Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat Global Equities, characterized the recent cryptocurrency market decline as a temporary "mini reset" driven by external factors rather than structural weakness, according to his recent analysis. Unlike previous major crypto downturns, this decline is occurring w

Hong Kong is moving forward with its stablecoin plans. The city is building a regulated system for digital currencies. Its new updates show that RMB stablecoins may also be allowed in the future. According to local reports, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said stablecoin issuers can choose w

A Financial Times report this week outlined a provocative idea from Iran’s trade sector: charge ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz a tariff paid in Bitcoin. The plan would let empty oil tankers pass without charges, but other vessels would owe a levy of $1 per barrel, settled in BTC, over a two-w

Summary Biconomy has proposed ERC-8211, a new Ethereum standard for "smart batching" complex DeFi flows. The standard lets AI agents chain multi-step transactions in a single atomic call, resolving each step at execution time. Ethereum Foundation researcher Barnabé Monnot says ERC-8211 aligns w

Key Insights ONDO holds above key Fibonacci support as buyers absorb selling pressure, maintaining higher lows and signaling steady demand despite broader altcoin weakness. Partnership with Franklin Templeton expands access to tokenized ETFs, strengthening ONDO’s role in institutional real-w

Key Insights ONDO holds above key Fibonacci support as buyers absorb selling pressure, maintaining higher lows and signaling steady demand despite broader altcoin weakness. Partnership with Franklin Templeton expands access to tokenized ETFs, strengthening ONDO’s role in institutional real-w

_Plume launches tokenized payroll pilot with Toku and WisdomTree, letting eligible staff receive salary in yield-bearing fund shares._ Plume has launched a new payroll pilot that brings tokenized real-world assets into employee compensation.  According to Plume’s announcement, the program starts w

Key Insights ONDO holds above key Fibonacci support as buyers absorb selling pressure, maintaining higher lows and signaling steady demand despite broader altcoin weakness. Partnership with Franklin Templeton expands access to tokenized ETFs, strengthening ONDO’s role in institutional real-w

_Altcoins show a rare bullish divergence as ARB, OP, and W enter buy zones while traders watch Bitcoin dominance._ The altcoin market is flashing a rare technical setup after weeks of downside pressure.  Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe pointed to a strengthening bullish divergence across the t

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) shifted gears this week, snapping a four-week streak of inflows and posting a net outflow of $296.18 million for the period ending Friday. The reversal comes after a sustained run that had drawn more than $2.2 billion into spot BTC ETFs over the prior four w