Mastercard and BVNK have launched a platform that connects stablecoin balances with bank payments, conversion and card services, giving businesses more control over how recipients receive money.
Kosta Gushterov
Journalist
Kosta has reported on cryptocurrency markets and blockchain infrastructure since 2020, bringing over six years of hands-on experience in the crypto industry built through daily tracking of markets, trends, and emerging blockchain developments. Specializing in Bitcoin on-chain analysis, institutional ETF flows, and digital asset price action, his work at Coindoo has been cited by other news agencies and consistently covers market developments with a focus on data-driven reporting across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP. Over the years, Kosta has contributed to multiple crypto media outlets in different regions, authoring over 6,000 articles across the sector. His reporting spans cryptocurrency markets and the broader fintech industry, tracking not only price action but also the technological and regulatory forces shaping the ecosystem. To support his analysis, Kosta actively leverages on-chain data and metrics from leading platforms such as Santiment, Glassnode, and CryptoQuant, enabling deeper, evidence-based market insights. He believes in the power of transparency and the data that underpins the blockchain ecosystem. His academic background in Marketing Management from Denmark further complements his analytical approach, adding a strong understanding of communication strategy and content positioning to his work.
Latest articles by Kosta Gushterov
CoinGecko reviewed the crypto market’s performance from July through September, covering major cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance, and trading activity on centralized and decentralized exchanges.
Higher inflation can strengthen Bitcoin’s scarcity argument while making it harder to hold through restrictive financial conditions. Matt Hougan and Peter Schiff emphasise opposite sides of that tension.
Crypto losses deepened on Thursday morning, with Bitcoin trading around $80,500 as uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate decision weighed on markets.
Stellar fell 3.57% to around $0.1836, reaching its 200-day moving average after slipping below the $0.1850 Fibonacci level and its 100-day average.
Zcash fell 4.45% on its October 14 daily candle, approaching $1,140 support after slipping below its 50-day moving average.
US inflation accelerated to 3.7% in September, coming in above expectations. The result adds another macro risk for Bitcoin just as is close to a key daily support area.
CoinShares has made its on-chain strategy available through Safe’s enterprise wallet platform. The launch is less about a new yield product than a new distribution model: clients can access managed strategies from the wallets where they already hold digital assets.
Solana’s Alpenglow consensus upgrade is expected to begin its mainnet rollout on October 21. It targets finality in roughly 150 milliseconds, but it will also remove validator vote transactions from blocks, meaning Solana’s total transaction and TPS charts may drop without any decline in user activity.
Ethereum is drawing a much more optimistic crowd response than Bitcoin after its rebound. CryptoQuant’s Binance data, however, points to a different contrast beneath the discussion: ETH’s leverage ratio has stayed elevated, while Bitcoin’s has eased from earlier 2026 readings.
A UK High Court has ruled that Chinese law, not English law, will determine whether alleged victims of a Chinese investment fraud have proprietary claims to more than 61,000 Bitcoin seized in London.
Solana traded near $106 at the time of writing after breaking below a rising channel that had guided its advance since August.
