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According to Coinbase’s internal metrics shared by community figure Moonkie, XRP drew 32,000 searches on the exchange in the past 24 hours, making it the most searched token on the platform. Related Reading Bitcoin trailed with 26,000 searches, BNB pulled 22,000, and Ethereum recorded 18,000. The spike in search activity comes amid rising debate about whether retail interest will turn into real buying pressure. Search Interest Surges Based on reports, search trends can sometimes foreshadow market moves. Traders and new investors often look up tokens before placing orders. Some observers tied the rush of queries to hopes for an XRP-focused…

Prestige Wealth (PWM) said it has closed a $150 million financing round to launch a digital asset treasuryfocused on XAUT$3,995.70, the gold-backed tokens of stablecoin giant Tether.The funding includes a $100 million private placement led by Antalpha (ANTA), a prominent bitcoin mining financing firm that and $50 million in senior debt, according to an announcement on Friday. Backers also include Tether and Kiara Capital.Most of that capital will be used to acquire tokenized gold reserves, aiming to build a publicly verifiable, blockchain-native treasury. The company will rebrand to Aurelion pending approvals, and will start trading under the AURE ticker on…

In brief Organizers of the Nobel Peace Prize are investigating whether insiders used advanced information about this year’s winner to make a profit on Polymarket. Roughly 11 hours before the award was announced, Machado’s chances jumped from near-zero to over 70%, with one trader collecting $80,000 from last-minute wagers. While insider trading may be prohibited inside the Nobel Institute, it is generally permitted on sites like Polymarket to increase prediction accuracy. The organizers of the Nobel Peace Prize are investigating whether insiders used privileged information about this year’s winner to profit on crypto prediction market Polymarket, according to local reports.Roughly…

The bitcoin price dropped to the $118,000s range today after President Trump announced plans to raise tariffs on Chinese goods in response to China’s export controls on rare earth metals.  Bitcoin price is down roughly 2.3% in the past 24 hours and about 6% since reaching a record high above $126,000 just four days ago. President Trump threatened a “massive” increase in tariffs on Chinese goods, signaling a sharp escalation in the U.S.-China trade tensions and casting doubt on a planned APEC meeting with President Xi. This came after China imposed new limits on rare earth and related technology trade. …

Morgan Stanley is widening access to cryptocurrency investments for its wealth management clients, CNBC reported Wednesday, in a move that signals a broader shift among traditionally cautious Wall Street institutions.Starting next Wednesday, the bank will allow its financial advisors to offer crypto investments to all clients — regardless of risk tolerance or net worth — and across all account types, including retirement plans, according to the report. Previously, the option was limited to clients with at least $1.5 million in assets, an aggressive risk appetite and a taxable brokerage account.The decision marks a major expansion for Morgan Stanley’s $8.2 trillion…

Russia is moving closer to formally integrating crypto into its financial system, as officials acknowledge widespread adoption and the central bank prepares to let banks handle digital assets under tight controls.According to a report by TASS, Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov said around 20 million Russians now use cryptocurrencies “for various purposes,” describing them as a reality the government must address rather than resist. TASS reported that Chebeskov argued the state needs to develop domestic infrastructure both to protect users and to secure “economic and technological benefits” for the country.The scale of that adoption was highlighted by new figures TASS…

New financial products bring with them familiar risks, and blockchain-issued investment funds are not immune. Assets in blockchain-based funds have nearly tripled in a year – from $11.1 billion to nearly $30 billion. New entrants VanEck, Fidelity, BNP Paribas, and Apollo recently launched on-chain investment funds. Others are coming.Blockchain-based and digitally-native securities products have the potential to be the next big investment trend, leveraging the technology to create lower cost, faster, and more efficient financial products. But as history shows, investors need to be vigilant not to succumb to the same trappings that defined past manias.The SPAC boom, non-traded REITs craze,…

Crypto prices plunged alongside stock market indices early Friday after President Donald Trump threatened to ratchet up tariffs on China.Bitcoin dove below $119,000 for the first time since October 2, and was recently trading for $119,028—down 1.7% on the day. But other leading cryptocurrencies saw sharper dips, with Ethereum and Solana both down almost 5% in the last hour alone, to prices of $4,107 and $211 respectively.Crypto market liquidations have skyrocketed amid the plunge, with CoinGlass showing $459 million worth of liquidations in the last hour alone—the vast majority of them being long positions. Over the last 24 hours, nearly…

Opinion by: Vincent Kadar, CEO of PolymathWhen a company sold tokenized shares in dozens of homes in Detroit that it did not actually own, it was more than a real estate scandal. It served as a warning to the entire real-world asset (RWA) sector.The deal seemed modern, including blockchain tokens, fractional ownership and the promise of rental income.In reality, however, many properties were vacant, in poor condition or not even legally theirs to sell.The blockchain noted every token transfer smoothly. It lacked the necessary checks that would ensure the assets were real or were earning income.A sector-wide riskThis is what…

Several recent token launches have seen dramatic drawdowns, bringing to token generation event (TGE) meta into question ahead a number of high profile airdrops.CAMP, the native token of an AI-focused layer 1 blockchain, is now down by 88% since it was introduced last month, while DoubleZero’s 2Z has lost 60% of its value in just eight days.There were also notable losses for Anoma’s XAN, down by 60% in a week. XPL, arguably one of the most hyped projects of the year, slumped below its TGE price on Friday amid a wave of negative sentiment around alleged founding team token sale,…