DeFi Captures 5x Fee of Blockchains, Value Drifts to Front-End Apps
Revenue in the crypto industry is increasingly flowing to user-facing applications rather than the underlying blockchain networks, according to recent...
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Short Squeeze Hits Top 500 Cryptos, Traders Unwind Bearish Bets
Cryptocurrency markets staged their largest short squeeze since the selloff in early October, as a rebound in prices forced bearish...
Algorand Foundation returns to the US, appoints new board for strategic blockchain initiatives
Key Takeaways Algorand Foundation has re-established its headquarters in Delaware. A new board of directors has been appointed, led by...
Mantra Restructures, Cuts Staff After OM Token Collapse
Update Jan. 14, 2:20 pm UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from Manta CEO John Patrick Mullin.Mantra,...
Franklin Templeton Retrofits Money Market Funds for US Stablecoin Regime
Franklin Templeton has amended two Western Asset institutional money market funds (MMFs) to plug directly into the emerging US stablecoin...
Standard Chartered Said to Launch Crypto Brokerage, Lowers ETH Forecasts
Standard Chartered may develop a crypto prime brokerage platform, a potential expansion of the bank’s digital asset ambitions as traditional...
Bitcoin Steadies as ETF Flows Reverse and Altcoins Reprice
Cryptocurrency markets experienced a limited recovery this week as investor liquidity gradually returned after the holidays.Bitcoin (BTC) topped a weekly...
Sharplink Pockets $33M From Ether Staking, Deploys Another $170M
Public companies and crypto-focused treasury firms are increasingly turning to staking as a source of passive income.Sharplink Gaming, the world’s...
Morgan Stanley to launch digital wallet for tokenized assets: Barron’s
Key Takeaways Morgan Stanley is set to introduce a digital wallet by the end of the year. The wallet will...
What Top Crypto Companies Predict for Bitcoin in 2026
2026 could mark the clearest break yet from everything investors thought they understood about Bitcoin cycles.For more than a decade,...
Why Crypto-Treasury Stocks Fall Faster Than the Assets They Hold
Is the “crypto treasury” strategy a double-edged sword for investors? Not long ago, companies marketed crypto-treasury stocks as a straightforward...
Strive stock jumps 15% as Bitcoin treasury grows to $715M
Key Takeaways Strive acquired approximately 102 Bitcoin, reaching a total of 7,627 BTC. Shares of Strive surged 15% in intraday...
Strategy Starts 2026 With $116M Bitcoin Buy, Posts $17B Loss in Q4
Strategy, the world’s largest corporate holder of bitcoin, began the new year with its first purchase of 2026 while reporting...
Nasdaq-listed BitVentures to start Bitcoin and altcoin mining with new digital asset division
Key Takeaways BitVentures has officially launched its Digital Assets segment and entered the crypto mining industry. In building its new...
AI Could Undermine Private Messaging Apps Encryption
Artificial intelligence, a lack of awareness of data privacy, and regulatory pressures are among the biggest threats to the future...
The Bybit Hack Made Kim Jong Un Crypto’s Most Influential in 2025
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit suffered a $1.4 billion hack in February 2025 that exposed structural weaknesses in custody systems long considered...
Prenetics ends Bitcoin purchases to focus on its consumer health brand
Key Takeaways Prenetics halts its Bitcoin purchasing program to focus on its successful consumer health brand, IM8. The decision was...
Can Strategy’s $60B Bitcoin Bet Survive Debt and Market Stress in 2026?
In early 2025, Michael Saylor’s technology company MicroStrategy officially rebranded to Strategy and adopted a Bitcoin-themed visual marketing program to...
Hacken’s 2025 Security Report Shows Nearly $4B in Web3 Losses
The Hacken 2025 Yearly Security Report puts total Web3 losses at about $3.95 billion, up roughly $1.1 billion from 2024,...
JPMorgan Freezes Stablecoin Startup Accounts Over Sanctions
JPMorgan Chase has reportedly frozen bank accounts linked to two venture-backed stablecoin startups after identifying exposure to sanctioned and high-risk...
AI Pivot, Profitability Pressure & Consolidation
The Bitcoin mining industry has faced a harsher operating environment since the 2024 halving, a core feature of Bitcoin’s monetary...
How to Protect Your Crypto From Social Engineering in 2026
The majority of crypto exploits in the coming year won’t be caused by a zero-day bug in your favorite protocol,...
