Summary: Spot XRP exchange-traded funds recorded inflows for nine straight sessions, bringing cumulative net subscriptions since launch to $1.6 billion even as the token's price softened.
Summary: Sberbank estimates that regulated Russian exchanges could process about 4 trillion rubles, or $46 billion, of crypto trading in the first year. The bank also plans broader crypto-backed lending after regulatory approval.
Summary: Former SEC and CFTC officials are urging a lighter regulatory approach to US crypto perpetual futures. They argue that overly burdensome requirements could leave a market estimated at $90 trillion concentrated offshore.
Summary: Bitmine bought $131 million of Ether, its largest acquisition since June. The purchase lifted its reported holdings to 5.9 million ETH, equivalent to about 4.9% of supply.
Summary: Robinhood Chain moved ahead of Ethereum and Base on reported fee metrics as tokenized-stock and meme-token activity accelerated. The early surge follows the launch of Vlad Tenev's new blockchain network.
Summary: Ireland will allow shares, bonds, funds, ETFs and insurance products in a new tax-advantaged savings program but exclude cryptocurrency. The accounts are scheduled to become available next year and target a large pool of household deposits.
Summary: Kalshi is partnering with brokerage-infrastructure provider Alpaca to make its event contracts available to a wider international audience. The arrangement combines a prediction market with an established brokerage distribution network.
Summary: Prediction-market traders assigned roughly even odds to the US economy adding more than 50,000 jobs in August. The contracts provide a real-time view of expectations ahead of the official labor report.
Summary: ECB survey data show a modest easing in near-term inflation expectations alongside a broadly stable labour-market outlook.
Summary: The Bank of England’s latest industry survey provides a new snapshot of activity in the UK foreign-exchange market.
Summary: The ECB says Europe is moving from experimentation toward infrastructure for an integrated tokenised financial market.
Summary: An ECB Executive Board member argues that tokenised markets need central-bank money as a safe settlement asset.
Summary: Bitcoin held near recent levels despite renewed tensions involving the United States and Iran.