Crypto venture capital activity slowed in Q1 2026 following the exceptionally strong pace recorded in Q4 2025, according to a new report from Galaxy Digital. Venture firms invested roughly $4 billion across 355 crypto and blockchain-focused deals during the quarter, which is a 50% decline in capital invested quarter-over-quarter and a 16% drop in deal […]
Ethereum (ETH) briefly plunged below the $2,000 threshold this week for the first time since March 29. While the price has since stabilized and is currently trading near $2,002, it still remains almost 60% below August’s high of nearly $5,000. But data suggest that ETH’s largest whales are accumulating again ETH Whales Tighten Grip on […]
Global stocks have been making new highs recently, but Bitcoin (BTC), the biggest cryptocurrency based on market capitalization, is trading at almost 42% below its lifetime highs. This split has left crypto investors searching for answers, especially since the market has lumped the two asset classes together under the “risk-on” label. Diverging Drivers Between Equities […]
US prosecutors have charged Google software engineer Michele Spagnuolo, also known online as ‘AlphaRaccoon,’ with allegedly using confidential internal Google search data to profit roughly $1.2 million through bets placed on prediction market platform Polymarket. According to a criminal complaint unsealed in the Southern District of New York, Spagnuolo allegedly accessed nonpublic ‘Year in Search […]
Through HIP-3, Hyperliquid enables independent builders to construct markets that tap into the exchange’s existing architecture and liquidity. This has made it possible for venues to build tokenized stocks and even “pre-markets” for stocks that have yet to conduct an initial public offering. Ventuals is one such exchange that allows users to trade pre-markets for […]
Dell Technologies has undoubtedly become one of the latest major winners of the artificial intelligence boom, with investors piling into the stock following a blowout earnings report. The rally has also drawn close political attention after comments from President Donald Trump praising the company earlier in May. AI Server Demand Drives Record Results Dell Technologies […]
Sui Network has restored operations after a disruption that kept its blockchain offline for nearly six hours on Thursday. The Layer 1 network said the issue was caused by a bug tied to its recently released 1.72 update, which specifically affected the gas charging logic. Recurring Network Issues In a post on X, the team […]
Aave Labs announced on May 28 that its two subsidiaries located in the United Kingdom, Push Labs Ltd. and Push Virtual Assets Ltd., have been granted registration by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate as crypto asset exchange providers in the UK. The approval also gives the firms permission to issue electronic money under […]
Bankless co-founder David Hoffman said he sold his Ether holdings because he believes the long-standing “ETH is money” thesis has already largely played out. Despite this, he remains strongly bullish on Ethereum as a network. According to Hoffman, the decision did not come lightly, given that he built his career, business, community, and identity around […]
Strategy’s preferred stock STRC is now a larger buyer of Bitcoin (BTC) in peak weeks than every US spot ETF combined. However, unlike ETF flows, it only moves in one direction, and that asymmetry, according to a recent analysis by on-chain researchers at Pine Analytics, is why STRC’s volatility is becoming one of the most […]