Blockchain infrastructure firm Paxos said on X it has added XRP support to its institutional crypto trading service, Paxos Crypto Brokerage. As a result, partners can now offer XRP trading to customers through the existing Paxos platform. According to Paxos, XRP, which has been in circulation since 2012, is currently held in more than 8.1 million wallets and has a market capitalization of about $95 billion. Source: Coinness

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said NEAR Protocol is already delivering business results through its cross-chain transaction service Intents and could see additional upside if the AI agent market grows. In a post on X, Hougan said Intents' cumulative transaction volume has surpassed $30 billion and is expected to generate about $45 million in fee revenue this year. Hougan added some of that revenue will be used for token buybacks. Hougan also said NEAR is preparing for the AI agent market by building high-throughput and cross-chain capabilities, as well as private…

Sixty-four percent of millennial cryptocurrency holders plan to make additional purchases over the next year, according to a survey report released by U.S. financial firm Charles Schwab, Crypto Briefing reported. The report found cryptocurrency ranked first among the asset classes millennials most want to invest in, followed by ETFs in second, stocks in third, bonds in fourth, and mutual funds in fifth. It also showed 33% of millennials currently hold cryptocurrency, compared with 22% of Gen Z respondents and 8% of baby boomers. The survey was conducted between Aug. 24…

The three major U.S. stock indices closed lower today. - S&P 500: -0.22% - Nasdaq: -0.22% - Dow Jones: -0.66% Source: Coinness

Bitwise said in a report that Bitcoin’s rise in the third quarter this year signaled a structural shift in the market, according to Crypto Briefing. Bitcoin rose about 40% to 43% in the third quarter, marking the second-strongest third quarter gain in its history and the strongest third-quarter rally in more than a decade, the report said. Bitwise said the key point was not simply the price increase, but that the usual relationship between price and implied volatility had broken down. In past Bitcoin rallies, implied volatility, or the market’s…

Wells Fargo is in talks with Payward, Kraken’s parent company, on a plan to secure liquidity for cryptocurrency trading, CoinDesk reported. The discussions involve a potential arrangement under which Payward would provide crypto trading liquidity to the bank and are private, according to CoinDesk. Wells Fargo previously advised on Nasdaq’s $100 million investment in Payward. Source: Coinness

A federal court in Northern California dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Foris DAX, the operator of Crypto.com, Crypto Briefing reported. The court said the plaintiffs failed to prove concrete harm from an alleged privacy violation tied to Crypto.com’s cookie tracking. The plaintiffs had sued over claims that the company continued tracking site visitors even after they selected "Disable all" on the website’s cookie consent banner. Source: Coinness

Wintermute sold 619.59 BTC through Binance, worth about $51.7 million, according to Onchain Lens. Source: Coinness

According to minutes released by the Federal Reserve, all participants supported a 25-basis-point rate increase, and most judged one additional hike by year-end could be appropriate. Almost all participants saw inflation risks as tilted to the upside, while assessing labor market risks as generally balanced. The Fed staff’s economic outlook was stronger than at the July meeting, and many participants said financial conditions were still supporting economic growth despite a recent rise in long-term Treasury yields. Participants also noted future economic data would determine the direction of interest rates. Source:…

A New York jury has convicted cybersecurity consultant Jonathan Spalletta over the theft of about $55 million from crypto platform Uranium Finance, Bloomberg reported. Prosecutors argued Spalletta carried out two attacks in 2021 and laundered the funds through mixing services including Tornado Cash. The money-laundering charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years, and sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 16 next year. Investigators also seized cryptocurrency worth about $31 million from Spalletta’s home. Source: Coinness

Chainalysis said cryptocurrency addresses found in recently leaked internal materials from Silent Ransom Group, or SRG, also known as Luna Moth, were verified as being linked to the Russian-linked hacking group. Some of the addresses received millions of dollars in ransomware proceeds extorted from victims, while one wallet mentioned in the leaked materials was found to have been funded entirely with more than $10 million received from a victim in mid-2026. Source: Coinness