Ripple Prime will provide prime brokerage, clearing and financing services to funds managed by the $35 billion alternative investment manager.Ripple Prime will provide multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing and financing services to funds managed by Brevan Howard, a global investment manager with about $35 billion in assets.Under the expanded agreement, Brevan Howard will gain access to…

Sepolia marks one of the final major rehearsals before the final activation of Glamsterdam, aimed at bringing more efficiency and scalability to the Ethereum mainnet.Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade has gone live on the Sepolia testnet, in one of the final major rehearsals before its mainnet activation.Glamsterdam went live on Sepolia on Tuesday at 1:53 pm UTC,…

OKX raised an undisclosed amount at a $25 billion valuation as an extension to March’s investment round led by the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange.Cryptocurrency exchange OKX raised an undisclosed sum at a $25 billion valuation from its existing partners and investors.The round saw participation from Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures investment arm,…

Hong Kong regulators plan to establish a licensing regime for four categories, including digital asset trading, custody, advisory and management services.The Hong Kong government reaffirmed its plans to submit an amendment bill before the end of 2026 to establish licensing regimes for digital asset trading, custody, advisory and management services as part of its broader…

Binance BTC reserves fell by nearly 40,000 coins since Sept. 20 as whales returned stablecoin capital to their exchange wallets.Bitcoin (BTC) outflows from largest crypto exchange Binance set multiyear records in late September, new analysis reveals.Key points:Read more

Ondo’s tokenized notes will give eligible investors exposure to private companies, with the first tied to an unnamed pre-IPO AI company.Real-world asset tokenization platform Ondo Finance is expanding into private markets with tokenized exposures to an unnamed pre-IPO artificial intelligence company.The platform introduced Ondo Private Markets, offering tokenized notes whose payouts are linked to the…

Solana DvP offers financial institutions an open-source settlement program designed to complete asset transfers and payments in seconds.The Solana Foundation announced Tuesday the launch of Solana DvP, an open-source settlement program for financial institutions that aims to cut settlement times.Solana DvP offers an open-source application programming interface for delivery-versus-payment (DvP) settlement on Solana.The program aims…

US spot Bitcoin ETFs reversed two days of inflows as Bitcoin slipped below $86,000, trading roughly 32% below its October 2025 all-time high.US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) shed $89.9 million on Monday, reversing two days of inflows as Bitcoin slipped below $86,000.Bitcoin ETFs attracted around $293 million over the previous two October trading sessions…

An EEZ contributor shared a 0.001 ETH cross-chain test as the project develops a framework to connect Ethereum mainnet and its rollups.The Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) has tested an atomic transaction between Ethereum mainnet and a layer-2 network, according to a project contributor.On Tuesday, EEZ contributor Eduardo Antuña Díez shared the transaction and called it…

Better Markets said the CFTC’s proposed framework to bring certain cryptocurrency transactions and exchanges under its oversight will leave investors less protected than under the SEC. Better Markets says the US derivatives regulator’s push to develop rules for certain retail crypto transactions could leave investors with weaker safeguards, arguing the agency is ill-equipped to oversee…