The Bank of Russia has announced plans to conduct a large-scale audit of all cryptocurrency assets and transactions in the country at the beginning of 2026. The regulator plans a comprehensive review of the volume of crypto investments and loans among companies operating in this sector. An audit of crypto investments is being prepared in
As of October 13, bitcoin ETF IBIT from BlackRock showed a net inflow of $60.4 million in one day — while other funds recorded capital outflows. Fidelity (FBTC) had an outflow of $93.3 million, Bitwise (NITB) — $115.6 million, and Ark (ARKB) — another $21.1 million. Overall, on Monday, spot bitcoin ETFs saw outflows of…
Investment firm Canary Capital has made further amendments to the documents for its cryptocurrency funds, moving them closer to final approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These are exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on XRP and Solana (SOL) tokens. New Changes and Fees On Friday, the company filed updated registration documents for the…
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes stated that the 4-year crypto cycle really no longer works — but according to him, the reason is not the one usually mentioned. “As the fourth anniversary of the current cycle approaches, traders are trying to use the old model again and predict the end of the bull market,” he wrote…
According to top managers of Bitwise Asset Management and Aspen Digital, it is large capital that now sets the direction for the crypto market. They discussed this in an interview during the Token2049 conference in Singapore. Bitwise co-founder and CTO Hong Kim noted that the base of bitcoin investors has changed — funds and institutional…
The market is preparing for a wave of unlocks. This week, several major projects will release over $190 million in tokens into circulation, which could significantly affect liquidity and short-term price dynamics. Aptos, Aether, and Linea lead the unlock wave The largest volume will come from Aptos (APT) — the project will release tokens worth…
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 $
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 US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unexpectedly instructed issuers to withdraw submitted documents for launching ETFs for Litecoin, XRP, Solana, Cardano, and Dogecoin. At first glance, this may have seemed like a rejection, but the regulator clarified: this is not about blocking, but about a change in the procedure itself. In September, the SEC…
Kazakhstan has introduced a new crypto reserve, created with state support and in partnership with Binance. This is another step by the country towards digital assets. The first token in the fund’s portfolio is BNB, which is used to pay fees, vote, and make transactions within the Binance ecosystem. At the time of publication, its