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Tokenized commodities are expanding beyond gold-price exposure as Paxos Labs explores gold lending, Theo develops income-generating silver products and Energy Substantiation builds oil, natural gas and Brent tokens. The sector is growing, but custody, logistics, inventory verification and borrower risk remain major challenges.
A London man has been jailed for two and a half years after taking part in a SIM-swap scheme that stole almost £200,000 in cryptocurrency. Police said he received more than £44,000 and spent it on Dubai trips, a luxury apartment and gold-plated teeth grills.
Digital assets delivered their strongest quarter of 2026, with the CoinDesk 20 rising 52.7% and bitcoin gaining 42.7%. The rally outpaced stocks and gold as ETF inflows returned, institutional demand strengthened and improving liquidity supported a broad, though uneven, crypto recovery.
GSR is committing $100 million, largely through a credit facility, to Hare, a new onchain vault business being built with Turtle. Hare will initially offer Aave-based yield products for dollar stablecoins and Paxos’ tokenized gold assets.
Kalshi’s 15-minute gold markets recorded 542 million contracts and an estimated $5 million in fees in September, surpassing Ether’s 318 million contracts and $2.6 million just weeks after launch. Bitcoin remained the platform’s dominant market by fees.
Bitcoin’s weak start to the week followed a softer U.S. jobs report that sharply reduced expectations for an October Federal Reserve rate hike. A new 100-day/200-day golden cross and continued bitcoin ETF inflows added to the bullish backdrop, though Bitcoin remained below $87,354.
Bitcoin gained about 43% in the third quarter as spot ETF inflows returned and futures leverage declined. The cryptocurrency now enters its historically strongest quarter, but faces substantial selling pressure near $84,000-$86,500 and macroeconomic uncertainty from elevated Treasury yields.
Goldman Sachs is bringing its roughly $100 billion FTIXX Treasury fund to eligible institutional crypto firms through Lynq. The fund will remain a traditional product, with Lynq providing a new distribution channel rather than creating a tokenized version.
Bitcoin’s correlation with gold has risen to a six-year high, while the BTC-to-gold ratio has formed higher lows since February. A Bitcoin Magazine analysis says BTC is nearing positive territory against the precious metal.
Traders see four Federal Reserve rate hikes by June 2027 as the likeliest path, while rising bond yields and a stronger dollar weigh on bitcoin, which has fallen below $83,000, and gold.
XRP climbed 6.9% as Bitcoin returned above $800,000, reopening discussion of a possible golden-cross pattern. Decrypt said the charts remain mixed, leaving traders to assess whether the rebound can continue.
XRP climbed 6.9% as Bitcoin moved back above $800,000, bringing renewed focus to a possible golden cross. Decrypt reported that chart signals remain mixed, leaving the token’s near-term direction uncertain.
CoinDesk says XRP is nearing a potential golden cross as market attention turns toward altcoins, including ALT, CRO, ONE and LTC. The report does not provide price levels, timing or a forecast for the signal.
CoinDesk says XRP is nearing a potential golden cross as market attention shifts toward altcoins. ALT, CRO, ONE, and LTC are also highlighted, while spot gold is included as a related market reference.
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said bitcoin ETFs could eventually reach about three times the size of gold ETFs as the market matures, with younger investors potentially driving greater demand for bitcoin exposure.
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said bitcoin ETFs could eventually reach three times the scale of gold counterparts, with younger investors potentially helping drive bitcoin’s development as the asset matures.
Goldman Sachs revised its outlook and now expects the Federal Reserve to deliver another 25-basis-point rate hike in October. The bank said the Fed’s latest meeting was more hawkish than expected.
Record U.S. diesel prices could add to consumer inflation and reinforce expectations of further Federal Reserve rate hikes as the central bank responds to an oil supply shock. Bitcoin and gold are struggling.
