Hong Kong-based investment firm Trend Research has continued accumulating Ether even as one of the biggest corporate ETH holders expects a sharp drawdown during the first quarter of 2026.Trend Research acquired $35 million in Ether (ETH), pushing its holdings above…

The price of silver continues to notch new highs amid a precious metals market boom, with the asset trading in a very crypto-like fashion over the weekend with sharp volatility. Silver hit a new all-time high of almost $84 on Sunday,…

Nigerian stocks are showing no sign of giving up their uptrend momentum any moment soon as their fourth successive weekly gain this month, reported last week, could serve as a herald of a solid start for the new year in…

Ethereum’s staking queue has flipped the exit line for the first time in six months, with almost twice as much ETH now lined up to be staked as ETH trying to leave the network.The entry queue for validators has roughly…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has claimed Bitcoin provides healthy competition for the US dollar, which in turn pressures policymakers to maintain fiscal discipline and helps preserve the US dollar’s dominance.“[Bitcoin] provides a check and balance on the dollar in the…

A proposed 5% tax on billionaires’ wealth in California has drawn a strong response from crypto executives, who argue it would trigger an exodus of entrepreneurs and capital flight, and would be wasted anyway.The ballot initiative, known as the 2026…

French video gaming giant Ubisoft has been forced to halt the live services of Rainbow Six Siege after hackers breached the game and dished out 2 billion in-game credits to every player.The exploit was initially confirmed by the team via…

Nze Anosike is a real estate developer and Lead Partner at Cribz Apartment and Cribz Construction Nigeria Limited. In this interview with DENNIS NAKU, he reflects on his ten years in the industry, the challenges of real estate in the…

deBridge founder Alex Smirnov has urged validators on the Flow blockchain to stop processing transactions until the Flow Foundation devises a remediation plan for users impacted by its controversial rollback of the chain.The rollback was in response to the theft…

Digital asset treasury (DAT) companies face a grim future heading into 2026, with shares in many of the largest players sharply down, industry executives say.“Going into the next year, I think that the outlook for DATs is looking a bit…

Nigeria’s move to bring back capital gains tax on equity investments has gone beyond a routine fiscal discussion, revealing underlying weaknesses in the country’s capital market. As investors reassess risk, foreign participation wanes, and liquidity providers pull back, the policy…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) on Sunday said it has completed the main line to the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline. The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Bayo Ojulari, on Sunday, after meeting with President Bola…

The yearly Bitcoin (BTC) price candle is set to close in the red, ending 2025 lower than at the start of the year, unless BTC can rise by 6.24% above the yearly open of about $93,374. “3 days for Bitcoin to…

The Bitcoin (BTC) network mining difficulty, the relative computing challenge of adding a new block to the ledger, increased slightly to 148.2 trillion in the last adjustment of 2025 and is projected to rise again in January 2026.The next Bitcoin…

Bitcoin (BTC) has outperformed gold and silver by several orders of magnitude since 2015, racking up a 27,701% gain, compared to silver’s 405% gain and gold’s 283% appreciation during the same period, according to author and analyst Adam Livingston. “Even ignoring…