Historically, crypto markets have been driven by a dominant narrative. Not today. In one corner, miners are trying to break free of four-year cycles. IREN is being recast as an AI infrastructure company, with analysts pointing to data centers and compute…

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are stepping in to freeze stolen funds while centralized issuers face criticism for holding back.A recent intervention on Arbitrum saw attacker-linked assets frozen after a major exploit, while some stablecoin issuers, including Circle, have faced public…

The Open Network Foundation has launched TON Pay, a new payments software development kit (SDK) designed to make cryptocurrencies usable for everyday consumer transactions within the Telegram ecosystem. In a Monday release shared with Cointelegraph, the product is positioned as a…

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said it will step up scrutiny of suspected cryptocurrency price manipulation in 2026, outlining a slate of planned investigations that target high-risk trading tactics, including “whale” activity and schemes that exploit disruptions at local…

The Bitcoin Sharpe ratio, which measures risk/reward potential, is in negative territory that is often associated with the end of bear markets, according to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost.“The Sharpe ratio has just entered a particularly interesting zone, one that has historically…

Ethereum domain name service provider ENS has canceled plans to launch a layer-2 as part of its ENSv2 upgrade, opting instead to launch a revamped protocol directly on Ethereum. In a blog post on Friday, ENS lead developer nick.eth explained that…

Coinbase’s TV spot at the Super Bowl divided opinion online, but the crypto exchange says conversations about it were the point.Four years after its viral QR code advertisement, crypto exchange Coinbase has returned to the Super Bowl, this time betting…

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek has officially launched his new website ai.com to the public, allowing users to create personal AI agents that can perform everyday tasks on their behalf.⁠Brayden Lindrea⁠The ai.com commercial aired during Super Bowl 60 on NBC on…

Just one victim lost $12.2 million in January by copying the wrong address from their transaction history in an “address poisoning attack,” adding to a similar $50 million attack in December, according to Scam Sniffer.Address poisoning is when attackers send…

Digital asset manager CoinShares has brushed aside concerns that quantum computers could soon shake up the Bitcoin market, arguing that only a fraction of coins are held in wallets worth attacking.In a post on Friday, CoinShares Bitcoin research lead Christopher…

Whether the Federal Reserve is engaging in quantitative easing is purely semantic, according to Alden, who says all roads lead to debasement.The US Federal Reserve is entering into a “gradual” era of money printing that will stimulate asset prices “mildly”…

Prominent crypto venture capitalists are clashing online about whether non-financial use cases in crypto, Web3, and blockchain have failed due to a lack of investor demand and product-market fit or if the best days for non-financial applications still lay ahead.The…

Google worldwide search volume for “crypto” is hovering near one-year lows, reflecting weak investor sentiment amid a broad market downturn that reduced the total market capitalization of crypto from an all-time high of more than $4.2 trillion to about $2.4…

Bitcoin (BTC) gained up to 3% Sunday, but some traders refused to believe that the BTC price crash was over.Key points:Bitcoin price comparisons warn that new macro lows are due if the 2022 bear market continues to repeat.Moving averages and…

Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block Inc. has begun informing hundreds of employees that their roles could be eliminated during annual performance reviews, as the firm undertakes a wider restructuring effort.As much as 10% of Block’s workforce may be affected, Bloomberg…