Crypto

The BNB Chain saw a surge in active addresses and decentralized trading, with the Aster Protocol's total value locked jumping 570% to $2.34 billion.

Vietnam’s crypto pilot gets no takers, with steep capital rules and bans on stablecoins and tokenized securities limiting interest. Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance confirmed that no companies had applied to participate in the country’s five-year digital asset trading pilot despite increasing global interest in regulated crypto markets.  At a Sunday news briefing, Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Chi told local media outlets that the ministry has not received any proposals from enterprises seeking to pilot digital asset trading in the country.  “As of now, the ministry has not received any proposals from enterprises,” Chi said, adding that the pilot will allow a maximum of five participants. He also said the ministry is expediting the process so that the first eligible enterprise can be licensed and begin operations as soon as possible.  Read more

China Financial will raise the capital through a new share subscription, issuing over 69 million new shares at a price of 1.25 Hong Kong dollars each.

The market capitalization of the digital asset sector stands at approximately $4.34 trillion.

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All eyes have been on Bitcoin following its weekend all-time high, but Ether is still poised for massive gains, according to analysts.

XRP trades near $3, just 18% from its ATH. Analysts track price breakout patterns and $950M in exchange inflows. Is a rally ahead?

A moderate week lies ahead on the United States economic calendar due to the ongoing government shutdown, but crypto markets are on a high after the weekend’s Bitcoin price peak.

Elon Musk announced that the first beta for Grokipedia, xAI’s answer to platforms such as Wikipedia, will launch in two weeks. Elon Musk announced that his AI company, xAI, will launch the early beta for its Wikipedia competitor in two weeks, describing the service as the answer to “falsehoods” and “half-truths.” Replying to a post about the upcoming AI-powered “Grokipedia,” Musk said via X on Sunday that “version 0.1 early beta” will be rolled out in two weeks. Musk initially announced xAI was building Grokipedia on Sept. 30, stating on X that it “will be a massive improvement over Wikipedia,” adding that: “frankly, it is a necessary step toward the xAI goal of understanding the Universe.” Details on the specifics are currently sparse; however, Musk has previously stated that Grokipedia will consist of an “open source knowledge repository.” It appears that the idea for Grokipedia was brainstormed live during a summit hosted by The All-In Podcast in September. During his appearance, Musk was explaining to the...

Corporate crypto treasuries have been accumulating digital assets at a record pace, according to new research from VanEck.

Q3 2025, historically quiet, became the most active stablecoin period due to regulatory breakthroughs and investor interest.

Traditional banks will be battling with stablecoin issuers for retail depositors when the stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act takes full effect in a win for everyday people. The stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act, which was enacted in July, will trigger an exodus of deposits from traditional bank accounts into higher-yield stablecoins, according to the co-founder of Multicoin Capital. “The GENIUS Bill is the beginning of the end for banks’ ability to rip off their retail depositors with minimal interest,” Multicoin Capital’s co-founder and managing partner, Tushar Jain, posted to X on Saturday. “Post Genius Bill, I expect the big tech giants with mega distribution (Meta, Google, Apple, etc) to start competing with banks for retail deposits,” Jain added, arguing that they would offer better stablecoin yields with a better user experience for instant settlement and 24/7 payments over traditional banking players. Read more

Post-halving returns fall, yet companies like Strategy keep accumulating Bitcoin, while miners strengthen network security.

The Russian Central Bank says it will conduct a “large-scale audit” of the entire nation’s crypto holdings and transactions in early 2026. The post Russian Central Bank to Launch ‘Large-scale Audit of Nation’s Crypto Holdings’ appeared first on Cryptonews.

VanEck says Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade will make the network faster, more stable and easier to run, as developers prepare even deeper performance changes.

The financial services company recommended modest crypto allocations for balanced risk and high-growth portfolios with periodic rebalancing. Financial services giant Morgan Stanley issued guidelines for crypto allocations in multi-asset portfolios, recommending a “conservative” approach in an October Global Investment Committee (GIC) report to investment advisors. Analysts at Morgan Stanley recommended up to a 4% allocation for cryptocurrencies in “Opportunistic Growth” portfolios, which are structured for higher risks and higher returns.  The analysts also recommended up to a 2% allocation for “Balanced Growth” portfolios featuring a more moderate risk profile. However, the report recommended a 0% allocation for portfolios oriented toward wealth preservation and income. The authors wrote: Read more

CEO Gerovich invoked Bezos’ dot-com wisdom: “the stock is not the company,” urging patience as fundamentals strengthen.

The decentralized finance analytics platform said that perpetual trading volumes on Aster were almost perfectly correlated to Binance volume. Decentralized finance (DeFi) analytics platform DefiLlama is delisting perpetual futures volume data for the Aster decentralized exchange platform (DEX) due to data integrity concerns, according to 0xngmi, a pseudonymous co-founder of DeFiLlama. Trading volume on Aster, which is linked to CZ, co-founder of the Binance crypto exchange, is now “mirroring Binance Perp volumes almost exactly,” 0xngmi said, adding that the correlation ratio between Binance and Aster trading volumes is about 1. He continued: Cointelegraph reached out to the Aster team, but did not receive a response by the time of publication. Read more

DOGE's market cap reached almost $40 billion.