Investment bank Standard Chartered predicts that the market for real-world tokenized assets (RWAs) could reach $2 trillion by 2028, a level that would equal the current size of the stablecoin market, according to a report by the bank provided to Cointelegraph.
On October 29, 2025, a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee of the US Federal Reserve (FOMC) was held. According to its results, the regulator decided to reduce the interest rate by 0.25% — to 3.75%-4%.
The European Central Bank intends to launch the digital euro by 2029, if the appropriate legal framework is approved by then. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the progress of the project.
Consensys, the developer of the MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet, is planning an initial public offering (IPO). According to publication Axios, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs will act as underwriters.
On October 30, 2025, the price of bitcoin dropped to $108,000, but within a few hours, it rose again to over $111,000. This behavior resulted in liquidations in the crypto futures market worth $820.1 million, with traders holding long positions suffering the majority of the losses.
The Bitcoin 2140 Forum, an event dedicated to the future of bitcoin and the development of digital finance in the world, has ended in Dubai. This is stated in a press release shared by the organizers with Incrypted.
A group of seven Democratic senators has initiated a request to the US Department of Justice regarding President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ). The initiators see this as a possible conflict of interest, as CZ has financial ties to a crypto project linked to the Trump family — World Liberty Financial (WLFI).
The Cardano network has begun integrating the x402 payment standard, which should allow autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents to conduct transactions on the blockchain without human intervention. This was announced by the Masumi team, which is working on the project, building the infrastructure based on Cardano and implementing x402 support.
After a minor correction on Oct. 28, 2025, retail investors have been active. According to Santiment, mentions of “buy the dip” (buy the dip) have risen sharply.
On October 28, 2025 spot exchange traded funds (ETFs) based on Solana, Litecoin and Hedera debuted on the market, according to SoSoValue. Their total trading volume on the first day totaled $67.92 million, with BSOL accounting for most of it.
World Liberty Financial announced the upcoming distribution of 8.4 million WLFI tokens to members of its USD1 Points loyalty program. Rewards will be given to users who have earned points by trading USD1 pairs on partner sites and maintaining a stablecoin balance.
The Bank of Korea (BOK) has published a report stating that private issuers of stablecoins do not have a sufficient level of trust to ensure the stability of the national currency in digital form.
The Trustee team has launched the Trustee Travel platform, a service that allows you to book hotels around the world without intermediaries and pay with cryptocurrency.
OpenAI released data showing that more than one million people discuss suicidal thoughts with ChatGPT each week. The firm estimates that 0.15% of all active users have conversations that “contain clear signs of planning or intent to commit suicide.”
Evernorth Holdings owns 388.7 million XRP. This is the equivalent of nearly $993 million and represents 95% of the cryptocurrency’s planned coffers. This was reported by analysts at CryptoQuant.