Ripple's dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, is now legally available in Japan, approved by the country's Financial Services Agency and distributed through SBI VC Trade's VCTRADE platform to both institutional and retail users.
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
Grayscale Research is making a contrarian argument: some of the most profitable on-chain protocols are now trading at valuations that would look cheap in any traditional equity market, and a regulatory catalyst may be weeks away.
Two of crypto's research desks are looking at the same Bitcoin chart and drawing different near-term conclusions.
Lawsuit accusing Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks of improperly promoting the failed crypto platform was thrown out on a technicality last year, and the plaintiffs are now taking that dismissal to a federal appeals court.
XRP is trading around $1.1011, sitting on a critical support ledge while its on-chain data tells a different short-term story than its price chart.
Bitcoin moving above $100,000 didn’t feel like a clean breakout for Dan Tapiero, but rather like a transition point where market structure quietly shifted underneath price action.
Bitcoin is trading around $62,300, and four separate datasets are telling a single, unusual story. One long-running on-chain metric has just broken a floor that held for 15 years, and the flow data underneath it shows two groups of holders moving in opposite directions.
The US Senate has passed a four-year ban on a Federal Reserve digital dollar, not as standalone legislation, but tucked inside a bipartisan housing bill that cleared the chamber 85-5 on Monday night.
The company that owns the New York Stock Exchange is building a joint venture with crypto exchange OKX, aiming to connect 120 million crypto users to regulated traditional markets through a single licensed entity.
South Korea's Toss Bank is now testing a possible fix, partnering with the Solana Foundation to see whether public blockchain technology can make cross-border remittances faster and cheaper for its roughly 15 million customers.
Bitcoin's available supply is shrinking across almost every venue that can be measured at once, on OTC desks, on exchanges, and in the wallets of its largest holders.
XRP currently looks like sitting in a wait-and-see phase. After dipping to roughly $1.12 on heavy volume, the price tried to rally toward $1.15 but failed to gain a foothold.
