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xrp posts its strongest q3 in four years but october history could stall the bulls With a 48.1% gain, XRP has just wrapped up its best third quarter since 2022. The calendar, however, suggests October could test holders' patience.

XRP Posts Its Strongest Q3 in Four Years, but October History Could Stall the Bulls

beyond the exchange kraken parent payward spends billions to become the backbone of finance For 15 years, Kraken's business was running a crypto exchange. Over just the past two, its parent company has spent billions of dollars on acquisitions: a futures brokerage, a derivatives exchange and, if its co-CEO is right, soon a European bank as well.

Beyond the Exchange: Kraken Parent Payward Spends Billions to Become the Backbone of Finance

analysts expanded binance partnership strengthens circles hand against tether in stablecoin battle Data from Kaiko shows that Binance needed about three years to expand from 39 USDC-quoted spot markets in 2021 to 140 by late 2024. Since the exchange teamed up with Circle, that figure has more than doubled, reaching 329.

Analysts: Expanded Binance Partnership Strengthens Circle’s Hand Against Tether in Stablecoin Battle

mersinger and peirce announce departures leaving crypto without two key washington advocates It took just ten days. After the Senate blocked the Clarity Act, two of the best-known crypto figures in Washington published the dates they will leave their posts. Neither of them referred to the bill.

Mersinger and Peirce Announce Departures, Leaving Crypto Without Two Key Washington Advocates

sec staff say token buybacks are fine on live networks with a warning for unfinished ones SEC staff gave crypto projects hoping to repurchase their own tokens the go-ahead on Friday, though networks that aren't finished yet come with a caveat.

SEC Staff Say Token Buybacks Are Fine on Live Networks, With a Warning for Unfinished Ones

alpenglow reaches solana devnet bringing the 150 millisecond finality upgrade to a second test network Around 12.8 seconds is what it takes right now for a Solana transaction to become final and irreversible. Alpenglow, the upgrade designed to shrink that wait to roughly 150 milliseconds, has now gone live on Solana's developer network.

Alpenglow reaches Solana devnet, bringing the 150-millisecond finality upgrade to a second test network

fidelitys jurrien timmer says math supports a 300000 bitcoin by 2029 After topping out at $126,251 in 2025, Bitcoin has since lost more than half its value. Even so, one of Wall Street's most recognizable macro strategists now argues the numbers point toward $300,000 by 2029.

Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer Says Math Supports a $300,000 Bitcoin by 2029

185 trades 2 8 billion in reported volume inside the two new xrpl pools skewing the numbers Two token pools created less than a week ago now make up 97.24% of all automated market maker (AMM) volume on the XRP Ledger over the past seven days. Together, they recorded just 185 trades.

185 trades, 2.8 billion in reported volume: inside the two new XRPL pools skewing the numbers

shielded bitcoin researchers bring zcash style private transfers to btc putting privacy coins on notice Investors pushed ZEC past $1,600 this week because they decided privacy is worth paying for. A group of Bitcoin researchers now argues that holders may be able to get that privacy without leaving BTC.

Shielded Bitcoin: researchers bring Zcash-style private transfers to BTC, putting privacy coins on notice

bitcoin reclaims its 50 week moving average a signal that has often marked the end of bear markets For 45 weeks, bitcoin kept hitting the same level on the chart and getting pushed back down. In the week ended Sept. 20, it finally closed above it.

Bitcoin reclaims its 50-week moving average, a signal that has often marked the end of bear markets