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Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox says the proposed Ironwood upgrade will give users immediate, trustless verification that ZEC’s circulating supply is sound from the first block of activation. His comments address a central concern in the Zcash community following the disclosure of a recently remediated O...

Dormant accounts are the hardest part. That is one of the quiet admissions buried in Stellar’s newly released Quantum Preparedness Plan, a phased roadmap to migrate the entire network to quantum-safe cryptography by the end of 2027. The Stellar Development Foundation said it will seek communit...

Mastercard has launched Agent Pay for AI, a new protocol designed to enable artificial intelligence agents to pay each other and send micropayments — storing the permissions that humans grant their AI agents on Polygon, a blockchain network built on top of Ethereum, according to an exclusive report ...

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is facing a new round of allegations after NFT creator Masato Alexander published additional on-chain tracing work tied to large ADA movements during the 2021 market rally. The claims add another layer to an already contentious debate over Cardano’s early allocation...

Maelstrom, the family office of BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, has published its first annual report for its Bitcoin Grant Program — revealing that four active developers have collectively advanced Bitcoin’s privacy, security, and codebase resilience across a 20-month program that began in Oc...

Over the last year, the XRP value has declined by almost 50%, erasing the majority of the gains that were realized from the 2024 rally. As time has gone on, the sentiment surrounding the altcoin has continued to decline, with many investors lamenting this poor performance. Recently, one XRP investor...

The banking arm of Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings is reportedly launching a crypto rewards program for depositors as part of a broader push to expand its digital assets business. Related Reading: ‘Time For CLARITY Act’: Over 200 Crypto Organizations Push For Senate Vote SBI Shinsei Launches B...

A new investigation by Reuters alleges that the Trump family has generated $2.3 billion from its four main crypto ventures, while investors in those projects have absorbed losses of a similar magnitude, amounting to roughly $2.3 billion, including paper losses, by the end of April. World Liberty Sal...

Iran’s deputy foreign minister pushed back on Monday, saying Tehran had nothing to do with deliberately bringing down the American helicopter, suggesting what happened could have been an unintended consequence of heightened tensions in the region. That denial, however, did not stop US Presiden...

On-chain analytics firm Glassnode has revealed how the latest Ethereum cycle never reached a profitability threshold cleared in previous bull runs. Ethereum Has Seen Its Profitability Profile Compress This Cycle In a new post on X, Glassnode has talked about how the share of supply carrying a gain o...

Ethereum is struggling below $1,700 as selling pressure and market uncertainty continue to define the short-term price structure. The asset has lost significant ground from the levels that briefly offered hope of a sustained recovery — but data from Arkham Intelligence has revealed an institutional ...

Seoul police returned to Bithumb’s headquarters on Monday, carrying out a second search tied to a corruption probe centered on independent lawmaker Kim Byung-ki and claims that his son’s hiring at the exchange may have come through political pressure. The move came months after the first raid and pu...

Ethereum is trading below $1,700 as the market faces a key test that will determine whether the current level holds as support or gives way to further deterioration. The price has already dropped approximately 28% from recent levels — and a CryptoQuant analyst has identified a development in the der...

Kristin Smith, President of the Solana Policy Institute and CEO at the Blockchain Association, urged the US Senate to pass the anticipated CLARITY Act on Tuesday, while emphasizing four specific priorities she said must be addressed before the bill receives a full vote. Protect Developers, Target Ba...

BlackRock has entered the quantum-computing debate with a new report warning that future breakthroughs could eventually threaten the cryptography securing Bitcoin, Ethereum and much of the broader digital-asset market. The firm’s central message is not that blockchains face an immediate crisis, but ...

Amid the recent sell-off that pushed the XRP price to test the key $1 support level, a small window of optimism has started to show up again. The token is beginning to align with a rare monthly relative strength index (RSI) setup that—according to past cycles—has appeared before major, explosive ral...

Data shows Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have continued to see outflows recently while Ethereum funds have diverged with inflows. Ethereum Spot ETFs Saw Net Inflows On Monday According to data from SoSoValue, Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs have diverged in trend recently. “Spot ETF...

Market experts note that Bitcoin (BTC) is currently showing a strange mix of strength and weakness, with transaction activity climbing toward record levels even as its price continues to fall. At the moment, the market is under severe bearish pressure, yet on-chain data suggests a major shift could ...

Sam Bankman-Fried says he would “absolutely” welcome a pardon from US President Donald Trump. Trump, for his part, has already said no. Related Reading: Trump-Affiliated Stablecoin Hit With HTX Delisting Amid Asset Freeze Controversy Cellmate Speaks Up Michael Avenatti, who shared a pris...

Despite a brief bounce, Bitcoin is still struggling with heightened volatility, capping every upward attempt and keeping its price below the $65,000 mark. In this unfavorable market environment, the flagship asset may be entering a crucial phase as leverage steadily dries up across the market. Moder...