Day: September 7, 2025

Tether Denies Bitcoin Sell-Off Rumors, Reaffirms BTC, Gold, and Land Strate

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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has denied recent rumors that the stablecoin issuer is offloading its Bitcoin holdings to buy gold. In a Sunday post on X, Ardoino said the company “didn’t sell any Bitcoin,” and reaffirmed its strategy of allocating profits into assets like “Bitcoin, gold, and land.” The comments came in response to speculation from YouTuber Clive Thompson, who cited Tether’s Q1 and Q2 2025 attestation data from BDO to claim the firm had reduced its Bitcoin (BTC) position. Thompson pointed to a drop from 92,650 BTC in Q1…

Tokenizing Car Reservations Can Open Up A Trillion-Dollar Market

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Opinion by: Evan Kuhn, president of DeLorean Labs When car manufacturers develop a new model, their fragmented logistics and sales cycle mean that even if a customer puts down a deposit, they have no feasible or reliable way of projecting delivery for that car.  Eager car buyers can wait months or even years after paying their deposit, without knowing where they sit in the queue for delivery. This is why new models are priced over the sticker price when cars first enter the market. There has been no industry-wide solution…

XRP or ADA? AI Predicts the Bigger Winner for 2025 Price Gains (Conclusion Will Surprise You)

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TL;DR The most utilized AI solution speculates on which of the two highly popular altcoins will post more substantial price increases (if any) by the end of the year. So far, the battle between the two has been won by Ripple’s native token, but will this trend continue in the following months? XRP Vs. ADA Recall that both assets struggled for most of the previous year, especially in the months leading up to the US presidential elections. At the time, ADA was confined in a tight range between $0.3 and…

USDt Replaces Venezuela’s Bolívar as Inflation Hits 229%

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Stablecoins like USDt have become the de facto currency for millions of people navigating a crumbling financial system in Venezuela as the country’s annual inflation rate surges to 229%. Once limited to crypto-savvy users, Tether’s USDt (USDT), often referred to locally as “Binance dollars,” is now widely used across Venezuela for everything from groceries and condo fees to salaries and vendor payments, Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, who fled Venezuela before co-founding Ledn in 2018, told Cointelegraph. The bolívar, Venezuela’s national currency, is largely dead in daily commerce. Hyperinflation, strict capital controls,…

Ripple vs. SEC Is Over: Time to Challenge SWIFT?

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Ripple has finally finished its legal battle against the US Securities and Exchange Commission, bringing legal clarity to its underlying coin, XRP (XRP). Now observers are asking whether XRP can finally focus on providing a viable alternative to SWIFT. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has been the backbone of international money transfers since its founding in 1973. However, for several years, critics have said that the system is outdated. Many in the blockchain industry, including Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, argue that blockchain technology provides higher throughput and…

Offshore Crypto Exchange’s Won’t Use FBOT Framework To Do Business in US

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The recent Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) advisory on offshore exchanges serving US residents under the Foreign Board of Trade (FBOT) framework won’t bring offshore crypto exchanges back to the US, according to Eli Cohen, general counsel at real-world asset (RWA) tokenization company Centrifuge. Cohen told Cointelegraph that settlement, clearing, and other regulatory requirements designed for the traditional financial system, required to serve US clients under the FBOT framework, are not tailored for crypto exchanges and will be difficult or impossible to fulfill.  The CFTC’s guidance also stipulated that only…

OKB Explodes Above $200 With 13% Surge, BTC Price Defends $110K Level: Weekend Watch

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Bitcoin’s price tested the crucial $110,000 support on a couple of occasions in the past few days, but has ultimately remained above it, at least for now. While most larger-cap alts are sluggish during the weekend, some, such as M, WLFI, and OKB, have marked impressive gains. BTC Defends $110K The primary cryptocurrency had a volatile week that started on the wrong foot on Monday. It traded around $109,500 on Sunday, but the bears quickly took control and pushed it south to a multi-month low of $107,200 (on Bitstamp). It…

Paxos Proposes Stablecoin for Hyperliquid with HYPE Buyback

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Stablecoin infrastructure firm Paxos has submitted a proposal to launch USDH, a Hyperliquid-first stablecoin that would be fully compliant with the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) and Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory standards. According to the announcement, published on Saturday, 95% of interest earned from USDH reserves would be used to buy back Hyperliquid’s native token HYPE, redistributing it to users, validators and partner protocols. “We propose the launch of USDH, a Hyperliquid-first, fully compliant stablecoin purpose built to drive adoption, align incentives, and…

A Chainlink (LINK) Pullback To $16 Could Set Up Parabolic Price Rally

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Semilore Faleti is a cryptocurrency writer specialized in the field of journalism and content creation. While he started out writing on several subjects, Semilore soon found a knack for cracking down on the complexities and intricacies in the intriguing world of blockchains and cryptocurrency. Semilore is drawn to the efficiency of digital assets in terms of storing, and transferring value. He is a staunch advocate for the adoption of cryptocurrency as he believes it can improve the digitalization and transparency of the existing financial systems. In two years of active…

Strategy’s Michael Saylor Net Worth Surges $1B In 2025

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Strategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor has seen his net worth soar by $1 billion since the start of the year, coinciding with his debut on the Bloomberg Billionaire 500 Index. Saylor ranks 491st on the Bloomberg Billionaire Index with an estimated net worth of $7.37 billion, up 15.80% since Jan. 1. Over the same period, shares of his company Strategy (MSTR) have gained nearly 12%, as per Google Finance. Strategy’s stock price closed the trading day on Friday at $335.87. Source: Google Finance According to the Index, which…