Bitwise’s new NEAR ETF turns a simple price-tracking investment into something more layered. The trust plans to stake NEAR, so its return may reflect both the token’s price and the way Bitwise runs the programme.

Coinbase International Exchange has removed 29 altcoins from eligible perpetual-futures collateral, reducing the margin value some users can draw from their existing token balances.

HYPE traded near $88 at the time of writing, down about 3.5% over 24 hours and just over 10% from its recent high near $98.

Ethereum’s short-position debate spread across Crypto X on Sunday, but Monday’s data offer a more complicated answer about what actually changed.

Altcoin gains are spreading beyond a group of tokens, but the recovery is adding derivatives exposure faster than fresh onchain dollar liquidity. That gap matters as more holders move assets onto exchanges.

Ethena is extending USDe’s revenue model with tokenized-stock trades, adding a new source of potential return and a new set of dependencies.

A five-day, $2.39 billion run into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs gives crypto’s latest rebound a clear sign of buying demand. A broader market expansion still needs follow-through.

Crypto’s market capitalization contracted by approximately $2.1 trillion in the year to June 30. Yet Chainalysis found that attributable onchain activity declined by only 1.6%.

Crypto absorbed a failed US regulatory vote and two central-bank rate increases before Bitcoin reached $87,374. The retreat began as oil rebounded, Treasury yields rose and traders had substantial monthly gains available to protect.

BlackRock’s latest digital-assets paper argues that AI agents could create new stablecoin demand by paying continuously for data, software and computing power without human checkout flows.

Opening a long and a short at the same time looks like a way to profit whichever direction crypto moves. The numbers produce a different result.

NEAR nearly doubled from its September 16 low as Zcash activity drew attention to NEAR Intents. The timing, however, points to a broader rally rather than a single catalyst.