The familiar four-year boom-and-bust pattern in cryptocurrency may have ended, according to trading firm Wintermute. In a recent analysis, the firm argued that market performance is now dictated by institutional capital flows rather than historical narratives tied to Bitcoin’s halving events. This shift means a broad market recovery in 2026 is not guaranteed and hinges […]
“ETH supply is getting intentionally harder to access,” commented macroeconomics outlet Milk Road on Monday. “Staking just hit an all-time high, with millions of ETH now queued to be locked,” they said before adding, “that is being taken off exchanges and removed from active circulation.” “This is a long-term positive signal for price appreciation.” The […]
Digital asset investment products saw strong inflows of $2.17 billion last week. This was the highest weekly total since October 10, 2025, shortly before a major market crash. Most of the inflows came earlier in the week, which indicated strong investor interest. However, sentiment flipped on Friday after outflows of a whopping $378 million hit […]
Vitalik Buterin has warned that the increasing complexity of Ethereum poses a risk to its 100-year future. He has also proposed a solution that would require an explicit “garbage collection” approach to protocol development, prioritizing simplicity over the introduction of new features. Ethereum ‘Bloat’ Raises Concerns In his latest posts shared on social media, the […]
The anticipated volatility due to the latest developments on the US-EU trade war finally arrived in crypto as BTC, alongside all altcoins, plunged hard as Asian and some futures markets opened. Somewhat expected, the liquidations are on the rise, with over $870 million wrecked in the past 24 hours. Naturally, longs are responsible for the […]
The derivatives market is witnessing a change in sentiment, with funding rates and open interest rising. A Crypto Derivatives Analytics report from the trading platform Bybit and research firm Block Scholes attributed this change to bitcoin’s (BTC) latest recovery and move to the upper $90,000 range. According to analysts, bitcoin’s breakout coincided with rising perpetual […]
Crypto-linked card payments have surpassed peer-to-peer (P2P) stablecoin transfers as the leading driver of on-chain stablecoin activity. A new study by blockchain analytics firm Artemis revealed that these transactions have quietly grown into an $18 billion market in 2025. Crypto Card Payments Overtake P2P Transfers The report showed that stablecoin volumes processed through crypto cards […]
Recent findings from blockchain security experts have revealed that fraudulent activity in the crypto space is maturing into an industrial scale. This means that bad actors, hackers, and fraudsters are increasingly executing sophisticated social engineering operations to drain victims’ wallets. A 2025 Web3 Security and Fraud Report from the blockchain security firm Cyvers revealed a […]
Base led Ethereum’s layer-2 fee rankings on January 14, generating about $147,000 in daily revenue, far ahead of Arbitrum’s roughly $39,000 and Starknet’s $9,000, according to figures shared by CryptoRank.io. The data points to a sharp concentration of activity on one network, even as most other Ethereum scaling chains struggled to clear $5,000 in fees […]
After several countries from the European Union deployed troops to the most recent hot zone, Greenland, the POTUS announced a new set of tariffs against all of them, effective from February 1 until a deal for the complete acquisition of the island is reached. The EU’s response was immediate, while US Democrats have pushed to […]