical structure, declining futures participation and recent outflows from US spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds suggest traders remain cautious about the sustainability of the rally. Ethereum futures show limited leverage and weak conviction Significant leverage has yet to return to Ethereum’s derivatives market following the short squeeze that pushed $ETH toward $2,500 in late August. Open interest, which represents the value of outstanding derivatives contracts, has fallen by approximately 1 million $ETH since…

India’s stock market is currently facing a strange phase with significant pressure from an unusual source. While Indian investors continue to explore the market via SIPs and mutual funds, foreign investors are reportedly dumping shares. This growing gap between these two trends has raised questions about the future of Indian equities. Foreign investors are losing interest in Indian stocks According to recent reports, foreign investors are pulling back from Indian stocks. In the first half of 2026 alone, they have sold about a staggering $25.1 billion worth of Indian shares. A major portion of these funds has moved toward other…

Cardano’s Shelley upgrade, launched in July 2020, got one thing right from the start: it let $ADA holders earn staking rewards without ever giving up custody of their coins. Six years later, that design choice still shapes how the network runs, with 21.56 billion $ADA staked across 2,882 active stake pools, according to Cexplorer data cited in recent coverage. What Did Shelley Actually Change? Before Shelley, Cardano ran on the Byron era, which began at mainnet launch in September 2017. Byron was federated, meaning a small set of nodes run by IOG and its partners produced blocks. Shelley replaced that…

Revolut filed with the OCC and FDIC on March 4 to establish Revolut Bank US, an insured national bank that would take deposits, issue credit cards, make loans, and connect directly to Fedwire and $ACH. Nearly six months later, that application remains pending, while federal regulators have spent the same stretch conditionally approving or converting bank charters for Circle, Ripple, Coinbase, Paxos, BitGo and several other crypto firms. Revolut has not been denied, though its application sits under review, and comparing it directly to those crypto approvals misses what each company asked Washington for. A national bank wants more Revolut’s…

American investors have thrown fresh cash at Bitcoin exchange-traded funds over the past six days, helping the price of the top cryptocurrency to rise again. Data from Farside Investors shows that close to $1 billion has been pumped into the funds since Tuesday last week. The price of Bitcoin was recently trading at nearly $65,860, down slightly over the past 24 hours but up 1% over a seven-day period. The leading cryptocurrency touched a weekly high yesterday of $66,891. Funds managed by BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Grayscale have taken in over $930 million in the six-day streak after weeks of…

Ethereum price hovered near $2,468 on Sep. 10 as buyers defended the lower end of a multiweek range, while repeated failures above $2,500 kept the short-term outlook uncertain. Ethereum price action today According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum ($ETH) price traded around $2,468 at the time of writing after briefly falling to approximately $2,455. The token remained below the psychological $2,500 level, which has repeatedly limited recovery attempts since late August. The daily chart showed $ETH holding inside a narrow range after its rapid August advance from below $1,900. Price has since struggled to extend that rally, with sellers appearing…

​$XRP ETFs outperformed Bitcoin ($BTC) ETFs by roughly 106% on a net-flow basis on September 1, even as both cryptocurrencies experienced notable price declines. ​Namely, in the eleventh consecutive day of inflows, U.S. spot $XRP ETFs attracted another $14.38 million on September 1, extending one of their strongest stretches of institutional demand this year, according to the latest SoSoValue data. ​Franklin Templeton’s XRPZ led the session with $6.63 million in net inflows, followed by Grayscale’s GXRP with $4.72 million and Canary Capital’s XRPC with $3.03 million. $XRP ETF flows. Source: SoSoValue ​However, the same data shows that U.S. spot $BTC…

Hyperliquid opened access to its Foundation operated low latency data infrastructure to qualified third party infrastructure providers on Aug. 12, creating a cheaper route for trading firms and developers that previously faced demanding direct access requirements. The new provider model uses a current reference price below $1,000 per month for access, covering compute and outbound traffic. The change applies specifically to connectivity with the Hyper Foundation’s non validating node. Running an independent non validating node has always been permissionless, according to Hyperliquid’s documentation. Direct peer access to the Foundation node, however, previously required staking 10,000 $HYPE and reaching Tier 1…

Privacy coins are gaining a place in regulated investment markets even as direct access to their underlying assets becomes harder. Grayscale’s Zcash ETF now trades on NYSE Arca, while major centralized exchanges have reduced support for Monero and other privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. THORChain’s latest upgrade shows how decentralized infrastructure could help close that access gap. Privacy is reaching Wall Street as exchange access shrinks Privacy in crypto is moving in two directions at once. On one side, it is entering the financial mainstream. Grayscale’s Zcash ETF, ZCSH, began trading on NYSE Arca on Aug. 25. Grayscale described it as the first…

OnChainFX recently reported that Bitcoin has achieved a remarkable 173% growth over the past year, reflecting a significant surge in market interest. This increase comes amid a backdrop of mixed signals within the broader cryptocurrency market, indicating varying degrees of momentum across different assets. The findings underscore Bitcoin’s resilience and potential as a leading digital asset in an evolving financial landscape. What Happened Market engagement with Bitcoin has intensified, particularly highlighted by OnChainFX’s recent tweet detailing its substantial annual growth. As Bitcoin continues to capture the attention of both retail and institutional investors, the cryptocurrency’s network activity, including on-chain transactions,…