JPMorgan Chase, a global bank with $4 trillion of assets under management, is rolling out a tokenized money-market fund on Ethereum, pushing deeper into blockchain-based finance amid growing demand from institutional clients, the Wall Street Journal reported first on Monday. The fund, dubbed My OnChain Net Yield Fund (MONY) is seeded with $100 million from … Read more
As bitcoin BTC$89,833.33 struggles to hold above $90,000, market sentiment has once again slipped into extreme fear. Over the past year, fear or extreme fear has accounted for more than 30% of all readings on the Crypto Fear and Greed Index. The index currently stands at 17, firmly within the extreme fear section. Fear has … Read more
A weekend sell-off in a Nasdaq 100–linked perpetual futures market on EdgeX triggered roughly $13 million in liquidations, highlighting the risks of trading equity-index perps when underlying traditional markets are closed. On Saturday, a newly created wallet began executing a six-hour time-weighted average price (TWAP) order to short 398 XYZ100 contracts, worth roughly $10 million, … Read more
The U.K. government plans to extend existing financial regulation to cover crypto companies as of October 2027 and legislation for the process will be introduced into parliament on Monday. The bill will be little changed from draft legislation published in April, which laid out the framework for crypto exchanges and stablecoin issuance, a Treasury spokesperson … Read more
The coming week will be dominated by data from the wider economy, with employment and inflation reports in the U.S. and interest-rate decisions in Japan and Europe. Coinbase, the largest publicly traded crypto exchange, announces a system update that is expected to include an in-house prediction market. U.S. nonfarm payrolls data, usually released on the … Read more
U.S.-listed spot XRP$1.9996 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have recorded 30 consecutive trading days of net inflows since their debut on Nov. 13, setting them apart from bitcoin and ether ETFs that experienced multiple days of outflows over the same period. Data from SoSoValue shows XRP spot ETFs have attracted fresh capital every trading day since launch, … Read more
This is a technical analysis post by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Bitcoin’s BTC$89,629.86 three-week price bounce looks vulnerable to a reversal as the Nasdaq, Wall Street’s tech-heavy index, hit a wall last week, hinting at potential trouble ahead. Since hitting $80,000 lows on Nov. 21, BTC has steadily bounced above $90,000, … Read more
Doha Bank has completed a $150 million digital bond that settled instantly on Euroclear’s distributed ledger infrastructure, underscoring how regulated DLT systems, not public blockchains, are becoming the preferred rails for institutional tokenized debt. The Qatari lender listed its digitally native notes on the London Stock Exchange’s International Securities Market, achieving same-day settlement through Euroclear’s … Read more
Dogecoin suffered a sharp breakdown below key technical support as macro-driven risk aversion swept through crypto markets following the Federal Reserve’s rate decision. News Background Crypto markets turned defensive after the Federal Reserve announced a 25-basis-point rate cut, lowering its target range to 3.5%–3.75%. While the cut itself was expected, internal division among policymakers and … Read more
Crypto markets slipped on Sunday as a broader pullback in risk assets extended into the final full trading week of the year, with investors remaining cautious amid concerns over technology valuations, fading momentum in U.S. equities and mixed signals from the Federal Reserve. Bitcoin fell about 0.5% to trade near $89,600, hovering just above last … Read more