Starknet, an Ethereum layer‑2 network that uses zero‑knowledge (ZK) rollups, is experiencing fresh mainnet disruption as the project enters 2026.In an X post, the Starknet team said the network was facing downtime and that engineers were “actively investigating the issue…

Crypto investors are being targeted by a new phishing campaign that impersonates MetaMask and tricks users into handing over their wallet recovery phrases, according to the blockchain security firm SlowMist.The attackers are impersonating a two-factor authentication (2FA) security verification flow,…

Cryptocurrency investment products pulled in about $47 billion of inflows in 2025, just shy of 2024’s total amid new crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) launches in the US.Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) logged $47.2 billion in inflows last year, 3% below 2024’s…

Bitcoin (BTC) launches its first comeback move in months as geopolitics excites world assets.Bitcoin price gains see a return to $93,000 after a nearly month-long absence, but traders are skeptical.A key golden cross is almost here on the four-hour chart,…

Large crypto holders have been moving tokens onto Binance, a pattern analysts associate with potential selling, but buying demand remains muted.So-called crypto whales deposited $2.4 billion near-evenly split between Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) to Binance in the past week,…

Visa-issued crypto cards saw a massive spike in usage in 2025, with the total net spend increasing by 525% last year.According to Dune Analytics data, the total net spend for six crypto cards issued by blockchain projects in partnership with…

Despite Bitcoin’s rising institutional adoption in 2025, its environmental impact is still being misunderstood and misinterpreted by many, according to ESG expert Daniel Batten. In an X thread on Saturday, Batten said there are nine common criticisms of Bitcoin mining’s energy…

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) reportedly decided to embrace crypto after years of caution after seeing a friendlier regulatory environment for crypto in the US under Trump, according to CEO and senior partner Paul Griggs.New leadership within US regulators, such as the US…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin claims Ethereum has “solved” one of the biggest challenges in crypto: the blockchain trilemma.In a X post on Saturday, Buterin emphasized the potential of peer data availability sampling (PeerDAS) and Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines (ZK-EVMs), noting…

Stablecoin transfer volume on Ethereum surpassed $8 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2025, marking a new all-time high, reported Token Terminal on Monday.The $8 trillion milestone is almost double the transfer volume figure for the second quarter, which was…

Crypto traders flooded back to memecoins as the new year turned, driving memecoin market capitalization up by over 23% in the last week after trading at a yearly low in the final days of 2025.The memcoin market cap crossed $47.7…

Following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, attention has turned to the country’s transition to new leadership — and one Bitcoiner is in the running to lead that charge.María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader and winner of…

An attacker has drained “hundreds” of crypto wallets on Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains, siphoning small sums from each victim in what onchain investigator ZachXBT described as a broad but low-value exploit. The exact attack vector has not been confirmed,…

Key points:Bitcoin is bearish in the short term and could plunge to $50,000 if the $74,508 level is breached.The short-term trend is likely to turn bullish above $100,000, opening the doors for a rally to $126,199.Bitcoin (BTC) began 2025 near…

The CoinMarketCap “Crypto Fear and Greed Index,” a metric tracking crypto investor sentiment, flipped to “neutral” on Sunday, for the first time since October, signaling that investor sentiment is improving.The Index is at 40, signaling that investors are no longer…