Ripple’s XRP experienced a modest revival last week, but its momentum was halted at $2.40, and the asset now struggles below $2.30. What’s more worrying about its potential in the following weeks is the behavior of whales and long-term holders, as the latter cohort of investors has been showing a rather different approach than in […]
New on-chain research from Arkham Intelligence this week shows that the wallet address holding the most ETH today is not an individual, not an exchange, not an ETF issuer, but the staking contract that secures Ethereum. According to Arkham, the ETH2 Beacon Deposit Contract currently holds more than 72.4 million ETH, worth around $252 billion […]
A prominent economist is pushing for a major change in how cryptocurrency markets operate, arguing they need rules similar to those of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to stop extreme drops in the values of digital assets. In a November 6 post on X, Alex Krüger said the absence of regulated market makers has […]
Authorities have handed a five-year prison sentence to the co-founder of the crypto mixing platform Samourai Wallet following their guilty plea. This development has sparked a debate over the line between privacy and crime in the digital asset space. Crypto Privacy Debate U.S. District Judge Denise Cote sentenced Keonne Rodriguez for conspiring to operate an […]
Bitcoin (BTC) is demonstrating signs of healthy consolidation on Binance, with key liquidity metrics reaching multi-month highs. According to analysts, this activity means the market is building strength for its next major move, even though short-term price action is still volatile. Market Mechanics Signal Accumulation As noted in a report by Arab Chain, Binance’s recent […]
The Balancer v2 exploit on November 3rd resulted in losses of around $120 million across its main protocol and multiple forks. According to the SlowMist security team’s post-incident analysis, the exploit stemmed from a precision loss flaw in the integer fixed-point arithmetic used to calculate scaling factors inside Composable Stable Pools, which are designed for […]
The stablecoin issuing giant Tether has announced a partnership with two entities to foster the advancement of the tokenized securities sector. The firm’s asset tokenization division, Hadron by Tether, will spearhead the collaboration. The companies involved include the tokenized securities platform Bitfinex Securities and the asset manager KraneShares. According to a press release sent to […]
Columbia Business School professor Omid Malekan said that any analysis of why crypto prices continue to fall needs to include Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs), because in aggregate, they turned out to be a mass extraction and exit event, which is a reason for prices to go down. He said there are a few exceptions, but […]
The XRP Ledger’s native decentralized exchange (DEX) just hit an all-time high of 954,000 daily transactions on November 4, according to on-chain data. While this activity marked one of the busiest days in recent months for the network, the market performance of its associated XRP token presents a different picture. Record XRP DEX Activity Fails […]
Bitcoin’s liquidity is drying up as the ongoing U.S. government shutdown enters its second month, freezing federal flows and rattling crypto prices. This fiscal gridlock is forcing a major shift in investor behavior, moving capital toward the perceived safety of stablecoins and away from more volatile digital assets. On-Chain Data Points to Defensive Moves Analysis […]