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Dogecoin open interest has crashed from its July peaks to lower levels with the price drop that carried into the month of August. This steady decline has come with the price struggles triggered by uncertain market headwinds that have seen investors take a more conservative stance on the market. In t...

Institutional investors have taken center stage in crypto discussions in recent weeks, with emerging treasury companies being the talk of the town. Ethereum—behind only Bitcoin— is one of the cryptocurrencies being accumulated by the new market entrants (mostly institutional players). Interestingly,...

Michael Saylor, a high-profile Bitcoin backer and co-founder of Strategy, again used a pop-culture image to push a Bitcoin message on X. Related Reading: Trump’s Executive Order Could Be Bitcoin’s Next Big Catalyst: CEO He posted an AI-generated picture that casts him as Indiana Jones inside what lo...

Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is the Layer 2 solution to Bitcoin’s subpar performance that keeps the network miles behind providers like Solana. Bitcoin’s primary downfall is the protocol’s limitation to 7 transactions per second (TPS), which pales in comparison to Solana’s 1,183 real-time TPS and 2,909 ma...

The cryptocurrency industry has been about hitting new milestones in 2025, with the futures-based Solana and XRP ETFs (exchange-traded funds) among the latest to reach new achievements. According to the latest market data, the SOL and XRP ETFs have reached $1 billion in total capital inflows since t...

Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman has publicly called for the US central bank to implement multiple interest rate cuts before 2025 ends. Michelle’s statement comes amid a monetary policy stalemate between US President Donald Trump and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Related Reading: Trump A...

Dogecoin has never really left the headlines since its sensational 100% rally in June-July, which saw the token blast past its long-standing resistance at $0.25952. Now, with a fresh 22% gain in just the past week, fueled by both fundamental and technical momentum, $DOGE looks primed for an even mor...

A cybercrime group called “GreedyBear” has been accused of stealing over $1 million through what researchers say is one of the most wide-reaching crypto theft operations seen in months. Related Reading: Winklevoss Twins Inject Bitcoin Into Trump-Linked Mining Venture Reports from Koi Security reveal...

El Salvador has passed a new Investment Banking Law allowing private investment banks to hold $BTC and other digital assets on their balance sheets. These firms can now offer crypto services to ‘sophisticated investors’ and even obtain a Digital Asset Service Provider (PSAD) license, which would ena...

Bitcoin (BTC) prices are currently hovering near $118,000 after a modest price recovery in the last week resulted in a 4.17% price gain. With a new week ahead, a top market analyst with X username KillaXBT shares some technical insights on the present Bitcoin market structure and also discusses pote...

Eric Trump, the son of US President Donald Trump, taunted bearish traders on X as crypto prices jumped on Friday. Related Reading: JUST IN – Trump Executive Order To Expand 401(k) Investment Options, Including Crypto He told his nearly 6 million followers that seeing Ethereum shorts “get smoked” put...

Ethereum has soared to a multi-year high, touching the $4,330 level — its highest price since November 2021. This milestone not only reinforces ETH’s dominant position in the crypto market but also marks the return of co-founder Vitalik Buterin to billionaire status, with his publicly known wallets ...

Bo Hines, the Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council, announced on Saturday that he is stepping down from his role to return to the private sector. Appointed in December 2024 by the president to lead the administration’s key crypto advisory group, Hines has played a significant role in...

Ripple CTO David Schwartz has joined a heated debate after Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long criticized Ripple, the XRP Ledger (XRPL), and its stablecoin RLUSD in a podcast clip shared on X. Long questioned XRP’s decentralization, likened Ripple’s early funding to an ICO, and argued the blockchain had ...

The XRP price has been on a tear over the past few weeks, consolidating its position as the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. According to data from CoinGecko, the altcoin is one of the top gainers amongst the large-cap assets, with its value up by double digits in the last seven days. Int...

BlackRock has confirmed that the company is not currently pursuing spot ETFs for Ripple’s XRP or Solana, despite market rumors. While the XRP and SOL communities may be disappointed by the lack of immediate action, the acknowledgment from BlackRock validates their relevance in the broader crypto mar...

The US-based Ethereum ETFs (exchange-traded funds) have had a mixed performance over the past week. The crypto-linked products continued a woeful start to the month of August with consecutive withdrawals at the beginning of this week. However, US Ethereum ETFs haven’t taken much longer to turn their...

After Bitcoin and XRP, it’s now Ethereum’s turn to take center stage in what appears to be the start of its next major rally. $ETH has surged 15% in just the past three days. This move has propelled it past the $4K mark, a key psychological and technical milestone. So, why is $ETH rallying? Alongsid...

Ripple Labs and the US SEC have finally closed the book on their high-profile lawsuit after almost five years of legal back-and-forth. According to a joint filing with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, both sides agreed to drop their appeals, making Judge Analisa Torres’s 2023 ruling ...

World Liberty Financial, the Trump family-linked crypto project, is reportedly engaging major investors to form a public company to hold its WLFI tokens. The proposal aims to place WLFI on a corporate balance sheet and contribute to the rising trend of digital-asset treasury companies in the US. Rel...