Author: Jeremy Ryan

Price Action Breakdown Currently, the broader cryptocurrency market is displaying mixed momentum, with various assets fluctuating in response to external factors. While Tether’s XAUT has garnered significant attention, the overall trading volume remains low, indicating that many investors may be adopting a wait-and-see approach. This cautious sentiment can often lead to volatility in related markets, particularly for tokens that are experiencing rapid growth like XAUT. Tether operates as a leading issuer of stablecoins, providing a digital alternative to traditional fiat currencies. The company has expanded its offerings to include tokenized assets, such as XAUT, which represents gold on the blockchain.…

Developers issued an immediate warning: the pool is still extremely shallow at launch, which creates a risk of significant price slippage on large orders. How the integration closes a historic loop for Satoshi Nakamoto This integration effectively gives Bitcoin the very privacy feature it originally lacked. Back in 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto acknowledged the need for absolute privacy for $BTC but sacrificed it in favor of transparent protection against double-spending. In 2013–2014, cryptographers from Johns Hopkins University and MIT resolved this dilemma, demonstrating that zk-SNARKs (zero-knowledge proofs) could confirm the validity of transfers while fully concealing their details. Bitcoin Core developers…

Fiserv says more than 90 North Dakota banks and credit unions are participating. That figure describes participation in the rollout, leaving how much money actually moves through Roughrider undisclosed. The production milestone follows Bank of North Dakota and Fiserv’s October 2025 announcement, which planned availability in 2026. Public network, controlled access BND’s deployment documentation describes Roughrider as a permissioned asset on Solana’s public blockchain. Participation is voluntary and restricted to financial institutions, and token transfers run on Solana under those institutional access controls. US bank VersaBank USA National Association issues Roughrider, Fiserv operates the platform, and BND provides governance oversight.…

LayerZero [ZRO] was up 12% at press time, with Binance traders in the market driving the gains, as they remain critical to the asset’s next phase. Still, this doesn’t eliminate the broader role of traders across the perpetual market who are actively positioning for more upside. Rising perpetual market volume supports ZRO’s rally The broader gain in the market has been led by a surge in buying volume across the perpetual market for ZRO specifically. The volume across the perpetual market for ZRO hit roughly $279 million in the past day, with the Long/Short Ratio staying at 1.56 as of…

Is the hype around QNT fading? After facing rejection at $326, Quant lost the $300-support and fell to a low of $237. At press time, QNT was trading at around $239, down 18% on the daily charts. Over the same window, the spot trading volume fell by 33% to $474 million too.  This fall in value was driven largely by intense selling pressure as investors turned to cash out their recent gains. Just recently, the altcoin recorded 250% weekly gains, with the same leading to significant profit-taking. This market behavior has now possibly become even more stubborn.  Quant investors reduce…

The US sanctioned the Russia-linked A7 Network and proposed new restrictions to cut its crypto intermediaries off from global markets.On Oct. 1, the Treasury Department designated A7 as a significant transnational criminal organization, extending blocking sanctions beyond individual companies previously targeted by Washington to the broader payment network. FinCEN simultaneously proposed barring covered financial institutions from transmitting funds involving identified A7 sub-agents.The measures target a shadow-payment system Treasury says has helped Russian sanctioned entities, Iran’s central bank and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and other illicit actors move money through companies designed to make restricted transactions resemble ordinary commercial payments.FinCEN said…

The “Uptober” frenzy is taking off across the market. From a technical point of view, BTC’s 42% Q3 rally is already positioning for a better Q4. For BTC, Q4 has historically been one of its strongest quarters, with an average quarterly ROI in excess of 70%. However, for history to repeat itself, October will be crucial in setting the tone for BTC’s Q4 momentum. This is where the chart below becomes important. According to Glassnode, the sell wall above BTC has largely disappeared. Buyers took out the $85K wall yesterday after nearly a week of failed attempts. So, with less…

TL;DR Polymath and Chicago-based CineCity Studios are exploring a platform for financing independent film through regulated digital securities. Polymath would provide issuance, investor onboarding, compliance and lifecycle infrastructure, while CineCity contributes production-industry access. The platform is being explored; it is not yet a launched investment marketplace. Real-world asset tokenization is moving into a category that rarely appears beside Treasury bills and private credit: film production. Polymath and CineCity Studios announced on October 1 that they will explore a tokenized film-investment platform designed to connect independent productions with investors through regulated digital securities. The idea attacks a genuine financing problem. Independent…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a custody framework on Oct. 1 that would let investment advisers and regulated funds hold crypto under rules written for it.It is the latest of nine agency actions since Aug. 18 that span most of an asset’s life, from fundraising to safekeeping. Two came before the Senate rejected cloture on the CLARITY Act on Sept. 15, a 49-50 vote with 60 required, and seven came from Sept. 17 on.Their legal status runs from live exemptions to pre-rule White House review, and that status determines what a crypto business can use today.Raising money…

Porsche’s $NFT collection launched in January 2023 with a planned supply of 7,500 tokens, but the company halted minting after complaints over pricing and lack of utility, leaving the supply at 2,363. When Porsche unveiled its Web3 plans in 2022, Lutz Meschke, its deputy chairman at the time, said the automaker had made its commitment “for the long haul” and cited potential uses in the metaverse, purchasing experiences and supply chains. Trading activity has since slowed. According to OpenSea, the collection had roughly $20 million in all-time trading volume, but only about $38,000 over the past year and around $2,900…