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On Tuesday, bitcoin (BTC) options trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) showed the strongest bullish sentiment since Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 election victory. Traders scrambled to buy calls, or options offering asymmetric upside exposure, driving the skew higher to 4.4%, the most since early November, according to data tracked by digital assets index provider … Read more
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has a new interim chairman: former Amazon executive Doug Gurr (pictured above). The announcement comes as the U.K. seeks to position itself as a pro-growth, pro-tech nation by cutting red-tape and bureaucracy, with artificial intelligence (AI) taking center stage. The country is also nearing the end of a … Read more
Calamos Investments launches Bitcoin ETFs with capped returns and downside protection, offering investors regulated exposure to Bitcoin with risk management options.
Despite the ruling, Tornado Cash developer Pertsev remains under arrest for money laundering-related charges, despite operating a non-custodial crypto mixer.
Jupiter, a Solana-based decentralized exchange, will airdrop 700 million JUP tokens to its community on Wednesday in what it is calling the “largest airdrop in history.” The airdrop is a part of the project’s annual “Jupuary” event, which was voted into existence alongside another event in 2026 in a governance vote in December. It is … Read more
Bitcoin bulls have their work cut out on both short and long timeframes, BTC price analysis shows.
Bitcoin (BTC) mining is likely to remain profitable this year with the economics of production holding steady, Canaccord Genuity said in a research report Tuesday. The broker said mining fundamentals are strong, “with cost-to-mine sitting somewhere in the ~$26,000-$28,000 range per bitcoin for most leading players.” The world’s largest cryptocurrency was trading around $105,000 at … Read more
Eric Conner, a prominent core developer at Ethereum, has left the ecosystem community after a nearly 11-year affiliation citing network co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s dismissal of a leadership shake-up proposal. Conner is a co-author of EIP-1559, the major network change that shifted how transaction fees worked on Ethereum. He isn’t officially employed by Ethereum but has … Read more
Safe protocol’s smart account infrastructure has executed over 84 Safe Multi-sig transactions processing over $995M in volume for World Liberty Financial in their institutional wallet. This growing pattern of major institutions choosing Safe for treasury operations reinforces its position as the leading secure infrastructure layer for digital assets. This week the Ethereum Foundation has begun … Read more
Solana’s validators experienced a record influx of over 100,000 SOL, worth nearly $25.8 million, in fees and tips due to intense trading activity of the TRUMP and MELANIA tokens. The peak occurred on Jan. 20, with validators receiving over 87,000 SOL, driven largely by the TRUMP token’s rally, before MELANIA attracted bets. The surge in … Read more
Indian fintech Jar has turned cash flow positive, an executive at the Tiger Global-backed startup confirmed on Wednesday. The three-year-old startup, which offers savings and investment services to consumers, achieved the milestone while still growing by more than 10 times last year, according to an investor note seen by TechCrunch. The profitability push comes as … Read more
Ethereum core developer Eric Conner exits, citing Vitalik Buterin’s leadership decisions, shifts focus to building AI tools like Freysa.ai.
London startup Vertice has made a name for itself over the years in the very crowded world of expense management with a focus on applying AI to optimize a single area where businesses, collectively, are currently sinking hundreds of billions of dollars in IT budgets that are exceeding $5 trillion annually: software and cloud spend. … Read more
TRUMP memecoin riches have spurred billions of dollars for the newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump, an amount he termed as “peanuts” compared to corporate bigwigs in his first address of the token since launch. “I don’t know much about it other than when I launched it. I heard it was successful,” Trump said in … Read more
Privacy-focused digital assets might make some noise soon as their leader, monero (XMR), has broken out of a prolonged “basing pattern,” signaling a bullish shift in momentum. For over two years, monero was locked in a basing pattern or low-volatility price consolidation between $100 to $200, marking a demand-supply equilibrium following the crash from the … Read more
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Circle plans to integrate USYC with its USDC stablecoin to enable convertibility between cash and tokenized collateral.
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10x Research’s Markus Thielen says Bitcoin is moving in $18,000 blocks and predicts it could hit $122,000 by February.
Need evidence of the crypto market’s maturation? Look no further than Deribit, the crypto exchange that registered record trading volumes in 2024. Total trading volume in Deribit’s product suite, which comprises crypto options, perpetual futures, volatility futures, and spot market, rose 95% from $608 billion in 2023 to $1.185 trillion in 2024. Options alone registered … Read more
CLS Global admitted to helping wash trade and manipulate the market for a token made by the FBI designed to draw in those engaged in fraudulent crypto activities.
World Liberty Financial Financial (WLFI), the crypto project backed by the family of U.S. President Donald Trump, has made another purchase of Tron’s TRX for its treasury on-chain data shows. “As a strong advocate for blockchain technology and innovation in cryptocurrencies, I’m excited to see World Liberty Financial integrate TRON as a key part of … Read more