JPMorgan says recent SEC, CFTC and OCC moves can draw institutions into crypto, but warns they could be reversed in as little as two years without a market structure law.
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.
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Ethereum researchers have filed a draft that would split validator voting into two tracks, aiming for at least fourfold faster finality as the first stage of a longer effort.
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Arbitrum (ARB) is up more than 5% on Wednesday, trading near $0.198 as buyers bounce from a three-layer support band and extend a break of its October downtrend.
The OCC has dropped its plan to presume some stablecoin reward deals unlawful, but its final GENIUS Act rule gives older programs no automatic pass either.
Lead Bank now lets its fintech partners turn dollars into USDC and pay recipients in 44 countries, but the exchange rate on those payouts is posted only after settlement.
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XRP is trading near $1.33 on Tuesday, up about 2%, after buyers defended the golden pocket floor that also halted its September slide and pushed the price back toward resistance.
