Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says bitcoin could hit $6.5 million in 20 years
After a bruising 2025, Hougan sees sideways Bitcoin trading, rising institutional interest and early central bank curiosity setting up the next cycle.
Bitcoin Mining Profits Hit 14-Month Low After Winter Storm Rocks Miners: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin miners are "extremely underpaid" given the price of Bitcoin and current BTC mining conditions, according to a CryptoQuant report.
21Shares launches first Jito staked Solana ETP in Europe
The product offers exchange-traded exposure to JitoSOL with staking rewards embedded, as liquid staking ETFs remain under review in the United States.
El Salvador's central bank buys $50 million of gold as government keeps adding bitcoin
The bitcoin-friendly nation's central bank now holds over $360 million of the yellow metal, while the government, led by President Nayib Bukele, has bitcoin holdings worth $635 million.
Four risks from stablecoins that drain $1.5tn from banks, says Standard Chartered
Banks pay lower interest rates on regular customers’ savings accounts because those deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC.
Rodeo becomes 2nd NFT platform to announce closure this week
NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway announced on Saturday that it was shutting down, and has now been followed by Rodeo, which only launched on iOS in March last year.
Bitmine’s staked Ether holdings point to $164M in annual staking revenue
The publicly traded Ether treasury has more than 2 million ETH staked, with total holdings of more than 4.2 million, or 3.5% of the outstanding supply.
Ethereum blockchain beats its own speed-ups, but there's a catch
Ethereum’s daily active addresses climbed above major layer-2 networks in January as lower fees revived on-chain activity.
Ethereum Foundation makes post quantum security a top priority as new team forms
EF researcher Justin Drake says a new post quantum team will drive wallet safety upgrades, research prizes and test networks as quantum timelines shorten.
UK finance watchdog nears final consultation step on key crypto rules
The Financial Conduct Authority has begun seeking final feedback on a set of proposals aiming to apply traditional finance standards to the UK crypto sector.
