Bitcoin ETF Flows Trail Price Moves, DWF Study Finds
Bitcoin ETF flows track recent price moves more closely than subsequent ones, according to DWF Labs research published October 22. The findings challenge a familiar shortcut: treating a large daily inflow as a forecast. TL;DR: DWF finds Bitcoin ETF flows track past returns more closely than future returns. The study examined 694 trading days through…
XRP Ledger Fix Upgrade Faces November 4 Earliest Activation After Vote Reset
An XRP Ledger maintenance amendment is running on a new activation clock after losing the validator majority behind its earlier countdown. The fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment regained majority support on October 21, moving its earliest possible activation window to November 4, subject to that support continuing. TL;DR: The amendment regained validator majority on October 21 after its…
Uniswap Starts Routing External DEX Liquidity Through V4 Aggregator Hooks
TL;DR: Uniswap has switched on Aggregator Hooks in its web app and API across Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain, bringing outside liquidity sources into the v4 routing system. Uniswap is no longer asking traders to choose between liquidity inside its own pools and prices available elsewhere. On Thursday, Uniswap Labs introduced Aggregator Hooks, a routing…
Dune Adds Real-Time Spot And Perpetual Trade Feeds Across On-Chain Markets
TL;DR: Dune has launched normalized real-time feeds for spot and perpetual DEX trades, designed to help institutional desks compare fragmented blockchain-market execution. A trader watching one decentralized exchange can miss an extraordinary amount of what is happening elsewhere. Dune wants to turn that fragmented activity into a continuous market-data feed that desks can read in…
Starknet Vote Backs Research Into A Post-Quantum Layer-1 Future
TL;DR: A non-binding Starknet governance poll ended with 93.52% supporting research into an independent post-quantum L1; no chain migration has been approved. Starknet's community has backed a potentially far-reaching research project, but not the actual move that would make it a different kind of blockchain. A non-binding governance poll closed Thursday with 93.52% of voting…
Crypto Industry Group Pushes Congress For Small-Payment Tax Relief And Clearer Rules
TL;DR: The Blockchain Association has asked congressional leaders to advance bipartisan crypto tax changes, including a de minimis exemption and revised treatment of stablecoins and staking rewards. For a person buying coffee with cryptocurrency, the tax rules can be far more complicated than the payment itself. A U.S. crypto trade group is asking Congress to…
US Senator Questions Tether Over Reported Payments Linked To Former Crypto Adviser
TL;DR: Senator Richard Blumenthal has demanded records from Tether and consultancy Nxum over reported payments and potential ethics concerns; the inquiry is not a finding of wrongdoing. Tether is facing questions from a senior U.S. senator over reported payments to a consultancy connected to a former White House crypto-policy official. The concern is about potential…
CMCC Global Plans Tokenized Bitcoin Funds With Tether And Bitfinex Securities
TL;DR: CMCC Global is bringing two existing fund strategies into tokenized securities issued through Tether’s Hadron infrastructure and Bitfinex Securities under El Salvador’s rules. The tokenization of financial products is moving beyond Treasury bills and cash-like instruments. Investment manager CMCC Global has announced plans to represent interests in two digital-asset funds as tokens through infrastructure…
Solayer Pay Adds Five Blockchain Networks For Direct Stablecoin Card Deposits
TL;DR: Solayer Pay says its card app now accepts supported stablecoin deposits from Solana, Ethereum, Arbitrum, BNB Chain and Base without an additional bridging step. Moving stablecoins from a crypto wallet to a payment card has often involved an awkward detour through another blockchain or exchange. Solayer Pay is trying to remove that step by…
Swiss Regulator Approves First Domestic Spot Bitcoin ETF Under Fund Law
TL;DR: Switzerland’s FINMA has authorized a Bitcoin ETF structured as a Swiss-law public investment fund; the approval differs from older exchange-traded crypto products already sold in Europe. Switzerland has taken a significant step in how Bitcoin exposure can be packaged for ordinary investors. Financial regulator FINMA says it has approved the country's first publicly offered…