Newcomers are diving into crypto without learning what it is, veterans are watching their profits soar without spurring adoption and skeptics are judging crypto with little information, says OG Bitcoiner James Howells.Howells is famous for fighting in court to recover…

Crypto market sentiment remained in “extreme fear” on Friday, marking the 14th straight day that market sentiment has remained in the zone. The sentiment-tracking Crypto Fear & Greed Index fell three points to a score of 20 out of 100 on…

Ethereum is unlikely to hit new highs in the coming year, given the current conditions for Bitcoin, says crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen.“If Bitcoin truly is truly in a bear market, which is what it feels like, it would be kind…

Bitcoin’s market fundamentals have stayed strong in 2025, despite the asset’s price and sentiment declining toward the end of the year, says Strategy CEO Phong Le.“The fundamentals of the market this year for Bitcoin couldn’t be better,” Le told the…

X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, makes the social media platform more truth-friendly with responses that oppose users who turn to it to confirm political biases, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said.“The easy ability to call Grok on Twitter is probably the…

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao proposed additional security measures to “eradicate” address poisoning, including wallet warnings and blacklists of suspicious accounts.”All wallets should simply check if a receiving address is a ‘poison address,’ and block the user. This is a blockchain…

Prediction markets have emerged as one of the cryptocurrency sector’s most consequential, if not contested, frontiers. Once the domain of niche platforms, they are now attracting serious attention from major exchanges, venture capital and even traditional financial institutions. As prediction markets…

Pudgy Penguins ran an animated display on the Las Vegas Sphere during Christmas week, projecting its penguin characters across the venue’s exterior screens.In a post on X, Pudgy Penguins said its animations went live on Christmas Eve on the exterior…

Crypto markets are often explained through narratives. Political developments, regulatory headlines, institutional adoption, and cycle-based expectations dominate the price action during volatile periods.These narratives influence positioning and sentiment, but over the past year, price sustainability has been dictated more by…

Canton Coin has climbed about 27% over the past week, Cointelegraph data shows, outpacing the broader cryptocurrency market as traders reacted to fresh signals of institutional adoption.The gains follow a Dec. 17 announcement from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation…

The Bitcoin mining industry has faced a harsher operating environment since the 2024 halving, a core feature of Bitcoin’s monetary design that cuts block rewards roughly every four years to enforce long-term scarcity. While the halving strengthens Bitcoin’s economic hardness,…

The hockey stick growth of stablecoin adoption The stablecoin market reached a pivotal milestone on Dec. 12, 2025, hitting $310 billion in total value. That represents a 70% increase in just one year. This growth is not just another cryptocurrency…

Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Bitcoin privacy tool Samourai Wallet, spent Christmas Eve documenting his first day inside a US federal prison, offering a personal account as a crypto developer now serving a five-year sentence.In a letter shared by The Rage,…

Key takeaways:Fed pauses could pressure crypto, but “stealth QE” may cushion downside risks.Liquidity matters more than cuts, shaping the direction of BTC and ETH in Q1 2026.The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates three times in 2025, largely in the…

Quantum computing has long been viewed as a threat to cryptocurrencies, a technology that could one day crack the cryptography securing Bitcoin and other blockchains. In 2026, that fear is resurfacing as major tech firms accelerate quantum research and investment.While…