Market Trends & Investment Opportunities - Gold is up approximately 50% this year, while Bitcoin is up about 33%, but historically Bitcoin Q4 returns average 60% [1][13] - Since 2020, the S&P is up 100%, but priced in Bitcoin, it is down 90%, indicating Bitcoin's potential as a hurdle rate for investment returns [8] - Bitcoin is increasingly being held in illiquid supply, suggesting long-term holding strategies among investors [10][11] - The market is evolving towards a digital financial ecosystem where Bitcoin serves as a savings account, stablecoins as a checking account, and other assets for brokerage accounts [23] Bitcoin's Value Proposition - Bitcoin's simple narrative of being a hedge against currency debasement is attractive to investors [6][7] - Bitcoin is backed by computing power, which is considered the most valuable commodity in the world [22] - Central banks and institutions are increasingly considering holding Bitcoin as part of their treasury reserves [15] Company Strategies - Some companies are adopting Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset and building products/services to acquire more Bitcoin [18][19] - Companies aim to build financial institutions that focus on accumulating Bitcoin rather than dollars on their balance sheets [20]

Market Trends & Regulatory Landscape - Crypto is on a path to tens of trillions of dollars in market cap and significant adoption, confirmed by the SEC, the Fed, the OC, and central bankers [3] - Stablecoins are poised to reduce reliance on banks and potentially "eat up" the banking industry [6][7] - Institutional investors globally increased their allocations to digital assets and intend to continue to do so throughout 2025 [9] - Over three-quarters (75%+) of surveyed investors expect to increase their allocations to digital assets in 2025, with 59% planning to allocate over 5% of assets under management to digital assets or related products [10] - 84% of institutions are either already utilizing or expressing interest in utilizing stablecoins [11] - The industry is awaiting news from the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, as well as Senate and House subcommittees on digital assets, and increased regulations like the Genius Act and the Clarity Act [12][13] Quant Network's Role & Technology - Quant Network is positioned as a key player enabling the future of finance, particularly in interoperability [7][21][35] - Quant Fusion is an institutional layer 2.5% rollup network designed to unify fragmented markets and enable seamless asset issuance, upgrade, and trade [17][18][19] - Quant's Overledger enables interoperability between enterprise permissioned (private) and public permissionless blockchains [24][37] - Quant, along with XDC and HBAR, were invited to SIBOS 2025, indicating their recognition as leading enterprise DLTs by Swift [26] - Quant is going all-in with programmable money, with a panel at SIBOS titled "Institutional Money in Transition, Real-time Programmable, and Sovereign" [27]

Project Overview - ADIChain's main net launch is imminent [1] - The project involves chains for governments [1] - Focus on stablecoins is a key aspect of the project [1][3] - Abu Dhabi is the target region [3] Key Discussion Points - Discussion with ADIChain's CMO, Mohammad Rajab, took place [1] - The discussion covered the rationale behind stablecoins [1] - The discussion covered the speed and cost-effectiveness of the chains [1] - The discussion covered the timing of the TGE (Token Generation Event) [1] - The discussion covered what ADI is [3]

Today, Bitcoin and Ether climb after private payroll saw their biggest drop in more than two years. The co-founder of Tornado Cash asks a federal judge to dismiss conspiracy charges. And Summer Mercinger, the CEO of the Blockchain Association, explains a letter sent to lawmakers warning against efforts to roll back the Genius Act.Welcome to CNBC's Crypto World. I'm Talia Kaplan. Major cryptocurrencies are in the green following the latest release of private payrolls data from ADP which showed the biggest de ...

I have been following Stellar for quite some time and even with the recent market selloff, I still think that XLM is one of the better looking charts in this space. Just zooming out real quick on the one-year. This is what we are currently looking at.We are in this deep downtrend, but just similar to the downtrend going all the way back to roughly the beginning of December all the way up until recently. I do expect this one to break out and retarget some of these previous highs. We still need higher highs. ...

Financial Restructuring - FTX will distribute $5 billion in stablecoins to creditors [1]

you hold cryptocurrency, this affects you. You see, the biggest piece of crypto legislation in history is going through Congress now. It's about to be passed. It's called the Market Structure Bill Clarity Act. And what this piece of legislation does, it takes crypto out of the shadows. >> The Genius Act gave us clarity on stable coins. This new bill will give us clarity on much more within the general world of crypto. into the light into a renaissance for the first time in crypto history as it regulates >> ...

Market Trends & Regulatory Landscape - Digital currencies are rising, with Bitcoin climbing 35% to under $114,000, and Ether and Solana's SOL token climbing by about the same [2] - Swift is working to add a blockchain-based settlement solution, partnering with over 30 financial institutions to create a ledger for cross-border payments [4] - The Blockchain Association cautions against rolling back the Clarity Act, reaffirming support for the Genius Act, which establishes one-to-one reserves, federal supervision, and strict transparency for dollar-denominated stablecoins [6] - Security experts are asking lawmakers to re-examine parts of the Clarity Act over national security concerns, particularly regarding money laundering and sanctions evasion [9] - Regulatory acceptance of crypto in the US is a significant advancement, with the US aiming to position itself to foster crypto development [27][28] Company Specific News (E Toro & Orange BTC) - E Toro shares rose nearly 2% after announcing the launch of staking for US customers, allowing users to earn monthly rewards on ETH, ADA, and SOL holdings [2] - E Toro plans to expand its staking program to include more crypto assets in the future [3] - Orange BTC, a Bitcoin treasury company based in Latin America, purchased around $400 million in Bitcoin [11][16] - Orange BTC views Bitcoin as a hedging asset for Latin American investors to maintain purchasing power and savings growth, given the region's history of inflation and volatile capital markets [18] - Orange BTC believes the treasury model is a better model and can provide education to help people understand the asset and decide how to use it within their portfolios [21][22]

Today, Bitcoin struggles to hold the $113,000 level as investors analyze risks in the broader market. Jaime Diamond weighs in on use cases around stable coins. And Santiago Roel Santos of Inversion discusses what he expects from crypto in the fourth quarter.Welcome to CNBC's Crypto World. I'm Brandon Gomez. Crypto markets mostly holding steady this morning.As of noon Eastern, Bitcoin was little changed, hovering just under $113,000. Ether rose 3/10en of 1% to 41.83%. Meanwhile, the Trump familybacked World ...

Well, it's safe to say that Meridian has been a very significant success for Stellar. I don't even think that I can fit everything that we saw over the last two days into one video. I might have to do a second video on this just because of how significant the announcements have been.But I want to go over a lot of things because number one, we did start to see XLM spike a bit. Obviously, yes, we're still following the market. So, we still need Bitcoin to create higher highs and build bullish structure.Um, I' ...