Ghana has become sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth-largest crypto market, with annual digital-asset transactions estimated at roughly $21 billion as regulators prepare to bring a fast-growing stablecoin and trading market under formal supervision. The International Monetary Fund reported that Ghana’s crypto sector has become large enough to create new licensing and supervision challenges for the Bank of
As Bitcoin ($BTC) closed September 2026 in a bullish outlook, up over 6%, Finbold’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agent expects the flagship cryptocurrency to maintain its uptrend momentum in October. On October 1, Finbold’s AI Agent predicted that Bitcoin price could reach $84,825 by October 31. As $BTC price traded at approximately $83,452 at the time
A coffee bought with a qualifying dollar stablecoin would avoid gain-or-loss recognition under the ADAPT Act that Sen. Steve Daines released Sept. 30. The same coffee bought with Bitcoin would still trigger the cost-basis calculation and capital gain or loss reporting that attach to spending digital assets. Bloomberg Law reported Sept. 25 that Daines had
Latin America’s stablecoin payment ecosystem may depend on a small group of underlying liquidity providers, potentially disrupting customers’ ability to cash out into local currency if a key provider loses banking access, according to Verda Ventures partner Amit Chu. In a newly published report from crypto venture companies Varys Capital and Verda Ventures, drawing on
It currently takes over one year of full-time work for the average US worker to earn enough money to buy one $BTC. But this wasn’t always the case. Below is a chart of pre-tax and pre-living expense calculations, assuming an average US private sector employee working full-time using all wages to buy $BTC. As lofty
1-Hour Chart: Buyers Fight Back, but $84,360 Blocks the Door The 1-hour chart shows bitcoin’s price carving out a base between $83,362 and $83,713 during the first four hours of Oct. 1 before making a run to $84,357.92 between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. UTC. That bid didn’t stick. The 7 a.m. candle dropped to
Jane Street Group dramatically increased its position in the Bitwise $XRP ETF during the second quarter of 2026, with its common-share holdings rising to more than 1.2 million shares worth about $14.05 million at the end of June. The position was disclosed in Jane Street’s Form 13F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) is looking to allow tokenized trading of stocks, bonds and funds in the country, starting February 4, 2027, according to a new proposition presented on Thursday, October 1. The move to expand tokenization in the country lands as the push to postpone the crypto income tax regime set to
Bitcoin price ended the month above $82,000, is trading near $83,700, and is consolidating after a sharp recovery from the June lows. The rebound has brought $BTC back toward a crucial resistance zone but is yet to clear the $85,000 to $90,000 area. This is an important zone, as liquidation liquidity and large sell orders