Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley believes that Solana may gain an advantage over Ethereum in the staking ETF market — all due to a more investor-friendly mechanism. In an interview at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, Horsley explained that Solana has a faster unstaking process, giving it an edge. For example, the withdrawal queue on t
A new report on venture investments in crypto has revealed some interesting trends. The market is experiencing serious consolidation: there are fewer projects, but the amounts they receive are growing. Most of the funds are now going into DeFi, AI, and blockchain infrastructure. Meanwhile, areas like RWA, DePIN, NFT, and GameFi are gradually fading into
The crypto market is showing recovery amid the second day of the partial US government shutdown. On Thursday, the price of Bitcoin rose to $121,000—for the first time since mid-August. Ether is holding above $4,500, its best level in the past three weeks. Recall that Bitcoin’s all-time high was recorded on August 14—around $
Soon, Crypto.com users will be able to earn on stablecoins through Morpho — a decentralized lending protocol. According to the company, Morpho will launch stablecoin markets on the Cronos blockchain, with the first pools opening this year. The idea is simple: users will be able to deposit wrapped assets like ETH or BTC into Morpho
VanEck has officially registered the VanEck Lido Staked Ethereum ETF trust in Delaware. If the application is approved, this will expand the line of crypto ETFs already available through the company. Following the news, the LDO token rose by more than 7%. According to the documents, the new fund is set up as a statutory
Polygon continues to strengthen its position in the tokenization of real-world assets. This time, the network has become the platform for the launch of a new tokenized money market fund (MMF), created by AlloyX with the support of Standard Chartered Bank, which acts as custodian and registrar. Traditional finance meets blockchain The partnership aims to…
 
            
            Avalanche is preparing a new step to attract institutional capital. The Avalanche Treasury company (AVAT), created with the support of the Avalanche Foundation, will merge with Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. (MLAC) in a $675 million deal. After the merger is completed, AVAT plans to go public on Nasdaq in the first quarter of 2026. The…
 
            
            On October 1, representatives of the Sweden Democrats party, Dennis Dyukarev and David Perez, submitted a proposal to parliament to create a national bitcoin reserve. The document, titled “Swedish Bitcoin Strategy” (Motion 2025/26:793), calls on the government to study how a strategic reserve in BTC can be formed, and to determine which agency should b
The blockchain network Injective, focused on decentralized finance, has introduced a new product — perpetual futures on private companies, including OpenAI. Now investors from all over the world can trade synthetic assets reflecting the valuation of corporations that have not yet gone public. The new instrument allows opening positions with leverage up to 5x, directly
As early as October, Telegram users will be able to buy and sell digital versions of American stocks and funds — without leaving the app. This will be the platform’s first step towards traditional finance. Telegram is working on the launch together with the Kraken exchange and the Backed project, which issues tokenized assets. At
On Wednesday, the S&P 500 set a new record, rising to 6711 points just before the market closed. The daily gain was 0.34%. Earlier in the session, the index also hit an intraday high — all of this happened against the backdrop of the first US government shutdown in seven years. Nasdaq Composite also added
According to sources, there is active preparation going on behind the scenes — fund issuers are getting ready for the possibility that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could give the green light to spot Solana-ETF applications in the coming days. After the SEC approved universal listing standards for crypto exchange-traded products (ETP), and