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Fed Cuts Rate in 'Risk Management' Move as Bitcoin Eyes Possible Upside
The U.S. central bank lowered its benchmark rate range by 25 basis points to 4%-4.25%, citing softening labor markets and economic uncertainty.
Venture Studio Thesis* Appoints Victoria Chan as COO to Spearhead BitcoinFi Expansion
Before joining Thesis*, Chan served as the director of developer global services for Coinbase.
ORQO Debuts in Abu Dhabi With $370M in AUM, Sets Sight on Ripple USD Yield
With licenses held in Europe and now expanding in the Middle East, the firm aims to become a global on-chain asset manager.
Wall Street Bank Citigroup Sees Ether Falling to $4,300 by Year-End
Network activity remains the key driver of ether’s value, but much of the recent growth has been on layer-2s, the report noted.
Dogecoin Inches Closer to Wall Street With ETF Set for Launch This Week
The DOJE fund could launch this week, signaling a new phase in crypto's merger with traditional finance, even if ‘utility’ isn’t part of the equation.
PayPal Adding Crypto to Peer-to-Peer Payments, Allowing Direct Transfer of BTC, ETH, Others
The firm said users in the U.S. will soon be able to send bitcoin, ether and its own PYUSD stablecoin directly across accounts as part of the company's crypto payment push.
Crypto Lender Maple Expands to Tether-Backed Plasma
The deployment marks first syrupUSDT launch beyond Ethereum as Maple targets $5B in assets by year-end.
PEPE Price Sinks 6% Amid Market Sell-Off as Whales Accumulate
The drop in PEPE's value was part of a wider crypto market drawdown, with the CoinDesk 20 index losing 1.8% of its value, and memecoins being especially hard hit.
Ether Bigger Beneficiary of Digital Asset Treasuries Than Bitcoin or Solana: StanChart
The strongest DATs will be those with cheap funding, scale, and staking yield, which favors ether and solana treasuries over bitcoin, analyst Geoff Kendrick said.
CoreWeave Stock Climbs 5% After $6.3B Cloud Capacity Deal with Nvidia
Nvidia agreed to purchase CoreWeave’s unused data center capacity through 2032.
