Opinion by: Laura Wallendal, co-founder and CEO of AcreRestaking is often heralded as the next big thing in decentralized finance (DeFi) yields, but behind the hype lies a precarious balancing act. Validators are stacking responsibilities and slashing risks, incentives are…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) drop below $90,000 has pushed onchain profitability metrics into the negative territory, signaling BTC’s entry into a bear market, new research revealed.Data from TradingView showed that Bitcoin price action had established a new range on lower time frames,…

Farcaster co-founder Dan Romero moved to quell speculation around the project’s future, saying the protocol is not shutting down following its acquisition by infrastructure provider Neynar.Farcaster is a decentralized social networking protocol that allows developers to build interoperable social apps…

Lawmakers in the US state of Kansas are considering a bill that would create a state-managed Bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund funded through unclaimed property rather than direct purchases of cryptocurrency.​Kansas Senate Bill 352, introduced by Senator Craig Bowser…

Binance submitted an application for authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) in Greece as regulators warn of looming compliance deadlines.A Binance spokesperson confirmed to Cointelegraph on Friday that the exchange had filed for a MiCA license…

Similar XRP funding conditions preceded rebounds of roughly 50% in August and September 2024 and about 100% in April 2025.XRP (XRP) funding rates on Binance have been mirroring the behavior seen ahead of sharp price rebounds since 2024.Key takeaways:Negative funding…

A winter storm threatening to pelt most of the southern US with ice and heavy snow this weekend could see Bitcoin miners curtail their operations until the front has passed.American weather forecasting company AccuWeather reported on Thursday that a “massive…

Crypto adoption is growing at different rates around the world, with some regions advancing much faster than others, says accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).“While crypto networks are borderless, adoption is not,” PwC said in its Global Crypto Regulation Report 2026. “Payments,…

The Justice Department will drop its case against Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea manager who successfully appealed a wire fraud and money laundering conviction.US prosecutors will not retry their insider trading case against a former manager at nonfungible token platform…

Capital One acquired Brex, potentially gaining stablecoin capabilities just months after the fintech launched support for the tokens.Major US bank Capital One has struck a $5.15 billion deal to buy the fintech Brex and is set to acquire the company’s…

Network activity on the Ethereum mainnet has now surpassed that on layer-2 scaling blockchains as gas fees remain low, though it may not all be organic users.Token Terminal said on Thursday that there has been a “return to mainnet,” with…

Bitcoin backers have minimized claims that fears around quantum computing being a threat to the cryptocurrency sooner than expected are dragging on its price. Glassnode lead analyst James Check said in an X post on Thursday that linking Bitcoin’s price…

Key takeaways:Bitcoin funding rates sit at 7%, showing bullish traders are still hesitant to increase leveraged positions.The spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $1.58 billion in outflows while gold hit record highs, signaling a shift toward safe assets.Bitcoin (BTC) has been pinned…

After a period of rapid expansion, the global stablecoin market has largely stalled, signaling a consolidation phase as new regulation, liquidity constraints and higher real-world yields weigh on new issuance, according to Jimmy Xue, co-founder of quantitative yield protocol Axis.In…

The lawsuit was filed days after the president threatened on social media to sue the banking giant for debanking him weeks after his supporters attacked the US Capitol in 2021.US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in Florida state…