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Solana's privacy-focused AI wallet is gaining attention as AI integration with financial data and digital identities becomes more prevalent. This wallet stands out in the private AI market, emphasizing the importance of privacy in the digital age.
By evaluating Bitcoin through physics and network growth models rather than traditional economics, researcher argues that the asset follows a predictable power law trajectory pointing to a $1 million valuation within eight years.
Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee predicts a major breakout for Ethereum following years of rangebound trading, driven by tokenization and institutional adoption. Speaking on Coinage, Lee also revealed that Bitmine is nearing its goal of holding 5% of all circulating ETH.
A Senate report accuses Tether’s USDT stablecoin of enabling Iran’s shadow banking system, with $344 million in USDT previously frozen by the U.S. Treasury. Senator Blumenthal calls it a 'superhighway' for sanctions evasion.
Singapore's crypto economy grew 55.4% to $284 billion, driven by a 94% surge in institutional-platform activity. Meanwhile, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam saw significant growth in small-value P2P transfers.
A Brazilian financial operator managing $4 trillion in assets has begun mirroring selected investment fund records on the XRP Ledger. This move leverages blockchain for transparency while maintaining the official database as the primary record.
Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras is testing Cardano’s blockchain in two research projects. One aims to prevent emissions benefits from being counted twice, while the other traces fuel data from production to use. This marks a significant step in using blockchain for sustainability in the energy sector.
Seven commissioner seats at the SEC and CFTC will be empty after Friday, leaving only three leaders to oversee the $3 trillion crypto industry. Illinois is also drafting new crypto tax rules that would apply its 0.2% digital asset transaction tax to DeFi platforms, stablecoins, and self-custody transfers.
Citi and Coinbase are expanding their partnership to provide businesses with infrastructure that connects traditional fiat payments and stablecoins. This move aims to make stablecoin payments more accessible for corporate clients.
Aztec Labs has relaunched its zk.money wallet on the Aztec Network, allowing users to make private stablecoin payments using readable tags. This move enhances privacy on Ethereum, following the wallet's discontinuation in 2023. The wallet is self-custodial, meaning users have full control over their funds.
Hackers behind the Bitget exchange breach have moved $4 million of the stolen Zcash into a privacy pool, making the funds harder to trace. This move highlights the challenges in tracking and recovering stolen crypto assets. The hackers used Zcash's Ironwood upgrade to hide the transactions, which is a significant development in the ongoing investigation.
A sharp red session with compositional divergence beneath the headline. Total market cap shed 3.36% to $2.881T, the largest single-session decline since…
Macro analyst Jordy Visser argues that despite interest rate hikes and broader market headwinds, digital assets are breaking out as autonomous AI agents begin populating crypto infrastructure.
Coinbase has received CFTC approval to operate a US derivatives clearinghouse, allowing it to list, broker, and clear fully collateralized products in-house. This move mirrors Kraken's parent company Payward's earlier acquisition of Bitnomial's derivatives infrastructure. Coinbase Clearing will accept USDC as collateral and offer around-the-clock settlement, though margined products will remain with partners.
BitMine, led by Tom Lee, is nearing its goal of owning 5% of Ether’s supply by early November. The firm currently holds over 4.9% of Ether’s circulating supply, valued at $17.2 billion. The question remains whether BitMine will continue its aggressive buying spree beyond this milestone.
Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade is set to launch on the Sepolia testnet on October 6, bringing proposer-builder separation, block-level access lists, and new gas pricing. The mainnet date remains unset.
Ethereum's leading liquid restaking protocol is abandoning its core business due to shrinking yields and rising smart-contract risks, pivoting to build a crypto neobank instead. The move signals the end of the restaking gold rush.
Near Intents identified and blocked over $50 million in attempted transfers from the Bitget hack. However, most of the rejected funds were later moved through other swap services. This highlights the challenges of tracking and freezing stolen crypto assets.
Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is evolving beyond a traditional blockchain into a 'cryptographic world computer' by 2030, with Hegota as the last conventional fork and all future upgrades built on recursive STARKs and formal verification.
ChainTVL, a new free dashboard from the team behind CryptoCatalyst, tracks total value locked across the top 50 blockchains, with stablecoin supply, chain comparisons, and a modeled view of where DeFi capital is moving, all built on DefiLlama data.
Total market cap shed 1.46% to $2.902T, with 24h volume at $126.84B — roughly flat from yesterday's $126.3B but still elevated relative to the $64.45B collapse…
A sharp red session with compositional divergence beneath the headline. Total market cap shed 4.17% to $2.874T, the largest single-session decline since…
Solana ETFs saw a record $188 million in inflows last week, with Bitwise capturing two-thirds of the total. Friday alone saw $87 million in inflows, setting a new daily record.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2409, a law prohibiting public officials from issuing memecoins and barring exchanges from listing tokens tied to politicians. Newsom framed the move as a direct response to President Trump's $TRUMP memecoin, calling it 'The Opposite of Trump.'