The Crypto Revolution Remains Half-Built

Opinion by: Timothy Chen, global head of strategy, Mantle  While crypto adoption accelerates across Southeast Asia and Latin America, a deeper structural problem persists: Payments remain slow, error-prone and exclusionary. The premise of financial sovereignty through blockchain remains tantalizingly incomplete.  Millions hold digital assets, yet they cannot seamlessly integrate them into daily life. This paradoxical…

ETH Price Breakout Might Result From Spot ETF Flows

Key point: Ether (ETH) has been range-bound for several days, but institutional investor demand is picking up. Glassnode data shows 106,000 Ether flowing into spot Ether exchange-traded funds last week, the seventh successive week of positive flows. However, not everyone is bullish on Ether. Etherscan shows two Ethereum wallets unstaked and withdrew 95,920 Ether early…

SEC Approves Grayscale Crypto Trust Conversion To ETF

Asset manager Grayscale received approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday to convert its Digital Large-Cap Fund into an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The fund consists of the five biggest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization featured in the CoinDesk Five Index. Roughly 80.2% of the weighted fund is Bitcoin (BTC), followed by Ether…

Euro Stablecoin by DWS and Deutsche Bank Gets License

AllUnity, a joint stablecoin venture by asset manager DWS and banking giant Deutsche Bank, received a license from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), according to a Wednesday announcement. BaFin has granted an E-Money Institution (EMI) license to AllUnity. With the license, the company plans to issue a regulated and BaFin-licensed euro-pegged stablecoin, EURAU,…

Bitcoin Price Stuck in Range as BTC Traders Adopt “Wait-and-See” Strategy

Key takeaways: Over $342.2 million in ETF outflows on Tuesday and weaker futures activity show traders becoming more defensive. Bitcoin traders are watching $106,500 support and significant resistance at $109,000. Bitcoin (BTC) remains stuck in a $4,000 range as muted market activity and the return of spot BTC ETF outflows suggest that traders are now…

Deutsche Bank Plans Crypto Custody Service With Bitpanda in 2026: Bloomberg

Deutsche Bank (DB) is planning to debut a crypto custody service next year, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Germany’s largest bank has enlisted cryptocurrency exchange Bitpanda to help build the offering, according to the report, citing people familiar with the matter. Deutsche’s prior involvement in crypto custody has largely been through Swiss custodian Taurus, of which…

Bitcoin Halving Cycle Won’t Hurt Prices In 2025, SC Says

Global bank Standard Chartered is bullish on Bitcoin for the rest of the year, citing increasing corporate treasury buying and strong exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows. Standard Chartered expects Bitcoin (BTC) to print new highs of $135,000 by the end of the third quarter and then break $200,000 by the end of the year, the bank’s…

Crypto Aligns With Bhutan’s Happiness Vision

Binance CEO Richard Teng said cryptocurrency and digital asset technology can support the Kingdom of Bhutan’s unique development philosophy, known as Gross National Happiness (GNH), during a visit to the Himalayan kingdom. During a media roundtable at the Binance Crypto-Powered Tour in Bhutan, Cointelegraph asked Teng how crypto culture aligns or conflicts with the country’s…

Crypto Hacks Decline In Q2 As First Half Losses Hit $2.5B

Losses to crypto hacks, exploits and scams spiked to $2.47 billion in the first half of 2025, but the second quarter saw a decline in the total number of hacks, says blockchain security firm CertiK. Over $800 million was lost across 144 incidents in Q2, a 52% decrease in value lost compared to the previous…

Celsius $4B Bitcoin Lawsuit Against Tether Moves Forward

A US bankruptcy judge ruled that Celsius Network’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Tether can proceed, denying in part Tether’s attempt to dismiss claims that it “improperly” liquidated Celsius’s Bitcoin collateral during the crypto lender’s collapse. According to court documents filed in New York on Monday, Celsius alleges that Tether (USDT) executed a “fire sale” of over…