The last 24 hours have seen a notable issuance of 2,008,333 RLUSD by the Ripple stablecoin RLUSD Treasury. Ripple Stablecoin Tracker, a community account on X that tracks the minting, redemption and transfer of Ripple's RLUSD, reports this developmen
Approximately 21,600 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Jan. 17, and they have a notional value of around $2.2 billion.This week’s expiry event is slightly larger thanlast week’s, so it is unlikely to have any major impact on crypto mar
On Thursday, Chainlink (LINK) climbed from Monday’s lows to reclaim the $23 mark for the first time in over a week. The surge fueled investors’ bullish sentiment, with some market watchers forecasting a breakout to new highs.Chainlink Whales Go On Bu
Asset manager VanEck submitted an application to the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the “Onchain Economy” exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Jan. 15, a now-deleted social media comment from VanEck’s head of digital assets research, Matthew Sige
On Jan. 15, the Chainlink team announced that the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol v1.5 upgrade was now live on mainnet for all developers.The upgrade empowers developers to take their tokens cross-chain “in a self-serve manner” and deploy Cross
Switzerland and Singapore-based crypto bank Sygnum has raised $58 million in an oversubscribed strategic growth round, achieving Unicorn status with a post-money valuation of more than $1 billion.Fulgur Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing i
Bitcoin’s price soared toward $96,000 during the Monday morning Asian trading session but was quickly stopped there and pushed south hard.The altcoins are taking this beating even harder, with massive price drops from the likes of ADA, SUI, AVAX, LIN
Shiba Inu’s lead developer, Shytoshi Kusama, has announced the launch of the WHY Combinator, a decentralized program aimed at fostering growth and innovation within the meme coin ecosystem.This initiative seeks to empower projects while enhancing the
Chainlink has faced significant selling pressure recently, experiencing a 22% drop from its local supply zone to test crucial demand around the $20 mark. Despite this decline, market sentiment surrounding LINK remains optimistic as analysts and inves
Crypto analysts are predicting a year of significant financial gains for Solana, which is poised to see more adoption from new retail investors, partly driven by expectations of a spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the US.The artificial intell
Dogecoin (DOGE) has gained more than 29,000 new wallets since January 1, according to on-chain analysis firm Santiment. The firm shared its findings earlier today (January 10) via X, alongside data showing how other major cryptocurrencies, including
Ripple, a San Francisco-based blockchain company, recently transferred $682 million worth of XRP to an unknown wallet, according to data from Whale Alert, a service that tracks large cryptocurrency transactions.Meanwhile, XRPUSD has been moving upwar
The cryptocurrency market continues to experience a steep downtrend, marking its third consecutive day of losses. Bitcoin (BTCUSD), the market leader, has fallen approximately 12% over this period, crossing below a critical support level not breached
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s Features and Opinion Editor.In this issue:HyperLiquid responds to criticism over decentralizationStarkWa
Blockchain oracle firm Pyth Network has partnered with neobank Revolut to port digital banking data into decentralized finance (DeFi).Revolut will provide data for more than 500 markets including foreign exchange, equities and commodities. Revolut al
Bitcoin has pulled back near $95,000, indicating that the bears are trying to strengthen their position. A minor advantage in favor of the bulls is that the US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds witnessed inflows of $52.4 million on Jan. 7, even whe
Ripple president Monica Long expects its Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin to be listed on major crypto exchanges “imminently.”In a Jan. 7 interview with Bloomberg, Long confirmed that Ripple is actively pursuing additional exchange listings for RLUSD.
On Jan. 7, Ripple President Monica Long discussed her company’s strategic direction during an interview with Bloomberg TV. She highlighted Ripple’s ongoing efforts to increase the distribution and availability of Ripple USD (RLUSD) across additional
US fintech firm Ripple and blockchain oracle provider Chainlink have partnered to accelerate the adoption of the cross-border payments firm’s stablecoin, Ripple USD.“Ripple has adopted the Chainlink standard to access highly secure and reliable prici
Ripple, a blockchain service provider associated with the XRP Ledger, announced its partnership with data provider Chainlink. The collaboration aims to integrate Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin with decentralized finance (DeFi) applications."By enabling se