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The meme coin market has been shedding value for much of the past year. According to the Meme Coin Index (MEMECOIN) by MarketVector, which tracks the six largest meme coins by market capitalization, the sector has been in a prolonged downturn. The index is down by 22.44% in year-to-date numbers, wit...

Bitcoin remains under selling pressure below the $70,000 level as the market confronts renewed uncertainty and weakening liquidity conditions. The inability to reclaim this key psychological threshold has reinforced a cautious tone among investors, with price action reflecting a broader struggle acr...

Bitcoin continues to struggle to reclaim the $70,000 level, with persistent selling pressure limiting upside momentum and keeping the market in a cautious posture. Repeated failures to break above this threshold suggest that traders remain defensive, particularly as volatility and macro uncertainty ...

Heightened volatility in the market continues to keep the price of Ethereum below the $2,000 mark, capping every attempt towards the upside. During the persistent downward price action, a divergence has emerged among ETH investors, with large holders selling while smaller holders are buying. Ethereu...

Ripple’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brad Garlinghouse has outlined XRP’s irreplaceable role within the crypto company. In a recent discussion, the crypto executive talked about how XRP is driving adoption and growth across Ripple’s ecosystem, highlighting its importance and utility in payments, t...

Crypto analyst ChartNerd has indicated that XRP is on the verge of a major bullish structure shift that could send it to new highs. The analyst also noted that it was key for the altcoin to stay above the psychological $1 level for confirmation of a move to the upside. XRP Eyes Major Bullish Structu...

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) experienced an unexpected service disruption on Wednesday, just hours before the company is scheduled to report its fourth‑quarter 2025 earnings. The outage left users temporarily unable to buy, sell, or transfer digital assets on the platform, triggering conc...

BlockFills, a Chicago-based institutional crypto lender and liquidity provider, has temporarily stopped client bitcoin deposits and withdrawals after a sharp slide in Bitcoin. Related Reading: Stablecoins See Largest Conversion Spreads In Africa, Research Shows The firm told customers the move was t...

A Deutsche Bank strategist argued that bitcoin has “decoupled” from gold and no longer fits the “digital gold” label, pointing to a sharp divergence in 2025 performance as regulation uncertainty and ETF outflows weigh on sentiment. In a Yahoo Finance interview, Deutsche Bank senior strategist Marion...

Strategy Inc. is doubling down on Bitcoin. The move is meant to calm investors while the company keeps buying the crypto asset it made core to its identity. Reports say the pivot centers on expanding a line of perpetual preferred shares that trade near $100 and pay a reset dividend each month. Relat...

David Schwartz, Ripple’s former CTO and one of the original architects of the XRP Ledger, poured cold water on the idea of returning to Bitcoin development this week, calling Bitcoin “largely a technological dead end” in a reply that quickly ricocheted through crypto’s never-ending decentralization ...

Ripple’s Chief Legal Officer (CLO), Stuart Alderoty, has signaled that a compromise may emerge soon from ongoing discussions among banks, the US Senate, and crypto leaders over stablecoin rewards. The comments followed a smaller White House meeting focused on stablecoin regulations, which highlighte...

Thailand has quietly moved a big step closer to making crypto part of its money markets. The Cabinet has given the green light to let cryptocurrencies serve as the underlying assets for regulated products such as futures and options. This opens the door for mainstream trading that is tied to real le...

Three Cardano ecosystem announcements landed onstage at Consensus Hong Kong yesterday, spanning cross-chain rails, a new stablecoin rollout timeline, and a privacy-focused network’s march to mainnet. #1 Cardano Taps LayerZero Intersect said via X its Critical Cardano Integrations workstream has appr...

Danske Bank has started offering Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs to customers for the first time, but the bank still doesn’t endorse crypto assets. Danske Bank Now Offers Bitcoin & Ethereum ETPs As announced in a press release, Danske Bank’s customers can now invest in some exchange-traded...

BlockFills, a Chicago‑based cryptocurrency trading and lending firm that caters to institutional investors, has temporarily halted client deposits and withdrawals following the latest sharp downturn in digital asset markets. The decision came after Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to around $60,000 last week b...

Africa’s promise of cheaper remittances via stablecoins is clashing with reality in many places. According to data from Borderless.xyz, January’s median spread for stablecoin-to-fiat conversions across Africa reached nearly 300 basis points — about 3% — far higher than Latin America’s roughly 1.3% a...

Paxful, once one of the largest peer‑to‑peer (P2P) Bitcoin marketplaces, has agreed to pay a $4 million criminal penalty after pleading guilty to multiple federal offenses, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday. The charges include conspiracies to promote illegal prostitution, opera...

Hong Kong financial authorities have announced new rules to expand the scope of product offerings, allowing the integration of crypto margin financing and perpetual contracts into the local virtual assets market. Related Reading: EU Proposes Ban On Russian Crypto Transactions To Crack Down Sanctions...

Goldman Sachs has disclosed a new position in XRP through regulated exchange-traded funds, reporting roughly $153 million of exposure in its latest filing for the fourth quarter of 2025. Related Reading: Crypto Markets Catch A Breather As Outflows Begin To Slow: Analysts Reports say these holdings c...