Tag: Crypto

Coins

Asia’s Stablecoin Race Sees Top Companies Vie for Dominance, Test Policy Lines

In brief Governments are balancing modernization against monetary control, testing how far private stablecoin infrastructure can integrate into national systems. The region is moving from policymaking to real-world rollouts, with Japan’s banks leading institutional pilots and Singapore setting a regulatory benchmark. Competing models are emerging: bank-issued domestic coins, open but regulated innovation hubs, and conservative…

Coins

Bitcoin Market Flips Bullish: Do the Charts Align With Sentiment?

In brief Bitcoin odds on the prediction market Myriad have flipped from 75% bearish (expecting $100K) to 52% bullish (expecting $120K) in just three days. Technical indicators show mixed signals on varying timeframes. October—historically Bitcoin’s strongest month—is shaping up to be the worst since 2020. Bitcoin is taking prediction market traders on a wild ride.Just…

Markets

Bitcoin Mining Stocks Surge as Another Firm Embraces AI Boom

In brief Canaan closed up about 28% on Monday afternoon. Bitcoin miner CleanSpark became the latest firm to move into the world of AI data centers. CleanSpark’s stock rose 4.5% on the news that it was moving resources from minting Bitcoins to high-performance computing. Bitcoin mining company stocks rocketed up Monday as Bitcoin and other…

Markets

Prediction Markets Hit All-Time High of $2 Billion in Weekly Volume

In brief Weekly prediction market volume reached a new record above $2 billion, with Polymarket reclaiming the lead over Kalshi after eight weeks of trailing in trading volume. Sports betting drove the highest volume at $414.7 million last week, outpacing political markets at $322.6 million despite growing election-related activity heading into November. Major funding rounds…

Technology

MetaMask Showing Zero Balances, Base Network Struggling as AWS Issues Persist

In brief A major outage at Amazon Web Services continued to disrupt key crypto platforms on Monday afternoon, including Coinbase, Base, and OpenSea, with issues hitting East Coast users especially hard. The downtime even impacted decentralized apps like MetaMask, which use third-party, AWS-dependent services to fetch blockchain data for users. While the disruptions highlighted crypto’s…