By Marco Piccolo Key highlights: Google Cloud is developing a proprietary Layer 1 blockchain, the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), aimed at financial institutions. GCUL is positioned as a neutral, private infrastructure layer supporting Python-based smart contracts. The platform is currently in private testnet, with full market trials expected in 2026 in collaboration with CME […]
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By Marco Piccolo Key highlights: XRP futures on CME became the fastest contract in the exchange’s history to surpass $1 billion in open interest, reaching the milestone in just over three months. CME’s crypto derivatives suite has now topped $30 billion in notional open interest, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP leading the charge. The […]
By Jordan Lyanchev TL;DR Investors are withdrawing ETH from exchanges en masse, the ETFs are getting big attention, and even Bitcoin OGs are swapping BTC for Ethereum’s token. ETH also filled a weekly CME gap, as analysts speculate that the altseason is just getting started. 200K ETH Out of Exchanges It was less than five […]