SEOUL, South Korea: World Liberty Financial will roll out a debit card and retail application “very soon,” co-founder Zak Folkman said during a panel at the ongoing Korea Blockchain Week 2025. The products are pitched as a way to plug the project’s stablecoin USD1 into everyday payments, including Apple Pay integration. The retail app is … Read more
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Global markets are treading water as investors wait on the Federal Reserve’s latest policy move, coming later today. It’s almost a given the Fed will cut interest rates by 25 basis points. Traders will instead focus on Chair Jerome Powell for signs on future policy. The … Read more
The Avalanche Foundation aims to raise $1 billion to create two crypto treasury companies holding millions of AVAX tokens, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The AVAX tokens would be bought from the foundation, the non-profit group that oversees the Avalanche blockchain, at a discounted price, according to the report, which cited people familiar with … Read more
Dogecoin rallied sharply during the September 9–10 session, reclaiming the $0.24–$0.25 range with volume surging above 1.5 billion tokens. The move comes as REX-Osprey prepares to debut the first U.S. Dogecoin ETF on September 11 under the ticker “DOJE.” Technical traders flagged a bullish pennant breakout pattern, while large-scale whale accumulation added to growing confidence … Read more
Derivatives exchange Cboe said it plans to introduce “Continuous futures” for bitcoin BTC$111,509.01 and ether (ETH) on Nov. 10, pending regulatory clearance. The products are designed to resemble perpetual futures contracts popular on offshore exchanges, but with modifications to fit U.S. regulatory structures. Unlike traditional futures, which expire monthly or quarterly, Cboe’s new contracts will … Read more
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) As both traditional and crypto markets await the U.S. nonfarm payrolls data, some unrelated news hit the wires, underscoring gold’s appeal as a universal haven. The Financial Times reported that Tether, the issuer of world’s largest dollar-pegged stablecoin, is considering a serious play in the gold … Read more
Gold is the standout performer of 2025, climbing more than 33%. That’s three times the gain of the Nasdaq 100 index and nearly double bitcoin’s (BTC) performance. In practice that means it now takes just 31.2 ounces of gold to buy one BTC, a measure known as the BTC-XAU ratio, down from 40 ounces last … Read more
BNB rose nearly 1.5% in the last 24-hour period to test the $860 mark and is at near multisession highs after breaking key resistance zones in the upward move. The move came on unusually strong buying pressure in the most recent hour of trading, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. Volume surged to 49,560 tokens, about … Read more
Spetz (SPTZ), doing business as SonicStrategy, has announced It’s receiving $40 million in convertible funding from the foundation behind the Sonic blockchain, Sonic Labs. The financing comes in the form of a six-month, zero-coupon convertible note issued in Sonic’s native S tokens. If SonicStrategy uplists from the Canadian Securities Exchange to the Nasdaq or a … Read more
News Background CME Group recently said its crypto futures suite surpassed $30 billion in notional open interest for the first time, with XRP futures crossing $1 billion in just over three months — the fastest pace for a new contract. Broader crypto sentiment improved after Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole remarks, which boosted expectations … Read more