Author: NBTC
Institutional investors are pouring into CME Group’s regulated crypto derivatives markets, setting a series of records across futures and options tied to ether ETH$3,905.12, solana SOL$192.89 and XRP, CME told CoinDesk on Thursday. Since October 10, open interest across CME’s crypto futures and options has jumped 27%, a surge the exchange attributes to a shift away from offshore markets following a wave of liquidations last week. On Tuesday, open interest in ETH futures reached 48,600 contracts — the highest on record — with SOL and XRP futures also hitting all-time highs at 20,700 and 10,100 contracts, respectively. Options open interest…
In the final days of October 2025, Bware Labs confirmed what many developers feared: Blast API, one of the most widely used RPC providers in Web3, is shutting down. The announcement, coming right before its planned acquisition by Alchemy, sent a ripple through the developer community. What seemed like a routine business move has turned into something deeper, a sign of how fragile yet essential the backbone of Web3 really is. Centralization by Necessity, Not by Design The RPC (Remote Procedure Call) layer is what allows decentralized apps to “talk” to blockchains. It’s the middleware that handles billions of requests…
Ethereum on Sunday, Oct. 26, is standing at $4,070 per unit, moving within an intraday range of $3,926 to $4,081.90, while racking up $16.27 billion in trading volume and holding a market cap of $489 billion. The asset is testing overhead resistance with renewed momentum, though its long-term trend remains mixed across technical indicators. Ethereum Chart Outlook The daily chart (1D) offers a bird’s-eye view of a narrative pivot. After a grim descent from $4,759.9 to $3,379.5, ethereum began carving out a new chapter, printing higher lows and showing buyers clawing back control. The current bullish candles are flirting with…
Major study finds 61% of retail investors in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland plan to increase allocations to tokenized funds. A joint study by Aptos Labs and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), published October 28, 2025 in Hong Kong, finds 61% of retail fund investors in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland plan to double allocations to funds thanks to tokenization and digital‑money features tested under the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Project e‑HKD+. The survey of over 500 retail investors follows a joint pilot with Hang Seng Bank in Phase 2 of the e‑HKD+ program. The finding matters because tokenized…
Meta has asked a U.S. court to dismiss a lawsuit that accused it of illegally downloading and distributing thousands of pornographic videos to train its artificial intelligence systems. Filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the motion to dismiss argues there is no evidence that Meta’s AI models contain or were trained on the copyrighted material, calling the allegations “nonsensical and unsupported.” The motion was first reported by Ars Technica on Thursday, with Meta issuing a direct denial saying the claims are “bogus.” Plaintiffs have gone “to great lengths to stitch this narrative together…
Major crypto exchange Coinbase has shared important information for its users. The crypto exchange has notified its client base that it will be going offline at a set date and time, which will be in about the next 24 hours. In a tweet, Coinbase stated it will be temporarily offline on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, on or about 7:00 a.m. PT. This, it says, is due to a systems upgrade scheduled for that date. The duration of the upgrade remains as of yet unknown, but it might last for a few hours, with Coinbase adding that it will be posting…
CDARI, a prominent Web3 e-commerce entity, has announced its official partnership with Connect3, a well-known universal Web3 social layer. The collaboration intends to deliver a unified social experience in the Web3 sector. As mentioned by CDARI in its official social media announcement, the development is set to bridge communities, content, and people in the Web3 ecosystem via an interoperable and open ecosystem. Hence, the joint effort underscores a key move toward a more user-centric and connected Web3 sphere. 🚨 PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨We’re thrilled to partner with @connect3world — your social gateway to the Web3 universe! 🌐💫✨ Unified Cross-Web3 Identity🧠 Personalized…
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko cast doubt on the decentralization and security of Ethereum’s layer-2 (L2) scaling networks during a heated debate on Sunday. Layer-2 scaling networks feature a huge attack surface and code bases so large that they cannot be properly audited for software bugs. User funds can also be shifted from L2s, which rely on multi-signature custody, without the users’ consent, Yakovenko added.‘The claim that layer-2s inherit ETH security is erroneous,’ Yakovenko said during the debate. He argued: “5 years into the L2 roadmap, wormhole ETH on Solana has the same worst-case risks as ETH on base and generates…
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet on Thursday to discuss reducing some tariffs on chemicals used in the production of fentanyl in exchange for China tightening export controls. According to sources close to the matter, the two countries are working on a trade agreement within this framework. China is expected to increase controls on exports of precursor chemicals used in the production of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, which has been blamed for hundreds of thousands of overdose deaths in recent years. In return, the US could reduce its current 20% fentanyl-related tariff on…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. India’s crypto scene is a beautiful mess. On one hand, it’s home to one of the world’s largest communities of crypto users, a young, tech-savvy crowd keen to explore the endless possibilities of decentralized finance. Summary Crypto adoption meets heavy taxation. India has one of the world’s largest crypto user bases but enforces a harsh 30% tax on gains and 1% TDS on transactions — rules many see as punishing innovation. Lack of clarity drives frustration. With…