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Solana ETFs draw record $188 million in a week as Bitwise takes two-thirds of inflows
All seven funds attracted money, while Friday’s $87 million intake set a daily record.
Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP beyond reach of freeze controls
Two wallets have been almost emptied and a third is being drained, with about $75 million remaining across the five original holding accounts.
Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP that Ripple cannot freeze
Two wallets have been almost emptied and a third is being drained, with about $75 million remaining across the five original holding accounts.
XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets
The feature would let users bundle up to eight transactions, including asset-and-payment transfers, but a brief drop below the network’s 80% support threshold restarted its two-week activation clock.
Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang’s death ruled a suicide
The crypto executive and Dystopia Labs founder previously held senior roles at Stellar and Solana before joining venture capital firm Hack VC.
Solana Foundation Hires Binance's Former Global CMO for Institutional Push
Rachel Conlan arrives as chief strategy officer and Polygon Labs' Jamal Raees takes over payments, both recruited from elsewhere in crypto.
Solana Foundation hires ex-Binance CMO and payments exec as new partnerships expand
Rachel Conlan will oversee institutional partnerships and ecosystem growth, while Jamal Raees will focus on stablecoins and tokenized deposits, following a wave of new partnerships.
Solana Foundation hires Binance, Polygon veterans as it ramps up tokenized finance push
Rachel Conlan and Jamal Raees join as Solana aims to court institutions moving payments and assets onchain.
Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang found dead at 37
The crypto executive and Dystopia Labs founder previously held senior roles at Stellar and Solana before joining venture capital firm Hack VC.
Cardano joins Solana, XRP Ledger in race to power AI agent payments
The official x402 kit now includes Cardano tools for apps and AI agents to pay with ADA and other network tokens, though the facilitator has so far only been tested on pre-production.
ZetaChain holders approve plan to wind down L1, move ZETA to Solana
ZetaChain plans to wind down its Cosmos-based layer 1 and migrate ZETA to Solana, joining other crypto projects moving away from standalone chains.
Solana's Heartbeat Quickens: Block Times Fall 17% in Latest Speed Upgrade
The network's clock just sped up again, but the extra speed goes to freshness, not capacity.
XRP on the brink of a golden cross as focus switches to altcoins
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Cardano’s IOG warns users to avoid YouTube channel amid apparent hijack
Input Output Group told users to avoid its YouTube channel after it began livestreaming a suspected AI-manipulated Charles Hoskinson video promising to “double your wealth.”
Cardano’s IOG warns users to avoid YouTube channel amid giveaway scam
Input Output Group told users to avoid its YouTube channel after it began livestreaming a suspected AI-manipulated Charles Hoskinson video promising to “double your wealth.”
Ripple adds XRP payments to Stripe and Tempo’s AI standard in new developer kit
The update expands support for automated payments in XRP and RLUSD, with tools that let agents pay repeatedly for services and manage wallets across blockchains.
Velocity extends Series A to $48M at $200M valuation with backing from Visa, Circle, and Ripple
The investment brings Velocity's Series A round to $48 million and values the London-based payments infrastructure firm at $200 million, CEO Eric Queathem said.
Solana more than triples transaction size limit with mainnet upgrade
Solana raised its transaction size limit to 4,096 bytes, giving developers more room for zero-knowledge proofs and transactions with multiple signatures.
XRP Ledger is one vote away from starting its next big payments upgrade
Batch V1.1 would let users bundle up to eight linked transactions into one operation, with 27 of 35 trusted validators now backing the change.
Dogecoin ETFs struggled for buyers while rival XRP and Solana funds pulled in $3 billion
Bitwise's BWOW dogecoin ETF will close after 10 months, adding to weak demand across DOGE funds and raising a harder question for altcoin ETFs: What problem are they actually solving?
Ripple stablecoin chief sees $13 trillion corporate treasury opportunity for RLUSD
Payments and capital markets are driving growth for Ripple's $2.4 billion digital dollar as it looks to bring RLUSD to Europe under MiCA, the firm's Jack McDonald said.
Bitwise to Close Dogecoin ETF Before Its First Anniversary
BWOW will stop trading October 14, with cash payments to remaining shareholders expected October 22.
Bitwise to put down Dogecoin ETF less than a year after launch
BWOW held about $688,000 in net assets as of Sept. 9. Trading is expected to end Oct. 14, with cash payouts to follow around Oct. 22.
Ripple puts AI agents inside its $1 billion corporate treasury bet
The software can monitor cash, risk and forecasts and suggest financial moves, but humans still have to approve every action.
Solana sees record 263K tokens issued in a single day
Memecoin platform Pump.fun accounted for most of the new tokens among launchpads, as the Solana network notched a new all-time daily issuance high.
Solana to triple transaction size as apps get room for more complex trades
A Transaction v1 feature activates Wednesday, allowing complex proofs and large multisig operations to fit in one transaction while forcing services that read Solana to update.
Fomo overtakes Pump.fun in daily revenue on Solana
Fomo generated $1.76 million on Friday, beating Pump.fun’s $1.1 million, though the memecoin launchpad remains ahead over 30 days.
XRP Gets Another Boost Through Ripple Deal With Florida Athletics
The multi-year deal will place the XRP logo on the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium starting this season, extending Ripple's push into college athletics.
XRP Ledger has fewer active accounts than last year, but bigger trades and more value
Daily order-book traders fell about 40% from a year ago while volume rose 79%, as the value held on XRPL climbed above $4 billion.
The token supercycle: everything of value is becoming programmable
Tokenization is not just about increasing access to tokens, whatever they may represent, but a fundamental shift in how value is created, owned, financed and moved, argues Solana Foundation’s Lily Liu.
XRP ETFs pull in $170 million over 11 days. Goldman tops institutional holders
Spot XRP funds have logged 11 straight sessions of inflows, while Q2 filings show Goldman Sachs, Jane Street and Millennium among their biggest professional holders.
XRP ETFs pull in $170 million over eleven days. Goldman tops institutional holders
Spot XRP funds have logged nine straight sessions of inflows, while Q2 filings show Goldman Sachs, Jane Street and Millennium among their biggest professional holders.
Asia sees digital asset custody infrastructure deals from Ripple, Coincheck
Ripple was among the latest blockchain companies to sign a strategic partnership to build more custody and tokenized asset management solutions for Asian institutional participants.
CME’s share of XRP futures jumps as token rallies 40% in a week
Outstanding XRP futures positions outside CME fell by more than 500 million tokens in two weeks, while exposure on the regulated U.S. exchange climbed about 36% as XRP rallied toward $1.40.
XRP ETFs Extend Inflow Streak to 9 Days, Pulling In $1.6 Billion Since Launch
Spot XRP funds have drawn inflows for nine straight days, reaching $1.6 billion in cumulative net inflows even as the token's price cools.
Solana validators approve proposal to accelerate SOL disinflation
The approved proposal doubles Solana’s annual disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, reducing future SOL issuance while leaving its long-term inflation target unchanged.
Solana Will Now Print Less SOL as Disinflation Vote Passes in Dramatic Fashion
The "Double Disinflation" proposal squeaked through by a razor-thin margin after Kraken nearly sank it, while a separate fee-burning measure failed.
Solana vote to double disinflation passes by a hair in dramatic finish
Solana's first network-wide vote went down to the wire, with a Kraken-linked validator switching sides before the disinflation proposal narrowly passed.
Morning Minute: Solana Jumps with Network Inflation Set to Drop
Two majors proposals are set to pass, its leading DATs are back, and Schwab is offering SOL to its clients—quite the setup for Solana.
Solana’s faster disinflation plan leads vote as $800K burn proposal trails
All three proposals have cleared quorum, but a plan to slow new SOL creation is only narrowly passing while a separate vote to sharply increase token burns remains below the two-thirds support needed.
Solana’s faster supply cuts lead vote while $800,000 daily burn plan trails
All three proposals have cleared quorum, but a plan to slow new SOL creation is only narrowly passing while a separate vote to sharply increase token burns remains below the two-thirds support needed.
MoonPay’s newest integration lets AI agents handle crypto lending on Solana
MoonPay’s newest integration lets AI agents handle crypto lending on Solana
Solana Is Having Its Best Month Since 2024—With a Historic Governance Vote on Deck
Solana is up more than 8% in 24 hours and 44% on the month. Coming changes to the network could add a supply squeeze to the mix.
Ripple Prime expands into US equity derivatives with Delta One business
Institutional clients can access total return swaps across linked to US-listed equities, indexes and digital assets and cross-margin exposures.
XRP Leads Crypto Pullback as Leverage Unwind Tests Rally
XRP led losses among the 10 biggest cryptocurrencies today. The charts show the real test for its rally is only getting started.
XRP’s 44% rally brings leverage back, raising risk of sharper pullback
CryptoQuant data show XRP’s estimated leverage ratio on Binance at its highest since January, with long accounts outnumbering shorts as futures volume runs more than five times spot trading.
XRP Hot Streak Cools as Traders Hit a Wall: Where Does It Go Next?
XRP has given back two days of gains after a vertical recovery, and the charts say the bounce just met a wall.
Solana transactions hit record 4.2B as SOL rallies 40%
Solana transactions hit record 4.2B as SOL rallies 40%
Crypto Group Warns Regulators Against Expanding Stablecoin KYC
The crypto trade group warned that forcing issuers to verify identities for peer-to-peer wallet transfers would “cripple the industry” as regulators implement the GENIUS Act.
Solana ETFs extend growth streak to 5 days after year's biggest inflows
Monday's $33.5 million was the largest single-day inflow since December, pushing cumulative net inflows to a record $1.22 billion and trading volume to $166.8 million.