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More than 100 crypto exchange-traded products are likely to hit the market in 2026, but many of them will quickly be shuttered due to a lack of demand, an analyst says.Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart said on Wednesday that he agreed with a 2026 prediction from crypto asset manager Bitwise that over 100 crypto ETFs would launch, but said many wouldn’t last.“We’re going to see a lot of liquidations in crypto ETP products. Might happen at [the] tail end of 2026 but likely by the end of 2027,” Seyffart said, adding that over 126 ETP applications are currently awaiting an outcome…

Crypto markets entered 2025 looking for direction after a volatile year. What formed instead was a narrative split unlike previous cycles: meme coins surged back into retail focus, while AI-driven protocols became the preferred bet for institutions.Fresh data from CoinGecko, paired with new market research, shows how internet culture on one side and machine intelligence on the other are now steering most liquidity and attention across the ecosystem.Meme Coins Regain Momentum as Retail ReturnsMeme coins staged a full comeback in early 2025 after cooling off in late 2024. Their rise tracks closely with a jump in retail activity, a wave…

Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets:Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas.Since October’s flash crash, crypto has been trading around a single fault line.Glassnode identifies bitcoin’s True Market Mean near $81.3k as the level separating time-driven drawdowns from more aggressive loss realization. In the post-October regime, that level has taken on added weight.(TradingView) The correlation data helps explain why that level matters beyond bitcoin itself. Over the last 90 days,…

Bitcoin’s volatility appears to be diminishing, with its movements in 2025 more subdued than those of Nvidia (NVDA), which Bitwise says indicates its investor base is diversifying.Bitwise said on Wednesday that Bitcoin (BTC) will continue to be less volatile than Nvidia in 2026 as “Bitcoin’s volatility has steadily declined over the past ten years.”It added that the shift signals a “derisking” of the asset as its investor base has diversified due to the emergence of institutional investment products. “This shift reflects the fundamental derisking of Bitcoin as an investment and the diversification of its investor base thanks to traditional investment vehicles…

During the 2023 trial, Ellison delivered damning testimony, describing lies, reckless borrowing and the secret misuse of FTX customer funds. Caroline Ellison, the former chief executive of Alameda Research and a central figure in the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire, has been quietly moved out of a federal prison facility after serving roughly 11 months of a two-year sentence. The 31-year-old was transferred on October 16 from the low-security Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, to community confinement. From Star Witness to Home Confinement According to Business Insider, the latest status keeps her under federal custody but allows…

Coinbase’s year-end “System Update” conference on Wednesday saw the company announce a slew of new offerings as it branches out from its crypto exchange roots.In addition to introducing stock trading and prediction markets to its platform, Coinbase announced plans to expand into custom stablecoins, tokenization, and AI-powered investment advisers.  Here’s the top eight things you may have missed from Coinbase’s conference.Stock trading on CoinbaseThe headline feature, and the first thing Coinbase announced, was that it’s adding stock trading to its platform.Coinbase head of consumer and business products, Max Branzburg, said the product was “a major milestone in our plan to enable…

The US Federal Reserve has withdrawn a 2023 guidance that limited how Fed-supervised banks, including uninsured ones, engaged with crypto, as US regulators continue to pivot positively toward digital assets. The 2023 guidance required uninsured banks to follow the same rules as federally insured institutions, based on the principle that similar activities pose similar risks and should be subject to identical regulation.This prevented uninsured banks from engaging in activities that weren’t permitted for national banks, like crypto services, which automatically disqualified Fed membership because the institution’s primary activities weren’t allowed. Fed says financial system has evolved since 2023The Fed said a…

Fund manager and activist investor Eric Jackson is reportedly planning to head up a new Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) firm despite the crypto market’s recent lull. Jackson intends to take on the role of founder, chairman and CEO of EMJX, which will invest in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and several altcoins, reports Reuters. The firm plans to launch as a reverse merger with pet wellness company SRx Health Solutions (SRXH). EMJX aims to set itself apart from the first wave of DAT firms like Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc (MSTR), which has a Bitcoin-only treasury, by managing a multi-asset portfolio and…

Key Takeaways $526 million was liquidated from crypto markets in 24 hours, impacting more than 154,000 traders. The largest single liquidation order was $11 million on Hyperliquid’s HYPE-USD pair. Share this article Crypto markets saw around $526 million in liquidations in the past 24 hours, affecting over 154,000 traders.Long positions accounted for $372 million of the total, while short positions made up $154 million. The largest single liquidation order occurred on Hyperliquid’s HYPE-USD pair, valued at $11 million.The wave of liquidations reflected growing volatility across major crypto assets, especially Bitcoin. The digital asset experienced a short-lived rally to $90,000 today…

Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial has proposed using 5% of the project’s WLFI token treasury to grow the supply of its stablecoin USD1. The proposal was posted to the World Liberty Financial governance forum on Wednesday, with the team highlighting the importance of increasing USD1 supply to keep up with “an increasingly competitive stablecoin landscape.” The proposal outlines that the additional supply would help spread “USD1 use cases across select high-profile CeFi & DeFi partnerships,” with increased adoption helping to create more “value capture” opportunities in the WLFI ecosystem.  “As USD1 grows, more users, platforms, institutions, and chains integrate with World Liberty Financial…