The US Federal Reserve has officially confirmed: starting in December, it will end balance sheet reduction and begin reinvesting funds into Treasury bills. In essence, this marks the end of the quantitative tightening (QT) period—meaning liquidity is returning to the market. Daily BTC/USD chart. However, investors remember: the last time the Fed ended QT and…
BTC chart (daily timeframe) Morgan Stanley analysts stated that the bitcoin market has entered a stage they call the ‘autumn’ of the four-year cycle. According to the bank, this is the period when investors should lock in profits and prepare for a possible ‘winter’ — a phase of price decline after prolonged growth. The Bitcoin…
Today Tether is no longer just a company issuing a stable cryptocurrency. Its balance sheet includes short-term US government bonds, repo transactions, gold, and even bitcoin. The company massively issues and redeems dollars, and can freeze addresses at the request of law enforcement agencies. According to the latest report, Tether has $181.2 billion in reserves…
The American clearing corporation DTCC has added nine spot XRP-ETF to its list at once. This has increased expectations that trading could start as early as November if the SEC gives approval. Amid a possible deal in the Senate to end the U.S. government shutdown, there is a chance that the regulator will speed up…
Bitcoin dropped by more than 8% over the week, falling below $100,000 for the first time since June. The pressure intensified after long-term holders sold off BTC worth about $45 billion. BTC/USD compared to Nasdaq, Dow Jones, and S&P 500 indices since the beginning of the year. Source: TradingView The sharp sell-off coincided with a…
One of the creators of the Ethereum solution ZKsync has proposed a radical reconsideration of the governance token concept. In his opinion, the token lacks a real economic function. On Tuesday, Alex Gluchowski published a post on the project’s forum, noting that the current model of the ZK token worked well in the early stage…
The market for tokenized US government bonds has entered a new stage of development. Their total capitalization exceeded $8.63 billion, and financial institutions began to use such assets not only for yield, but also as collateral in lending and repo operations. From yield to collateral Tokenized US bonds, which have become the largest class of…
International regulators are discussing possible easing of rules for crypto assets in the banking sector. The reason is the growing popularity of stablecoins and the response from the US, which is demanding a review of existing standards. The updated requirements are planned to be introduced as early as next year. The standards were originally developed…
New exchange-traded funds based on Solana (ETF) are gaining momentum — investors have shown strong interest from the very first days. After the launch of Bitwise BSOL and Grayscale GSOL this week, initial inflows show that interest in Solana-based instruments is only growing. Analysts believe that Solana-ETF could repeat the success of spot funds for…
According to Bitwise, staking funds for Solana can take their place on traditional exchanges. On the very first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the volume for their ETF Bitwise Solana Staking exceeded $56 million. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan said on Chain Reaction that BSOL is the “missing piece of…
21Shares has filed an application with the SEC to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to the price and rewards of the Hyperliquid (HYPE) token. If the regulator gives the green light, investors will be able to access the token without having to hold it directly. This is another step by 21Shares towards integrating DeFi…
In October 2025, the market was once again swept by a wave of AI agents, but this time with a new banner: the x402 token. What is this standard anyway? And should investors jump into the trend, or is this just another bubble that’s about to burst? In this article, we break down what’s behind…