Euro stablecoins have surged 1,200% under MiCA as regulatory clarity attracts institutional capital into euro-denominated digital assets. Controlled reserve management (requiring 100% fiat-backing for EU stablecoin issuers) has boosted investor confidence by nearly 50%. While the 1,200% growth has not been uniform across all euro-denominated digital assets, it reflects a massive shift in market structure
As HSBC, Lloyds, and JPMorgan all commit to tokenized deposits on the Canton Network, Digital Asset Chief Product Officer Bernhard Elsner explains why the instrument is structurally distinct from stablecoins and how Canton’s architecture eliminates bridge risk rather than simply managing it. The tokenized deposit market is accelerating. HSBC has completed a pilot simulating the
The crypto fundraising sector has gone through a notable shift between the Initial Dex Offerings (IDOs) and Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs) this year. Particularly, the Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs) have outperformed Initial Dex Offerings (IDOs). As per the data from CryptoRank, the IEOs account for 53.8% of positive year-to-date (YTD) returns on investment (ROI). On
Two months ago, Bitcoin was sitting near $60k with a deeply oversold RSI, capitulation-level on-chain readings, and a market that had largely given up on the idea of a recovery. Today, it is trading at $77.6k, moving toward the upper boundary of the $75k–$80k resistance band with improving momentum across every major timeframe. The shift
Crypto markets were relatively calm on Friday as the largest Deribit options settlement of the month cleared roughly $9.87 billion in notional exposure, with traders now turning their attention to next week’s Federal Reserve meeting and a renewed escalation in the Strait of Hormuz. $BTC is changing hands at $78,088, up 0.8% on the day,
The stablecoin markets are experiencing serious change in market sentiment due to the aggressive increase in supply by the Tether ($USDT). Recent on-chain data indicates that Tether has minted over 3 billion $USDT during the past week. The minting of new stablecoins typically signals either increased market risk or a buildup of “dry powder” for
Bitcoin held above $77,000 on Friday, consolidating after hitting its strongest level since early February earlier in the week. The largest cryptocurrency is up about 13.6% in April, putting it on track for its best monthly performance in a year, according to CoinGlass data. The rebound follows a rough stretch, with crypto markets logging their
Bitcoin has climbed more than 30% from its February lows and is pressing toward $80,000, turning sentiment sharply bullish across trading communities. One analyst who has tracked this structure for months says the excitement may be arriving at exactly the wrong moment. The question is not whether the rally is real. It is what comes
Allbirds (Nasdaq:BIRD) erased over 50% of its recent peak price, sinking to $7.57. The company has set out to swap its apparel and shoes assets for $50M dedicated to building AI data centers. The former shoe company, now called NewBirdAI, is showing that a simple announcement of an AI pivot may not be enough to
As part of efforts to empower crypto users to harness the full potential of cross-chain DApps (decentralized applications) in the Web3 landscape, Conflux Network, a public Layer-1 blockchain, today entered into a strategic partnership with Catto Verse, an AI-driven crypto intelligence platform. This collaboration enabled Conflux to bring innovative AI capabilities into its L1 blockchain