Author: Benjamin Lee
The crypto giant Coinbase just added a little-known crypto asset to its listing roadmap. The exchange says it’s preparing to add Perle (PRL) to its platform for spot trading. Perle (PRL) is the native token of the Perle ecosystem, issued and governed by the non-profit Perle Foundation. Perle Labs is a Solana-based web3 AI platform that connects verified domain experts with enterprises and research teams to create high-quality, on-chain verifiable data for training AI models. The PRL token is designed for governance, staking to receive priority access, rewarding expert contributors for data annotation and validation tasks, and powering payments within…
Tether has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct a massive independent financial audit. The company says the audit will cover reserves backing its USDT stablecoin, which holds a market capitalization of more than $184 billion and serves over 550 million users worldwide. Tether describes the review as one of the largest inaugural audits in the history of financial markets. It will examine a complex mix of digital assets, traditional reserves, and tokenized liabilities, along with internal controls, financial reporting and overall operations. Says Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, “Tether’s mission has always been to build trust through action, not promises.…
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is outlining a sweeping vision for the future of financial markets. In his latest annual letter, Fink emphasizes long-term investing, broader market participation and the transformative potential of tokenization. He frames today’s economic environment as one defined by rapid change and uncertainty, with digital wallets and tokenized assets offering the potential for powerful change. “Half the world’s population carries a digital wallet on their phone. Imagine if that same digital wallet could also let you invest in a broad mix of companies for the long term—as easily as sending a payment. Tokenization could help accelerate that…
Institutional investors just sold $173 million in Bitcoin and crypto investment products in one week, according to a new update from CoinShares. The digital asset firm says outflows have now totaled a whopping $3.74 billion in the last month, as the price of BTC dropped from around $95,400 to a low of $62,800. Last week, Bitcoin witnessed $133 million in outflows. Ethereum followed with $85.1 million outflows. Some altcoins bucked the trend, with XRP attracting $33.4 million inflows, Solana $31 million and Chainlink $1.1 million. Regionally, the US led with $403 million outflows. That was offset by $230 million inflows elsewhere,…
Traders betting on a Bitcoin and crypto bounce are getting wrecked to start the week. Bitcoin dropped from a 24-hour high of $67,695 to as low as $63,962, triggering a total of $616.41 million in liquidations, according to CoinGlass. The vast majority of the liquidations hit traders going long, coming in at $524.28 million. BTC has recorded five consecutive red monthly candles, marking one of the longest losing streaks in Bitcoin’s history. Today’s plunge follows a broader market pullback, as markets assess the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling against Trump’s tariffs. Zooming out, crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe…
Institutional investors just sold an overall total of $288 million in Bitcoin and crypto assets in one week, according to a new update from Coinshares. The outflows mark the fifth consecutive week of selling, bringing cumulative year-to-date outflows to $4 billion. Bitcoin drove the bulk of the selling with $215 million in outflows. Short-bitcoin products attracted $5.5 million in inflows, the largest of any asset. Ethereum posted the second-largest outflows at $36.5 million. Multi-asset products lost $32.5 million, while Tron recorded $18.9 million in outflows. Minor inflows hit select altcoins, with XRP gaining $3.5 million, Solana adding $3.3 million and…
USD1, a stablecoin affiliated with President Donald Trump, just briefly dipped below its $1.00 price peg. The asset slipped to $0.9942 on Monday morning, before regaining its peg within a couple of hours. The decentralized finance (DeFi) project World Liberty Financial (WLFI), which issues USD1, attributed the volatility to a “coordinated attack” from hackers. “Attackers hacked several WLFI cofounder accounts, paid influencers to spread FUD, and opened massive WLFI shorts to profit from the manufactured chaos. It didn’t work. Thanks to USD1’s sound mint-and-redeem mechanism and full 1:1 backing, we are trading steadily at par. No scammer can shake the…
Institutional investors just bought an overall total of $1 billion in Bitcoin and crypto assets in one week, according to a new update from Coinshares. The inflows mark a reversal from a five-week streak of outflows totaling $4 billion. Bitcoin dominated the buying, drawing $881 million. Ethereum followed with $117 million in inflows, marking its strongest week since mid-January. Among altcoins, Solana led with $53.8 million. The rebound was broad-based geographically. The US accounted for the bulk at $957 million, Canada saw $34.1 million, Germany $31.7 million and Switzerland $28.4 million. CoinShares attributes the shift to recent price weakness and…
Institutional investors just bought an overall total of $619 million in Bitcoin and crypto assets in one week, according to a new update from CoinShares. The outflows came despite significant late-week outflows. Crypto products saw $1.44 billion in inflows during the first three days, then $829 million flowed out on Thursday and Friday amid market volatility tied to rising oil prices. Bitcoin led the gains with $521 million in inflows, while Ethereum drew $88.5 million. Solana added $14.6 million. Smaller inflows went to Uniswap and Chainlink at $1.4 million each. XRP was the outlier, with $30.3 million in outflows. Short-Bitcoin…
The world’s second largest insurance broker is teaming up with the crypto exchange Coinbase and the Paypal USD (PYUSD) issuer Paxos to support stablecoin payments for insurance premiums. Aon plc says that it successfully demonstrated a proof of concept for insurance premium payment using dollar-backed stablecoins. The firm says it worked with Coinbase and Paxos to settle premium payments for their respective insurance programs. The transactions were executed across several blockchain networks including USDC on Ethereum and PYUSD on Solana. Aon’s financial services group CEO Tim Fletcher says the insurance giant is the first mover in accepting stablecoins to settle…