Ripple Prime expands into leveraged ETF swap financing, targeting Wall Street's $256 billion market
Ripple's prime brokerage arm is reportedly providing total-return-swap financing to leveraged ETF issuers, moving the firm into a nonbank financing role long do
finance.yahoo · +14 outlets
Ledger investigates wallet drains tied to CryptoBilis reseller, losses estimated at $86M to $87M
The hardware wallet maker is probing potential tampering after users who bought devices through a reseller reported drained funds.
The Block · +9 outlets
XRP Ledger ships PermissionDelegationV1_1, letting institutions delegate account duties without sharing keys
The amendment, live Oct. 8 at ledger 107,524,865, adds controls aimed at banks, stablecoins and tokenized funds on XRPL.
Cryptoslate · +3 outlets
XRP ETFs draw inflows while bitcoin and ether funds bleed hundreds of millions
XRP fund inflows are bucking the trend as BTC and ETH ETFs post steep outflows, though XRP ETF buyers remain underwater.
finance.yahoo · +14 outlets
CFTC moves to fold event contracts into swaps regulation as legal fight escalates
The proposal would treat prediction market contracts as swaps, drawing pushback from sports leagues and exchanges.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Bitcoin slides to $80,000 as $1 billion liquidation wave hits crypto
A broad selloff liquidated leveraged positions across crypto, with ether bets hit hardest.
finance.yahoo · +14 outlets
XRP ETF buyers sit about 13% underwater yet keep adding to positions
Persistent inflows into XRP ETFs come even as the funds' average buyer is holding a loss and price slides.
finance.yahoo · +6 outlets
NFL tells Supreme Court prediction market sports contracts are gambling, not swaps
The league's filing adds to industry pushback as the Supreme Court weighs whether to take up the prediction market dispute.
The Block · +14 outlets
Celsius' Alex Mashinsky hit with $35 million penalty and permanent industry ban
The New York settlement closes another chapter in the Celsius collapse, barring its founder from the securities industry.
CoinDesk · +6 outlets
ESMA gives EU crypto platforms three months to drop non-MiCA stablecoins such as USDT
The deadline forces European venues to delist stablecoins that do not meet MiCA requirements.
CoinDesk · +13 outlets
Justin Bons calls Ripple's XRP decentralization claims fraud over closed-source upgrade
Cyber Capital's founder accuses Ripple and XRP promoters of misleading investors about how decentralized the network and its codebase are.
finance.yahoo · +7 outlets
XRP Ledger tokenized real-world assets grew more than 60x to $2.46 billion in nine months
A single Justoken energy token accounts for roughly $2.2 billion of XRPL's RWA capitalization, raising questions about concentration.
finance.yahoo · +2 outlets
US government moves $1 billion in bitcoin tied to Bitfinex hack, no sale indicated
On-chain transfers of seized BTC draw market attention, though officials gave no sign of an imminent sale.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
Bitcoin ETFs post worst day since June as October gains turn red
Spot bitcoin funds shed roughly $500 million in a single session, adding pressure to an already weak October.
Decrypt News · +14 outlets
XRP price slides toward $1.40 and retraces much of its rally as selling continues
XRP has given back most of its post-election gains, with technical indicators and rising exchange reserves cited as signs of weakening momentum.
finance.yahoo · +8 outlets
Bitcoin steadies near $82,000 after Trump rules out Iran strike before midterms
Geopolitical risk easing helped bitcoin recover from earlier losses tied to reports of possible US strikes.
CoinDesk · +5 outlets
Kraken parent backs CFTC plan to regulate spot crypto without Congress
Payward's support signals exchange alignment with CFTC-led spot market oversight rather than new legislation.
CoinDesk
Ethereum researcher's AI security warning splits crypto industry; bitcoin and ether holders urged to brace
Justin Drake's warning that AI could break crypto encryption sooner than quantum computing has prompted calls for defensive key management measures.
CoinDesk · +1 outlets