🟠 Bitcoin tops $84K, liquidating $188M in crypto shorts
Bitcoin surged past $84,000 on Wednesday, reaching a high near $84,700 and catching bearish traders off guard.
The move triggered $188 million in short liquidations across crypto markets, with more than 71,000 traders affected as leveraged bets against the rally were forcibly closed.
🔷 Ethereum Staking Hits Record 43.8M ETH as Yields Decline
Ethereum closed Q3 with a record 43.8 million ETH staked, even as staking yields fell across major proof-of-stake networks, according to a new Bitwise report.
The yield compression reflects the growing volume of capital competing for staking rewards — a structural consequence of rising participation. Meanwhile, tokenized stocks and traditional-market trading gained momentum on Solana, Hyperliquid, and Robinhood Chain, pointing to on-chain equities as an emerging narrative in crypto infrastructure.
The Bitwise findings highlight a dual trend: deepening commitment to Ethereum's consensus layer alongside a shift in speculative and yield-seeking activity toward newer venues.
📈 Switzerland Approves First Retail Bitcoin ETF Under Swiss Law
Switzerland's financial regulator FINMA has approved a retail Bitcoin ETF structured under Swiss law, marking a significant step in European crypto investment access.
FINMA ruled that Bitcoin's trading volume is sufficient to permit a retail fund to concentrate its holdings in a single asset — Bitcoin — while maintaining custody safeguards, risk disclosures, and sales obligations for investors.
The approval reflects a growing regulatory willingness in Europe to extend structured crypto investment products beyond institutional markets to retail participants.
🌐 Mastercard Launches AI Agent Payments With Coinbase and Base
Mastercard has begun rolling out a system enabling AI agents to autonomously purchase digital services using blockchain technology and stablecoins — without direct human involvement.
The payments giant announced it completed end-to-end pilots of the agentic payments infrastructure, built in partnership with Coinbase and Base, Coinbase's Ethereum Layer 2 network. The system allows AI software to conduct financial transactions independently, using stablecoins as the payment layer.
The move represents a convergence of AI automation and crypto payment rails, positioning stablecoins as a practical medium for machine-to-machine commerce — an emerging use case attracting growing institutional attention.
🪙 J.P. Morgan sees $13T tokenized RWA market by 2030
J.P. Morgan has projected the tokenized real-world assets market will reach $13 trillion by 2030, underscoring the scale of opportunity the bank sees in bringing traditional assets on-chain.
The forecast singles out Pendle, a DeFi yield-trading protocol, as a notable participant in the expanding tokenization sector. Tokenized RWAs — which include instruments such as bonds, real estate and commodities represented on blockchain networks — have drawn growing interest from both institutional and decentralized finance players in recent years.
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🔐 Drift exploiter moves $54.8M in ETH to Tornado Cash
A wallet linked to the Drift protocol exploit has sent $54.8 million worth of ETH to Tornado Cash, the privacy mixer frequently used to obscure the origin of stolen funds.
Five Etherscan-labeled Drift exploiter wallets still hold approximately 84,164 ETH as recovery efforts continue following the April attack.