Prospective borrowers face collateral liquidation risks if bitcoin prices drop, though APX said property and crypto collateral will be handled distinctly. Source link

The Federal Reserve left its benchmark rate unchanged Wednesday, holding the federal funds target range at 3.75% to 4%. The bitcoin price showed some volatility around $81,000. The decision passed 10-2, and the dissents carry as much weight as the outcome. Governor Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack wanted a quarter-point increase. It is

U.S. spot Ether ETF outflows hit $60.22 million on October 27. That extends redemptions to a second straight session, according to SoSoValue. BlackRock’s ETHA shed $93.28 million on its own. Those redemptions more than offset inflows at the only two funds that took in cash. The print is smaller than Monday’s, but it leaves Ether

Bitcoin is holding its range, but that range is below the gamma flip, with aggregate market maker exposure now negative rather than positive. In this  regime, dealer hedging amplifies moves rather than dampening them. Friday’s $10.6 billion quarterly expiry resets the market positioning and opens up a potentially new trading regime. Bitcoin held the $62,500-72,000

Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings moved another 1,000 BTC, worth about $81 million, to the custodian BitGo early on Wednesday, October 28, its second such transfer in two days, on-chain tracker Lookonchain spotted. The company sold 23,093 BTC in the first half of the year to cut debt, so traders watching BTC USD near $81,500 read

Comments on financial conditions: The 10-year Treasury yield has pulled back to 5%, a 36 basis-point drop since Oct. 7. The 30-year yield has declined by 40 bps. This has eased financial conditions, which track credit availability in the economy, with a knock-on effect on risk-taking in financial markets. If Warsh acknowledges this easing, it could

VanEck launched the Wealth Builder ETF today, trading on the NYSE under the ticker WBMO. The actively managed fund packages the firm’s Wealth Builder model portfolios, which advisers have used through third-party platforms, into one product anyone with a brokerage account can buy.  VanEck, which oversees about $244 billion in assets, selects the holdings, sets

The tokenised commodities market has so far been dominated by gold, the easiest commodity to bring on-chain because of its liquidity, custody infrastructure and wide recognition as a global financial asset. The next opportunity lies in extending that model into markets where traditional access remains narrow, inefficient or largely reserved for specialist institutions.  Tokenised commodities

Ripple opened Swell 2026 in New York on Tuesday, October 27, a day after winning final OCC approval for its national trust bank, while the 1 billion XRP it unlocked from escrow on October 1 has still not left its wallets. That last part is the XRP Ripple story most of this week’s coverage misses.