Author: Assad Jafri

A new report from Binance Research has raised red flags over the high risks in the memecoin market, revealing that 97% of these tokens have either failed or become inactive shortly after launch. The report also exposes widespread manipulation, where coordinated groups orchestrate pump-and-dump schemes that leave everyday investors bearing the brunt of losses…

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have reached a significant milestone, surpassing $20 billion in total net inflows for the first time, according to data shared by Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. The achievement follows a week of extraordinary inflows totaling $1.5 billion, indicating growing investor demand for crypto exposure via ETFs…

Standard Chartered believes Bitcoin (BTC) could rally above $73,000 before the US election, driven by rising ETF inflows and a surge in call options activity, according to a research note shared with CryptoSlate. StanChart’s global head of digital assets, Geoffrey Kendrick, highlighted several key market movements signaling bullish sentiment ahead of the November vote…

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) reported a significant growth in the adoption of its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yuan, with 180 million individual wallets opened as of July 31, local media reported on Oct. 11. The CBDC has been used to conduct transactions of over 7.3 trillion yuan ($1 trillion) across

Piero Cipollone, a member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Executive Board, urged Europe to embrace digital assets and distributed ledger technology (DLT) to create an integrated capital markets union. Speaking at the Bundesbank Symposium on the Future of Payments on Oct. 7, Cipollone outlined how digital technologies can reshape Europe’s fragmented financial system…