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The price of XRP has dropped to $2.21 despite record usage of XRPL’s native DEX, revealing a worrying market divergence. The XRP Ledger’s native decentralized exchange (DEX) just hit an all-time high of 954,000 daily transactions on November 4, according to on-chain data. While this activity marked one of the busiest days in recent months for the network, the market performance of its associated XRP token presents a different picture. Record XRP DEX Activity Fails to Lift Price At first glance, the increase in the number of transactions appeared to signal stronger network health and adoption within the XRP…

Franklin Templeton has launched a tokenized US dollar money market fund for professional investors in Hong Kong, expanding its crypto offerings in Asia. According to a statement shared with Cointelegraph on Wednesday, the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund is the first end-to-end tokenized structure by an asset manager to integrate issuance, distribution and servicing directly onchain in Hong Kong. The tokenized fund will be initially available only to institutional and professional investors. It is registered in Luxembourg under a regulated framework that allows investment funds to be sold across the European Union. The fund uses Franklin Templeton’s proprietary blockchain recordkeeping…

CMT Digital, a Chicago-based venture capital firm specializing in digital assets, has closed its fourth fund, raising $136 million to back blockchain startups.The fund will target founders developing the next wave of crypto infrastructure and applications, as regulatory clarity improves and institutional adoption accelerates, according to an announcement on Wednesday.Investment partner Sam Hallene told Fortune that the fund drew backing from a mix of wealthy individuals, family offices, and institutional investors, though he declined to name participants in the round.CMT Digital has already committed about a quarter of its $136 million fund, backing stablecoin startups such as Coinflow and Codex.…

In an industry that moves at the speed of code, trust remains the one thing that can’t be faked or rushed. This was the core message that echoed through the recent BeInCrypto x ICP Hubs webinar, where Alevtina Labyuk, Chief Strategic Partnerships Officer of BeInCrypto and a jury member at ICP Hubs, led a deep dive into what it truly means to build a Web3 brand that lasts. Held as part of BeInCrypto’s ongoing partnership with ICP Hubs, the session brought together founders, builders, and marketers to explore the strategic layers of reputation, visibility, and storytelling, three pillars that, according…

Bitcoin’s sustained price above $100,000 was supposed to signal its arrival as a mature institutional asset. Instead, its sudden reversal below that threshold has unsettled traders and revived fears of another crypto winter.On Nov. 4, Bitcoin briefly dipped to its lowest level since May at $99,075, before recovering to approximately $102,437 as of press time. Despite the price recovery, BTC is still down roughly 3% from the day’s peak of $104,777, according to CryptoSlate data.This price performance resulted in Bitcoin lagging US Treasuries for the first time this year, erasing one of 2025’s most popular macro trades.Bitcoin vs US Treasuries…

A further decline or a major rebound to a new ATH: what’s next for XRP? The violent correction in the broader cryptocurrency market has severely impacted Ripple’s XRP, erasing almost all the gains it achieved throughout 2025. Some popular analysts believe the price may sink even more in the short term. Entry Point at This Level? Several hours ago, Ripple’s cross-border token plummeted to as low as $2.09 amid a new major market crash, resulting in liquidations exceeding $1 billion. The bulls managed to halt the free fall and later pushed the price to the current $2.23 (according to CoinGecko’s…

Greenwich, CT, November 5th, 2025, ChainwireLeverage Shares by Themes is thrilled to announce the launch of GEMG, a first-to-market single-stock leveraged ETF with exposure to GEMI, available for trading November 5, 2025.The firm continues to expand its leveraged single-stock ETF lineup across the digital asset ecosystem; the debut of GEMG is hot on the heels of the firm’s recent launches of the Leverage Shares 2X Long BMNR Daily ETF (BMNG) and Leverage Shares 2X Long BLSH Daily ETF (BLSG), which became available for trading on October 27, 2025.These ETFs are designed to equip investors to amplify returns (up and down)…

Paris, France, November 5th, 2025, ChainwireZama, the cryptography company behind the Zama Confidential Blockchain Protocol, today announced that it has acquired KKRT Labs, a pioneering research and development firm focused on scaling blockchains using Zero-Knowledge Proofs. This strategic acquisition strengthens Zama’s technical depth in blockchain scalability and validity (ZK) rollups, while accelerating its ability to deliver high-performance confidentiality to all public blockchains.Unlocking the Next Phase of Scalable Onchain ConfidentialityKKRT Labs (also known as “Kakarot”) brings deep expertise in designing high-performance proving architectures and modular rollup systems for Ethereum-equivalent environments. Backed by investors such as Vitalik Buterin, Starkware, Lambda Class, and…

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) is coming out against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase’s application for a National Trust Company Charter in the US — a move that could threaten banks’ interests as the company moves closer to traditional finance.In a Monday letter to the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) — the office responsible for approving banking applications — the ICBA said it “strongly opposes” Coinbase’s subsidiary applying for a trust charter. The letter cited “untested” elements related to crypto custody, as well as claims that Coinbase’s arm would “struggle to achieve and maintain profitability during…

In the dynamic and often opaque world of Bitcoin trading, institutional traders are operating with a fundamentally different playbook. These players are actively hunting for low-volume areas and under-traded levels, seeing them as strategic advantages for maximizing profit. Why Institutions Avoid The Crowd And Target The Gaps Bitcoin’s institutional traders and big players are actively hunting low-volume areas. These zones are thinly traded areas, which shows that there are fewer resting orders, making it easier to fill massive positions with less slippage. In an X post, a crypto analyst known as Killa has stated that throughout this entire rally, players…