Most crypto investors still obsess over price charts. But in 2026, a growing share of attention is shifting back to improving the fundamentals of the protocols. Ethereum, Solana and Avalanche are preparing some of their largest protocol upgrades in years,…

UK regulators are calling for tokenization and “new forms of digital money” to be part of the core infrastructure of the country’s future retail payment ecosystem.In a Thursday update to the government’s roadmap for modernizing retail payment systems, HM Treasury…

Standard Chartered and USDC issuer Circle have developed a system that lets institutional clients mint and redeem the USDC stablecoin through a bank-led onboarding process.Standard Chartered said Thursday it is the first Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) to offer such…

The Solana Foundation, the Swiss organization that supports the Solana network’s development, launched a new framework for protocol-level governance that enables proposing and voting on governance decisions for the Solana blockchain. The Solana Governance Proposals (SGPs) establish a standard that enables…

Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Taiko reopened its bridge and restored full operations after a June exploit drained up to $1.7 million. On Thursday, Taiko announced that users could once again move funds to and from the network after completing the final stage…

Japanese investment company Metaplanet acquired 2,823 Bitcoin during the second quarter at a price below its average purchase price, as its holdings surpassed 43,000 BTC.The company acquired its latest trove at an average price of about 12.71 million yen ($88,300),…

The company behind the dYdX decentralized exchange (DEX) has partnered with Robinhood to rebrand and launch the protocol as Arcus on the Robinhood Chain. An X account for Arcus posted on Wednesday that “dYdX is now Arcus” and would launch…

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has promised a “more ambitious” approach to tackling crypto ransom attacks after confirming there were 77 kidnapping, extortion or attempted extortion incidents linked to crypto in the first half of 2026. Nuñez said Tuesday that the…

The Erik Voorhees-founded Venice AI has achieved unicorn status after raising $65 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation. Led by Dragonfly and with backing from Coinbase Ventures, F-Prime, North Island Ventures, Morgan Creek and others, the funding…

Bitcoin could face further downside pressure after ending June below its 200-week moving average but above its realized price, a combination that crypto analyst PlanB says suggests the market has yet to reach a bear market bottom.Bitcoin fell 20.5% in…

Shares in the Trump family-backed American Bitcoin (ABTC) sank to an all-time low on Wednesday after the crypto miner set a date for a 1-for-15 reverse stock split in a bid to stay listed on the Nasdaq.American Bitcoin said its…

Bitcoin (BTC) rallied to $60,000 at Wednesday’s Wall Street open as stocks moved higher and US dollar strength fell.Key points:Bitcoin catches an early tailwind at the start of July’s first US trading session, rising with stocks.US dollar strength cools as…

Bitcoin (BTC) has delivered a key trend change setup in the latest sign that the macro downtrend could soon reverse.Key points:Bitcoin is seeing its first “perfected” TD9 indicator downtrend setup on monthly time frames since mid-2022.While not a “buy signal”…

Bitcoin (BTC) traded as high as $60,200 on Wednesday, up about 2.7% over the past 24 hours after falling to a 21-month low of $57,737 earlier in the session. Ether (ETH) and Solana (SOL) also gained, up 3% and 4.85%,…

Key takeaways:Persistent spot Bitcoin ETF outflows and US dollar strength reduce the odds of a quick bounce to $65,000.Strong AI sector earnings momentum and higher fixed-income returns pull capital from Bitcoin and gold.Bitcoin (BTC) reacted positively to US Federal Reserve…