Coinbase Launches ETH-backed Loans as Onchain Lending Grows

Coinbase has launched Ether-backed loans for US users, allowing customers to borrow USDC against their ETH holdings without selling, in a new offering powered by Morpho and running on Base. The exchange said the product is available across most US states, except New York, with variable rates and liquidation risk tied to market conditions. Users can…

SEC Crypto Task Force To Host Privacy and Financial Surveillance Roundtable

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force has scheduled a roundtable discussion centered on privacy and financial surveillance for December, as a renewed focus on privacy grips the cryptocurrency industry. The privacy roundtable is slated for Dec. 15. Like other SEC roundtables, crypto industry executives and SEC officials will discuss common pain points…

Bitcoin Drops As Investors Wonder If AI Bubble Popped

Key takeaways: Volatility and uncertainty in the Big Tech industry, along with concerns about Fed policy, pressured risk assets, driving Bitcoin’s correlation with the Nasdaq to its highest level in months. Crypto traders expect improved liquidity ahead as US fiscal pressures grow and Trump pushes a tariff-focused stimulus agenda. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Index experienced a…

Bitcoin Sentiment Mixed as Traders Debate Prices From 70K to 130K

Crypto trader sentiment on social media is currently split right down the middle, with one side predicting a Bitcoin drop below $70,000 and the other expecting a rally to $130,000.  Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $87,000 on Thursday for the first time since April; however,  “Social volume still shows a mixed bag of dip buy optimism…

Bitcoin Drops As Investors Wonder If AI Bubble Popped

Key takeaways: Volatility and uncertainty in the Big Tech industry, along with concerns about Fed policy, pressured risk assets, driving Bitcoin’s correlation with the Nasdaq to its highest level in months. Crypto traders expect improved liquidity ahead as US fiscal pressures grow and Trump pushes a tariff-focused stimulus agenda. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Index experienced a…

SEC Crypto Task Force To Host Privacy and Financial Surveillance Roundtable

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force has scheduled a roundtable discussion centered on privacy and financial surveillance for December, as a renewed focus on privacy grips the cryptocurrency industry. The privacy roundtable is slated for Dec. 15. Like other SEC roundtables, crypto industry executives and SEC officials will discuss common pain points…

Ethereum Treasury Companies Slip Underwater As ETH Price Trades Below $3K

Key takeaways: Ether treasury companies are sitting on millions of dollars of unrealized losses, raising concerns about their sustainability. Ether treasury companies trading below NAVs signal eroding confidence, potentially pressuring ETH price further. An ETH price fractal hints at $2,500 as the 200-week moving average becomes the last line of defense. Ether (ETH) fell 30%…

Ex-prosecutor Denies Promising Not to Charge FTX Exec’s Partner

Danielle Sassoon, one of the US attorneys behind the prosecution of former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, took the stand in an evidentiary hearing involving a deal with one of the company’s executives.  In a Thursday hearing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sassoon testified about the guilty plea…

Ethereum Treasury Companies Slip Underwater As ETH Price Trades Below $3K

Key takeaways: Ether treasury companies are sitting on millions of dollars of unrealized losses, raising concerns about their sustainability. Ether treasury companies trading below NAVs signal eroding confidence, potentially pressuring ETH price further. An ETH price fractal hints at $2,500 as the 200-week moving average becomes the last line of defense. Ether (ETH) fell 30%…

Ethereum Treasury Companies Slip Underwater As ETH Price Trades Below $3K

Key takeaways: Ether treasury companies are sitting on millions of dollars of unrealized losses, raising concerns about their sustainability. Ether treasury companies trading below NAVs signal eroding confidence, potentially pressuring ETH price further. An ETH price fractal hints at $2,500 as the 200-week moving average becomes the last line of defense. Ether (ETH) fell 30%…