Retail Crypto TXs Have Doubled on Regulatory Clarity: TRM Labs
Blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs reports retail crypto transactions roughly doubled after improved regulatory clarity, with most activity over the past year driven by payments, remittances and use as a store of value amid economic volatility. The surge underscores that clearer rules are prompting mainstream consumer use rather than purely speculative trading, according to TRM’s data. For businesses and regulators, the trend signals growing demand for compliant on‑ and off‑ramp services, stronger AML/transaction monitoring needs, and greater pressure on policymakers to finalize frameworks that support payments and remittance use cases.
Coinbase CEO Reveals 'Private Transactions' Are Coming to Base
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced that Base, the company’s Ethereum Layer-2, will soon support “private transactions,” a push he credited to Coinbase’s March acquisition of privacy-focused startup Iron Fish. Armstrong did not specify technical details or timelines, and observers have...
Kraken CEO Hits Back as Banker Calls Stablecoin Yields a ‘Detriment’
Kraken co-CEO Dave Ripley pushed back after a senior banker labeled stablecoin yields a “detriment,” arguing consumers should have the option to earn yield on stablecoins rather than be confined to bank interest products. The exchange’s response frames stablecoin returns...
Tether’s Stablecoin Touches 6.25% of the World's Population, Says CEO
Tether said its USDT stablecoin has reached 500 million users—about 6.25% of the world’s population—an achievement CEO Paolo Ardoino called a major milestone in financial inclusion. The firm highlighted real-world use in countries like Kenya, where 37% of users hold...
Ocean Protocol’s Team Faces $250K Bounty After $120M Crypto Dump Allegations
Ocean Protocol is facing public backlash and a $250,000 bounty after allegations that a team-linked multisignature wallet dumped roughly 661 million OCEAN tokens — reportedly converted into about 286 million FET — in a transaction chain totaling an alleged $120...
Ethereum Enters Final Testnet Phase Ahead of Dec. 3 Fusaka Upgrade
Ethereum has entered the final testnet phase ahead of its Dec. 3 Fusaka upgrade, signaling the network is close to a mainnet deployment. The update introduces a cap on individual transactions to improve block efficiency and reduce denial-of-service risks, while...
Bitcoin Rally to $114K Highlights Futures Traders’ Improving Confidence
Bitcoin’s futures market showed renewed trader confidence as the token rallied to $114,000, with related gains in SOL and ETH pushing into key overhead resistance levels. Futures volumes and open interest rose as traders reopened positions, signaling a return of...
Bitcoin Whale Opens $235M BTC Short, After Netting $200M From Market Crash
An $11 billion crypto whale opened a new $235 million, 10x‑leveraged short on Bitcoin as the asset traded around $111,190, currently carrying a $2.6 million unrealized loss and set to be liquidated if BTC tops $112,368. The position follows a...
Galaxy Digital Reports $505M Q3 Profit on Trading Surge, Institutional Demand
Galaxy Digital posted a $505 million profit for Q3, driven by a 140% surge in trading volumes as institutional demand for crypto assets strengthened. The results reflect broad market activity that boosted trading revenue and underscored the firm’s role as...
Don’t Let Your Bitcoin Die with You — Here’s How to Prepare Before It’s Too Late
Owners of Bitcoin, Ether and other digital assets are being urged to create formal crypto inheritance plans because losing private keys or seed phrases can render holdings permanently unrecoverable. The article highlights stark metrics—about 1.57 million BTC (roughly 7.5% of...
Bitcoin Whales Quietly Embrace BlackRock ETF Following SEC Rule Change
Large Bitcoin holders are quietly moving billions of coins into spot ETFs such as BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) after a recent SEC rule change enabling in‑kind creations and redemptions, which makes large conversions more efficient and potentially more tax‑friendly....
Fed Mulls ‘Skinny’ Payment Accounts to Open Rails for Fintech, Crypto Firms
The Federal Reserve is considering creating limited “skinny” master accounts to give fintech and crypto firms direct access to U.S. payment rails, a move aimed at easing the sector’s chronic banking access problems. The proposal would permit restricted payment and...
California Just Drew the Line Between Crypto and Cash: Here’s Why It Matters
California enacted SB 822, a law that bars custodians from forcibly selling unclaimed cryptocurrencies and instead requires them to transfer unclaimed digital assets to the state in-kind. The measure clarifies custody and unclaimed-property rules for tokens, mandates in-kind reporting and...
Bitcoin Taps $110K as BTC Price Diverges From 5% Gold Correction
Bitcoin surged back to about $110,000 after bouncing off a weekend CME futures gap, signaling renewed upside momentum in crypto markets even as gold slid roughly 5.5% on the day and formed a potential double-top. The divergence highlights a rotation...
How Batched Threshold Encryption Could End Extractive MEV and Make DeFi Fair Again
Researchers propose Batched Threshold Encryption (BTE) as a practical cryptographic fix to extractive MEV, offering epochless, constant-size decryption shares (as small as 48 bytes) that enable pending-transaction privacy for layer‑2 rollups. By allowing transactions to be encrypted and decrypted in...
Fake Social Media Accounts: The Rise of Cointelegraph Impersonators, Explained
Impersonators posing as Cointelegraph accounts have surged, using lookalike handles, cloned profile images and direct-message scams to dupe crypto users in 2025. The article outlines common red flags—unverified badges, subtle username changes, phishing links and fake giveaways—and step-by-step verification and...
Binance’s $33M Charity Gift Becomes Malta’s Political Minefield
Malta’s Finance Minister Clyde Caruana publicly supported a government-run charity’s decision to reject a $33 million donation from crypto exchange Binance, citing reputational risks. The move has turned the high-value gift into a political flashpoint, exposing tensions between Malta’s pro-business...
The P2E Apocalypse Is Gaming’s Best News
The collapse of play-to-earn (P2E) gaming — marked by plunging token values, player churn and failing tokenomics — is framed not as an industry crisis but a corrective reset. It exposes unsustainable financial-extraction models and will pressure developers and publishers...
Will Solana Price Bounce Below $180? Double Bottom Hints at 40% Rally
Solana appears to have formed a bullish double-bottom near $174–$180, signaling a technical buy-the-dip opportunity and setting a target rally to about $250—roughly a 40% upside from the recent low. Analysts point to price-action confirmation and momentum indicators supporting a...
Coinbase Bets on ICO Comeback with $375M Echo Deal
Coinbase has acquired crowdfunding platform Echo in a $375 million deal, snapping up the startup less than two years after its launch and following its first fundraising project, Ethena. The purchase signals Coinbase’s bet on a revival of ICO-style token...
‘Keep Pace’ or Fall Behind: CryptoUK Says US-Aligned Rules Key to UK Crypto Revival
CryptoUK urged UK regulators to align new stablecoin rules with the US as the Bank of England launches a consultation mirroring Washington’s framework for fiat‑pegged crypto assets. The proposed rules target stablecoins used in payments and aim to provide clearer...
Bitcoin Crash to $104K Was ‘Flush,’ Not Crypto Cycle ‘Failure’
Bitcoin plunged to $104,000 in a four-day sell-off that Glassnode characterizes as a “flush” rather than a failure of the crypto cycle, signaling a healthy market reset. On-chain data show increased selling by long-term holders, constraining momentum until that supply...
SpaceX Moves $257M in Bitcoin, Reignites Questions over Its Crypto Play
SpaceX transferred roughly $257 million worth of Bitcoin from wallets linked to the company, marking its second large-scale BTC movement in three months and fueling speculation the firm may be monetizing crypto holdings. The move—timed amid renewed competition in the...
Argo’s Creditor Grabs 87.5% Stake in Struggling Miner in Bold Takeover Move
Growler Mining has taken an 87.5% stake in Argo Blockchain via a debt-for-equity swap, effectively seizing control of the struggling crypto miner and prompting Argo’s imminent delisting from the London Stock Exchange. The move hands majority ownership to Argo’s main...
How to Use Grok 4 for Smarter Crypto Research Before You Invest
XAI's Grok 4 offers crypto investors a workflow to turn noisy social and on‑chain data into repeatable, ranked investment signals by combining real‑time X mentions, DeepSearch web context and higher‑reasoning summaries. The tool automates sentiment and velocity scans, white‑paper and...
Crypto, Fintech Push Back Against Banks’ War on Open Banking
Major crypto and fintech trade groups including the Blockchain Association and the Crypto Council for Innovation urged the CFPB to finalize an open-banking rule that would ensure consumers — not banks — control access to their financial data. The letter...
US Political Turmoil Tests ‘Institutional Confidence’ as Crypto ETFs Bleed
US political turmoil — marked by widespread “No Kings” protests, a prolonged government shutdown and deep partisan division — has eroded institutional confidence and driven investors away from crypto exchange-traded funds. The sector has seen sustained outflows as risk appetite...
‘Corpo Chains’ Doomed Unless They Embrace Crypto’s Ethos: StarkWare CEO
StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson warned that while corporate blockchains can accelerate mainstream crypto adoption, “corpo chains” that keep centralized control will be abandoned unless they adopt crypto’s permissionless, decentralized ethos and interoperable technologies like zk-rollups. He argued enterprises should embrace...
Canadian Province to Ban New Crypto Mining Connections
British Columbia will ban new cryptocurrency mining connections to its Hydro power grid, citing grid protection and reliability concerns. The move immediately curtails expansion by energy-intensive miners and aims to preserve capacity for other customers amid rising electricity demand. Industry...
How to Turn Crypto Headlines Into Trade Signals with ChatGPT
Guide explains how traders can use ChatGPT to convert crypto headlines into actionable buy/sell signals by feeding specific prompts and iterating with follow‑ups. It emphasizes prompt quality and blending news signals with broader market context—illustrated by a Pi Network example...
Coinbase Splashes $25M to Revive a Podcast From the Last Bull Run
Coinbase paid $25 million to acquire an NFT that obligates the popular crypto podcast UpOnly to resume production, effectively reviving a show from the last bull market. The purchase ties a high-profile content restart to a single digital asset, underscoring...
Polygon Boss Says He’s Been ‘Questioning His Loyalty’ Toward Ethereum
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal publicly said he’s been “questioning his loyalty” to Ethereum after criticizing the Ethereum community for underappreciating Polygon’s role as a Layer-2 scaling solution, drawing a direct response from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. The exchange highlights escalating...
Coinbase to US: Embrace Blockchain if You Want to Fight Crime on It
Coinbase urged the U.S. Treasury to embrace blockchain-native tools—blockchain analytics, AI, APIs—and create legal safe-harbors so firms can deploy them to modernize anti-money-laundering efforts. The company argues these measures would enable real-time transaction monitoring and better information-sharing between industry and...
Crypto’s Next Bear Market Will Have a Brand-New Trigger: Willy Woo
On-chain analyst Willy Woo warned that the next crypto bear market may be triggered not by crypto-specific events but by a macroeconomic business-cycle downturn similar to 2008 — a type of broad recession that predates Bitcoin. Woo argues such a...
US Gov Shutdown ‘Likely’ to End This Week: Trump Adviser
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said the U.S. government shutdown is likely to end this week, signaling a quick return to normal federal operations. The expected reopening could revive stalled regulatory work, notably on cryptocurrency policy and oversight that...
Dogecoin’s House of Doge Bets on Italian Soccer Underdog
Dogecoin Foundation’s commercial arm has acquired a majority stake in Italian soccer club US Triestina 1918 as part of a push to broaden Dogecoin adoption through sports. The move converts the meme-coin community into an owner-operator role in a professional...
BitMine’s Lee Says Ether’s ‘Price Dislocation’ Is a Signal to Buy
BitMine chairman Tom Lee urged investors to view Ethereum’s recent “price dislocation” as a buying opportunity, saying the token is poised to enter a long-term supercycle. Lee characterized current levels as an attractive risk/reward entry ahead of anticipated structural upside...
Ethereum Needs Paradigm, VCs, Despite Value Extraction Concerns: Joseph Lubin
Ethereum co‑founder Joseph Lubin acknowledged that venture capital firms — including Paradigm — often seek to "extract" maximum value from the protocol, but argued they remain indispensable as conduits for global capital, expertise and infrastructure needed to scale the ecosystem....
Wise Hints at Stablecoin Ambitions with New Digital-Asset Product Lead Hire
Wise has posted for a London‑based digital‑asset product lead focused on stablecoins, a hire that signals the payments platform may expand into crypto rails for faster, lower‑cost cross‑border transfers. The LinkedIn listing—which has already drawn 100+ applicants—seeks experienced consumer digital‑asset...
CleanSpark Shares Soar as Bitcoin Miner Announces AI Expansion
CleanSpark said it is expanding into artificial intelligence services, a strategic pivot that sent its shares sharply higher as investors priced in new revenue opportunities beyond Bitcoin mining. The move follows a broader industry trend of large miners leveraging excess...
US Shutdown Enters Third Week as Senate Democrats Plan Crypto Roundtable
The US government entered its third week of shutdown as Senate leaders prepared a vote aimed at ending the impasse, heightening risks to federal services and economic confidence. Separately, Senate Democrats scheduled a Wednesday roundtable with crypto industry leaders to...
Ripple-Linked Evernorth to Go Public in $1B SPAC to Build Massive XRP Treasury
Evernorth, a Ripple-linked asset manager, plans to go public through a $1 billion SPAC deal and convert a significant portion of its balance sheet into XRP to create a large on‑chain treasury. The proposal would make Evernorth one of the...
Bolivia’s New President Backs Blockchain to Tackle Government Corruption
Bolivia’s president-elect Rodrigo Paz announced plans to deploy blockchain technology in public procurement and to require cryptocurrency disclosures in asset declarations as part of a new sovereign fund initiative. The move targets corruption by creating immutable records for tenders and...
Michael Saylor’s Strategy Takes Another Small Step Toward 700K Bitcoin
After a modest new purchase, Michael Saylor’s Strategy now sits about 59,582 BTC shy of reaching a 700,000 BTC target, implying current holdings of roughly 640,418 BTC. The latest incremental buy underscores the programmatic accumulation approach that has driven sizable...
Decentralized Science Will Bring the Brain Onchain
As brain-computer interfaces such as Neuralink advance, concerns are growing that mental control and neural data will be concentrated in corporate hands; proponents say decentralized science (DeSci) can put the brain “onchain” to redistribute governance and access. DeSci models propose...
New Film ‘Code Is Law’ Explores Moral Quandary Behind Crypto Hacks
Directors James Craig and Louis Giles have released Code Is Law, a documentary that probes infamous cryptocurrency hacks by focusing on the moral reasoning and reckonings of those who carried them out. The film traces how attackers justify or confront...
Elon Musk Posts His Pet Dog Floki on X; Memecoin Pumps 29%
Elon Musk posted a video on X of his Shiba Inu dog Floki being treated as the platform’s “CEO,” triggering a near 29% surge in the Floki memecoin. The spike underscores Musk’s outsized ability to move crypto markets with social...
XRP Price Targets $3 as Whale Wallet Count Hits New All-Time Highs
XRP staged a sharp rebound—rising as much as 13% to $2.48—driven by record whale accumulation and dwindling exchange supply, with wallets holding at least 10,000 XRP hitting an all‑time high of about 317,500 and on‑exchange supply falling to 3.9% from...
Grok, DeepSeek Outperform ChatGPT, Gemini with Epic Crypto Market Long
In a viral trading competition, XAI’s Grok 4 and DeepSeek outperformed rival chatbots by correctly timing a crypto market bottom and switching to leveraged longs, with Grok reporting a 500% one‑day portfolio spike and DeepSeek logging the highest unrealized profit...
Crypto Funds’ Two-Week Inflow Streak Ends: Here’s What Went Wrong
Crypto fund inflows halted after a two-week streak as on-chain investors turned more bearish in response to a Binance liquidity cascade, while exchange-traded product (ETP) traders largely shrugged off a sharp Friday crash, CoinShares reports. The split in market behavior—heightened...