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A new poll conducted by consultancy company McLaughlin and Associates suggested that issues related to digital assets could have a significant impact on the 2026 US midterm elections.According to the results of a survey released on Wednesday by the crypto advocacy organization Digital Chamber, the majority of a group of 800 respondents — 64% — said candidates’ positions on cryptocurrency were “very important” when considering whether they would vote for them. While 38% of the respondents said they identified as Democrats, 37% of the group said they would trust Republican candidates more to advance crypto policies. “As redistricting continues to reshape…

Hyperliquid, the decentralized perpetuals exchange, announced Wednesday that it has listed MON-USD hyperps, allowing traders to go long or short the token in a pre-market phase.MON is the native token of Monad, a Layer 1 blockchain designed to be fully compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) — a feature that makes it easier for developers to migrate their applications from Ethereum.Both Hyperliquid’s announcement and Monad’s recent posts suggest that an airdrop may be imminent, with the project’s official teasing their “airdrop claim loading” feature reaching 98% on Oct. 8, according to Monad’s latest update on X.Based on trading in…

Quick take: The ipxETH, which boasts $125 million in total value locked, gives institutional investors access to Ethereum staking yields in compliance with regulations. The product already has ongoing partnerships with the likes of Galaxy Digital and Nomura’s digital asset arm, Laser Digital. The announcement comes after Plume secured SEC approval as a transfer agent, allowing it to offer tokenized securities on-chain and integrate with U.S. traditional banking systems. Real-world asset tokenization protocol Plume Network has announced plans to acquire the institutional-grade, decentralized finance (DeFi) yield platform Dinero. Plume plans to integrate Dinero’s yield-bearing token, ipxETH, which will become a…

Market observer says despite the recent pullback, Bitcoin’s next cycle could hit $400,000, citing a recurring 3-month chart pattern. Bitcoin’s recent retreat from a record-breaking $126,200, per CoinMarketCap, hasn’t shaken bullish analysts, with one predicting the next peak could go as high as $400,000. The flagship cryptocurrency briefly hit a new all-time high on October 6 before dipping below $124,000, but market sentiment remains upbeat as traders brace for what could be another explosive cycle. The Case for a Historic Breakout According to market watcher EGRAG CRYPTO, Bitcoin is forming a clear channel on its three-month chart, a pattern that…

Every day, billions of dollars move across blockchains through stablecoins. The market is dominated by USDT ($175B market cap) and USDC ($75B), but a growing ecosystem of new entrants is expanding the landscape. Stablecoins are no longer a crypto sideshow — they’re becoming one of the largest financial innovations since the rise of electronic payments.Their use cases are broad, but four stand out:Hedging in high-inflation economiesCross-border payments and remittancesDeFi and programmable financeTrading and liquidityOf these, the cross-border and remittance use case has the biggest growth potential. USD-denominated stablecoins are quietly replacing SWIFT for small and mid-sized flows — allowing money…

Square is rolling out a tool that could make Bitcoin usable in everyday business — from coffee shops to corner stores. Square is bringing Bitcoin to your local small businesses. The company announced a new product suite called Square Bitcoin today, designed to let small businesses accept Bitcoin payments, hold it in a built-in wallet, or automatically convert part of their sales into Bitcoin — all within the same dashboard they already use for point-of-sale and banking. If unfamiliar with Square, Square is an all-in-one platform that helps small businesses accept payments, manage operations, and grow. The company offers a…

Key points:Bitcoin experienced profit booking on Tuesday, but the shallow pullback suggests that the bulls are not rushing to the exit, as they anticipate the uptrend to continue.Many altcoins rebounded off their support levels, indicating buying at lower levels.Bitcoin (BTC) turned down sharply on Tuesday, but the bears could not pull the price below $120,000. That suggests solid demand at lower levels. The bulls have pushed the price above $123,000 and will next attempt to clear the overhead hurdle at $124,474.Analysts are bullish on BTC’s prospects in October, which has been the second-best-performing month on average since 2013, with an…

Bitcoin is pushing above $124,000 after touching the mid-$120,000’s in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin hit record highs above $126,000 earlier this week, but it seems investors took some profits and a strengthening U.S. dollar challenged the so-called “debasement-trade” flows. At the time of writing, bitcoin is trading at $123,962. Many investors have started to use bitcoin as a hedge against a potential devaluation of the dollar, known in trading circles as “debasement trades.” The surge earlier in the week was fueled by heavy inflows into Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) and speculative bets on fiat currency weakness amid a prolonged…

Institutional demand for Bitcoin is accelerating as spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) inject between $5 billion and $10 billion into the market each quarter.This wave of fresh capital is helping to tighten the asset’s supply and reinforce its long-term bullish structure.Bitwise Chief Technology Officer Hong Kim, citing Farside Investors’ data, said ETF inflows have become a steady force, arriving “like clockwork.” He described the pattern as “an unstoppable secular trend that even the four-year cycle cannot stop,” while adding that “2026 is going to be an up year.”These inflows reflect a deeper shift in how traditional finance interacts with Bitcoin. Once…

Bitcoin’s next leg higher sits inside a broader “everything, everywhere, all at once” bull market that echoes the 1950s more than the 1990s—and the underlying engine is fiat debasement that will continue to funnel monetary premiums into neutral reserve assets such as Bitcoin and gold. That is the core of veteran macro analyst and investor Mel Mattison’s thesis in a wide-ranging interview on Milk Road Macro published Monday, October 7. Mattison, a former fintech executive with 25+ years in finance, argues that investors are misreading the cycle by citing relationships from the 1970s and 1980s instead of the earlier regimes…