American asset manager Franklin Templeton has entered the growing XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) race, becoming the latest firm to file for a spot XRP ETF in the United States.Franklin Templeton’s XRP (XRP) ETF is designed to track the performance of the XRP price, with XRP ho…

Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization company Securitize has selected RedStone as the primary oracle provider for its tokenized products, which include BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) and the Apollo Diversified Credit Securitize Fund (ACRED).Accordin…

A large cryptocurrency trader, known as a whale, lost more than $308 million on a leveraged Ether position, underscoring the risks of leveraged trading during volatile market conditions.The unknown crypto trader was liquidated on their 50x leveraged long position for over 160,234 Et…

US reserves status quo: Gold, oil and the emerging role of Bitcoin The US government has long relied on gold and oil as reserve assets, but with the growing institutional adoption of Bitcoin (BTC), its potential role…

XRP (XRP) pared some losses following this week’s market crash, with 6% daily gains over the last 24 hours to trade at $2.24.The top-ten altcoin trades 18% above the 24-hour low of $1.89 as the crypto market sentiment recovers slightly.XRP/USD daily chart. Source: Cointelegrap…

Opinion by: Sasha Ivanov, founder of Waves and Units.NetworkNot long ago, the idea that an internet joke could become a multibillion-dollar asset class seemed laughable. Today, memecoins are not just mainstream. They are reshaping entire market cycles. The US now has an official mem…

Bitcoin (BTC) saw a classic Wall Street sell-off on Mar. 12 as bears tempered a welcome US inflation slowdown.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewBTC price reverses at key bull market trendlineData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reac…

Abu Dhabi-based investment firm MGX has invested $2 billion in cryptocurrency exchange Binance, potentially marking one of the biggest funding deals in the industry’s history.In a March 12 announcement, Binance said the transaction was the first institutional investment in the…

The recent GENIUS stablecoin bill is merely a thinly veiled attempt to usher in central bank digital currency (CBDC) controls through privatized means, according to Jean Rausis, co-founder of the Smardex decentralized trading platform.In a statement shared with Cointelegraph, Rausis…

Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), dropped below $2,000 on March 10, and the altcoin has struggled to regain a position above the psychological level. While Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP (XRP) exhibited minor recoveries over the past 24 hours, Ether prices failed to display bullish…