Bitcoin News and Finance: What You Need to Know

This weekend, Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao popped into an X space with the Aster crew—a perpetual DEX project—and dished on his advisory role, while disclosing Aster’s links to ex-Binance people and noting that YZi Labs has a minority stake in Aster. Binance Founder CZ Talks Aster, BNB Loyalty The perp DEX project Aster and […]

SWIFT, the grand old gatekeeper of global bank messages, is reportedly testing its approach onchain—dabbling with Ethereum layer two (L2) Linea to see if its buttoned-up messaging system can handle life in crypto’s fast lane. TradFi Meets DeFi: SWIFT Experiments With Ethereum L2 The SWIFT network—aka the buttoned-up Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications—is the […]

The crypto market lost $240 billion this week as bitcoin, ethereum, and XRP posted steep declines. Bitcoin Leads Downturn The crypto economy closed another turbulent week, with total market capitalization falling from $4.12 trillion to $3.88 trillion. Bitcoin (BTC) led the downturn, dropping from around $115,700 on Sept. 20 to $109,500 by Sept. 27 at […]