Tokens Getting Much Better at Capturing Value: Bitwise CIO

Crypto tokens are becoming increasingly efficient at capturing value, thanks in part to new regulations and upgrades, which could send prices surging in 2026, according to Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan.  Hougan said in an X post on Saturday that in the chaos of the current market pullback, big news is getting lost, such…

Tokens Getting Much Better at Capturing Value: Bitwise CIO

Crypto tokens are becoming increasingly efficient at capturing value, thanks in part to new regulations and upgrades, which could send prices surging in 2026, according to Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan.  Hougan said in an X post on Saturday that in the chaos of the current market pullback, big news is getting lost, such…

NYSE Gives Final OK on Grayscale’s Dogecoin and XRP ETFs

The New York Stock Exchange has approved the listing of Grayscale’s Dogecoin and XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs), teeing up both to launch on Monday. NYSE Arca, a subsidiary of the exchange, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday to certify “its approval for listing and registration” of the Grayscale XRP Trust ETF (GXRP)…

$80K Put Now Most Popular Bet

A week ago, CoinDesk highlighted a bearish shift in the BTC options market, with the $85,000 put overtaking the $140,000 call as the most popular bet on crypto exchange Deribit. Now, the $80,000 put has taken the lead, boasting an open interest of just over $2 billion, while the $85,000 put ranks second with $1.97…

Bitcoin Recovery Continues With Selling Pressure Easing

Crypto market analysts are confident that Bitcoin’s recovery could continue as the cryptocurrency has begun to move higher since its bottom at just above $82,000 on Friday. Tech stocks and crypto markets dumped over the past two weeks “because of the market flip-flopping on expectations for a rate cut,” Capriole Fund founder Charles Edwards posted…

Bitcoin Demand Reverses but Long-Term Growth Story Holds

The key drivers of Bitcoin’s rally to a peak in October are now what’s causing its price to drop to multimonth lows, with crypto treasury reversals and crypto fund outflows suggesting “actual capital flight” rather than purely negative sentiment, says NYDIG. NYDIG head of research Greg Cipolaro said in a note on Friday that exchange-traded…

Crypto ETPs See $2B Weekly Outflows as Global Risk Appetite Fades

Crypto investment products logged their largest weekly outflows since February, shedding $2 billion as global risk appetite declined.  Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $2 billion in outflows last week, up by nearly 71% from $1.17 billion recorded the previous week, CoinShares reported on Monday. This marks the third consecutive week of outflows, extending the cumulative…

Strategy Supports Call for JPM Boycott, Zcash v BTC Debate

Today in crypto: Bitcoin community’s backlash against JP Morgan grows with calls to boycott, Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas says Zcash could dilute political and cultural support for Bitcoin, BlackRock’s clients aren’t factoring Bitcoin’s global payments potential into their investment thesis. Bitcoin community’s backlash against JP Morgan grows with calls to boycott The Bitcoin (BTC) community and…

New Investors Sell 148K BTC At A Loss As Bitcoin Price Falls to $92K.

Key takeaways: Newer Bitcoin investors sold over 148,000 BTC at a loss on Friday. Analysts agree that pushing Bitcoin’s price below the Jan. 1 open at $93,000 could trigger a fresh downtrend to areas below $90,000. Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped to $92,000 on Sunday, erasing nearly all of this year’s gains as the end of…

Chainlink Is ‘Critical Connective Tissue’ for Tokenization

Grayscale has said that Chainlink will be at the center of the next major phase of blockchain adoption, referring to the project as the “critical connective tissue” that links crypto to traditional finance. In a recent research report, the asset manager argued that Chainlink (LINK)’s growing suite of software tools is emerging as essential infrastructure…