Coinbase just gave bitcoin holders something borrowers usually expect from a bank. Customers can now borrow USDC against their bitcoin while locking in the interest rate and repayment date before taking the money. The fixed-rate loans launched Tuesday through Morpho Midnight on Base, giving eligible U.S. users outside New York a way to tap their …
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Following a brief pullback from an eight-month peak of $87,374, the price of bitcoin stabilized around $86,000, keeping its market cap at $1.73 trillion and the broader crypto market above $3 trillion. Derivatives Cool Off After Volatile Session Bitcoin’s rally briefly paused following its spike above $87,000 on Monday, settling into sideways consolidation while …
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Moscow Exchange began trading perpetual futures on an XRP index on Sept. 22, listing the token beside bitcoin on Russia’s largest bourse, yet only qualified investors can touch the contracts. Going Live The contracts opened this morning in Moscow as Moex, Russia’s largest exchange, listed five cash-settled perpetual contracts, BTCUSDF, ETHUSDF, SOLUSDF, XRPUSDF and TRXUSDF, …
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XRP drew $350M (about ₩481B) of trading volume on Upbit on Sept. 21, beating bitcoin’s $225.8M (₩308B), and it has out-traded bitcoin on the exchange every day for a month. The Numbers On Monday night, onchain data showed that XRP was “dominating Upbit,” with the asset’s numbers showing $203.9 million in 24-hour volume against $143 …
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An old bitcoin wallet created on July 14, 2012, suddenly moved 600 BTC on Tuesday after sitting through nearly 14 years of market chaos. Back then, bitcoin traded near $7.52 per unit, putting 600 coins at roughly $4,512. At Tuesday’s $86,012 price, the same stash is worth $51.6 million. The coins were shifted from an …
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U.S. bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) opened the week with $998.95 million in net inflows, their largest single-day haul of 2026, as bitcoin traded above $86,000. Ether, solana, HYPE and ZEC funds also attracted capital, while XRP ETFs finished flat. Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Pull in Combined $1.27 Billion Institutional demand came roaring back on Monday, …
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Bitcoin has climbed into the $86K resistance zone, one of the market’s most important technical and onchain barriers. With 1.07 million BTC concentrated between $83,000 and $86,000 and U.S. spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors above breakeven, the next move could reveal whether the crypto recovery has enough demand to absorb significant overhead supply. Glassnode Flags …
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Researchers can trace an estimated 1.1 million BTC to a distinctive early mining operation. The harder question is whether that miner was actually Satoshi. One of the first things anyone learns about Bitcoin is that it has a pseudonymous creator — and they’re a billionaire multiple times over. Nearly 1.1 million BTC is widely attributed …
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A prominent investor is criticizing major technology companies for excluding Bitcoin (BTC) from their balance sheets amid rising economic risks. In a new interview on the Bitcoin Magazine podcast, Tim Draper says it is “irresponsible” for major tech companies like Apple and Meta not to own at least enough Bitcoin to pay for about a …
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US retail investors are gaining the ability to request shares in initial public offerings straight from the Coinbase app before public trading begins. The crypto exchange says it is expanding access to primary financial markets by bringing initial public offering allocations to US retail traders. Says Coinbase, “Coinbase is expanding access to primary financial markets …
Circle sold Binance $100 million in stock and agreed to pay monthly incentives under an expanded five-year partnership promoting USDC. Binance has invested $100 million in stablecoin issuer Circle as part of an expanded five-year agreement to promote USDC on the crypto exchange. Circle issued Binance 1,237,011 shares of its Class A common stock at …
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The ECB aims to gain firsthand DLT market experience by buying tokenized public-sector securities and settling the trades through Pontes. The European Central Bank (ECB) is preparing to invest a “small portion” of its own funds in tokenized public-sector securities. The purchases will be settled in central bank money through Pontes, the Eurosystem’s settlement system …
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The ECB and EU central banks want to replace MiCA’s stablecoin bank-deposit requirements with liquidity thresholds, warning that sudden withdrawals could strain lenders. The European Central Bank (ECB) and EU central banks want to replace mandatory bank-deposit thresholds for stablecoin reserves with new liquidity requirements, arguing that large stablecoin deposits could create liquidity risks for …
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Glassnode’s Altcoin Cycle Signal printed a new altseason signal after a month of Bitcoin and altcoin market-cap gains. Bitcoin’s (BTC) rise to $86,000 this week has dragged altcoin markets higher as the industry’s market cap reclaimed $3 trillion. Key points: Read more Go to Source
TLDR Circle launched Digital Asset-Backed Borrowing, letting eligible Circle Mint institutions turn Bitcoin into USDC loans. Morpho is the first lending protocol supported, with Aave expected to join later. The service runs on both Arc and Ethereum, but New York customers are excluded. cirBTC reserves currently exceed the token’s circulating supply, according to Circle’s public …
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