OCC Permits Banks To Hold Certain Crypto Assets For Gas Fees

OCC Permits Banks To Hold Certain Crypto Assets For Gas Fees

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has approved banks to hold crypto assets for permissible activities. In addition to previously permissible activities, banks can also hold crypto assets for testing products and services. Two years after regulators warned banks that issuing or holding crypto on decentralized networks could be highly inconsistent with safe…

VerifiedX Partners with Crypto.com for Institutional Custody and Liquidity Solution

VerifiedX Partners with Crypto.com for Institutional Custody and Liquidity Solution

Advertisment Crypto.com to Also Provide OTC Trading Capabilities for VerifiedX NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Crypto.com and the VerifiedX (VFX) Network (VerifiedX.io), the people’s network and a global leader in self-custody and Web3 wallet infrastructure, today announced that Crypto.com will provide VerifiedX secure institutional-grade custody and liquidity support for $1.5 billion in assets, as…

A Crypto Market Maker Balance Sheet Crisis Could Be Dagging Down Market

A Crypto Market Maker Balance Sheet Crisis Could Be Dagging Down Market

The recent downward pressure on the cryptocurrency market could be the result of deep holes in the balance sheets of market makers, according to Tom Lee, chairman of Ether treasury company BitMine. Speaking with CNBC on Thursday, Lee suggested that the Oct. 10 market crash, which saw a record $20 billion liquidated from the market,…

Tether’s Gold Hoard Surges to 116 Tons, Rivals Small Central Banks

Tether’s Gold Hoard Surges to 116 Tons, Rivals Small Central Banks

Investment bank Jefferies said the recent surge in gold prices can’t be explained by traditional drivers alone and points instead to Tether as a major new buyer. Attestation data and on-chain activity show that the stablecoin issuer has accumulated substantial bullion in recent months, tightening supply and helping fuel the sharp rally, the bank said…

UAE Mubadala and ADIC now hold over 16 million shares in BTC ETFs

UAE Mubadala and ADIC now hold over 16 million shares in BTC ETFs

The Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) and UAE Mubadala have increased their investments in Bitcoin ETFs, according to a regulatory filing on September 30th, 2025. According to the new filing, the investments amount to 8 million shares worth about $518 million at the time. ADIC invested in BlackRock Inc.’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF. Already, UAE…

Morgan Stanley Drops Bleak Forecast About The December Interest Rate Cut

Morgan Stanley Drops Bleak Forecast About The December Interest Rate Cut

Banking giant Morgan Stanley ruled out further interest rate cuts in the upcoming December FOMC meeting. The financial institution cited resilient jobs data in its assessment, but raised the high probability of a series of cuts in January, April, and June 2026. CME Group’s Fedwatch mirrored the bleak sentiment, with over half of respondents to…

A Look at the Future of Influence, Authenticity, and Next-Level Monetisation

A Look at the Future of Influence, Authenticity, and Next-Level Monetisation

Advertisment Lisbon, Portugal, November 20th, 2025, Chainwire The Crypto Content Creator Campus (CCCC) 2025 wrapped up a successful, sold-out three-day event in Lisbon, Portugal, from November 14 to 16, 2025. Hosted at the iconic Carlos Lopes Pavilion , the campus united top creators and innovators to shape the future of content creation within the Web3…

Analysts Warn of Max Pain Levels

Analysts Warn of Max Pain Levels

Key takeaways: A Bitwise analyst outlined the $84,000 to $73,000 region as the likely “max pain” capitulation range for Bitcoin. Cost-basis levels of BlackRock’s IBIT and Strategy’s BTC treasury could heavily influence liquidity flows. The worst-case scenario for BTC is a “fire-sale” level  Bitwise European head of research, André Dragosch, said that Bitcoin’s “max pain”…