In 2025, over $154 billion flowed into illegal crypto wallets, marking a 162% increase compared to 2024, according to a report by Chainalysis. Source: Chainalysis. Analysts attribute this growth largely to a surge in activity related to sanctioned operations, including at the state level. Over the past 12 months, the volume of illegal digital assets […]
Anthropic is poised to secure $10 billion in new funding. The developer of the Claude chatbot is targeting a valuation of $350 billion, according to WSJ, citing its sources. The round will be led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and investment firm Coatue Management. The new valuation nearly doubles the figures from September of […]
Ethereum combines the scale of BitTorrent with the openness and reliability of Linux, according to Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the blockchain platform. One metaphor for Ethereum is BitTorrent, and how that p2p network combines decentralization and mass scale. Ethereum’s goal is to do the same thing but with consensus. Another metaphor for Ethereum is Linux. […]
The Solana Mobile team introduced the ecosystem’s native token, SKR. The launch of the asset and the commencement of staking are scheduled for January 2026. SKR will serve as a governance tool for the platform and facilitate reward distribution among developers, users, and partners. The total supply will be 10 billion coins. The project’s tokenomics […]
The entire team at Electric Coin Company (ECC), the primary developer of Zcash, has left the company due to an internal conflict, according to former CEO Josh Swihart. Over the past few weeks, it’s become clear that the majority of Bootstrap board members (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit created to support Zcash by governing the Electric Coin […]
Privacy is a crucial feature necessary for the development of global blockchain finance, and by 2026, it will become a key protective barrier for the crypto industry. This is according to a blog post by a16z crypto. The authors of the publication suggest that until recently, privacy was a secondary concern for most protocols. However, […]
On January 7, Ethereum developers implemented the Blob Parameter-Only (BPO) fork on the main network, increasing the limit of BLOB objects from 15 to 21. BPO2 is live! Blob limit is now 21 🚀 pic.twitter.com/SFB7GjRPwg — terence (@terencechain) January 7, 2026 The update also increased the target BLOB value from 10 to 14. Each such […]
By the end of 2025, the total inflow into cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) reached $47.2 billion, according to a report by CoinShares. Weekly inflows into cryptocurrency exchange-traded products. Source: CoinShares. This figure slightly fell short of the record $48.7 billion recorded the previous year. The United States maintained a strong lead, with investors channeling $42.5 […]
On January 5th, Bitcoin continued its steady recovery, surpassing the $93,000 mark. Over the past 24 hours, the asset rose by 2.6%, and by 6.9% over the week, according to CoinGecko. At the time of writing, digital gold is trading around $93,600: Four-hour BTC/USDT chart on Binance. Source: TradingView. Ethereum’s price tested the $3,200 level. […]
The network of the second-largest cryptocurrency is successfully overcoming the blockchain trilemma thanks to advances in zkEVM and the launch of PeerDAS, according to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. Now that ZKEVMs are at alpha stage (production-quality performance, remaining work is safety) and PeerDAS is live on mainnet, it’s time to talk more about what this […]
