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Solana Foundation Hires Binance's Former Global CMO for Institutional Push
Rachel Conlan arrives as chief strategy officer and Polygon Labs' Jamal Raees takes over payments, both recruited from elsewhere in crypto.
Bitcoin Breakout Cools as Fed Rate-Hike Bets Climb
Bitcoin traded near $84,490 Thursday, down from the $87,397 high it touched Monday, as traders price in higher odds that the Federal Reserve raises rates again next month.
AllianceBernstein Names Julie Gunts Head of ETFs as Active Demand Surges
AllianceBernstein (AB) has promoted Julie Gunts to senior vice president, global head of ETFs. The move elevates a key internal leader to guide the asset manager’s rapidly growing active ETF franchise. Gunts brings more…
As Geopolitical Risk Grows, Active Natural Resources ETF TURF Performs
Active ETFs have become increasingly popular with investors in recent years, offering flexibility and upside potential. 2026 may have begun with investors already moving towards active ETFs, but a volatile year of geopo…
Oracle Shares Slide As It Seeks Delay Protection On Project Jupiter
Oracle has issued a force majeure notice over Project Jupiter, its massive 1,400-acre AI data center in New Mexico designed to run 2.5 gigawatts of Bloom Energy fuel cells for Oracle Cloud workloads tied to OpenAI’s Sta…
Bond Markets Are Screaming, and Every Asset Class Should Be Listening
Stocks of the largest U.S. companies plunged 10% in one week late last year and closed flat for 2015. The selloff hit investors in the high-flying market for Chinese stocks with a whopping 25% drop from the April high a…
Xi pitches cooperation, friendship, and fairness amid overhanging trade war truce
China's paramount leader Xi Jinping's remarks at the White House ran to 21 lines on the wires, covering friendship, artificial intelligence (AI), counter-narcotics work and fair treatment for Chinese firms, and none of …
EU's financial regulator to make AI and tokenization a supervisory priority in 2027
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said it would make AI, tokenization and other emerging technologies relevant to finance a new supervisory priority from 2027.
XRP Enters Unexpected Territory: A Real Estate Company’s Books
A real estate firm, GroEstate I, LLC, has disclosed XRP activity in an amended Reg A offering statement filed with the SEC. The company’s cash flow statement lists $39,518 in “proceeds from sale of XRP,” an amount it th…
Europe: Rightward risks build – Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered argues that Europe’s political balance could shift to the right in 2027, with key elections in France, Spain, Italy and Poland. The bank highlights France’s presidential race as most critical, warning…
Bitcoin’s bear markets are getting milder. Bull markets may be next
The crypto asset fell roughly 55% from its October 2025 peak during its most recent bear cycle. That would qualify as a historic collapse in most markets, but for bitcoin, it was relatively tame compared to past collaps…
New York Sues Polymarket for Illegal Gambling Operation After Kalshi
New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued Polymarket over alleged illegal gambling activity.
Can Ethereum Price Reclaim the $2,800 Level Soon?
Ethereum Gas Used remains strong at roughly 217.1 billion despite ETH's pullback toward $2,660.
Ripple CEO Says Buy The Top Five Cryptocurrencies; Refuses To Call Solana A Rival To XRP
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the simplest crypto strategy right now is straightforward, buy the top five cryptocurrencies by market cap and hold them for the next five years. “You are going to do great,” he said. A…
Why a 23-Year High in Bond Yields Isn’t Scaring Bitcoin This Time
Bitcoin slipped toward $83,800 this week. However, an analyst says there is no need to worry yet. The move comes as US bond yields surged to levels not seen in decades, a move that has rattled traders across financial m…
British Pound sees more downside as US Yields rally further
The British Pound (GBP) is down 0.12% to near 1.3225 against the US Dollar (USD) during the European trading session on Thursday. The GBP/USD is under pressure and might face more decline as United States (US) Treasury …
Rising Rates Not a Dealbreaker for Stocks
Summary A 5% 10-year rate is not a dealbreaker for stocks. Strong earnings growth can overcome rising rates. With the Fed now engaged, we think long rates are close to peaking. This week the 10-year Treasury yield cross…
SoFi tie-up shows stablecoins can provide alternative blockchain settlement rail
SoFi dives deeper into payments as it moves its entire card program to blockchain-based settlement using its SoFiUSD stablecoin, with more than $25 billion in expected annualized volume.
Duelbits Sees Suspicious $4.3 Million Crypto Outflow
Duelbits has seen a suspicious outflow of about $4.3 million in crypto across Ethereum and BNB Chain, according to PeckShieldAlert. The funds included 836 ETH, 1.146 million USDT, 209 BNB, 96,805 USDC, 12.398 billion SH…
IBM opens beta Swift ledger link for 24/7 tokenized deposits
IBM’s beta link lets banks instruct tokenized deposit transfers on Swift’s ledger using existing payment messages and compliance processes.
Hyperliquid Just Got a Major Liquidity Boost—What This Means for the HYPE Price Rally?
HYPEâs Binance listing and record activity is strengthening the bullish structure, but weakening indicators signal caution
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse: ‘I Am Not An XRP Maximalist’
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse pushed back on the idea that he only backs XRP, when asked in a recent interview why someone should choose XRP over top coins like Solana and hold it for the next five years.
Canadian Dollar falls to two-month low as higher US yields outweigh Oil support
USD/CAD extends its advance on Thursday, climbing to its highest level since mid-July. The pair has posted only one daily decline over the past 12 trading days, reflecting the diverging monetary policy outlooks of the F…