After a few consecutive days of little to no actual action, bitcoin’s price surged Monday morning to just over $90,000, where it faced some resistance. This raises questions whether this latest rally is just another repeat of what has been transpiring for the past several weeks – breakout attempts to $90,000 followed by subsequent violent […]
A new on-chain study published by the AMLBot team shows that Tether has frozen more than $3.29 billion in USDT across the Ethereum and Tron blockchains between 2023 and 2025, blacklisting 7,268 addresses in the process. The findings highlighted a sharp contrast with Circle’s USDC, which froze $109 million across just 372 addresses during the […]
Crypto venture capital firms poured billions into early-stage tokens during 2025’s risk-on rebound, but many of those bets are now trading far below their headline fundraising values. The growing gap between private funding numbers and public market caps highlights a market reset after narrative-driven optimism cooled. Data recently shared by CryptoRank shows dozens of well-funded […]
Bitcoin (BTC) reached a new all-time high above $126,000 in October, yet at the time of writing, it was trading near $88,000. This significant retreat highlights a deeper truth: headline highs have masked a deeply fractured market where most cryptocurrencies have been left in a prolonged chill. A Stark Divergence in Performance Analytics platform SoSoValue’s […]
Meme coins and artificial intelligence (AI) have been dominating crypto mindshare in 2025, amidst massive investor interest across the world. But a new report suggests that their popularity failed to translate into performance. This could mean that the frenzy for purely speculative crypto may be subsiding, especially as investors grow cautious amid a choppy Q4. […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged three entities that claimed to operate crypto asset trading platforms, along with four so-called investment clubs, for allegedly running a large-scale fraud that targeted retail investors through social media. According to the SEC, Morocoin Tech Corp., Berge Blockchain Technology Co. Ltd., and Cirkor Inc., together with […]
Centralized exchanges (CEXs) firmly dominated global crypto derivatives activity throughout the year, as total trading volume reached about $85.7 trillion and average daily turnover was roughly $264.5 billion. Trading followed a “low start, high finish” pattern, amidst tight macro liquidity early in the year and stronger risk appetite later on. CoinGlass said that the global […]
Citing the overall direction X (formerly Twitter) is heading, IOHK’s leader, Charles Hoskinson, said he would be leaving the platform in less than a week, when a “digital twin” takes over the account. He didn’t give any further details about his replacement to his million followers on X, but promised to do so in the […]
The USX stablecoin on Solana lost its dollar peg on December 26, collapsing to just $0.10 on secondary markets. This sudden drop, caused by a severe lack of liquidity, marks one of the most extreme depegs for a major stablecoin this year. Market Strain and Rapid Response According to blockchain security firm PeckShield, which raised […]
Wintermute founder and CEO Evgeny Gaevoy said the trading firm will vote against Aave’s token alignment proposal, adding to the growing opposition within the Aave DAO as the vote nears its conclusion. In a detailed thread on X, Gaevoy said Wintermute disagrees with the proposal “as it stands,” while arguing that it asks tokenholders to […]