Late April spike in Bitcoin’s estimated leverage ratio raises liquidation risks

Bitcoin’s estimated leverage ratio (ELR) across major derivatives exchanges spiked to 0.2709 on Friday, Apr. 25, its highest reading since Jan. 10, 2023. ELR divides open interest by the number of coins... Read more »

ProShares XRP futures ETFs will not launch on April 30 – Bloomberg

ProShares’ XRP futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will not begin trading on April 30, according to an April 28 statement by Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart.  While the US Securities and Exchange Commission... Read more »

European ETFs post record $93B quarter of inflows amid pivot away from US exposure

European ETFs recorded $93 billion in net new assets during the first quarter of 2025, marking their highest inflows on record and surpassing the previous high of $91 billion set in Q4... Read more »

Ethereum: Are fundamentals there?

The following is a guest post and analysis from Shane Neagle, Editor In Chief fromThe Tokenist. Since the fertile but somewhat fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) frenzy in 2017, Ethereum (ETH) remains... Read more »

Trump’s top memecoin holders’ dinner is an “impeachable offense,” says Sen. Ossoff

Democratic U.S. senator for Georgia Jon Ossoff said President Donald Trump’s invitation to top meme coin holders constitutes an “impeachable offense.” Answering a question from a town hall meeting attendee on Friday,... Read more »

Why RWAs are no longer optional

The following is a guest post and opinion from Abdul Rafay Gadit, Co-Founder of ZIGChain. US real estate alone is worth over $100 trillion, while the global market exceeds $700 trillion. Yet,... Read more »

Coinbase contends state lawsuits impede access to $90M in staking rewards for users

Five US states continue to pursue lawsuits against Coinbase’s staking program, and the firm’s executives argue that this is creating barriers for users who seek to earn rewards through the platform, amounting... Read more »

First spot XRP ETF issued by Hashdex begins trading in Brazil

The first spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to XRP in the world, issued by Hashdex and managed by Genial Investimentos, began trading on April 25 on Brazil’s stock exchange, B3.  Listed under... Read more »

Bitcoin crowdfunding platform Geyser launches social-gated launchpad for Bitcoin projects

Bitcoin-native crowdfunding platform Geyser introduced a Bitcoin Launchpad, a new mechanism designed to gate campaign access through community engagement thresholds rather than immediate fundraising. The update was announced on April 25 via... Read more »

Ondo meets with SEC Crypto Task Force to discuss tokenizing US securities

Ondo Finance and legal counsel from Davis Polk & Wardwell met with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force on April 24 to discuss regulatory pathways for tokenized versions of... Read more »
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