Author: Jeremy Ryan

The memecoin market has gained by 5% over the week, compared to Bitcoin’s [BTC] 1.40% and Ethereum’s [ETH] 2.04%. Layer 2 tokens have performed the best though, with 20.7% gains over the same time period. Dogecoin [DOGE] often sets the direction for the memecoin sector. At press time, it was up 4.50% in 24 hours and up 2.03% over the last 7 days. What about SHIB though? Well, Shiba Inu [SHIB] has performed slightly better than DOGE. As the second-largest memecoin by market cap, SHIB was up 5.78% in a day and 6.37% in a week. Hence, the question: How…

Altcoins have been stuck in the mud for what feels like forever. However, are things about to change in the near term? Altcoins have waited two years for THIS! The combined market cap of every coin outside the top 10 just broke above a trendline it’s been trapped under since late 2024. And, it’s not been a small move either. In fact, the same is up over 10% this week, starting at about $199 billion to close near $220 billion. Source: X Here, it’s worth noting that all this is happening on a support zone that’s held for about 1,000…

Aptos saw a price increase of 18.6% as Layer-1 rotation accelerated, strengthening the recovery profile as the higher-beta altcoins attracted speculative demand. APT’s impulse move emerged alongside the broader strength across the Layer-1 tokens, instead of an isolated, specific catalyst.  Notably, several assets within this category also recorded double-digit gains as market participants shifted toward higher-beta assets. Therefore, APT’s price increase highlighted a broader change in market participation toward the Layer-1 sector.  At the time of press, the token traded around the $0.6616 area after buyers heightened their activity during the latest session. Therefore, the sector rotation helped APT recover…

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Investors who hopped into last year’s crypto boom are now turning up the pressure on digital-asset treasury (DAT) firms. In fact, both retail and institutional shareholders are now demanding greater accountability after losses across the sector reached roughly $50 billion. According to Bloomberg, investors initially bought their shares because they expected the companies’ crypto holdings to rise in value. Along with this, they also expected that the stocks could sometimes trade at a premium to the value of the crypto they owned. However, now that crypto prices and these stocks have fallen sharply, shareholders are questioning whether management is using…

Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation after criminals allegedly used a compromised government email account to obtain information about hundreds of Revolut customers. The group that claimed to be behind it demanded 6,000 Monero [XMR], worth about $3 million. The deadline they set has passed, but it is not known if Revolut paid or not, or if the data has now been sold as they threatened. Hackers allegedly targeted crypto holders The ransom demand was unveiled with a 24-hour countdown by the group, which calls itself “iamnotavillain”, on September 16. According to the Financial Times, the attackers threatened to sell…

The UK Financial Conduct Authority says overseas crypto providers can fall inside the country’s incoming authorization regime when they serve British consumers, even when the business is established abroad.A “UK consumer” for this purpose means an individual in the UK acting outside a trade, business or profession. The definition is a statutory territorial concept and can differ from client categories elsewhere in the FCA Handbook.The regulator published its final cryptoasset perimeter guidance on Sept. 16. It explains when firms carrying on the new regulated cryptoasset activities may need FCA authorization from Oct. 25, 2027. The application window opens Sept. 30,…

Bitcoin still commands strong institutional investor interest despite price tanking 50% during the multi-month crypto winter.  According to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas, the lifetime or cumulative, spot U.S. BTC ETF flows were currently at $55B, down from its peak of $62.8B (11% drop).   Incredible intestinal fortitude from the Boomers, given they saw a 50% drawdown. The reason this is the most important chart is that it excludes price appreciation, so it’s a pure measure of investor interest. Source: Bloomberg The products debuted in early 2024; hence, the resilient cumulative flows two years later underscore long-term investor conviction.  However, prevalent macro…

Aave’s new lending market on the Arc network has attracted almost $125 million in USDC. However, borrowers have taken out less than $600,000, leaving nearly all that money unused. That imbalance shows that putting money into a fresh market is not creating an actual lending business. The test for Aave is to see if demand from the borrowers can catch up. USDC deposits rise rapidly on Aave V4 Aavescan data from September 18 shows around $124.8 million in USDC supplied by users to Aave V4’s Arc market. A sharp increase from the $75.8 million one day earlier and the $24.5…

The US sanctioned Iranian crypto exchange BitBank, widening its campaign against digital-asset infrastructure allegedly used to finance the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).On Sept. 17, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said that the sanctioned Iranian financier Babak Zanjani used BitBank between June and July to facilitate hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin transfers to the IRGC.Treasury also said Hormuz Safe Marine Services Authority, previously sanctioned over an alleged maritime-payment scheme in the Strait of Hormuz, had used the exchange since June to move receipts to the Iranian government.The action reaches beyond BitBank to Pishtaz Simorgh…