Solana Rally Stalls Below $100 as Competitors Gain Ground

Key takeaways: SOL derivatives signal bearish sentiment as funding rates hit 0% and put (sell) options trade at a premium. While Solana leads in DEX volume, it faces stiff competition from Hyperliquid in the perpetual contracts sector. Solana’s native token SOL (SOL) faced a 3-day 11% decline after peaking at $97.70 on Monday. Thursday’s move

Coinbase Launches Tokenized Bitcoin Yield Fund on Base

Coinbase Asset Management’s Anthony Bassili says the Bitcoin Yield Fund’s tokenized share class checks “identity and eligibility at the token level” for compliance. Coinbase has brought its Bitcoin Yield Fund onto its Base blockchain, §launching a tokenized share class for the fund with financial services firm Apex Group. Apex said in a statement on Thursday

Execution Quality: The Missing Crypto Market Metric

Opinion by: Arthur Azizov, founder of B2 Ventures Transaction cost analysis (TCA) has long been an important tool in equity trading. With this instrument, traders can see the hidden costs that a transaction carries and minimize the difference between the expected and the actual price. As crypto matures, it begins to resemble traditional financial markets

BTC Pullback Paused at $70K; Data Signals Potential Rebound

Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below $69,000 on Thursday, pulling the price back into its six-week range just days after tapping range highs above $76,000. The pullback coincides with increased selling in Bitcoin futures markets and stalled demand from US-based investors, but the chance of a rebound rally remains. A recurring chart pattern suggests that BTC could

Atkins: SEC Crypto Interpretation Is a Starting Point

The SEC chair signaled that the agency would defer to a market structure bill if passed by Congress, but needed a “bridge” to clarify crypto regulation. US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins has clarified how the agency intends to approach digital asset regulation following an interpretative notice issued this week. In prepared

Kentucky Bill Could Require Hardware Wallet Backdoors

Kentucky House Bill 380, a state-level crypto regulatory bill, includes provisions that would force crypto hardware wallet manufacturers to build a “backdoor” into devices, Bitcoin (BTC) advocacy organization Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) has warned.  The provisions require crypto hardware wallet manufacturers to provide recovery options for users’ seed phrases, and were added to the bill

Forward Funds Buyback With Solana-Backed Loan

Forward Industries, a publicly traded company with a Solana-focused treasury strategy, has launched a share repurchase program funded through a crypto-collateralized loan from Galaxy Digital LLC, underscoring how digital assets are increasingly being used in traditional corporate finance. The company said Thursday it will repurchase 6,164,324 shares of its common stock from an unnamed institutional

EtherFi Pledges $25M to Plume Nest for RWA Yield

EtherFi has allocated $25 million to Plume’s real-world asset (RWA) protocol Nest, as it integrates tokenized RWA yield directly into its platform, as it looks to expand beyond crypto-native sources of return. According to an announcement on Thursday, rollout will begin with exposure to Plume’s nBASIS vault, which is tied to Superstate’s USCC crypto carry

Bybit Launches Yield Product for Tether Gold

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has launched a yield-bearing tokenized gold product that lets users earn interest on Tether Gold (XAUT), the latest entrant into a broader push to turn traditionally non-yielding assets into income-generating instruments. The product converts tokenized gold — typically a passive store of value — into a yield-generating asset using XAUT, the largest

Animoca Backs Ava Labs to Grow Avalanche in Asia and Middle East

Animoca Brands has made a strategic investment in Ava Labs and will support projects building on the Avalanche blockchain, with a focus on expansion in Asia and the Middle East. According to Thursday’s announcement by the Hong Kong-based Web3 company, the collaboration will target sectors including real-world assets, digital identity and entertainment, with Animoca providing
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