Who’s Earning in Bitcoin and Ether in 2025

Key takeaways: Developers command high salaries even for junior positions. On average, a North American blockchain developer can earn over $150,000. The crypto job market extends beyond technical positions, with product managers, CTOs and compliance officers all commanding well-compensated roles. Crypto CEOs generate massive wealth primarily through equity stakes and token allocations rather than just…

Stablecoins Record $45B in Net Inflows in Q3 2025, Led by USDT and USDC

Stablecoins recorded more than $46 billion in net inflows in the last 90 days, highlighting rising demand for US dollar-pegged assets in the crypto space.  On Monday, data tracker RWA.xyz showed that Tether’s USDt (USDT) stablecoin led the quarter with $19.6 billion in net inflows, followed by Circle’s USDC (USDC) with $12.3 billion. Ethena’s synthetic…

Open, Verifiable Tech for Health, Finance, Voting

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin called for open-source, verifiable infrastructure across critical sectors, including healthcare, finance and governance, warning that centralized systems risk eroding trust and security. In a Wednesday blog post, Buterin argued that as digital infrastructure becomes embedded in everyday life, relying on closed, opaque systems increases the danger of abuse and monopolization. “The…

Flood of Major Altcoin ETFs Await SEC Approval in October

The crypto industry could be set for a flood of new crypto exchange-traded funds in October, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission set to make their final decisions on 16 crypto ETFs next month.  The ETFs are connected to a variety of major altcoins, including Solana (SOL), XRP (XRP), Litecoin (LTC) and memecoin Dogecoin…

Flood of Major Altcoin ETFs Await SEC Approval in October

The crypto industry could be set for a flood of new crypto exchange-traded funds in October, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission set to make their final decisions on 16 crypto ETFs next month.  The ETFs are connected to a variety of major altcoins, including Solana (SOL), XRP (XRP), Litecoin (LTC) and memecoin Dogecoin…

Bitcoin Recovers $112K, Bull Market ‘Not Over’ — Analyst

A Bitcoin analyst has argued that Bitcoin is still in a bull market as it briefly recovered to over $112,000 on Monday after a week of major volatility. Bitcoin (BTC) has struggled to gain over the past week as analysts said investors were showing signs of exhaustion, with its sudden drop last week resulting in…

Peter Schiff Explains Why Strategy (MSTR) Should Have Bought Gold Instead of Bitcoin

Analysts mapped a slow-grind path for bitcoin and flagged $112,000 as the trigger while gold advocate Peter Schiff revived the gold-versus-bitcoin debate by challenging Michael Saylor’s BTC treasury bet for his firm. CoinDesk Senior Analyst James van Straten said bitcoin’s market structure has shifted alongside gold’s repricing. He expects a slow, stair-step advance supported by…

Protests in Madagascar Spark Sharp Rise in Bitchat App Usage

Block CEO Jack Dorsey’s decentralized peer-to-peer messaging service Bitchat has seen a spike in downloads from the African island nation of Madagascar amid protests, following a similar uptick during unrest in Nepal and Indonesia earlier in September. A Bitcoin open-source developer under the X handle callebtc, who is working on the messaging service, said on…

Ethereum Exchange Balances Drop To Nine-Year Low Amid Corporate Buying

Ether holdings on centralized exchanges have dropped to their lowest point since 2016, driven by growing institutional accumulation. Exchange balances have been steadily shrinking since mid-2020, with the available supply of Ether (ETH) cut by around 50% over the past two years. The ETH exchange exodus accelerated in mid-July, with balances dropping 20% since then…

SEC’s Hester Peirce Jokes About her ’Crypto Mom’ NFT Plan

Hester Peirce, a commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) known by many in the industry as “Crypto Mom,” gave a speech laced with non-fungible token (NFT) metaphors and a review of the agency’s approach to digital assets. Speaking at a Coin Center event on Thursday, Peirce seemed to joke in response to…