Day: September 27, 2025

SEC’s Hester Peirce Jokes About her ’Crypto Mom’ NFT Plan

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Hester Peirce, a commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) known by many in the industry as “Crypto Mom,” gave a speech laced with non-fungible token (NFT) metaphors and a review of the agency’s approach to digital assets. Speaking at a Coin Center event on Thursday, Peirce seemed to joke in response to speculation that her “days at the SEC [were] numbered,” given her term officially expired in June. However, statutes allow SEC commissioners to serve up to an additional 18 months until the US Senate confirms a…

BTC Recovery Halted at $110K, XRL Skyrockets 23% Daily: Weekend Watch

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It was a painful week for bitcoin as its price tumbled from over $115,000 last weekend to a monthly low of under $109,000 before it managed to recover some ground on Friday evening, only to be stopped at $110,000. Although most altcoins have failed to produce impressive increases since yesterday, MYX and XPL have emerged as top performers. BTC Stopped at $110K Recall that the primary cryptocurrency shot up to $118,000 last Thursday after the US Fed pivoted from its 2025 monetary policy and finally reduced the key interest rates.…

Spot Ether ETFs Post Straight Week Of Outflows

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US-based spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETF) have posted five straight net outflow days as the asset’s price slid around 10% over the week. On Friday, spot Ether (ETH) ETFs closed the trading week with $248.4 million in daily outflows, bringing total weekly outflows to $795.8 million, according to Farside data. Meanwhile, the price of Ether fell 10.25% over the past seven days, trading at $4,013 at the time of publication, according to CoinMarketCap data. Ether’s price is down 12.24% over the past 30 days. Source: CoinMarketCap The last time spot…

Bitcoin’s Pullback Is Merciless for Alts, But Here’s Why This Could Be Temporary

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Altcoins are facing intense pressure as Bitcoin slipped below $110K, which triggered over $1.1 billion in long liquidations on a 24-hour scale. 75% of the losses came from alts and nearly 45% from ETH alone after it broke below $4,000. But upside potential remains intact. Alt Season Ends or Just Paused? According to the latest update shared by Altcoin Vector, the Market Phase has rotated back to Bitcoin after 79 days of Ethereum dominance and swings through mid- and small-cap tokens. ETH’s season lasted 68 days, during which it lifted…

Vitalik Buterin Slams EU’s ‘Chat Control’ Bill, Warns of Privacy Threat

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has criticized the European Union’s proposed “Chat Control” legislation, warning that it threatens the right to privacy in digital communications. In a Saturday post shared on X, Buterin voiced opposition to mandatory surveillance measures that would require tech platforms to scan private messages for illegal content. “We all deserve privacy and security… for our private communications,” Buterin said. “You cannot make society secure by making people insecure,” he wrote, arguing that backdoors built for law enforcement are “inevitably hackable” and undermine the safety of everyone. The…

Bitcoin Traders Debate Where BTC Price is Heading Next: $60K or $140K?

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Key takeaways: Bitcoin price charts from 2021 hint at a crash toward $60,000 if history repeats. Bulls see $104,000 support holding, with targets at $140,000 or higher. Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped more than 12.75% from its record high above $124,500, splitting traders into two camps. One sees it as a routine bull market correction, while others warn that a new bear cycle has begun. But which side has the better argument? Bitcoin 2021 chart fractals hint at $60,000 According to multiple analyses, Bitcoin could repeat the price trajectory that foreshadowed…

Several SOL Staking ETFs May Be Approved Within 2 Weeks

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Several applications for Solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with staking could receive US approval by mid-October, ETF analyst Nate Geraci said, following fresh regulatory filings. “Guessing these are approved [within the] next two weeks,” Geraci, the president of NovaDius Wealth Management, said in an X post on Friday. Geraci noted that asset managers Franklin Templeton, Fidelity Investments, CoinShares, Bitwise Asset Management, Grayscale Investments, VanEck, and Canary Capital all filed amended S-1 documents for spot Solana (SOL) ETFs to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday. The S-1 document is…

Mike Novogratz Predicts ‘Biggest Bull Catalyst’ For Bitcoin

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Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said Bitcoin’s price could see a significant rally if the next US Federal Reserve chair nominee to replace Jerome Powell is exceptionally dovish. “That’s the potential biggest bull catalyst for Bitcoin and the rest of crypto,” Novogratz said in an interview with Kyle Chasse published to YouTube on Friday. “Fed’s cutting when they shouldn’t be, and you put in a massive dove,” Novogratz said, adding that may lead to “your blow-off top” moment for Bitcoin (BTC). “Can Bitcoin get to $200K? Of course it could…Because…

Stablecoin boom risks ‘cryptoization’ in emerging markets

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As stablecoin and cryptocurrency adoption accelerate worldwide, emerging markets face mounting risks to monetary sovereignty and financial stability, according to a new report from Moody’s Ratings.  The credit rating service warned that widespread use of stablecoins — tokens pegged 1:1 with another asset, usually a fiat currency like the US dollar — could weaken central banks’ control over interest rates and exchange rate stability, a trend called “cryptoization.”  Banks could also “face deposit erosion if individuals shift savings from domestic bank deposits into stablecoins or crypto wallets,” the report said. …

ASTER Emerges as Top Trending Token on CoinGecko

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Aster (ASTER) has emerged as a top trending token on CoinGecko, with its value surging over 2,400% since its launch. The project’s popularity is fueled by its Season 2 points program and key endorsements from industry figures, including former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). ASTER Climbs Rankings The crypto data aggregator reported via X that XLP has achieved the top spot on CoinGecko after a recent airdrop valued at about $10,000 was distributed to holders. Close behind on the rankings are the perpetual tokens ASTER and AVNT. ASTER is the…