Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Check out the BitPinas Token 2049 Coverage Here Cryptocurrency platform OKX launched a standalone mobile application, OKX Money, on Oct. 6 to provide digital dollar savings, international money transfers and payment card services. The application
Key Takeaways Tom Lee said at Token2049 on Oct. 7 that this “may be the biggest bull market we’ve ever seen.” Bitmine bought 12,500 ETH worth $33.65M via Bitgo, lifting it to about 4.9% of ether’s supply. With a hard 5% cap, Bitmine has roughly 76,000 ETH, or about $200M, of buying left. What Did
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. If you rely on apps like Discord to run your freelance business, collaborate with software teams, or study online, your digital workspace was abruptly cut off without a court order during a nationwide government blackout
Key Takeaways Blackrock’s ETHB drew $307.72M across 20 inflow days since July 28, with zero net outflow days. Staking up to 95% of ETH could tighten liquid supply and broaden ethereum’s appeal to yield seekers. Investors will watch whether ETHB can keep scaling alongside Blackrock’s much larger ETHA fund. Blackrock Stakes 75% of ETHB as
Key Takeaways PYUSDx has already cleared $100M, with Saturn, Concrete and Cap putting the new setup through its paces. Stablecoins hit $305.25B on Sept. 10, while Paypal’s PYUSD is sitting pretty in eight place with roughly $2.81B. A Paypal executive says stablecoins are “maturing fast,” and PYUSDx could bring more company-branded dollars in 2026. Paypal,
Key Takeaways U.S. Bank put USBDC to work Sept. 9, sending its own stablecoin across borders on Stellar. The 163-year-old financial institution, a top-5 U.S. lender, took the rare route of moving its own digital dollar on a public chain. U.S. Bank says the Sept. 9 test is another step toward putting its Digital Asset
Key Takeaways Bitcoin slid below $77,000 on Thursday following the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ PPI release. Bitstamp data show a drop to $76,651 as crypto derivative liquidations peaked at $562 million. Polymarket odds for a 25-basis-point Fed rate hike jumped to 63% ahead of the upcoming CPI report. PPI Surprise Sparks Sell-Off Bitcoin’s price
Key Takeaways Brian Armstrong says bitcoin’s price likely hit bottom, even after getting smacked 3.3% Thursday. Coinbase prediction markets are on a tear, growing about 100% quarter over quarter. Armstrong sees bitcoin’s price grinding higher over the next 1-2 years as the halving gets closer. Bitcoin’s price has trended below the $77,000 range on Thursday,
Key Takeaways MAKE Group launched a cross-chain bridging protocol on Casper to transfer regulated assets across EVM networks. The system preserves ERC-3643 rules for over $32 billion in tokenized real-world assets via T-REX Ledger. Apex Group plans to bring $100 billion in tokenized assets to T-REX by 2027 using AstralBeam messaging. Tackling the Cross-Chain Compliance
Key Takeaways Trezor warned Sept. 10 that a breached email provider sent customers phishing messages. Cointracking said Brevo was breached as Bitbox reported multiple bitcoin firms targeted. Bitbox said most phishing links were down Sept. 9, but its investigation remains active. The incident that occurred on Sept. 9 and 10 appears to stretch beyond a