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In brief Hyperliquid (HYPE) and SUI led losses among major altcoins as Bitcoin’s correction from $118,000 to $115,000 triggered widespread liquidations. The selloff comes ahead of Thursday’s Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, with analysts noting funding rates had been “warning of trouble” and higher-than-expected PPI data forcing markets to scale back September rate-cut expectations. Analysts called…
In brief Altcoins surged across the board Friday as major tokens, including XRP, XLM, and LINK, posted double-digit gains. Analysts called the rally a “rapid change in sentiment” driven by the removal of regulatory uncertainty, with XRP’s 10% jump leading broader crypto optimism. With the appeal dismissed and Trump’s crypto-friendly policies taking effect, traders are…
In brief Altcoins have climbed the most amid a broad crypto market rebound. It comes amid a week of mostly red as President Trump reignited his trade war on Thursday, slapping trade partners with tariffs up to 41%. XRP and Ethereum led the way for the top 10 cryptocurrencies, climbing 4.5% and 2.7% respectively. Altcoins…
In brief Visa has expanded its stablecoin settlement support to include PYUSD, USDG, and EURC across Avalanche and Stellar networks. The move adds to existing support for Ethereum and Solana, widening Visa’s stablecoin infrastructure amid broader institutional adoption. The announcement comes weeks after the U.S. passed the GENIUS Act, introducing the country’s first federal regulatory…
In brief A Nashville man was arrested on Friday for allegedly stealing $400,000 in cash and a Ledger wallet containing over 5 million XRP tokens from the widow of country music star George Jones. The accused man, Kirk West, reportedly dated George Jones’ widow Nancy for years, and convinced her in 2016 to buy up…
In brief PayPal will launch a platform this fall linking domestic wallets like UPI and WeChat Pay to its global merchant network. The service mirrors stablecoin functionality but runs on traditional fiat rails, without blockchain infrastructure. It comes as PayPal continues to support and integrate its stablecoin, PYUSD, into its broader product suite. U.S. payments…
September 4, 2014 | News Kraken has launched with bitcoin-stellar trading. Stellars are the currency for the new Stellar decentralized payment network. (The name of the currency was later changed to lumens.) Like Bitcoin, Stellar runs on a decentralized protocol for confirming transactions. But Stellar transactions are confirmed by a different consensus algorithm that allows…
