From Messaging Rail to Settlement Layer: A Strategic Pivot Swift, the interbank cooperative that has stitched the global payments fabric together for fifty years, confirmed at the Sibos conference in Frankfurt that it is building a blockchain-based shared ledger in partnership with Consensys and more than thirty financial institutions spanning Continue Reading

Spot ETF Window Could Reorder the Crypto League Table XRP closed the week at $2.78, capping a month of steady bids as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) prepares to decide on six spot-ETF applications between 18 October and 25 October. The filings—submitted by Grayscale, 21Shares, Bitwise, Canary Capital, Continue Reading

Asset Managers Race Ahead with Updated Solana Filings A flurry of amended S-1 forms hit the Securities and Exchange Commission late last week, revealing that Franklin Templeton, Fidelity, CoinShares, Bitwise, Grayscale, VanEck, and Canary Capital have all refreshed their proposals for spot Solana exchange-traded funds. ETF analyst Nate Geraci flagged Continue Reading

Rotation Replaces Broad-Based Rallies For the first time since early summer, altcoin flows are clustering around just a handful of liquid narratives instead of lifting the entire market. Order-book data early this week show spot turnover rising nearly 18 % on infrastructure, derivatives and gaming tokens while volumes on most Continue Reading

Altseason Tightens as Capital Hunts Identifiable Catalysts The latest leg of altcoin season is proving highly selective. Rather than lifting the entire long-tail of digital assets, traders are concentrating on themes with clear use-cases and immediate liquidity. Three narratives have emerged as the strongest magnets for capital: privacy, cross-border payments, Continue Reading

From a Modest $1 Million to One of the Sector’s Largest Repurchase Plans DeFi Development Corp (DFDV), the first publicly traded company whose balance sheet is explicitly structured around a Solana-based treasury, has multiplied its share-repurchase authorization from just $1 million to a staggering $100 million. Approved under Rule 10b-18, Continue Reading

Phase One: Direct Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana Access for Millions of Retail Investors Morgan Stanley has confirmed that it will enable spot trading of Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana for E-Trade clients in the first half of 2026, marking the most expansive crypto move yet by a U.S. money-center bank. By Continue Reading

Venture Capital Backs a 10x Revenue Surge Fueled by Coinbase and Bilt Cardless, a San Francisco–based fintech that lets consumer-facing brands spin up fully featured credit cards in a matter of weeks, has closed a $60 million Series C round led by Spark Capital. The raise lifts total funding to Continue Reading

CME’s Altcoin Options Debut Signals New Era for SOL Liquidity Solana is changing hands at $238.45, commanding a market valuation of $129.51 billion on a 24-hour turnover of $3.55 billion. While price action has flattened into a tight range, liquidity behind the scenes is accelerating. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will roll out options on Solana Continue Reading

Spot Price Retreats After Brisk Rally to $3.10 XRP is trading at $2.99, down 1.38% over the last 24 hours on turnover of roughly $4 billion. The token briefly pierced $3.10 earlier in the week, aided by a broad alt-coin bid and the fanfare surrounding a newly listed U.S. XRP Continue Reading