Sienna Hartley

Why Brussels Wants a Single Crypto Sheriff The European Commission is preparing a December “markets integration package” that would elevate the Paris-based European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) from a coordinator to the direct supervisor of the largest cross-border crypto exchanges, stock exchanges and clearing houses. Senior officials argue that Continue Reading

XRP Price Action: Volume Grows Inside a Descending Triangle XRP is trading near $2.55 after a 1.7 % daily advance, pushing 24-hour turnover above $2.16 billion and keeping its market capitalization close to $153 billion. On the daily chart the token continues to coil inside a well-defined descending triangle: lower Continue Reading

From Inaugural Checks to Ballroom Bricks: Senator Murphy’s “Corruption Factory” Claim A single post on X this week ignited one of the fiercest political flare-ups the digital-asset industry has seen since the 2022 market crash. Senator Chris Murphy accused Coinbase of feeding what he called former President Donald Trump’s “corruption Continue Reading

Bybit’s Proactive Pause: What Changes on 31 October? On Wednesday the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume confirmed that, effective 12:00 UTC on 31 October, it will stop onboarding new Japanese nationals and residents. Bybit described the move as a “proactive approach” to domestic rules that are still in Continue Reading

Why a Dedicated Gateway Matters in Late 2025 In a series of posts on X this week, the Ethereum Foundation (EF) introduced “Ethereum for Institutions,” a new portal built to serve banks, asset managers, and corporates moving real-world value onto public blockchains. The launch lands at a pivotal moment: more Continue Reading

Why a Nasdaq-Listed Gaming Firm Is Migrating Its Treasury to Linea’s zkEVM SharpLink Gaming, Inc. startled both Wall Street and Crypto Twitter this week by revealing plans to shift roughly one-third of its nine-figure ether treasury onto Linea, the zero- knowledge Layer-2 network engineered by Consensys. The move instantly positions Continue Reading

Market Returns to Four-Trillion Territory A liquidity-fuelled rebound pushed the combined crypto market value above $4 trillion in the third quarter, according to the latest CoinGecko industry report. Capitalisation climbed 16.4 %—a $563.6 billion jump that locked in a third straight green quarter and the highest headline figure since late 2021. Activity broadened Continue Reading

HTTP 402 Reborn: Breaking Down a Half-Million On-Chain Payments in Seven Days In less than twelve months, Coinbase’s research arm has taken an obscure corner of the internet’s protocol stack and turned it into the most talked-about payment rail in crypto. The x402 standard—named for the long-dormant “Payment Required” HTTP Continue Reading

Price Compression Around $3,930 Sets the Stage for a Volatile Move During the European session, Ethereum pivoted just beneath the $3,930 resistance, edging to $3,951.37 on a robust 24-hour turnover of $25.6 billion. Although the token has advanced a modest 0.06 % in the last day, it continues to coil Continue Reading

From Pilot Projects to Prime-Time Lending JPMorgan Chase & Co. has confirmed plans to let institutional clients post Bitcoin and Ethereum directly as collateral for fiat loans by the end of 2025. The initiative, first reported by Bloomberg, extends the bank’s June pilot that accepted shares of crypto exchange-traded funds Continue Reading