Murtuza Merchant

The CFTC has launched a pilot program allowing bitcoin, ether, USDC, and tokenized real-world assets to be used as collateral in U.S. derivatives markets, establishing new regulatory guidance and withdrawing outdated restrictions.

New analyses from Bitfinex and Glassnode show Bitcoin nearing a critical inflection point as long-term accumulation clashes with rising short-term holder stress.

Wall Street is no longer treating altcoins as speculative side bets. New ETF flows show institutions are reallocating funds away from Bitcoin and Ethereum and directing them toward Solana, XRP, HBAR, and LINK at unprecedented rates, signaling the beginning of crypto’s next institutional expansion cycle.

A 43,033-BTC transfer worth $3.9B appears tied to Twenty One’s NYSE listing preparations, reflecting an escrow release, not a new Tether market buy.

Bitcoin’s jump to $91K sparked more than $348 million in liquidations as whale buying pressure flipped the market, wiping out over 122,000 traders.

Upbit lost more than 104 billion crypto tokens in a 54-minute hack on Nov. 27, raising concerns over Korea’s regulatory gaps and the exchange’s delayed notification to authorities.

Google’s Titans and MIRAS frameworks introduce real-time long-term memory for AI, enabling models to learn while running and outperform GPT-4 on extreme long-context tasks.

Hedge funds have raised crypto exposure to a record high, with most planning further increases as institutional adoption accelerates, PwC’s new report shows.

Jupiter Lend admitted incorrect risk messaging after Kamino blocked migrations over undisclosed rehypothecation exposure, igniting a major Solana DeFi transparency debate.

Donald Trump publicly criticizes Peter Schiff over inflation remarks, prompting Schiff to challenge him to a debate on U.S. economic policy.