Bitcoin Dips Under $114.5K While Gold, Stocks Head Higher

Key points: Bitcoin diverges from stocks and gold to see daily losses of 2% to start the week. Analysis hopes that the upcoming Federal Reserve interest-rate decision will provide a BTC price boost. Hidden bullish divergences strengthen the case for BTC price gains. Bitcoin (BTC) struggled at $115,000 into Monday’s Wall Street open as analysis…

France May Attempt To Block MiCA ‘Passports’ For EU Crypto Firms

France has warned it may try to block cryptocurrency firms operating locally under licenses obtained in other European countries, raising enforcement gap concerns around the European Union’s crypto regulatory framework. France’s securities regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), told Reuters Monday that it is concerned about potential regulatory enforcement gaps related to Europe’s Markets…

Most Crypto Tokens Aren’t Securities, Pitches Unified Rulebook

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins said that “most crypto tokens are not securities,” while outlining a sweeping plan to integrate crypto activities like trading, lending and staking under a unified regulatory framework. “It is a new day at the SEC,” Atkins said during a keynote address at the Organization for Economic…

UK Crypto Groups Slam BoE’s Proposed Stablecoin Holding Caps

United Kingdom-based cryptocurrency industry advocacy groups called on the Bank of England not to proceed with plans to limit individual stablecoin holdings. In a November 2023 discussion paper, the bank floated setting individual caps on digital pounds between 10,000 British pounds ($13,558) and 20,000 pounds and asked for feedback on a possible lower limit of…

How to Earn Passive Crypto Income with Stablecoins in 2025

Key takeaways Yield-bearing stablecoins include treasury-backed, DeFi and synthetic models. US and EU law ban issuer-paid interest; access is often restricted. Rebases and rewards are taxed as income when received. Risks remain: regulation, markets, contracts and liquidity. The search for passive income has always driven investors toward assets like dividend stocks, real estate or government…

How to Day Trade Crypto With Google Gemini AI

Key takeaways: Gemini AI serves as a powerful tool for researching day trade strategies but cannot be used to execute trades directly. It summarizes fundamentals and compares assets to support daily trade decisions but still requires access to data sets. Gemini AI helps manage trading discipline by turning watchlists, catalysts and post-mortems into structured loops…

UK Crypto Groups Criticize Bank of England’s Proposed Stablecoin Caps

The Financial Times (FT) reported on Monday that cryptocurrency groups are urging the Bank of England (BoE) to scrap proposals limiting the amount of stablecoins individuals and businesses can own. The groups warned that the rules would leave the UK with stricter oversight than the U.S. or the European Union (EU). According to the FT,…

Monero Rises Over 7% Despite Suffering 18-Block Reorg

Monero’s privacy token rose more than 7% despite its blockchain suffering an 18-block reorg that reversed around 117 transactions and triggered community concerns over the Monero ecosystem’s future. The security breach was committed by the team behind Qubic, a layer 1 AI-focused blockchain and mining pool that amassed 51% hashrate on Monero and committed a…

New Ethereum Standard Sets Baseline for RWA Tokenization

A coalition of Web3 companies has introduced a new Ethereum token standard designed to streamline compliance and reduce fragmentation in the growing real-world asset (RWA) sector. According to an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, the standard, ERC-7943, creates a minimal, modular interface designed to work across Ethereum layer-2s and Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains, while remaining…

Trump Appeals Fed Governor Cook Case As New Evidence Emerges

United States President Donald Trump has filed an appeal in the case involving Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook ahead of a key interest rate decision by the central bank this week. Lawyers representing the Department of Justice on behalf of the president have appealed against a preliminary injunction issued by the district court on Sept….