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The bank also expects Ethena’s ENA token to rise roughly sevenfold to $2 by the end of 2028 as USDe scales and token buybacks increase. British multinational bank Standard Chartered expects Ethena’s USDe stablecoin supply to grow eightfold to $40 billion by the end of 2028 as the protocol expands its sources of yield beyond…Read More

Bitcoin calls represent 60.88% of options open interest, while Deribit’s October max-pain level sits near $76,000, below bitcoin’s current $83,719 spot price. Futures exposure totals approximately $53 billion, led by Binance and CME. The market data on Wednesday shows concentrated October call positions, mixed exchange activity, and a substantially smaller CME options book than in…Read More

The newly launched U.S. government AI chatbot America.gov can also help bitcoin and crypto users with answers to their questions. However, those responses can still be outdated, misleading, or self-censored. Bitcoin.com News compared answers from America.gov, Claude, and ChatGPT to 12 crypto policy questions. The new government website, designed to be a “unified digital front…Read More

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.Today in crypto, a Coinbase-backed advocacy group endorsed candidates in key congressional races ahead of the US midterms, the United Kingdom opened applications for crypto firms seeking authorization under…Read More

The organization’s endorsements in the House and Senate came as many polls showed Democrats favored to regain control of both chambers in 2027.Stand With Crypto, the industry-aligned organization Coinbase launched in 2023 to promote what it called “clear, common-sense regulations for the crypto industry,” has announced several picks for the next session of the US…Read More

Stablecoin project open usd (OUSD) arrived on Wednesday with more than $1 billion in launch liquidity and a heavyweight cast that includes Coinbase, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe, and Visa. The twist is in the economics: businesses can mint and redeem OUSD at par without fees or volume caps, while participating companies collect most of the income…Read More

Base’s Cobalt lets traders set transaction conditions while giving issuers tools for compliance checks, stock splits and forced token transfers.Base activated its Cobalt upgrade Wednesday, adding conditional transactions and new issuer controls for tokenized assets as the Ethereum layer-2 network deepens its push into onchain finance. Cobalt, Base’s third major upgrade, expands its B20 token standard…Read More

Bloomberg’s Allium-powered dashboard gives Terminal users hourly data on stablecoin supply, issuance, transfers and activity across blockchain networks. Bloomberg has launched a stablecoin dashboard on its Terminal, giving financial professionals access to onchain data tracking stablecoin supply, issuance and transaction activity.The dashboard, powered by blockchain data platform Allium, covers stablecoins with more than $100 million…Read More

Cboe and S&P Dow Jones Indices extended their exclusive S&P 500 options licensing agreement for 25 years, keeping Cboe’s SPX rights in place through 2051. The agreement also leaves room for the companies to explore products beyond traditional index derivatives, including tokenized options. No such product has been announced, but the language shared comes as…Read More

Bitcoin pumped above $85,500 on Wednesday morning following the release of lower-than-expected U.S. PCE inflation data for August—but a quick pullback erased most of the gains.   PCE Data Triggers Intraday Volatility Bitcoin’s price briefly spiked to $85,500 on Wednesday before a sell-off nearly erased the gains, leaving the cryptocurrency marginally higher just hours before…Read More