Bitcoin tried to clear $95,000, Zcash’s core developers quit, the Truebit token sank after a hack, Morgan Stanley filed to launch crypto ETFs, and other events of the week. Post-holiday moves The first full week of 2026 was relatively calm for crypto. Bitcoin started Monday by rising above $93,000. The upswing was tied to a […]
The cryptocurrency market requires more advanced decentralized stablecoins to address long-term issues such as inflation, according to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. We need better decentralized stablecoins. IMO three problems: 1. Ideally figure out an index to track that’s better than USD price2. Oracle design that’s decentralized and is not capturable with a large pool of […]
On January 8, following the latest adjustment, the difficulty of mining the leading cryptocurrency decreased by 1.2% to 146.47 T. Source: CloverPool. Previously, the metric increased by a modest 0.04%, briefly interrupting a series of declines. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s hash rate remains above 1 ZH/s. According to Glassnode, the seven-day moving average […]
Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, is set to invest over $20 billion in expanding a data center in Mississippi, USA. Governor Tate Reeves highlighted that this will be the largest private investment in the state’s history. Join me as we announce a record-breaking $20 billion investment in our state. Mississippi has momentum and THIS is […]
Bank of New York Mellon (BNY), the world’s largest custodian bank, has launched services for tokenized deposits aimed at institutional clients, according to Bloomberg. The service creates a digital representation of assets held at the institution on the blockchain. This enables the use of funds as collateral in secured and margin transactions. The solution also […]
Pump.fun, the “meme token factory,” will alter its commission reward system for content creators, as the current model has proven insufficiently beneficial. This was announced by the platform’s co-founder, Alon Cohen. According to him, the Dynamic Fees V1 payout mechanism introduced last year attracted new developers and spurred on-chain activity, but “failed to significantly change […]
Rain, a developer of payment infrastructure based on stablecoins, has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round led by ICONIQ. Onchain rails have proven their value.Rain is making them usable by everyone, and keeping them invisible in the process. Today, we’re announcing our $250M Series C at a $1.95B valuation to keep building. […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a letter in support of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, who faces up to five years in prison. In August, a U.S. jury found the co-founder of the crypto mixer guilty of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. However, the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on charges […]
Over seven months, SharpLink Gaming has accrued 10,657 ETH ($33 million) through Ethereum staking. SharpLink generated 438 ETH in staking rewards last week, bringing our total cumulative staking rewards to 10,657 ETH. At current prices, that amounts to ~$1.4M of value generated for shareholders last week. Our thesis remains unchanged: 100% ETH and 100% staked. […]
By 2050, the price of the leading cryptocurrency could reach $2.9 million, according to analysts from the investment firm VanEck. Experts have termed this figure as the base scenario, which could materialize if Bitcoin becomes a currency for international settlements and is included in central bank reserves. The report’s authors suggest that: the asset’s share […]