The biggest protocol change since The Merge is days away. Google Gemini AI predicts it resets Ethereum’s trajectory, and the price prediction targets a baseline of $3,800 to $4,500 by late 2026, with $4,150 as the realistic mid-case. Everything hinges on the end-of-August Glamsterdam hard fork. Gemini calls it Ethereum’s most significant protocol change since…
After gaining $15,000 in a few days, bitcoin was primed for a correction, and the asset has cooled off with a dip to $75,500, where it found some support. Most altcoins are also slightly in the red on a daily scale. HYPE, though, continues to defy the odds and has charted a fresh all-time high…
Circle now has a federal bank charter. However, the charter provides no ordinary checking accounts, FDIC-insured savings accounts, or mortgages. Circle National Trust is part of a new federal cohort built around custody, fiduciary administration, stablecoin reserves, and settlement. Ripple, BitGo, Fidelity Digital Assets, Paxos, Bridge, Crypto.com, Coinbase, Morgan Stanley and World Liberty Financial have…
What a time to be a part of the cryptocurrency markets. Unless, of course, you shorted the market on Wednesday. Then, you might have been caught on the wrong side. XRP was a no-show for weeks (and months). The token lost multiple key support zones on its painful way down and eventually slumped to $1.00.…
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rules that would bring crypto businesses into its licensing perimeter when they operate in Nigeria, serve Nigerian residents, or target the country’s investors and market through digital channels. The plan would raise the cost of serving Nigerian users by combining local-presence requirements with capital, custody, and stablecoin-reserve tests.…
The cryptocurrency market received a massive push over the past several days, with bitcoin gaining $15,000 in less than 48 hours, while the altcoins followed suit with big gains. Many meme coins did the same, including Official Trump (TRUMP) – one of the tokens linked to the First Family. However, as it has happened numerous…
Bitcoin’s price suddenly dipped to $75,500 after it failed to remain above $77,000 during the weekend. Most altcoins have followed suit, including the largest ones, which performed a lot better on Friday and Saturday. This volatility, untypical for the weekend, came amid reports that one of the most prominent market makers, Wintermute, had gone short…
Coinkite, the maker of the Coldcard Bitcoin hardware wallet, released new standard firmware on Aug. 20 that forces users to add physical randomness whenever they generate a seed. Owners who generate a seed after installing the current fixed release can use the hardened process. Owners still relying on a seed produced by affected firmware must…