Regulation
Why Russia’s harsh 1% crypto cap actually protects bank customer assets
The draft counts banks’ own holdings and crypto-linked instruments against capital but conditionally excludes customer assets.
Sentiment: Neutral
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Analysis
Why Bitcoin’s rally above $80,000 isn’t backed by institutional conviction
Leveraged funds became 7,275 BTC-equivalent less net short as asset-manager longs fell and weekly ETF demand barely stayed positive.
Analysis
Why real-time election odds are misleading prediction market crypto traders
Election bettors are competing over who will win, while professional traders are fighting over who sees the market move first.
Exchanges
X brings crypto trading closer to your social feed
Kraken is turning X Cashtags into a shorter route from crypto conversation to crypto trade.
Analysis
Why Bitcoin’s 63% HODL wave isn’t the mega bull signal everyone thinks it is
The one-year share rose 0.98 percentage points in a month while adjacent age bands shifted around the threshold.
Investments
Gen Z are investing like Boomers – with some surprising portfolio decisions
Crypto may have introduced Gen Z to investing, but new Binance data suggests young investors are increasingly using the exchange to buy and hold conventional assets rather than chase maximum risk.
ETF
Fidelity surge brings in $310M BTC saving Bitcoin ETFs from a disastrous week
Friday broadened demand, yet the two-day rebound left the midweek withdrawal gap partly open.
Sports
Circle wants you to love USDC a little like you love Chelsea
Circle is putting USDC on Chelsea’s shirt as it tries to turn a dollar-pegged token into a globally recognizable financial brand.
AI
Anthropic’s potential $2 trillion IPO is fueling an $80 million crypto trade
The Claude developer remains private, but derivatives traders are already building leveraged exposure ahead of a possible November debut.
AI
AI was supposed to take scammers’ jobs, but it gave them superpowers instead
FATF warns that one or two people with enough computing power could do work that previously required much larger teams
Macro
Bitcoin faces an October 18 test as Trump prepares new Russia tariffs
The administration’s tariff choices could reshape energy flows and pressure crypto through inflation, yields and dollar strength.
RWA
Did RWA futures really overtake crypto? Only if you ignore 90% of the market
RWA futures led in a selected onchain sample, while a separate CoinDesk dataset put RWA perpetuals at 15.2% of CEX derivatives volume.
