Shiba Inu (SHIB) whales appear to be in a risk-off mode ahead of the pivotal U.S. inflation data, which is likely to show a renewed uptick due to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Major whale transactions exceeding $100,000 have crashed by 91.5% over the past four days, shifting market control [...]
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal has officially assumed the role of CEO of the Polygon Foundation, marking a pivot in the organization’s leadership makeup and a sweeping overhaul of the network's longterm roadmap. Nailwal, who launched the project in 2017 when it was still called Matic Network, will consolidate control and [...]
XRP XRP traded in a narrow range over the past 24 hours, consolidating between $2.27 and $2.32 as global trade tensions and diverging central bank policies weighed on investor sentiment. The digital asset demonstrated resilience amid broader market volatility, with strong buying interest emerging at key support levels. News Background [...]
Bitcoin BTC stayed steady above $109,500 in Asian morning hours Wednesday, a rebound that started after last week’s profit-taking. However, all eyes are on ether ETH with traders commenting on upside volatility in the weeks to come and reporting record volumes for certain ETH-based products on some exchanges. ETH zoomed [...]
OpenTrade has raised $7 million in a strategic round led by Notion Capital and Mercury Fund, with backing from a16z crypto, AlbionVC, and CMCC Global. The latest funding brings the London-based company’s total haul to $11 million in just six months, a signal of investor confidence in the startup’s push [...]
Decentralized Layer 1 blockchain XRP Ledger's (XRPL) sidechain that's compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) is set to go live in the second quarter, Jaazi Cooper, director of product management at Ripple, and David Schwartz, Ripple's chief technology officer said at the ongoing APEX 2025 conference in Singapore. EVM [...]
SINGAPORE – Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of crypto company Ripple Labs, stated at the XRP Ledger Apex, the Ripple (XRP) community conference in Singapore, that he remains bullish on stablecoins – a sentiment he said is reinforced by the recent blockbuster Circle CRCL initial public offering (IPO). "Circle IPO's clearly went [...]
President Donald Trump's pick to be chairman of the U.S. commodities watchdog, Brian Quintenz, fielded crypto questions more than any other topic at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, and he assured the lawmakers that the agency can walk a middle ground between unhampered innovation and robust consumer safeguards. Even [...]
Bitcoin recaptured the $110,000 level for the second consecutive day, perhaps dragged higher by even larger gains among altcoins. Up 0.9% more than 1% in the last 24 hours, bitcoin was trading just above $110,000 shortly after the close of U.S. stock markets Tuesday. The CoinDesk 20 — an index [...]
Solana SOL surged 5% in after U.S. hours on Tuesday on a Blockworks report saying that U.S. regulators are moving forward in the regulatory process necessary to make spot SOL exchange-traded funds (ETF) reality. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reportedly asked prospective issuers to amend their S-1 filings in [...]