The crypto market held steady on Friday with bitcoin BTC$71,835.73 trading little changed at $71,700 and ether (ETH) at $2,180, extending the low-volatility price action that has characterized the past few months. Daily Bollinger bands, a technical analysis tool that measures market volatility, are at their narrowest since early 2024. In the past, such a […]
Hong Kong issues first stablecoin licenses to HSBC, Standard Chartered
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Flare published a governance proposal on Thursday that would make it one of the first layer-1 blockchains to capture maximum extractable value (MEV) at the protocol level, instead of letting it flow to the small number of specialized actors who profit from transaction ordering across virtually every major chain. MEV is the revenue that block
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Hong Kong awarded its first two stablecoin issuer licenses to HSBC and Anchorpoint Financial, a Standard Chartered-led consortium that includes Animoca Brands, on Friday. The approvals from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the territory’s central bank, mark the first batch under the Stablecoins Ordinance, which came into effect in August 2025. “We look forward
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Bitcoin rises above $72k with US-Iran talks, CPI data in focus
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Quantum computing has become one of the hottest topics lately, thanks to Google saying that a powerful enough machine could exploit older blockchains with less firepower than originally estimated. For XRP holders, a nuanced answer, based on expert opinion, is that XRP’s architecture is better placed than Bitcoin’s. XRP is the digital token that operates
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Bitcoin retreated to $71,843 on Friday after a third attempt to breach $73,000 was met with selling on Thursday, a level that has now rejected the price on every rally since the Iran conflict began in late February. The retreat is modest. Bitcoin is up 7.9% on the week, its strongest weekly performance so far
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XRP is trying to stabilize after a sharp move higher, but the bigger question is whether this is real strength or just a short-lived bounce. The breakout came on solid volume, but the lack of follow-through and weak broader structure suggest buyers are still cautious. News background XRP ETFs saw $3.32M in inflows, but the
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A StarkWare researcher has published what he says is the first method to make bitcoin transactions quantum-secure on the live network today without changes to the Bitcoin protocol. However, the scheme costs up to $200 per transaction and is designed as an emergency measure rather than a permanent solution. In a paper published this week,
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OKX Ventures and HashKey Capital are backing a new Vietnam-based crypto exchange as Hanoi accelerates efforts to bring one of the world’s most active retail crypto markets under formal regulation. Vietnam Prosperity Crypto Asset Exchange (CAEX) said on Friday that the two firms have agreed to invest and become strategic partners alongside founding shareholders VPBank
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