Category: Bitcoin News

Bitcoin Price Dip Was ‘Not Organic,’ Trader Says

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Bitcoin (BTC) battled stubborn horizontal resistance Friday with $94,000 next on bulls’ radar. Key points: Bitcoin keeps up pressure on familiar resistance levels as optimism over market strength increases. The recent pullback was the result of “manipulative” forces, analysis says. Gold on the way to new all-time highs is an “extremely bearish” macro headwind for Bitcoin. BTC price: Days or weeks until “upwards breakout” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed wavering BTC price action after a trip to $95,500 the day prior. BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Up…

Ripple Payments Takes on Europe with Swiss Bank Amina

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The payments subsidiary of blockchain services company Ripple has partnered with Swiss bank Amina to provide it with access to its payment infrastructure. According to a Friday Ripple Payments announcement, the company will allow Amina to “settle transactions more efficiently without relying on traditional payment infrastructure, making transactions faster, lower cost, and with increased reliability and transparency.” This builds on a previous relationship between the companies, with the bank’s integration of the Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin happening back in July. The move also reinforces Ripple’s presence in Europe, with Amina…

Pakistan Advances Crypto Licensing For Binance And HTX

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Pakistan’s authorities are moving to regulate major global cryptocurrency exchanges, issuing preliminary clearances to platforms including Binance to set up shop in the country. The Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has granted no objection certificates (NOCs) to Binance and HTX, paving the way for the exchanges to register locally and pursue full licensing, the regulator announced on X on Friday. The NOCs aim to ensure Pakistan’s phased approach to regulating crypto asset service providers aligns with the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), PVARA…

Crypto Cruising on Tailwinds Into 2026: LONGITUDE

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Institutional investment and clear-cut regulations are laying the foundation for a strong start to 2026 for the wider cryptocurrency industry.  Industry titans including Anthony Scaramucci, Kristin Smith, Eli Ben-Sasson, Ian Rodgers, Reeve Collins and Joseph Chalom delivered optimistic outlooks for the new year after a year of positive change, particularly in the United States. Cointelegraph’s latest LONGITUDE event, powered by Phemex, featured alpha-rich panels focused on Solana’s growth, surging interest in privacy protocols and lessons learned from security incidents in 2025. From left, Solana Policy Institute president Kristin Smith, Cointelegraph…

Bitcoin Decouples From Stocks in Second Half of 2025

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The US Federal Reserve announced its third interest rate cut of the year on Wednesday, lifting US equities while Bitcoin (BTC) slipped before bouncing back. That dynamic has defined the second half of 2025. Even as capital flows into Bitcoin are increasingly tied to traditional equity investors, the cryptocurrency has continued to diverge from the stock market. Over the past six months, Bitcoin has fallen almost 18%. Meanwhile, the three major US stock indexes posted strong and consistent gains, with the Nasdaq Composite up 21%, the S&P 500 rising 14.35%…

Phantom Integrates Kalshi Prediction Markets Into Crypto Wallet

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Crypto wallet application Phantom has partnered with regulated prediction market Kalshi to bring event-based trading directly into its wallet interface, signaling a deeper convergence between onchain finance and real-world outcome betting.  The companies said on Friday that the integration would allow Phantom users to discover trending events, track live odds and place bets without leaving their wallets.  A new feature called Phantom Prediction Markets will allow users to trade tokenized positions that reference Kalshi’s event markets across politics, economics, sports and culture.  “By integrating a layer of tokenized positions referencing…

US Markets Race Toward Onchain Settlement After SEC No Action

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Traditional financial markets are moving rapidly onchain as the US Securities and Exchange Commission chair doubled down on the idea of an “innovation exemption” to accelerate tokenization. “U.S. financial markets are poised to move on-chain,” wrote Paul Atkins, chair of the SEC, in a Friday X post, adding that the agency is “embracing new technologies to enable this onchain future.” His comments come shortly after the SEC issued a “no action” letter to a subsidiary of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), enabling it to offer a new securities…

UAE’s Layered Digital Asset Strategy

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The United Arab Emirates is not choosing between Bitcoin and broader crypto. Instead, it is deliberately building both, in different cities and for different stages of adoption. Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, has positioned itself as a hub for Bitcoin (BTC)-focused institutional infrastructure, emphasizing custody, over-the-counter (OTC) liquidity, mining and regulated capital markets. Dubai, by contrast, has built a broader crypto economy that spans payments, stablecoins, Web3 apps, gaming, tokenization and consumer-facing products.  While this shows a distinction, industry participants noted that it reflects a layered strategy and…

Coinbase Expands Into Prediction Markets And Tokenized Stocks

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Coinbase, the largest US crypto exchange by trading volume, is days away from unveiling its push into prediction markets and tokenized stocks, according to Bloomberg. Coinbase plans to announce next week that it will launch prediction markets and tokenized equities, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. The exchange will hold a livestream on Wednesday to showcase new products, though the report said it hasn’t disclosed whether prediction markets and tokenized stocks will be among them. The news comes nearly a month after tech researcher Jane…

Standard Chartered, Air Asia Parent Explore Malaysian Ringgit Stablecoin

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Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia and Capital A, the parent company of AirAsia, plan to jointly explore a stablecoin pegged to Malaysia’s local currency, the ringgit. In a statement Friday, the bank’s Malaysian arm and Capital A said they signed a letter of intent to explore a ringgit-pegged stablecoin under the country’s Digital Asset Innovation Hub, an initiative announced by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in June. This is Capital A’s first interaction with the regulated digital asset space. The initiative will rely on Standard Chartered’s infrastructure and financial expertise, as well…