The post USDT Premium in India Surges Above 8.5% Amid Supply Shortage appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News USDT supply in India has tightened, pushing the stablecoin’s local premium above 8.5%, compared with its typical 3%–4% range. USDT traded at INR 102.88 on Saturday, well above the official USD/INR exchange rate of 94.65. The shortage has been linked to reduced USDT inflows following an Enforcement Directorate crackdown on alleged illegal money transfers through …

The post Galaxy Research Lowers 2026 CLARITY Act Passage Odds to 50% appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Galaxy Research has reduced its estimate for the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act becoming law in 2026 from 60% to 50%, citing a crowded Senate schedule and slow legislative progress. The firm said the downgrade reflects timing rather than opposition to the bill, which has already cleared the Senate Banking Committee but has not received …

The post Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao’s Net Worth Surpasses Bill Gates appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has overtaken Bill Gates in Forbes’ real-time billionaire rankings. According to the figures shown, CZ’s net worth stands at $107.7 billion, ranking 18th globally, while Bill Gates’ net worth is $105.9 billion, placing him 19th. The milestone reflects the significant growth in Zhao’s wealth, largely tied to his cryptocurrency holdings …

The post Pi2Day 2026: New Releases Drop as Open Letter Asks ‘Where Is the $100 Million Going?’ appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Pi Network marked Pi2Day 2026 with a series of product launches. These were designed to expand the ecosystem beyond cryptocurrency into artificial intelligence (AI), decentralized computing, and digital identity.  The latest announcements highlight the project’s growing focus on practical utility. These announcements include new services aimed at developers, businesses, and users outside the existing Pi …

The post Bitcoin Price Today: Why $60,000 Level Could Be BTC’s $6,000 Moment From 2018 appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Bitcoin has closed a weekly candle below its 200-week exponential moving average for the first time in the current cycle, a development that has rattled markets but one that analyst Benjamin Cowen says follows a historically familiar pattern. This Has Happened Before The last time Bitcoin closed a weekly candle below the 200-week EMA was …

The post XRP Price Prediction For June 29 appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News XRP is trading at $1.04, down 1.38% over the past 24 hours, with price action remaining flat as the market waits for the US stock market to reopen. On the weekly timeframe, the longer-term trend remains technically bearish. No confirmed bottom or reversal signal has emerged yet from the larger bearish structure. However, XRP has …

The post Why an Altcoin Rally Could Start When Everything Still Looks Terrible appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The altcoin market is showing early signs of resilience that could set the stage for a short-term recovery, even as macroeconomic conditions remain deeply unfavourable, according to a weekend update from crypto analyst Cilinix Crypto. The update opened by laying out just how difficult the backdrop is. Equities pushed lower last week. Bitcoin and Strategy …

The post Dogecoin, XRP and Solana Split From the Pack in Crypto’s Worst June Week appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Bitcoin briefly dipped below $60,000 during the final week of June before buyers stepped in, capping a turbulent seven days driven almost entirely by macroeconomic forces rather than anything crypto-native. As of the latest data, Bitcoin trades at $59,873, Ethereum at $1,564, XRP at $1.04, and Solana at $70.37. What Drove the Selloff Expectations of …

The post Exclusive: XRP Price Discovery Has Been ‘Deliberately Distorted for Years,’ Analyst Says appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The price of XRP does not reflect its current or near-term utility. That is the central claim of Versan Aljarrah, founder of Black Swan Capitalist, who told Coinpedia in an exclusive interview that layered suppression mechanisms have engineered a persistent information gap between what XRP is worth and what the public market shows. The Suppression …

The post Can Tokenization Narratives Finally Lift Crypto Prices? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Tokenization keeps winning. Token prices, meanwhile, seem to have missed the memo. Over the last three years, on-chain real-world assets have exploded from roughly $1 billion to $30 billion as stocks, bonds, treasuries, real estate, and other traditional financial instruments steadily migrate onto blockchain rails. That’s a 30x expansion in what many believe could become …