By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The crypto market remains directionless, with bitcoin (BTC) languishing below $100,000 before the U.S. jobs report. It’s surprising prices have not yet crossed that threshold, especially after President Donald Trump’s son, Eric, encouraged the family-linked WLFI to invest in BTC in a post on X on […]

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One bitcoin (BTC) holder metric is pointing to price growth in the months ahead even as activity on the blockchain falls to its lowest in a year, a CryptoQuant analysis noted this week. The firm’s Bitcoin Network Activity Index has been down 15% since November 2024’s record high and stands at 3,760 as of Friday

Consensys, the Ethereum software developer best known for its MetaMask wallet, has twice been hit by U.S. authorities’ attempts to exclude it from the financial system, despite the best efforts of its bank the second time around, founder and CEO Joe Lubin said in an interview. The company survived what’s known as Operation Chokepoint 2.0

Riot Platforms (RIOT) mined 527 Bitcoin (BTC) in January, marking its highest monthly production since December 2023 and reflecting a 2% increase from the previous month, according to Farside data. However, the broader bitcoin mining sector reported underwhelming production figures, with most major mining firms experiencing month-over-month declines. MARA Holdings (MARA) mined 750 BTC in

Ether (ETH) has underperformed other cryptocurrencies in recent months as the Ethereum blockchain has faced “intense” competition from other networks, Wall Street bank JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report on Wednesday. The token lacks a compelling narrative like that of its larger peer bitcoin (BTC, the bank said, adding that bitcoin benefits from its

Alexey Pertsev, the Tornado Cash developer found guilty of money laundering in 2024, is set to be released from prison on Friday to prepare for his appeal, he said in a post on X. The 31-year old Russian national was sentenced to 64 months in a Dutch prison last May after an indictment said Pertsev

Bitcoin (BTC) continues to dawdle, failing to capture trader enthusiasm amid chatter about prices being overvalued, while gold remains strong ahead of the release of the U.S. jobs report, which will influence the Fed’s rate plans. Recent analysis from CryptoQuant indicates that bitcoin’s fair value lies between $48,000 and $95,000, highlighting that it appears overvalued

Investment firm VanEck predicts Solana’s SOL will touch $520 by the end of 2025 as the demand for smart contract platforms (SCP) grows and M2 money supply increases in the coming months. M2 money supply measures how much money is circulating in the U.S. economy, which tends to influence the crypto market. M2 money supply

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took the first step toward allowing new crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking the price of assets like Litecoin and Solana, as well as new ways of redeeming funds from existing crypto ETFs on Thursday, while companies took another step toward launching XRP ETFs in a further sign of the