Cardano (ADA) Breaks Above $0.64 as Staking Addresses Top 1.3 Million

Cardano’s ADA ADA token climbed 3% over the past 24 hours, trading near $0.6460 at midday Monday after reaching a high of $0.6502. The price advance coincided with a new staking milestone that reinforces the network’s long-term strength. According to an X post by TapTools, Cardano has now surpassed 1.3 million staking addresses, cementing its […]

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Strategy Adds Over 10K BTC to Its Bitcoin Treasury, Funded by New STRD Offering

Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of Strategy (MSTR). Strategy (MSTR), the largest corporate holder of bitcoin BTC, has expanded its holdings with a new 10,100 BTC purchase, mainly funded by proceeds from its latest preferred stock offering, STRD. The acquisition brings Strategy’s total bitcoin holdings to 592,100 BTC, now valued at

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Ether Price Surges 4% as Markets Mostly Shrug Off Escalating Middle East Tensions

Ether (ETH) ETH traded firmly above $2,600 on Monday, up 3.71% over the last 24 hours, as global markets adopted a risk-on stance despite rising geopolitical tension in the Middle East. ETH hit an intraday high of $2,636.76 before settling around $2,614 during the early U.S. trading session. The move higher came as traditional markets

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Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin Holds Above $100K as Iran, Israel Trade Blows

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin’s BTC continued choppy trading near January’s highs of around $110,000 has some observers drawing parallels with 2021, when the bull market ended with twin peaks closer to $70,000. Not everyone agrees. “The market dynamics between 2021 and today are completely different,” Jeff Anderson, head of

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Pakistan Engages Michael Saylor in Bold Push Toward Bitcoin-Backed Economy

Pakistan has taken a significant leap toward integrating digital assets into its economic roadmap by hosting bitcoin BTC advocate Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (MSTR). In a high-profile meeting with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Minister of State for Crypto and Blockchain Bilal Bin Saqib, discussions centered around positioning bitcoin as a sovereign-grade asset

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Hyperliquid’s HYPE Becomes Fifth Largest Token in Futures Trading; XRP Remains Ahead

HYPE, the token of leading decentralized perpetual exchange Hyperliquid, is now the fifth-largest digital asset by futures open interest. At the time of writing, the dollar value of the number of active or open bets in HYPE futures (perpetual and standard) traded worldwide was $2.06 billion, according to data source Coinglass. That placed HYPE ahead

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UK Startup Optalysys Debuts Server for Blockchains

Optalysys, a U.K.-based startup focused on secure computing, has introduced what it claims to be the world’s first server for blockchains that can process data at scale without decrypting it. The firm’s LightLocker node is a server that uses Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), a mathematical technique allowing computations to be performed on encrypted data without

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TON-Based Protocol Affluent Wants to Make Telegram a Financial Super App

A TON-based money market protocol wants to make messaging platform Telegram a super app for decentralized finance (DeFi). Affluent, which will be accessed as a mini app within Telegram, has debuted as a kind of “smart bank for crypto,” serving as a one-stop hub, providing lending pools and yield strategies, according to an emailed announcement

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