BTC dominance keeps climbing as ETHBTC confirms bearish divergence. Analyst MooninPapa warns alts could underperform hard even if Bitcoin holds strong. Bitcoin printed a slightly higher high on Thursday. On the surface, that sounds like good news. It is not the whole story. According to analyst MooninPapa on X, the 4-hour TBO breakout came late.

Tokenised fixed-income products are gaining popularity as investors look for more legible sources of on-chain yield. Bitfinex Securities products ALTERNATIVE and USTBL are two prime examples of how fixed-income structures familiar from the world of traditional finance are increasingly being rebuilt on Bitcoin-native rails. Crypto has a yield legibility problem. Rates on some of the

Hong Kong granted its first two stablecoin issuer licenses to HSBC and Anchorpoint Financial, a Standard Chartered-led consortium that includes Animoca Brands on Friday. The approvals by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the territory’s central bank, mark the first batch under the Stablecoins Ordinance, which took effect in August 2025. “We look forward to

The bitcoin numbers from March are hard to ignore and are bullish at first glance. Public and private companies collectively added 47,435 BTC to their treasuries last month — worth roughly $3.2 billion at month-end prices — but strip away one name from the ledger and the picture shifts dramatically.  Nearly every one of those

Bank forecasts for tokenized RWAs range $2T–$30T+, with JPM at $13T and StanChart above $30T by 2030. Ondo trades stayed within ~2 bps of underlying; 95% of trades were under 5 bps. Ondo uses blockchain for access and mint/redeem while U.S. securities settle via DTC and traditional rails. Large global banks and research firms have

In the fast-moving digital asset markets, security and speed are not just features, they are the foundation of institutional operations. For professional traders and corporate entities, managing a complex web of credentials while ensuring rigorous account protection is a constant challenge. To address these needs, Bitfinex is pleased to announce the integration of Google Single

A free-mint NFT collection built entirely on Dogecoin just hit an all-time high floor price of approximately 44,900 DOGE — roughly $4,100 per piece — making it the only major NFT project across any blockchain at record prices in 2026. That number deserves a second look. While most NFT markets have struggled to recapture 2021

Crypto prices and U.S. stocks rallied Thursday on diminishing Middle East worries, but Circle (CRCL), Bullish (BLSH) and Coinbase (COIN) all posted sizable declines. Circle tumbled 9.9% to $85.10 after Compass Point downgraded the stock to Sell from Neutral and cut its price target by $2 to $77. The brokerage said USDC has held up

A new research proposal claims it can make Bitcoin transactions resistant to quantum attacks without changing the network’s core rules, a goal that has drawn attention as concerns grow over future cryptographic risks. In a paper published on April 9, Avihu Levy of StarkWare outlined “Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transactions Without Softforks,” introducing a scheme called Quantum

APIA, Samoa, April 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, reported that crude oil perpetual futures volume on its TradFi platform surged over 300% week-over-week, as the US-Iran ceasefire announcement triggered the largest single-day oil price swing since the 1991 Gulf War. Phemex TradFi offers WTI (XTI) and Brent crude oil (XBR) perpetual futures