Crypto

Hedera’s native token climbed 3% over the past 24 hours, breaking key resistance levels and sustaining momentum on surging volume

Grayscale's new feature eliminates a major pain point for Ethereum ETFs: the absence of staking rewards for institutional investors.

How Pump.fun’s one-click minting, bonding-curve graduation and locked liquidity drove Solana’s memecoin dominance: the risks and metrics to watch next. One-click minting, bonding-curve “graduation” and locked LPs concentrated liquidity, pushing Pump.fun’s share to 75%-80% at its peak. Launches and fees are cyclical. After plunging 80% from January highs, activity snapped back by late August. Rivals (LetsBonk, HeavenDEX, Raydium LaunchLab) can flip share in the short term with fees or incentives, but network effects often pull activity back. Read more

The price jump comes amid growing whale accumulation, with top 100 PEPE addresses on Ethereum adding 4.28% to their holdings in 30 days.

The token has support at the $2.31 level.

Experts warn Vietnam’s restrictive entry requirements and limited licensing could push innovation offshore.

How a US SOL ETF could shift access, flows and usage — plus the key metrics to watch to see whether Solana outperforms Ether. ETH ETFs have opened access, but flows remain cyclical. SOL’s plumbing is set: CME futures are live, with options slated for Oct. 13 (pending approval). The SEC’s generic standards now allow faster spot-commodity ETP listings beyond BTC and ETH. Read more

Bitcoin soared to a new peak price over the weekend following a record week for cryptocurrency ETF investments, with nearly $6 billion worth.

ESMA moves to take direct control of crypto oversight under MiCA as EU states clash over cross-border licensing and fragmented market supervision. The European Union’s markets regulator is preparing to expand its authority to cover cryptocurrency exchanges and other operators, a move officials say would better align oversight with the bloc’s newly implemented Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. Verena Ross, chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), confirmed in an interview with the Financial Times that the European Commission is developing plans to shift supervision of several financial sectors, including crypto, from national regulators to ESMA. Ross said the reform would help build “a more integrated and globally competitive” EU financial landscape. The proposal aims to address “continued fragmentation in markets” and move closer to a unified capital market across Europe, she said. Read more

The fresh capital will be used to distribute more devices, enhance AI models that process and update map features, and boost contributor incentives, Bee said.

Strategy has made similarly timed pauses this year.

Plume is already receiving interest from 40 Act funds and is seeking more licenses.

The penny stock name said the investment will be used to purchase cryptocurrency to be held on the company balance sheet.

Options flows now shape price direction more than spot trades as institutions lean on Deribit and IBIT to position around volatility.

Stablecoins could drain $1 trillion from emerging market banks in three years as depositors prioritize capital preservation over yields, analysts predict.

Despite sanctions and scrutiny, the ruble-backed A7A5 stablecoin surged 250% in a day to reach a $500 million market cap, overtaking all non-US dollar rivals. A7A5, a Russian ruble-backed stablecoin issued in Kyrgyzstan, has become the world’s biggest non-US dollar stablecoin despite facing multiple sanctions. A7A5’s market capitalization stood at almost $500 million on Monday, about 43% of the total $1.2 billion market cap of non-US dollar stablecoins, according to data from CoinMarketCap and DefiLlama. “We have already proven that a national digital currency can be not only an alternative to the dollar but also a driver of global change,” A7A5 wrote on its Telegram channel on Saturday. Read more

BitMine Immersion Technologies now holds more than three times the Ethereum of SharpLink Gaming, buying another $823 million worth last week.

A US government shutdown and the weak jobs report have pushed digital asset investment products to their strongest weekly inflows on record. According to the latest CoinShares report, crypto-related investment products attracted $5.95 billion in inflows last week, pushing total assets under management (AUM) to an all-time peak of $245 billion. The rally did not […] The post US shutdown and weak jobs data drive record $6B crypto inflows appeared first on CryptoSlate.

OpenAI’s multi-billion-dollar chip agreement with AMD fuels sector-wide gains across artificial intelligence and high-performance computing stocks.

South Korean retail investors are becoming a significant driver of Ether’s growing value, alongside global institutional investors and corporate treasuries, Mow said. South Korean retail investor capital is fueling Ether’s price momentum and the rise of corporate Ether treasury firms, according to industry insiders, as the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency trades just 7% below its all-time high. The “only thing” keeping the Ether (ETH) price and Ether treasury companies at their current levels is about $6 billion worth of Korean retail capital, according to Samson Mow, CEO of Bitcoin technology company Jan3. “ETH influencers have been flying to South Korea just to market to retail. These investors have zero idea about the ETHBTC chart and think they’re buying the next Strategy play,” said Mow in a Monday X post, warning that this “won’t end well.” Read more