Better Markets Says CFTC Is ‘Wrong Agency’ for Retail Crypto

Better Markets says the US derivatives regulator’s push to develop rules for certain retail crypto transactions could leave investors with weaker safeguards, arguing the agency is ill-equipped to oversee the market.  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday sought public comment on a potential framework for margined, leveraged or financed retail crypto transactions under its…

Bitcoin (BTC) is down ‘just’ 32% a year after the record high of $126,000

Sun pointed to the numbers. “Bitcoin’s current annualized volatility hovers around 40%, which is noticeably lower than its long-term historical levels exceeding 80%,” he said. Ardern sees the same in the options market, where bitcoin’s annualized implied or expected volatility index, DVOL, has been pinned around 35 points. “The shape going forward is probably a…

Bitcoin ETFs Lose $90M as BTC Trades 32% Below ATH

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) shed $89.9 million on Monday, reversing two days of inflows as Bitcoin slipped below $86,000. Bitcoin ETFs attracted around $293 million over the previous two October trading sessions before Monday’s reversal, with total trading volume reaching $2.18 billion, according to SoSoValue data. The pullback came a day before the…

OKX Launches Stablecoin Savings and Payments App

Crypto exchange OKX has launched OKX Money, a stablecoin savings and payments app, in parts of Latin America, Africa, South Asia and the Middle East, that will pay some customers as much as 10% yield. The app allows users to fund accounts using more than 50 supported currencies, with deposits converted into dollar-backed stablecoins, according…

Fairshake PAC to Initially Spend $6M on House Races as US Midterms Loom

Fairshake, the political action committee (PAC) backed by contributions from Coinbase, Ripple Labs and Andreessen Horowitz, announced that it would initially spend a combined $6 million on six House of Representatives candidates out of 32 people the group planned to back ahead of the 2026 US midterm elections. On Monday, Fairshake said that it would…

Bitcoin Bulls Fail to Break Beyond $87,000 as Wall Street Returns

Bitcoin (BTC) fluctuated around $86,000 after Monday’s Wall Street open as US bond yields continued to rise. Key points: Bitcoin rejected near its weekly close of $86,570 after the start of the US trading session. US bond yields staged a rebounBitcoin price action continued with smaller moves, with the 2026 yearly open at $87,570 lingering…

Crypto’s campaign arm, Fairshake, sets lists of U.S. House favorites it’ll spend on

The crypto industry’s leading political action committee, Fairshake, released another list of candidates it’s supporting for the November elections, backing 13 Democrats and 19 Republicans — all incumbents — in their U.S. House of Representatives races. The candidates tend to be safe bets to return to Congress, potentially further reinforcing the existing support for crypto…

FinCEN withdraws proposed crypto mixing rule over ‘legitimate activity’ concerns

The bureau under the US Treasury said it was withdrawing two proposed rules on unhosted wallets and crypto mixers ”as part of the Trump Administration’s deregulatory agenda.” Source link

Bitcoin’s 43% Q3 Rally Meets a Tougher Macro Test

Bitcoin (BTC) is coming off its best third quarter since 2017, but extending the rally may prove more difficult as Treasury yields above 5% offer investors an increasingly attractive alternative to risk assets, according to Delphi Digital.  In its latest weekly newsletter, Delphi highlighted Bitcoin’s 43% gain in the third quarter, followed by a third…

China Stablecoin P2P Wallets Surge 43x, Chainalysis Finds

The number of unique wallets sending peer-to-peer (P2P) stablecoin transactions in China grew 43-fold between the first quarter of 2024 and the second quarter of 2026, according to Chainalysis. The blockchain analytics company recorded $104.1 billion across 18.1 million transfers involving China’s self-custodied stablecoin holdings during the 2026 reporting period, which ran from July 2025…