Wall Street arrived in NEAR just as a $4 billion-a-month app got hacked
NEAR’s new US ETF is facing its first stress test days after launch as a $3.8 million ecosystem exploit hit the token. NEAR fell about 10% to $4.86 after NEAR Intents disclosed a security incident involving its Omni deposit-and-withdrawal infrastructure.…
L2 growth and $120 billion in staking hide Ethereum’s supply reality
Ethereum’s institutional data hub showed about $120 billion in staked ETH and $40.4 billion in daily average total value locked on layer-2 (L2) networks in a Sept. 21 snapshot. They measure different things: ETH committed to network security and…
Fidelity surge brings in $310M BTC saving Bitcoin ETFs from a disastrous week
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds drew $433 million of net inflows on Friday, Sept. 18, according to Farside Investors. The session extended the market’s rebound to a second day, but it did not fully repair the withdrawals recorded earlier in…
XRP ETFs hit a speed bump, but big investors aren’t dumping their tokens yet
A roughly $5.15 million outflow from US spot XRP exchange-traded products on Sept. 17 interrupted a $192 million inflow month. The reversal creates the first clean test of whether recent demand is cooling, yet the broader flow pattern still favors the…
XRP falls hard after CLARITY vote as Ripple’s regulatory advantage faces a new test
XRP fell more than 8% after the Senate blocked a key crypto bill, even as the token’s existing US regulatory treatment remained intact. CryptoSlate data showed XRP falling as low as $1.27 before recovering to about $1.29 as of press time, extending a…
Bitcoin bulls are loading up on calls while spot traders keep selling
Bitcoin’s derivatives market is turning more bullish even as spot traders remain reluctant to chase another move above $80,000. Glassnode’s latest Market Pulse showed demand shifting toward call options while US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows accelerated. Yet…
Bitcoin ETF inflows fall 76% entering Labor Day break as only BlackRock and Fidelity attract fresh money
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded net inflows of $174.6 million on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. Only funds from BlackRock and Fidelity attracted positive net flows, according to Farside Investors’ daily table, leaving the final US exchange…
Bitwise 14% yield gap in XRP futures shows how institutions are quietly extracting cash from traders
Bitwise has given the market a rare look inside an institutional XRP carry trade. The Bitwise Crypto Carry Fund, or USCC, paired XRP held in custody with an almost equal short position in September Coinbase XRP futures. The structure was 97.48% matched…
XRP’s $2.14 bull case just met a $474 million ETF tailwind
XRP could climb above $2.14 by late November as sustained exchange-traded fund (ETF) demand adds momentum to its recent rebound. CryptoSlate’s 90-day model places the bullish outcome at the 80th percentile, nearly 59% above its $1.35 reference close.…
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF barely beat the S&P 500 after putting investors through a 53% crash
BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has narrowly outperformed the S&P 500 since launch despite subjecting investors to a drawdown nearly three times as deep. The iShares Bitcoin Trust, or IBIT, returned 67.74% from its Jan. 11, 2024 debut…