Ripple (XRP) Open Interest Crashes to 1-Year Low: Here’s What It Means

XRP traders have pulled back aggressively, driving Open Interest to one-year lows. Several top crypto assets staged a minor recovery this week. The collective market cap jumped to over $3 trillion. Ripple (XRP), for one, surged by 8% today and briefly tapped $2.30. But new data suggests that XRP remains under the control of […]

“Boycott JPMorgan”, Strategy, and MSCI Index: What’s Going On?

Key Takeaways MSCI may drop Strategy from major indexes, potentially triggering large forced sell-offs. Bitcoin advocates accuse big banks of undermining BTC while building their own systems. Saylor defends Strategy’s broader business model as the boycott movement against JPMorgan grows. A major dispute has grown between the Bitcoin community and traditional banking after JPMorgan warned […]

Institutional investors pull $1.94B from bitcoin and crypto funds

Institutional investors withdrew $1.94B from crypto funds in a week, marking the third-largest outflow streak since 2018, per CoinShares data. Summary Crypto funds saw four consecutive weeks of outflows, totaling $4.92B, with bitcoin and ethereum hardest hit. Outflows accounted for 2.9% of total assets under management; year-to-date inflows remain positive at $44.4B. XRP recorded inflows […]

XDC Expands Footprint With $75M Tokenized Debt Issuance

All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. XDC’s $75M tokenised debt issuance in Brazil positions the network as a leading blockchain in Latin America. While XDC’s success may temporarily pressure XRP amid the broader growth of regulated tokenisation  Brazil’s inaugural blockchain-tracked Agribusiness Receivables Certificate (CRA) has been […]

Wish List 2025: A WIRED Gift Guide

We’ve long been sweet on the Swedes at Teenage Engineering, who make all manner of synthesizers, rhythm boxes, and other wizardly audio trinkets, all with a drool-inducing design aesthetic. This latest entry pays homage to the classic sounds of roots reggae and dancehall music from 1970s and ’80s Jamaica. The Riddim comes loaded with hundreds […]

Google denies claims of using Gmail data to train AI models

Key Takeaways Google firmly denied using Gmail content (emails and attachments) to train its AI models, including Gemini AI. Viral claims that Google changed privacy policies for AI development purposes are inaccurate, according to the company. Share this article Google denied claims that it uses Gmail data to train its AI models, following viral reports […]

Coinbase Debuts MON Sale as Monad Finalizes Major Airdrop

Coinbase has officially launched its first retail-accessible token sale with MON, alongside a major airdrop distributing over three percent of the supply to more than 230,000 eligible users. The coordinated sale-and-airdrop strategy marks one of the most significant U.S. retail token offerings since 2018 and sets the foundation for Monad’s November 24 mainnet launch. Strong […]

OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word ‘cameo’

OpenAI’s social app Sora launched with a controversial feature called Cameo, allowing users to deepfake themselves or others (with permission). The feature had a tenuous rollout — Martin Luther King Jr.’s estate had to get involved, to give you an idea of what went on — but now it faces a new challenge. Apparently, Cameo […]

Fed Could Give Gold a Launchpad With Upcoming Cut

Spot gold prices inched up early Tuesday as markets pre-positioned ahead of an expected Federal Reserve interest-rate cut — prediction markets put the probability at about 83%. Gold Edges up as Markets Expect Federal Reserve to Cut Rates The Facts Metal investors have reacted positively to the expectation of a rate cut, taking positions to […]