In brief Standard Chartered’s Dubai International Financial Centre branch now offers institutional custody for Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin issued on the XRP Ledger. …
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Bitcoin is holding on to its weekend gains as oil trades lower. ETFs lost over $600 million in outflows last week. www.coindesk.com
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Your day-ahead look for Oct. 2, 2026 www.coindesk.com
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Markets
Bitcoin, ether perpetual volumes on Kalshi are dominated by an unusual, repetitive trade, data shows
by shayaanby shayaanCoinDesk found one $5,499 trade size accounting for 57% of sampled ether-perpetual volume, while recurring $2,500 and $5,000 trade sizes made up …
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Finance
Anthropic’s potential $2 trillion IPO is fueling an $80 million crypto trade
by shayaanby shayaanAnthropic’s prospective $2 trillion IPO has already spawned nearly $80 million in crypto derivatives bets before its public debut. Open interest in …
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Scams
Banks Want More: Trade Groups Demand Stricter Stablecoin Limits in Clarity Act
by shayaanby shayaanIn brief Eight banking trade groups asked Senate leaders to tighten restrictions on stablecoin rewards. They want to delete language allowing rewards …
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DeFi
How the “buy, borrow, die” tax trade is quietly loading DeFi pools with hidden credit risk
by shayaanby shayaanImagine someone who bought $ETH for $1,000, watched it climb to $4,000, and now wants to cash out $1,000. Selling one-quarter of …
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Analysis
US Added 162,000 Jobs in August, Fueling President Trump To Push for Lower Interest Rates Amid Trade Deficit Warnings
by shayaanby shayaanRobust hiring figures in the most recent employment report have prompted President Trump to spark fresh demands for Federal Reserve interest rate …
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Finance
Solana memecoin platform Catapult Trade raises $6.6M to fund leveraged trading and token launch
by shayaanby shayaanCatapult Trade, a Solana-based platform focused on launching memecoins and offering leveraged trading, has secured approximately $6.6 million across four funding rounds, …
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Markets
Crypto Long & Short: Tokenized equities: the model underneath the trade
by shayaanby shayaanIn this week’s Crypto Long & Short, CoinDesk’s Joshua DeVos writes that demand for tokenized equities is accelerating fast, from $16 billion …