Italy Touts Stricter Oversight on Multi-Issuer Stablecoins

A senior Bank of Italy official warned that stablecoins issued by multiple entities across different countries pose significant risks to the European Union’s financial system unless they are strictly limited to jurisdictions with equivalent regulatory standards. Speaking at the Economics of Payments Conference in Rome on Thursday, Chiara Scotti, vice director of the Bank of…

Bitcoin’s Record 14.3M BTC Illiquid Supply Reflects Strong HODL Trend

Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s Illiquid supply now stands at 14.3 million BTC, a new record. Whales are now absorbing nearly 300% of the newly mined BTC supply. Bitcoin’s  (BTC) illiquid supply—the coins held long-term by holders with little history of spending—has hit its highest level in history.  Data from market intelligence firm Glassnode shows that Bitcoin’s…

Grvt Raises $19M to Bring Privacy and Scale to Onchain Finance

Grvt (pronounced “gravity”), a decentralized exchange (DEX) focused on privacy in on-chain finance, has raised $19 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by ZKsync, its foundational technology partner, along with Further Ventures, EigenCloud (formerly EigenLayer) and 500 Global, the company announced via email on Thursday. Built on the ZKsync Validium L2, Grvt…

How to Get Real-Time Crypto Trading Signals with ChatGPT

Key takeaways: ChatGPT accelerates crypto analysis by interpreting data, summarizing sentiment and creating strategy templates. Traders use it for practical tasks like bot development, technical interpretation and backtesting simulations. It augments — not replaces — human decisions and works best when combined with tools like TradingView. Key limitations include inconsistent real-time data access and reliance…

How to Get Real-Time Crypto Trading Signals with ChatGPT

Key takeaways: ChatGPT accelerates crypto analysis by interpreting data, summarizing sentiment and creating strategy templates. Traders use it for practical tasks like bot development, technical interpretation and backtesting simulations. It augments — not replaces — human decisions and works best when combined with tools like TradingView. Key limitations include inconsistent real-time data access and reliance…

Ethereum’s Fusaka Hard Fork To Go Live On December 3

Ethereum’s core developers have selected early December for the tentative launch of the network’s next major hard fork, dubbed Fusaka, which aims to scale the network and make it more efficient. While the Fusaka upgrade will go live on Dec. 3, the increase in blob capacity will take place two weeks after, putting it around…

Ethereum’s Fusaka Hard Fork To Go Live On December 3

Ethereum’s core developers have selected early December for the tentative launch of the network’s next major hard fork, dubbed Fusaka, which aims to scale the network and make it more efficient. While the Fusaka upgrade will go live on Dec. 3, the increase in blob capacity will take place two weeks after, putting it around…

Michigan Crypto Reserve Bill Advances To Second Reading

Michigan has taken the next step for its strategic crypto reserve bill, which moved to a second reading on Thursday.  The Michigan House Bill 4087, which would allow the state to invest in crypto assets under specific conditions, has moved to a second reading and was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. The legislation…

Can LINK Price Break Above $100 in 2025?

Key takeaways: LINK price is up 82.5% this quarter, its strongest run since Q1 2021. A 45-month cup-and-handle points to a long-term target near $125. Institutional RWA adoption and Oracle dominance support a $100 and higher LINK price. Chainlink (LINK) is experiencing its strongest quarterly performance since Q1 2021, climbing 82.5% since July 1. Currently…

Bank of Canada Eyes Stablecoin Regulation

Canada’s central bank is calling for the country to establish a stablecoin regulatory framework to modernize the payment system and avoid falling behind other countries that are moving forward with such policies. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you sit there,” Ron Morrow, the executive director of payments, supervision…