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The Dollar Limps into the Weekend   north  
Overview: The US dollar is trading softer but most inside yesterday's ranges. An unexpected jump in Japanese unemployment has weighed on the yen, which is the only G10 currency that is not gaining on the dollar today. The soft greenback means the Canadian dollar is likely under-performing and [...]
Keywords: Currency Movement

Authors: Marc Chandler ( top authors )
Source: Marc to Market ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-03 10:01:00
The Dollar Limps into the Weekend
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Japan tours on XRP Ledger, USDC and USDT payments via Grab: Asia Express   north  
SBI Ripple uses XRP Ledger for Japan tourism payments. Stablecoin payments go live in Singapore. Asia Express

Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-02 22:45:07
Japan tours on XRP Ledger, USDC and USDT payments via Grab: Asia Express
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Bitcoin bulls charge at $120K with traders expecting new all-time high   north  
BTC price action gained another 1% as bulls took on the $120,000 mark for the first time since mid-August, adding to hopes of new all-time highs.

Authors: William Suberg ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-02 14:33:45
Bitcoin bulls charge at $120K with traders expecting new all-time high
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Spend your Bitcoin, don’t just hoard it   north  
Hoarding Bitcoin kills adoption. Real monetary revolution requires spending it like money, not treating it as digital gold to never touch.

Authors: Carel van Wyk ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-02 13:30:00
Spend your Bitcoin, don’t just hoard it
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Hong Kong isn’t the loophole Chinese crypto firms think it is   north  
China’s 2021 crypto ban remains intact, and lawyer Joshua Chu explains why supposed loopholes in Hong Kong and beyond are illusions that end in crackdowns.

Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-02 13:20:00
Hong Kong isn’t the loophole Chinese crypto firms think it is
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Bitcoin on TV: How shows like South Park influence crypto   north  
"South Park" is back to roasting crypto in its recent episode, but digital assets like Bitcoin have been a pop culture punchline for a long time.

Authors: Yohan Yun ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-02 13:15:51
Bitcoin on TV: How shows like South Park influence crypto
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Quiet Foreign Exchange Market in which the Greenback Struggles to Find Traction   north  
Overview: The dollar is soft and trading near session lows in late European morning turnover. The news stream is light and large parts of the US federal government remain closed. China's mainland markets are on holiday. Among the G10 currencies, the Canadian dollar remains the laggard in a [...]
Keywords: Currency Movement

Authors: Marc Chandler ( top authors )
Source: Marc to Market ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-02 10:00:00
Quiet Foreign Exchange Market in which the Greenback Struggles to Find Traction
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Plasma founder denies insider selling after XPL token plunges over 50%   north  
Plasma founder Paul Faecks denied insider selling accusations after XPL plunged over 50%, insisting no team tokens were sold as speculation grows.

Authors: Ezra Reguerra ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-02 08:12:10
Plasma founder denies insider selling after XPL token plunges over 50%
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Privacy, Scale, and the Future of Blockchain Finance   north  
As blockchain enters its next chapter, one defined by institutional adoption and real-world impact, the question is no longer if financial systems will move on-chain, but how.

Source: Crypto, Blockchain and FinTech Industry Insights Blog | Ripple ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-02 00:00:00
Privacy, Scale, and the Future of Blockchain Finance
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Shibarium update   north  
Date: 10/02/2025 Status: Containment holding • Integrity restored TL;DR * Round‑the‑clock response: For the last 10+ days, the core team and partners worked non‑stop (nights, weekends, holidays) to isolate risk, restore integrity, and harden Shibarium end‑to‑end. * Foundation hardening: [...]

Source: Shiba Inu Ecosystem ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-02 00:00:00
Shibarium update
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AlloyX Launches Tokenized Money Market Fund, Real Yield Token (RYT), on Polygon   north  
AlloyX, Asia’s leading stablecoin service provider, has launched a compliant tokenized money market fund, Real Yield Token (RYT), exclusively on Polygon.

Source: Polygon Blog | Announcements, updates, and news ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-02 00:00:00
AlloyX Launches Tokenized Money Market Fund, Real Yield Token (RYT), on Polygon
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Bitcoin pushes for $118K as analysis calls US gov’t shutdown ‘non-event’   north  
Bitcoin eyes its highest levels in six weeks as weak US jobs data drives crypto and risk assets higher, with shutdown dips now “buy opportunities.”

Authors: William Suberg ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-01 15:59:12
Bitcoin pushes for $118K as analysis calls US gov’t shutdown ‘non-event’
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Alternative assets are no longer alternative   north  
Once exclusive to the elite, alternative assets like art and wine are now accessible to all, as blockchains enable fractional ownership and global trading.

Authors: Sam Mudie ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-01 13:30:00
Alternative assets are no longer alternative
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Forget The Terminator: SingularityNET’s Janet Adams is building AGI with heart   north  
With The Terminator’s Sarah Connor as an inspiration, SingularityNet’s Janet Adams is fighting for a better world with AGI.

Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-01 13:20:00
Forget The Terminator: SingularityNET’s Janet Adams is building AGI with heart
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Markets Take US Government Shutdown in Stride   north  
Overview: The US federal government is under partial closure following the inability to approve appropriations to start the new fiscal year. The president has threatened to permanently fire not just furlough many "non-essential" government workers, but note that as of yesterday, some 150k [...]
Keywords: Currency Movement

Authors: Marc Chandler ( top authors )
Source: Marc to Market ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-01 10:00:00
Markets Take US Government Shutdown in Stride
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French central bank’s deficit is ‘great’ for Bitcoin: Arthur Hayes   north  
France’s over $176 billion budget deficit may signal trillions of euros of newly printed money, potentially leading to more capital flowing into Bitcoin, according to Arthur Hayes.

Authors: Zoltan Vardai ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-01 09:54:32
French central bank’s deficit is ‘great’ for Bitcoin: Arthur Hayes
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Privacy Cluster Leadership Announcement   north  
Today we are proud to announce a new leadership structure for privacy-related efforts at the Ethereum Foundation: Igor Barinov joins as coordinator of Privacy @ EF, guiding strategy and alignment across privacy-focused efforts including PSE and more. Igor has over a decade of experience in the [...]
Keywords: Organizational

Source: Ethereum Foundation Blog ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-01 00:00:00
Privacy Cluster Leadership Announcement
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Checkpoint #6: Oct 2025   north  
Ethereum’s weekly All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this "Checkpoint" series aims for high-level updates roughly every 4-5 weeks, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here....
Keywords: Research & Development

Source: Ethereum Foundation Blog ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-01 00:00:00
Checkpoint #6: Oct 2025
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RLUSD in Africa: A New Chapter for Stablecoins and Financial Inclusion   north  
Ripple’s USD-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, is officially arriving in Africa. Through partnerships with Chipper Cash, VALR, and Yellow Card, RLUSD will power faster, cheaper, more accessible financial services across the continent.

Source: Crypto, Blockchain and FinTech Industry Insights Blog | Ripple ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-01 00:00:00
RLUSD in Africa: A New Chapter for Stablecoins and Financial Inclusion
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IOTA Turns 10   north  
We're celebrating IOTA’s 10th anniversary by giving away 10 million IOTA tokens through airdrops, staking rewards, raffles, and com

Source: IOTA Blog ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-01 00:00:00
IOTA Turns 10
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Immutable Teams Up with Polygon Labs to Launch Dedicated Gaming Hub, with Agglayer Connection Coming Soon   north  
Immutable and Polygon Labs are teaming up to launch a dedicated Gaming on Polygon hub inside Immutable Play in the near future, the company’s new destination for players to discover Web3 games.

Source: Polygon Blog | Announcements, updates, and news ( active sources )
Published: 2025-10-01 00:00:00
Immutable Teams Up with Polygon Labs to Launch Dedicated Gaming Hub, with Agglayer Connection Coming Soon
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Did Bitcoin just finish its 8-week delay in copying gold's all-time highs?   north  
Bitcoin traded revealed that BTC price action could be ready to follow gold to new all-time highs after bulls held onto early-week gains.

Authors: William Suberg ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-09-30 15:05:17
Did Bitcoin just finish its 8-week delay in copying gold's all-time highs?
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Quitting Trump’s top crypto job wasn’t easy: Bo Hines   north  
Tether USA CEO Bo Hines sits down with Cointelegraph to discuss Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Tether’s plans for the future.

Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-09-30 13:30:00
Quitting Trump’s top crypto job wasn’t easy: Bo Hines
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Strategy stacks 7K Bitcoin, stablecoins cross $295B: September in charts   north  
Strategy has slowed down its Bitcoin acquisition strategy with smaller buys this month, while the number of crypto millionaires grows closer to a quarter million.

Authors: Aaron Wood ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-09-30 13:30:00
Strategy stacks 7K Bitcoin, stablecoins cross $295B: September in charts
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Bitcoin isn’t dying, it’s becoming domesticated   north  
Wall Street's ETFs are domesticating Bitcoin into a fee machine, stripping away peer-to-peer ethos while concentrating power in custodial chokepoints.

Authors: Nic Puckrin ( top authors )
Source: Cointelegraph.com News ( active sources )
Published: 2025-09-30 13:30:00
Bitcoin isn’t dying, it’s becoming domesticated
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