Author: Isabella Taylor
South Africa does not have a “strong immediate need” for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the time being, according to the country’s central bank. Summary South Africa’s central bank has concluded there is no strong immediate need for a retail CBDC. The central bank remains open to exploring retail CBDC use cases in the future. Stablecoins and cryptocurrencies pose major risks to the country, according to the central bank. The South African Reserve Bank has published a position paper on the viability of a retail CBDC after several years of research, experimentation, and stakeholder consultations, and has concluded…
Cardano’s path to recovery depends on breaking 0.53 resistance amid weak money flows, Midnight launch hopes, and split sentiment on its long-term viability. Summary Cardano shows RSI bullish divergence but remains stuck below key 0.53 dollar resistance, limiting confirmation of any recovery trend. Chaikin money flow stays negative, signaling absent institutional demand and fragile sustainability for any short-term rallies. Upcoming Midnight sidechain launch and treasury-funded stablecoin plans contrast with “ghost chain” criticisms and uncertain 2026 rankings. Cardano’s price recovery remains contingent on breaking above a key resistance level at $0.53, according to technical analysis published by The Coin Republic. The…
Zcash price appears to be weakening despite the recent Grayscale ZEC ETF filing and rising corporate treasury interest on the privacy coin. Summary Zcash had dropped to $470 despite a new spot ETF filing and corporate interest. Technical charts show a double top and weakening momentum. Trading volume and futures activity continue to fall after the rally. Zcash was trading around $470 at press time, down 7.8% in the last 24 hours. The drop adds to a rough week for the coin, which is now 28% down in the past 7 days. Even so, ZEC is still up 37% over…
AI trading bots enable 24/7, emotion-free forex strategies but show unstable performance in volatility, requiring strict testing, VPS infrastructure and risk limits. Summary AI bots scan price action and sentiment, automating 24/7 forex strategies but often fail to adapt during sharp volatility, causing unexpected drawdowns. Experts stress backtesting, stop-losses, small position sizing near 2% capital and continuous monitoring instead of “set and forget” deployment. Mt4 and MT5 dominate for bots, with VPS and broker compatibility critical for low-latency execution and running multiple high-frequency strategies reliably. Automated trading bots, designed to execute buy and sell orders on exchange platforms without human…
Large Bitcoin and Ethereum options expiry follows a major leverage washout, with open interest clustering near max pain while both trade just below key resistance. Summary Around 147,000 bitcoin options and 573,000 ethereum options expire Friday, with put/call ratios below 1 and heavy open interest near max pain. Recent PPI upside surprise and a sharp drop in derivatives open interest signal a leverage flush rather than a confirmed new bear market. Deribit notes positioning has stabilized around key support–resistance zones as crypto market cap stays steady and majors hover just under resistance. Approximately 147,000 Bitcoin options contracts are scheduled to…
Arthur Hayes predicts equity price discovery will migrate to 24/7 crypto perpetuals, pressuring traditional exchanges as regulation turns more crypto-friendly. Summary Hayes argues BitMEX-style perpetual swaps concentrate liquidity, offer high leverage and limited legal recourse, making them superior to dated futures. He cites Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 and a Nasdaq 100 perpetual as early proof that equity perps can gain real volume on permissionless crypto platforms. Hayes links the shift to a friendlier U.S. regulatory stance under Trump and expects S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 perpetuals to lead by late 2020s. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has predicted that crypto-style perpetual futures will displace…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The AWS outage is a reminder of how fragile modern digital systems have become when so much depends on a single provider. A fault in a domain name system (DNS) record triggered cascading failures across Amazon Web Services infrastructure, taking down over 14,000 websites and causing more than $1 billion in losses within just two hours, including Coinbase, MetaMask, and Robinhood among the casualties. When the functions came back online, data synchronisation caused a domino effect of…
XRP price has remained in a tight range in the past few days as the recent crypto market recovery has stalled. Summary XRP price has formed a bullish flag pattern on the daily chart. The Supertrend indicator has turned green, a bullish sign. The XRP ETFs have continued adding assets in the past few days. Ripple (XRP), one of the top utility tokens, was trading at $2.20, a range it has been in in the past three days. Still, this consolidation could be calm before the storm as a bullish pattern forms and as ETF inflows rise. Data shows that…
Pepe Coin price has crashed by 83% from its highest level this year, and technicals and exchange flows points to more downside in the coming weeks. Summary Pepe Coin price has formed a head-and-shoulders pattern in the past few months. The amount of Pepe tokens in exchanges has soared by over 7.4 trillion since last month. Demand for meme coins has continued falling in the past few months. Pepe Coin (PEPE) token dropped to the current $0.0000045, and is hovering near its lowest level in October when liquidations surged. Data compiled by Nansen shows that Pepe investors have started to…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. For decades, the U.S. dollar has been the backbone of global finance. Today, its newest champion may not be a central bank or bond market, but in fact a piece of code. With the stablecoin market now surpassing $300 billion, these digital assets are reshaping how value moves across borders. The question is no longer whether stablecoins matter, but what kind of financial order they will help create or impact. Could they be a threat to the…