Author: John Smith

CME Group has added three regional U.S. dollar reference rates and real-time indices for Ethena’s ENA token, with daily publication beginning Aug. 24. Summary ENA reference rates now cover the London, New York, and APAC market closes. CF Benchmarks calculates the rates using trades from eligible spot exchanges. Daily benchmarks remain available on weekends and holidays, matching crypto’s continuous trading schedule. The pricing tools may support portfolio valuation, risk controls, and ENA-linked financial products. CME Group adds ENA rates for three market closes CME Group said it had added Ethena (ENA) to its single-asset cryptocurrency benchmark suite, extending standardized U.S.…

Bitcoin has climbed nearly 24% from below $64,000 toward $80,000 as U.S. spot ETF inflows and forced short covering have fueled its strongest weekly advance since March 2023. Summary Bitcoin reached a three-month high near $79,550 after rising almost 24% in one week. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted approximately $1.9 billion across five consecutive inflow sessions. Analysts said continued spot demand must replace forced buying for Bitcoin to hold above $80,000. A confirmed breakout could bring $85,000–$90,000 into view, while rejection may trigger another correction. Nansen senior research analyst Nicolai Søndergaard told crypto.news that Bitcoin has probably established an important…

Stablecoins can cross borders within seconds, but converting them into spendable local currency remains a slower and more fragmented process, Gravity Team CEO Mārtiņš Beņķītis told crypto.news as the firm launched its institutional OTC desk. Summary Stablecoin transfers do not remove the need for local liquidity, banking access, and payout infrastructure. Gravity Team says traditional settlement can tie up 20% to 40% of monthly payment flows. Stripe and Mastercard have expanded their stablecoin infrastructure through major acquisitions. Gravity Team launched an OTC desk offering T+0 fiat settlement in more than 20 currencies. Stablecoin payments depend on two types of liquidity…

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. XRP jumps 45% in a week as Bitcoin’s short squeeze fuels gains, while UE Crypto offers diversified digital asset income. Summary XRP fell 11.28% amid selling pressure, and increased market volatility has driven growing interest in UE Crypto cloud mining. UE Crypto attracts XRP investors through cloud mining and yield aggregation options, as well as multi-layer security and asset protection. UE Crypto cloud mining digital asset platform also provides digital asset investors with diversified income options. Last week, Bitcoin…

Germany has extended its lead in European Union MiCA authorizations after six cooperative banks joined the latest register, taking the country’s total number of licensed crypto asset service providers to 79. Summary Six German cooperative banks were added to ESMA’s latest MiCA register. Germany now leads the EU with 79 authorized CASPs, ahead of France with 35 and the Netherlands with 29. The EU’s total number of authorized crypto asset service providers has increased to 331. ESMA’s token and non compliant entity registers remained unchanged. The European Securities and Markets Authority updated its interim Markets in Crypto Assets register on…

South Korea has moved to accelerate work on its Digital Asset Framework Act, with Financial Services Commission Chairman Kim Byoung-hwan saying the government will step up consultations as lawmakers press for the legislation to be completed this fall. Summary South Korea’s FSC will accelerate consultations on the Digital Asset Framework Act as lawmakers seek passage this fall. The legislation is expected to cover stablecoin issuance, VASP rules and other parts of the digital asset market. Lawmakers pressed the government to move faster as digital asset regulation advances in the United States. South Korea is separately developing rules for spot crypto…

Banks and financial regulators from Europe, the Middle East and Asia joined a cross regional pilot testing post quantum security for digital asset wallets and blockchain transfers on Aug. 24. Summary Two banks will test quantum resistant wallets and transfers on a specialized NEAR testnet environment. Regulators from Abu Dhabi, Bhutan and Malta will initially observe the pilot’s first phase activities. The protocol combines multiparty computation with NIST standardized ML-DSA-65 signatures for secure digital asset transfers. Organizers plan a white paper covering test results before eventually releasing the underlying protocol publicly. No cryptographically relevant quantum computer currently exists that can…

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said on Aug. 23 that several developing economies increasingly rely on USDT for domestic commerce, international trade and dollar denominated savings. Summary Ardoino said USDT use is rising across Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia and Turkey amid monetary instability. Users increasingly hold USDT as digital dollars when local currencies weaken or cash dollars become scarce. Chainalysis ranked Venezuela eighteenth, Turkey fourteenth and Argentina twentieth for global crypto adoption in 2025. Chainalysis measured nearly $1.5T in Latin American crypto activity from July 2022 through June 2025. Tether said its technology served more than 570 million users worldwide as of…

Robert Kiyosaki renewed his call to buy Bitcoin on Aug. 22, arguing that financially educated investors use scarce assets to protect their wealth from inflation and a weakening U.S. dollar. Summary Kiyosaki urged investors to buy Bitcoin, gold, silver, and selected real estate as dollar hedges. Treasury is doubling long-dated buyback limits to at least $4 billion per operation in September. Treasury buybacks manage market liquidity and debt operations; they are not Federal Reserve quantitative easing. Kiyosaki’s $350,000 Bitcoin target for August 2024 did not materialize despite his continuing long-term bullish forecasts. Bitcoin traded near $76,000 following a weekly rally…

Term Labs confirmed on Aug. 23 that a governance exploit had affected its lending vaults. Blockchain security firms estimated that the attacker extracted approximately $8.5 million in cryptocurrency. Summary Term Labs confirmed a governance exploit affected its vaults while investigators assessed the full damage. CertiK estimated losses near $8.5 million, but Term Labs has not publicly confirmed that figure. The identified address held approximately 2,843 ETH and 1.6 million DAI after the attack transactions. PeckShield traced the exploiter’s initial two-ETH funding to Tornado Cash before the vault transactions began. Term Labs has not announced recoveries, reimbursement terms, contract pauses, or…