Canary Capital has filed with the SEC to launch a U.S. Tron (TRX) ETF that would include staking benefits, allowing investors to earn extra yield. 

The S&P 500 futures fall 1.5% amid US-China trade concerns and Fed warning; over 100 companies will report earnings this week. Gold hit a record ~$3,375, up 1.43%, on safe-haven demand amid tariff and geopolitical worries. Fed hawkishness may cap gains. CoinDesk Indices, which tracks the broader crypto market, rose 1.80% in the past 24 hours, while Bitcoin and Ether gained 2.70% and 3.41%, respectively. Trade these markets and more with up to 500x leverage on Bybit MT5 using this 

Today's top performer is STX, up 9.4%, following the announcement of Stacks gaining institutional support with major exchange listings and custodian backing.

Stacks (STX), founded in 2013, is a cryptocurrency project that enhances the Bitcoin blockchain by enabling decentralized apps (DApps) and smart contracts without altering Bitcoin's features. It operates as a Bitcoin Layer 2 (L2) blockchain, ensuring security through Bitcoin while allowing developers to build modular applications on top of the network. 

 with its listing on top 15 exchanges, the launch of the Grayscale STX Trust, and support from top-tier custodians like BitGo, Copper, and Figment.

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Canary Capital has filed with the SEC to launch a U.S. Tron (TRX) ETF that would include staking benefits, allowing investors to earn extra yield. This proposal is part of a broader trend, with Canary also seeking approval for ETFs based on assets like XRP, Solana, and Sui. The fund would aim to provide exposure to Tron’s price, but the SEC has yet to approve staking in crypto ETFs. This move follows the success of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, which have attracted significant institutional interest.

During the week of April 14–18, 2025, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a modest net inflow of $13.7 million, entirely from non-GBTC products, as GBTC saw no activity. Since inception, total net inflows have reached $35.5 billion, with non-GBTC ETFs contributing $58.3 billion and GBTC experiencing $22.8 billion in outflows.

Orochi Network airdrop participants can now 

 their earned $ON tokens on the Monad Testnet to increase their Bonus Level and earn rewards faster. A minimum of 50 ON is required for the first claim, and subsequent claims have no minimum. New users can still join by signing up and starting the Prover. Daily check-ins open at 6 AM UTC and fill up quickly.

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There are a total of five ways you can buy USDC on Bybit: via Bybit P2P, Bybit One-Click Buy, Auto-Invest, Bybit Card and Bybit Convert. Learn more here.

 that maintains a 1:1 value with the US dollar through full reserves held in regulated financial institutions. This stability makes USDC an attractive option for traders looking to participate in the crypto market with reduced price volatility.

In this guide, we’ll explore the multiple ways to buy USDC on Bybit, detailing five distinct purchasing methods tailored to different preferences. You'll also discover practical applications for your USDC holdings, from trading opportunities to payment solutions and investment strategies.

Whether you prefer trading directly with other users or making quick purchases with a credit card, there's an option for you. Let's examine each method in detail.

 allows individuals and businesses to buy and sell USDC via peer-to-peer mode without intermediaries. You simply transact with another trader to purchase or sell your crypto with zero fees.

There are two main parties on the P2P platform — makers and takers. Makers place ads for buying or selling cryptocurrency, while takers are the users who place orders through the existing ads created by makers. Neither makers nor takers pay any fees on completed orders.

If you decide to go the P2P route to buy your USDC, you can either place a buy ad as a maker, or select an existing offer as a taker. Placing ads is completely free, although specific trading activity requirements exist. If you're a beginning trader on the platform, and want the easiest way to purchase USDC, selecting an offer from an existing ad as a taker is probably the preferred route.

If you need to trade USDC in large volumes (typically tens or hundreds of thousands of USDC per transaction), you may also choose to consider 

, which offers high order limits — up to $200,000 per order — as well as expedited transaction processing.

 feature to complete your USDC order efficiently. HotSwap combines offers from P2P traders with liquidity options from third parties, potentially delivering more choices and options.

Steps for buying USDC via the standard P2P option

2. How to buy USDC via Bybit One-Click Buy

The One-Click Buy service lets you quickly purchase crypto using several supported payment modes: P2P, bank card payments, third-party payments and your account's fiat balance. You can use a credit or debit card (including the Mastercard-powered 

), bank transfers, Apple Pay, Google Pay and other payment methods.

 is another way to purchase USDC on Bybit. The Auto-Invest option allows you to automatically buy crypto at regular intervals using the popular 

Bybit Card is a Mastercard crypto debit card that allows you to make online payments. The card is available to users in specific regions — EEA and CH, AIFC, Australia, Brazil and Argentina — with more locations to be added in the future. It's accepted by more than 90 million merchants within the Mastercard network. Upon successfully applying for your Bybit Card, you may proceed to 

 while you order and wait for your physical card to arrive. 

It's easy to buy USDC using the Bybit Card, as you enjoy reward features like loyalty points and cashback for USDC transactions. The steps for buying USDC using the Bybit Card are nearly the same as shown above in the One-Click Buy section, the only difference being that you'll need to specify your Bybit Card as the preferred payment method.

 lets you easily swap crypto assets without directly trading through the P2P route or other channels. Using Bybit's order books, the platform matches your order with current suitable orders and executes the requested swap. By leveraging Bybit's vast trading volumes and activity, Bybit Convert enables swift and efficient swaps.

If you have non-USDC crypto funds in your account, you can take advantage of the 

 function to buy the stablecoin as follows:

Steps to for buying USDC via Bybit Convert

USDC is more than just a stablecoin for trading; it offers various applications within and beyond the Bybit ecosystem.

USDC serves as a reliable base currency for trading various cryptocurrencies on Bybit.

Trading with USDC helps mitigate volatility risks between trades, as its value remains stable at approximately $1, allowing traders to preserve capital during market downturns.

USDC has emerged as a popular payment method due to its stability and wide acceptance.

Platforms on which users can make USDC payments include Travala for travel bookings, Newegg for electronics, and various crypto-friendly merchants via payment processors, such as BitPay and Coinbase Commerce.

USDC offers various investment opportunities on Bybit and beyond.

The benefit of investing with USDC is that your principal amount remains stable while generating returns, which is particularly attractive in volatile market conditions.

USDC combines dollar stability with digital efficiency on the Bybit platform. This guide has detailed five ways to purchase USDC, and explored its versatile applications for trading, payments and investing. Armed with this knowledge, you can confidently navigate Bybit's ecosystem and make the most of what USDC has to offer.

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A complete guide on how to buy USDC on Bybit

Apr 21, 2025: Our weekly Institutional Insights explores the latest market developments — market performance, industry news, exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows, trending topics, upcoming events and token unlocks — to help you supercharge your crypto trading.

 explores the latest market developments — market performance, industry news, exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows, trending topics, upcoming events and token unlocks — to help you supercharge your crypto trading.

Weekly highlight — Trump wants to fire Powell? 

US president Donald Trump is actively considering firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, following Trump's public criticism of Powell for not moving quickly enough to reduce interest rates. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett confirmed that the administration is examining this option, suggesting that Powell's actions have politically favored Democrats. Hassett argued that the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates shortly after Trump took office was intended to undermine the economic impact of the tax cuts implemented during his administration, which were deemed inflationary. He further criticized the Fed for not addressing inflation concerns stemming from federal spending under President Biden, implying a lack of accountability.

During a recent press conference, Trump conveyed his dissatisfaction with Powell, asserting that if he wanted to remove him, it could happen "real fast." While he did not explicitly state his intention to dismiss Powell, his remarks highlighted the growing tensions between the White House and the Federal Reserve regarding monetary policy. Hassett defended Trump's frustrations, advocating for a focus on economic policy rather than interpersonal conflicts. This situation underscores the complex dynamics between the executive branch and the central bank, as Trump navigates economic challenges leading up to the next election.

Weekly crypto highlight — XRP ETF coming

HashKey Capital has officially launched the HashKey XRP Tracker Fund, marking the first investment fund in Asia designed specifically to track the performance of XRP, the digital asset integral to Ripple's global payment ecosystem. This fund is aimed at professional investors and offers a unique opportunity to gain exposure to XRP without the complexities of direct asset management. Investors can subscribe through cash and in-kind options, with the fund providing monthly liquidity.

Ripple, as an early backer of the fund, is looking to enhance its strategic partnership with HashKey Capital, which already manages Hong Kong–listed spot ETFs for Bitcoin and Ethereum. This collaboration not only solidifies Ripple's presence in the Asian market, but also opens avenues for future financial products, such as the potential tokenization of a money market fund on the XRP Ledger. Fiona Murray, Ripple's Managing Director for the Asia-Pacific region, highlighted that this partnership is part of a broader strategy to introduce more regulated cryptocurrency products for institutional investors in the region, aiming to foster a more robust crypto landscape in Asia.

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Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has approved a new Ethereum ETF with staking capabilities, allowing institutional investors to earn staking rewards.

Daily top performer — Pyth Network (PYTH)

The S&P 500 dropped 1.5% to 5,282.70 this week, down 5.9% in April and 10% year-to-date, led by tech losses. Real estate and energy outperformed, while political pressure on Fed Chair Powell and inflation concerns weighed on sentiment. Gold dipped 0.6% to $3,319 after a record high, as Powell’s stagflation warning tempered its rally. Despite the pullback, the uptrend remains intact. The Coindesk Indices, which tracks the broader crypto market, are up by 0.77%, with Bitcoin and Ether rising 0.64% and 0.72%, respectively, over the past 24 hours. Trade these markets and more with up to 500x leverage on Bybit MT5 using this 

Today's top performer is PYTH, up 10.1%, following the launch of Pyth Entropy for secure on-chain random number generation by Soneium.

Pyth Network (PYTH),  is a blockchain oracle system that delivers real-time crypto price data to blockchains, enabling smart contracts to react to market changes. Soneium 

 Pyth Entropy, a tool for securely generating random numbers on-chain. Two apps, HandsNFT AI and 2p2e, are already utilizing Pyth Entropy to create unpredictable and engaging experiences.

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has approved a new Ethereum ETF with staking capabilities, allowing institutional investors to earn staking rewards. This approval follows recent changes to local laws, with China Asset Management (ChinaAMC) partnering with OSL Digital Securities to launch the ETF by May 15. The ETF will offer exposure to Ethereum staking, transforming it from a passive investment into an active participant in the Ethereum network. The staking process is powered by Kiln, with OSL providing custody and insurance services. The rewards will contribute to the ETF's net asset value, benefiting shareholders.

Yesterday, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw $25.9M in inflows, all from non-GBTC funds, while GBTC recorded no flow.

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Create games, applications and more in a fun manner using Decentraland (MANA). Set up your own world now with a little help from Bybit Learn.

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As digitization has spread, opportunities to connect with others online have grown exponentially. With additional social distancing restrictions in place due to COVID-19, more people are turning to the internet to interact with others, entertain themselves, and even seek out money-making opportunities. 

Shared virtual spaces (or metaverses) like Decentraland are getting an increasing amount of attention because they are the next frontier for online entertainment and interaction. They enable the three branches of reality — physical, virtual and augmented -— to intersect and converge. Here is a practical introduction to Decentraland.

Founded in 2015 by Ari Meilich and Esteban Ordano, Decentraland is a 3D virtual reality platform powered by the Ethereum blockchain. On it, you can buy plots of land to build upon, monetize or simply explore. Users can create, experience, and trade content and applications. Unlike virtual worlds which are owned and managed centrally, both the platform and content are owned by their users.

Decentraland comprises a total of three layers: a consensus layer, a land content layer and a real time layer. What started off as a pixelated grid that allocated pixels to users through a proof of work algorithm evolved into a 3D world later on. Decentraland is most frequently likened to 

, a popular online game/world that was launched in 2003. However, it goes beyond the scope of a typical virtual reality game by allowing users more power and control to experiment with.

 (ICO) of 26 million in just a little over an hour. It was officially opened to the public in February 2020, and is overseen by the nonprofit Decentraland Foundation.

MANA is Decentraland’s ERC20 cryptocurrency token. Decentraland users spend it to buy plots of digital land and pay for goods and services from other users. The MANA used to purchase LAND are burned, meaning those tokens are destroyed.

 For example, let’s say you paid 10,000 MANA for a piece of digital land. The 10,000 MANA are then sent to an address (a burn address) without private keys. After that, the tokens are lost forever and removed from the total supply of MANA.

MANA is limited to a total original supply of 2,805,886,393. As of August 17, 2021, the total 

LAND is a non-fungible token (NFT) representing virtual pieces of land in Decentraland, and is maintained using an Ethereum smart contract. An NFT is a completely unique token on the blockchain that cannot be exchanged.

Each digital land parcel measures 16 meters x 16 meters, and is identified by a unique set of Cartesian coordinates (

). It can be neither recreated nor duplicated. You can buy and sell LAND with MANA and create applications, games, dynamic 3D scenes, casinos and more.

The number of LAND parcels is capped at 90,000. You can purchase adjacent plots to create LAND estates. A district is a community of adjourning parcels of LAND with a shared theme, thus forming a community. 

You can vote on issues concerning your community using Agora, Decentraland’s voting DApp. Your LAND holding in a specific district directly correlates with the weight of your vote. Agora gives you control over what happens in your district and enables you to provide feedback on the platform. 

, the price of one MANA as of Aug 17, 2021 is $0.8438.

You can buy MANA using either a limit order or a market buy. A limit order involves setting a price that you aren’t willing to exceed, while a market order will be executed at available prices in the order book.

You can buy MANA with either Bitcoin or Ether through cryptocurrency exchanges. MANA tokens are available on various exchanges.

Below are the steps to purchase MANA via Bybit:

Log in to the exchange where you registered. If you don't have an account yet, you can sign up at 

. For registration, you will need an email address and a password. Most exchanges will ask you for your details as part of the 

Deposit money into your account and obtain a cryptocurrency listed as a MANA trading pair (e.g., BTC or ETH.) To obtain MANA tokens, deposit fiat currency, purchase BTC and 

. Locate the pairing of your choice e.g., MANAUSDT, fill in the amount of MANA you want to buy, and click on 

You can buy MANA on most major exchanges, including Bybit, Binance, OKEx, Tokocrypto, CoinTiger and Huobi Global. Of these, Binance and OKEx have the largest trading volumes. You can pay with either Bitcoin or Ethereum.

If you want to buy LAND, however, you may need to look at the 

Decentraland MANA is an ERC20 token built on the Ethereum blockchain, which allows it to be stored in a wide range of hardware or software wallets. Here are our top five 

: Trust Wallet is a software wallet popular among investors and traders. It’s also officially supported by Binance. A convenient and safe place to store your MANA, it also provides backup options for greater peace of mind.

 These encrypted hardware wallets are secure ways of storing MANA. They use high-end encryption technology to keep your funds safe from even the most sophisticated network attacks. Hardware wallets store your wallets offline, thus adding an extra level of security.

: Atomic Wallet is available in Android, iOS and several desktop versions. You can store your MANA and 300 other cryptocurrencies in it. Atomic Wallet also offers atomic swaps and a built-in exchange that users can utilize to swap back and forth between supported digital assets, including MANA.

MyEtherWallet is a web-based wallet that allows you to store all ERC20 tokens, including MANA, on the Ethereum blockchain. You won’t have to download any clients or software to use it.

 You can store MANA on any exchange which supports it. This is the least secure way to keep MANA, and it’s not what we’d recommend. However, for active traders who need quick access to funds at any time, exchanges are always an option for storing the MANA token. Try to choose larger exchanges that have a proven record of security and reliability. A few of these include Binance, Kraken and Kucoin. 

At its launch in Dec. 2017, MANA was valued at $0.024. Its price rose to $0.24 within a short period before returning to the previous levels.

A boom period started in December 2020, when the MANA token price reached $0.80. It ended in April 2021, when the MANA reached an all-time high of $1.63. This ATH was later surpassed on Nov. 25, 2021, when the price of one MANA hit $5.90.

It is a promising platform that may prove profitable in the future. If Decentraland achieves a significant market cap, its educational and innovative initiatives could drive the 

But what are the factors that give rise to such an optimistic outlook? Let’s look at some of the reasons for the bullish sentiment behind MANA.

Decentraland gives users a gamified experience that is unique, scarce, and without constraints from a centralized authority. Users are in control of creating their experiences, and benefit from the value that’s generated. To ensure decentralization, the smart contracts are governed by a decentralized autonomous organization where users can vote on changes. Users truly own their collectibles within the metaverse. 

MANA started the year trading at $0.08, and 

 616.81% year-to-date. The token achieved an 

MANA’s volatility also presents opportunities to profit by trading its sharp rises and dips.

Republic Realm, a division of the online investment platform Republic, bought 

of virtual land in Decentraland for $913,228.28. This single transaction is the largest LAND acquisition in the history of Decentraland. It removed 1,295,000 tokens from the total MANA supply.

More MANA will be taken off the market with further LAND purchases in the future. This will decrease the circulating supply of MANA, while also decreasing the number of tokens that can be bought. Scarcity could drive the price of MANA to new all-time highs.

On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, Grayscale Investments, the largest 

, launched Grayscale® Decentraland Trust alongside four new digital currency investment trusts. Grayscale currently has $14.8 million of MANA assets under management. Even more impressive, their 

These numbers are in the public domain and could encourage other institutional investors to choose the token. Sizable investments by well-established companies are often influential drivers of asset price and could support MANA long-term. 

 MANA could trade at $1.22 by year-end, and $3.54 by 2028.

Due to an abundance of tools, software engineer and developers are coming up with an increasing number of interactive 3D games and applications. Decentraland (MANA) ranks third in market valuation of NFT crypto trading assets after Chiliz (CHZ) and Enjin Coin (ENJ). 

. This makes the MANA token a good investment for value investors, who can take advantage of the gap between market value and intrinsic value. 

While there are many good reasons to buy MANA, it’s important to keep in mind the risks associated with doing so.

As with the rest of the cryptocurrency space, regulation can negatively impact pricing. Cryptocurrencies have attracted increasing regulatory attention, which in the future could translate to bureaucratic requirements or a limit on the trading of cryptocurrencies.

Stiff competition in the NFT and virtual world spaces

Decentraland has been growing quickly because it’s also an NFT marketplace. However, it’s not the only player in the NFT field. Marketplaces such as Axie Infinity (AXS), Crypterium (CRPT) and Algorand (ALGO) are giving Decentraland a run for their money. For example, in market valuation, Decentraland still trails AXS and ENJ.

The virtual reality space is also growing, with other virtual worlds like NEOLAND and High Fidelity vying for a slice of the crypto markets pie.

Decentraland is a virtual reality platform for users to take full ownership of their digital real estate: essentially the owners, you can buy land, build tools, play interactive games, trade and experience virtual reality in many forms. Banking on your imagination, you can then create experiences as you wish. New users will be surprised by how versatile this shared virtual world can be.

Participating in a metaverse provides an exciting glimpse into the future. Do note however that no investment advice guarantees returns. As with any cryptocurrency, be sure to trade with proper 

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