Bitcoin and Ether ETFs post $40B volume in ‘biggest week ever’

    US-based spot Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) just logged their strongest week of combined trading volume yet, according to an ETF analyst. “Biggest week ever for them, thanks to Ether ETFs stepping up big,” ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said in an X post on Friday. Ether ETFs were “asleep” for 11 months, says Balchunas “Ether ETFs’…

    US Fed to end oversight program for banks’ crypto activities

    The Federal Reserve Board said that it would end a “novel activities supervision program” set up in 2023 to supervise certain activities related to crypto assets and distributed ledger technology. In a Friday notice, the Fed said it will sunset the program created in August 2023 and return to “monitoring banks’ novel activities through the normal supervisory…

    How to book a flight with crypto in the UAE: Step-by-step guide

    Key takeaways Airlines and travel agencies, including Emirates, Air Arabia, Travala and Alternative Airlines, now support cryptocurrency payments for bookings, targeting tech-savvy travelers and digital nomads. Travelers can pay with Bitcoin, Ether, stablecoins and other digital assets via checkout or gift cards, depending on the platform. The UAE’s initiatives, such as Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory…

    Bitpanda launches in UK, sets two-year growth target

    Austria-based crypto platform Bitpanda has entered the United Kingdom, aiming to make the country one of its top three markets within the next two years. The expansion includes its retail investment app along with its corporate arm, Bitpanda Technology Solutions, which allows banks and fintech companies to offer crypto trading through white-label services. The company…

    Bitcoin briefly flips Google market cap as investors eye rally above $124K

    Bitcoin climbed to an all-time high above $124,000 on Thursday, stoking fresh optimism that the next leg of price discovery could push the cryptocurrency’s market value toward Apple’s $3.4 trillion. Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $124,457, leading the world’s first cryptocurrency to briefly surpass Google’s $2.45 trillion market capitalization, becoming the fifth-largest global asset. “Bitcoin…

    BNB Chain bridges Wall Street and Main Street for the next phase of crypto adoption

    BNB, which saw a new all-time high on Aug. 14, shows strong momentum as a key asset bridging traditional and decentralized finance in 2025 through institutional adoption, the tokenization of real-world assets and its growing utility for low-cost global blockchain infrastructure. For decades, the financial world has operated in two separate spheres. On one side…