One of the inventors of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, argues that Ethereum needs better decentralized stablecoins to truly give people independence from the traditional financial system. “We need better decentralized stablecoins,” Buterin said in a post to X on Sunday, in response…

Viewership of crypto content on YouTube has declined to its lowest level since January 2021 following a sharp retreat over the past three months.On Sunday, ITC Crypto founder Benjamin Cowen shared a 30-day moving average of views across various crypto…

Crypto market turbulence decimated memecoins in particular last year, driving the number of crypto project failures to over 11.6 million in 2025, the highest level recorded for a single year. The fourth quarter of 2025 was among the worst, with…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says his refusal to drop interest rates led to Donald Trump opening a criminal investigation over renovations to the central bank’s headquarters.Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has blasted the Trump administration over a new criminal…

Elon Musk’s social media platform is building a “Smart Cashtags” feature for release next month, giving users access to real-time price movements of cryptocurrencies and stocks. One of the concept screenshots has also teased a highly-anticipated in-app trading feature.In a…

The price of Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum layer-1 blockchain network, bottomed out in April 2025, and its price action mirrors the 2019 cycle, according to market analyst Michaël Van De Poppe.A surge in stablecoins, tokenized real-world…

India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), a regulatory agency that sets anti-money laundering and know-your-customer regulations, issued new guidelines tightening rules for onboarding users to crypto platforms.The new rules force regulated crypto exchanges to verify users through live selfie pictures and…

Crypto treasury company BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) staked an additional 86,400 Ether (ETH) on Saturday, valued at about $268.7 million at the time of this writing, crossing the 1 million staked ETH milestone. The 86,400 ETH was staked in four separate…

Key takeaways:Monero (XMR) surged past the $500 mark for the first time since its peak in May 2021.The privacy-focused cryptocurrency briefly touched $500.66 after rising more than 6% on Sunday and 20% over the past week. That brought it closer…

Bitcoin (BTC) faces a “do-or-die” price point if 2026 becomes a classic bear market year.Key points:Bitcoin four-year price cycles and bear markets remain relevant, the latest power law analysis says.2026 may see a BTC price support showdown with $65,000 as…

Inquiries about whether pensions can be paid in crypto have become one of the most frequent non-standard requests received by the Social Fund of Russia, a state-run institution responsible for managing Russia’s public pension system.In 2025, the Social Fund’s call…

CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju has criticized X for suppressing crypto-related posts while failing to rein in a surge of automated spam, arguing that the platform is punishing legitimate users instead of addressing the underlying bot problem.In a Sunday post…

Tennessee’s sports betting regulator has ordered prediction market platforms Kalshi, Polymarket and Crypto.com to halt the offering of sports event contracts to residents of the state.In cease-and-desist letters dated Friday, the Tennessee Sports Wagering Council (SWC) accused all three platforms…

Jan3 founder Samson Mow anticipates billionaire investor and Tesla CEO Elon Musk will aggressively move into Bitcoin in 2026.It was one of five bold Bitcoin (BTC) predictions from Mow for 2026, coming off a year where several Bitcoin forecasts from…

Ethereum’s declining social media sentiment is mirroring levels similar to those seen before its 2025 price rally, which eventually pushed the asset back to its 2021 all-time highs, according to a crypto sentiment analyst.“Ethereum is actually way down, this would…