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ETH’s Stablecoin, RWA Dominance Empowers It In TradFi
Key takeaways: The stablecoin market cap has doubled to $280 billion since 2023, with forecasts hitting $2 trillion by 2028; over half of it already runs on Ethereum. Real-world assets onchain have grown 413% since early 2023 to $26.7 billion, with BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and others leading the charge on Ethereum. The GENIUS Act and […]
Bitcoin No Longer Plays Gold’s Game
Opinion by: Armando Aguilar, head of capital formation and growth at TeraHash Bitcoin was treated as a purely inert asset for years: a decentralized vault, economically passive despite its fixed issuance schedule. Yet more than $7 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) already earns native, onchain yield via major protocols — that premise is breaking down. […]
Will Bitcoin Price Drop Again in September?
Key takeaways: Bitcoin (BTC) is set to close August in the red, its first down-month since April, stoking fears that the downturn could deepen as September begins. BTC/USD monthly price chart. Source: TradingView September is usually a bad month for Bitcoin Bitcoin has a well-established tendency to slide in September. Since 2013, Bitcoin has closed […]
Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Fundraising Strategy Under Pressure as Stock Drops 54%
Metaplanet, the Tokyo-listed firm aggressively accumulating Bitcoin, is facing mounting pressure as its share price tumbles, threatening the fundraising model it has used to build one of the largest corporate Bitcoin treasuries globally. The company’s stock has dropped 54% since mid-June, despite Bitcoin (BTC) gaining around 2% during the same period. The decline has put […]
Bitcoin Price Skepticism Will Remain Into The Millions: Analyst
Skepticism over Bitcoin’s ability to rise further has followed the asset for years, and will likely continue even if the price reaches into the millions, according to a Bitcoin adviser. “I think it’s going to be that way for a very long time,” The Bitcoin Adviser’s Luke Broyles told Natalie Brunell on the Coin Stories […]
Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 24 – 30 – Cointelegraph Magazine
Top Stories of The Week Ether ETFs hit $13.7B as inflows surge and corporate treasuries grow Ether spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have seen steady growth since their US debut in July 2024, while corporate treasuries tied to the token are also on the rise. Inflows into Ether funds climbed 44% this month, rising from $9.5 […]
Crypto Treasury Firms Introduce Counterparty Risks to Bearer Assets: CEO
Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto treasury firms pose similar risks as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), securitized baskets of home mortgages and other types of debt that triggered the 2007-2008 financial crisis, Josip Rupena, CEO of lending platform Milo and former Goldman Sachs analyst, told Cointelegraph. Crypto treasury companies take bearer assets with no counterparty risk and […]
Supreme Court Opened Crypto Wallets To Surveillance
Opinion by: Vikrant Sharma, CEO of Cake Labs When the United States Supreme Court refused to hear Harper v. Faulkender on June 30, 2025, the court essentially endorsed the Internal Revenue Service’s sweeping “John Doe” summonses for cryptocurrency records. By letting a lower court ruling stand, the court confirmed that the century-old third-party doctrine stands […]
Indian Court Sentences 14 to Life in Bitcoin Extortion Case
An Indian anti-corruption court has sentenced 14 individuals, including 11 police officials and a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), to life imprisonment in a case involving the kidnapping and extortion of crypto from a Surat-based businessman in 2018. The judgment, delivered by Special Judge B.B. Jadav in Ahmedabad on Friday, […]
Bitcoin, Ether ETFs See Outflows as Fed Flags Inflation
Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs recorded outflows on Friday as the Federal Reserve released key inflation data showing price pressures are creeping higher under President Donald Trump’s trade policies. According to SoSoValue data, Ether (ETH) ETFs saw a net outflow of $164.64 million, reversing five straight days of inflows that had added more than $1.5 […]