Major French banking group BPCE is set to start offering crypto trading services to retail customers through its Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne apps starting Monday. Customers of four regional banks, including Banque Populaire Île-de-France and Caisse d’Épargne Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, will be able to buy and sell bitcoin BTC$89,682.35, ether ETH$3,034.52, solana SOL$132.42, and USDC […]
Denis Dariotis, the 22-year-old founder and CEO of cryptocurrency-focused trading software firm GoQuant, remembers the constraints and pressures of maximizing his trading portfolio while he was still in the third grade at school. “I remember telling my teachers I had to take 10 minutes out of class to check my portfolio when the market opened […]
A proposed XRP Ledger amendment, Batch (XLS-56), is generating excitement among developers and validators alike. One pseudonymous XRP validator, Vet, has shared his experience testing the Batch functionality on the dev net, where multiple transactions, including minting and payments for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), can be bundled and executed automatically. The amendment, according to Vet, enables […]
Kalshi is pulling ahead in the prediction market race, capturing a dominant share of trading volume even as competitors like Polymarket push into regulated U.S. territory. From Sept. 11 to 17, Kalshi accounted for 62% of total volume in the on-chain prediction market sector, according to data from Dune Analytics, while Polymarket’s stood at 37%. […]
Cryptocurrency-friendly lender Standard Chartered is claiming bragging rights of being the first global bank to offer spot trading in bitcoin and ether (ETH) to institutional clients. The offering, rolled out through the bank’s UK branches, is available initially via our U.K. entity, during Asia and Europe trading hours, with 24/5 access under consideration as client […]
As spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds continue to grow and Wall Street wades deeper into crypto, more and more people are able to gain exposure to digital assets through their individual retirement accounts (IRAs). IRAs offer tax advantages and a range of investment options, including stocks, real estate, commodities and, increasingly, cryptocurrencies. But when it comes […]
TRUMP, the memecoin tied to U.S. President Donald Trump, gained more than 9% in the past 24 hours following a $320 million token unlock. The price now sits around $8.40, still down more than 88% from its peak above $71 on Jan. 18. The recent unlock may spell further trouble for investors, who are estimated […]
Stock and other traditional financial asset traders across the world are wanting to be able to buy and sell assets around the clock, resulting in two of the biggest stock markets in the U.S., Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) making moves to offer round-the-clock trading soon. “We definitely see that this is […]
One of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulation proposals that was meant to grab segments of the crypto space under the agency’s jurisdiction had sought to expand what trading venues it believes need to register in a way that included digital assets businesses, and Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda is looking to reverse that effort. […]
Boerse Stuttgart, one of Germany’s top stock exchanges, has announced a partnership with DekaBank to bring cryptocurrency trading to the German investment bank’s institutional clients. The partnership allows DekaBank, a financial giant with over 411 billion euros ($427 billion), to integrate crypto into its offerings using Boerse Stuttgart Digital’s regulated brokerage infrastructure. “Partnering with DekaBank […]