The stablecoin giant has led an $8 million funding round in the startup Speed to boost its technological infrastructure capabilities. This capital injection aims to massify stablecoin payments on the Lightning Network at a corporate level, confirmed Paolo Ardoino, Tether’s CEO, who highlighted the network’s ability to move money at high scale with reduced fees.
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Olivia reports on regulation, compliance, and policy developments shaping the crypto industry. Her coverage examines how legal and regulatory decisions influence market structure, project development, and industry behavior.She also follows Web3 initiatives and altcoin markets when regulatory changes are a key factor.
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BNB climbed past $870, recording a marked outperformance versus Bitcoin and Ethereum and displacing XRP in market rankings. The move coincided with a sharp rise in trading activity, highlighted by 24‑hour volumes above $2.45 billion, which traders and analysts say is testing key resistance near $880 and $900.
The US unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, its highest level since September 2021, provoking immediate volatility in major digital assets. Bitcoin and Ethereum registered short-term declines as markets digested the labor data and its implications for Federal Reserve policy.
Visa has launched a stablecoin settlement service in the United States that enables U.S. issuer and acquirer partners to settle transactions in Circle’s USDC, initially using the Solana blockchain with broader availability planned through 2026. The rollout aims to modernize Visa’s settlement layer by enabling 24/7 programmable settlement and improving treasury efficiency across participating banks.
According to a revealing report recently published by the analysis firm Delphi Digital, the digital asset industry is officially entering an aggregation era characterized by fierce competition among platforms. This paradigm shift suggests that true market power no longer resides exclusively in the underlying base protocols, but in those entities that manage to own and handle the direct relationship with the end user from their very first connection.
Market analyst Steph is Crypto recently shared an XRP price prediction suggesting an imminent move similar to the 2017 bullish cycle. According to his technical analysis, the asset remains hovering around the 2 dollar support, preparing to define its trajectory in the short term.
Binance Coin (BNB) dropped beneath multiple technical support levels on renewed selling pressure as the total cryptocurrency market cap moved toward roughly $3.06 trillion.
Aave DAO pushed back amid reports that interface fees are shifting away from its treasury, raising immediate questions over protocol revenue and governance oversight.
Ripple has extended RLUSD to multiple Ethereum Layer 2 networks via Wormhole’s Native Token Transfers (NTT) standard, enabling native issuance on Optimism, Base, Ink and Unichain.
The cryptocurrency market prepares to receive a massive liquidity injection through significant December token unlocks, led by key projects such as LayerZero, Arbitrum, and Sei. Kamina Bashir reports that, in total, assets valued at approximately $666.4 million will be released during the third week of the month, which could generate short-term volatility episodes as investors react to the sudden increase in circulating supply available across various trading platforms.
