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In brief The firm will slide Palisade’s offerings into its Ripple Payments and Ripple Custody solutions. Ripple acquired Hidden Road and GTreasury in billion dollar deals earlier this year. Ripple ended a four-year legal battle with the SEC this August. Ripple has acquired digital wallet provider and custody firm Palisade, the blockchain-based financial technology company…
In brief Ripple Prime clients will have access to dozens of cryptocurrencies. Customers can engage in OTC spot transactions, Ripple said. Hidden Road was a multi-asset prime brokerage. XRP-linked fintech Ripple began letting U.S. customers access spot trading for dozens of cryptocurrencies through its Ripple Prime service, the company said in a blog post on…
In brief Stripe is working with crypto venture firm Paradigm to build a new layer-1 network for payments and stablecoins. The network is in private testnet, being built with design input from global firms like OpenAI, Shopify, and Visa. Tempo will feature low fees, a payments-first user experience, and opt-in privacy features. Stablecoins and payment…
In brief Scientists say the quantum risk to Bitcoin remains a decade or more away. New cryptography standards aim to harden systems before “Q-Day,” but experts warn that Bitcoin’s governance makes upgrades slow and political. Markets could crash on fear alone long before quantum math catches up. Bitcoin’s quantum reckoning may still be years away,…
In brief Coinbase exceeded Q3 expectations with $1.9 billion in revenue, driven by rebounding trading volumes and profitable services including its Ethereum L2 Base. BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF IBIT saw major outflows of $290.8 million on Thursday as Bitcoin dropped below $110,000, though its cumulative inflows remain strong at $88 billion. REX Shares launched ULTI, a…
In brief BlackRock’s IBIT saw its largest single-day outflow since early August, shedding $290 million. The drop reflects short-term macro uncertainty and a closed arbitrage window, not a long-term shift, according to analysts. Despite the weekly outflow, October’s total ETF inflows still beat September’s at $3.61 billion. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs witnessed a significant wave…
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors fall 2-3% after Powell says rate cut not certain in December US Senator claims Binance helped with TRUMP launch for…
In brief The Fed’s end of quantitative tightening places Bitcoin at a critical liquidity juncture. Aside from short-term volatility, the crypto market is unlikely to repeat the post-Fed pivot scenario of 2019 amid higher interest rates and institutional demand, Decrypt was told. A favorable macro and geopolitical outlook could extend the bull run, analysts say.…
In brief Ethereum developers have officially scheduled the Fusaka upgrade for December 3, following a successful final testnet this week. The update introduces PeerDAS, a new data-sampling method expected to make layer-2 transactions dramatically faster and cheaper by expanding blob space in each block. Vitalik Buterin has called PeerDAS “the key to layer-2 scaling,” framing…
In brief Coinbase disclosed $1.9 billion in Q3 revenue. The exchange notched $433 million in Q3 profit Transaction revenue rose on a sequential basis, Coinbase said. Coinbase reported $1.9 billion in third-quarter revenue on Thursday, a 26% increase quarter-over-quarter that slightly surpassed Wall Street forecasts.Analysts expected the San Francisco-based crypto exchange to disclose $1.8 billion…
