The new rollout converts BTC to dollars by default for small businesses, aiming to embed bitcoin into everyday commerce without added friction.
Aave has officially launched Aave V4 on the Ethereum mainnet after more than two years of development. The latest upgrade introduces a redesigned structure aimed at improving liquidity use, expanding credit markets, and supporting more advanced lending models. The rollout follows a cautious approach, with limited assets and conservative parameters during the early phase. Aave …
Aster shifts to a staking-only emission model, slashing monthly token unlocking by 97% and reducing supply pressure effectively.
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The CFTC said it will defer to major sports leagues on which kinds of prediction market contracts are most vulnerable to manipulation.
Washington is building a cleaner lane for digital dollars, and the consequence for Bitcoin is becoming easier to map. Over the past year, U.S. lawmakers, regulators, and the White House have moved in the same direction. The GENIUS Act framework advanced in the Senate with language built around payment stablecoins, reserve backing, consumer protection, and […]
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Shiba Inu (SHIB) is showing early signs of recovery as the broader crypto market stabilizes, with the price rebounding from recent lows and reclaiming the $0.000006 level. The renewed momentum has sparked optimism among traders, but the rally remains incomplete as SHIB approaches a crucial resistance zone. With the price now testing key levels, the …
SpaceX may sideline Robinhood and SoFi from its IPO as E*Trade leads talks to handle retail investor share distribution.
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Aster previously released nearly 80 million ASTER per month per its linear schedule, a figure expected to drop by at least 97%.
Satoshis per share climbs past 660, reinforcing rapid treasury expansion since Nasdaq debut.
Solana recent pullback may look like weakness on the surface, but it could be laying the groundwork for something much bigger. Following an extended bullish run, the ongoing correction is resetting momentum, taking out weak hands, and driving the price toward key demand zones. If history is any guide, such deep retracements often precede powerful expansions, positioning SOL for a potential breakout that could surpass previous highs. Correction Phase Sets The Tone For Solana’s Next Move Solana is getting a much-needed reality check, as highlighted by Crypto Patel, who emphasized that the journey to $1,000 will be far from smooth. Despite the excitement surrounding a potential move to $1,000, current price action suggests the market is cooling off after a strong rally. Corrections often create opportunities, especially for patient investors willing to wait for better entries rather than chasing prices at elevated levels. Related Reading: What The Solana Open Interest Is Saying About The Cryptocurrency Right Now From a structural standpoint, signs of distribution have emerged following the recent uptrend. Key support lies between $70 and $50, with notable liquidity resting below the $60 level, an area that could be targeted for a sweep. A breakdown below $70 may accelerate downside momentum, driving the price toward the $50 zone. Market behavior continues to highlight the contrast between retail and institutional participants. Retail traders often become emotionally attached to ambitious price targets, while smart money waits for discounted entries. These deeper corrections tend to shake out weaker hands, setting the stage for a stronger and more sustainable expansion later on. Looking ahead, the short-term bias remains bearish below $70, with expectations of a possible move beneath $50. The $70–$50 range stands out as a key accumulation zone, while long-term projections still point toward $500 and eventually $1,000. The question now is whether investors are stepping in during the dip or holding out for even lower prices. SOL’s Impulsive Structure Signals Strong Macro Trend According to crypto analyst Osemka, Solana stands out as one of the clearest impulsive structures in the market, completing a textbook 1–5 wave move from December 2022 to January 2025. Such a strong impulsive phase often lays the foundation for a healthy correction before the next major trend unfolds. Related Reading: Solana Flashing Mixed Signals: $105 Breakout Or Double-Pair Collapse Ahead? Currently, SOL appears to be undergoing an ABC correction within a defined channel. Wave C is currently testing a high-timeframe support zone, while the RSI hints at a potential diagonal retest. Holding this level could be critical, as it may set the stage for a higher-timeframe reversal, with April emerging as a key period to watch. A confirmed reversal in Solana would not only signal strength for the asset itself but could also act as a leading indicator for the broader altcoin market. Featured image from iStock, chart from Tradingview.com
A new political action committee, the Blockchain Leadership Fund, launched with backing from Anchorage Digital and Chainlink Labs.
Aave launches V4 on Ethereum with shared liquidity hubs, new risk controls, and conservative caps as DeFis top lender targets wider scale.
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BitGo broadens its Canton Coin offering beyond custody, reflecting efforts to build end-to-end infrastructure as tokenized assets move closer to real-world use cases.
Technical indicators hinted at a possible reversal in XRP’s price, as traders watch whether key support levels can hold.
Chainlink (LINK) and Uniswap (UNI) are showing strikingly similar price structures, with both tokens attempting to recover within ascending channels after prolonged downtrends. As the broader market stabilises, these altcoins are beginning to build momentum near key resistance zones. With both tokens holding above crucial support levels and forming higher lows, traders are now watching …
Crypto's reaction to geopolitical news highlights its growing role in global finance, but extreme market fear suggests volatility persists.
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XRP is approaching what market commentator Will Taylor describes as a critical technical inflection point, with a tightening descending wedge, oversold weekly momentum and a lopsided liquidation profile all pointing to a market that may be close to exhausting the downside. That is the core XRP takeaway in The Weekly Insight – Week 188, where Taylor argued that while crypto may still face one final flush lower, XRP is already trading in a zone that has historically aligned with major lows. XRP May Be Close To A Bottom Taylor framed the XRP setup against a broader macro backdrop that remains fragile but, in his view, not broken. In the same note, he argued the S&P 500 may still need to complete a deeper correction, volatility could rise further, and crypto altcoins may have “one more small dip” left before a more durable bottom forms. Even so, he suggested the market is already close enough to prior cyclical lows that downside from here may be limited relative to the potential upside. Related Reading: 3 Reasons XRP Rallies Stall — What Must Change For A Sustained Recovery For XRP specifically, the focus was on structure. Taylor said he has been tracking “a potential descending wedge or parallel channel” on the weekly chart, with the key question now being whether XRP still needs “one more pullback into the bottom of that channel” into the $1.10 region or whether it can begin breaking higher from current levels and reclaim support on the way up. He tied that pattern to momentum signals that, in his reading, are starting to look familiar. “This is on the weekly timeframe, and the weekly RSI has been touching the oversold area, just as it did at the absolute lows in 2022 during the bear market,” Taylor wrote. “So there are a few indicators here that are suggesting we are very close to the lows, if not already there.” That matters because Taylor is not presenting XRP as an isolated chart. In the newsletter, he argued the broader crypto market is already trading near levels that, on weekly RSI measures, have historically marked either outright bottoms or zones within roughly 10% to 15% of them. In that context, XRP’s wedge is being read less as a standalone pattern and more as part of a market-wide compression phase that could be nearing resolution. Related Reading: XRP Needs Higher Prices To Handle Bank-Scale Flows, Jake Claver Argues The more distinctive part of the XRP thesis came from liquidation data. Taylor wrote that if XRP were pushed higher toward $3.60, more than $320 million in short positions would be liquidated. By contrast, a move down toward $0.39 would liquidate roughly $130 million in longs. That imbalance, in his view, creates a cleaner incentive to run price upward rather than lower. “And if we pair this up with the amount of liquidity that we can see for XRP, cumulatively, if price is pushed up towards $3.60, we would liquidate over $320 million worth of shorts,” he wrote. “But if price is pushed down towards $0.39, it would only liquidate around $130 million worth of longs. So from a liquidity perspective, the opportunity for market makers and exchanges is clearly to the upside.” That argument leans on the idea that once the current period of macro stress passes, XRP’s positioning could amplify any recovery. Taylor added that open interest is “reinforcing that view,” suggesting leveraged participation has not yet undermined the bullish setup. The caveat is timing. Elsewhere in the newsletter, Taylor said he still expects one more modest dip across crypto before the market fully turns, and he linked the broader bottoming process to macro developments that could play out over the next four to six weeks. For XRP, that leaves two plausible paths: a final sweep toward the lower boundary of the wedge, or an earlier breakout that confirms the pattern without a deeper retest. At press time, XRP traded at $1.35. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Pi Network is making rounds again on crypto Twitter, and this time, it’s not about mining, controversy, or adoption; it’s about price. Amid weak liquidity and fading altcoin demand, concerns are rising over whether Pi can sustain growth without a meaningful rise in value. Dr. Pi went deep into the analysis, arguing that price is …
The JUP price just got a shot of adrenaline and no, it’s not just another random pump. This time, there’s an actual product behind it. Jupiter Lend’s latest announcement around its JUICED token has injected fresh energy into a chart that’s been dragging itself through most of Q1. An 8% intraday move pushed JUP to …
Blockchain's integration into private credit could revolutionize lending efficiency, transparency, and accessibility, impacting global finance.
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The first-quarter decline breaks a long-standing growth trend, but could ultimately support decentralization as public U.S. miners face losing dominance.
ABTC's Satoshis-per-share metric has more than doubled since its debut, even as the stock has continued to move in the opposite direction.
The regulatory agency’s reset is real, but the new details stop short of the full course correction the industry needs, say Gibson Dunn attorneys.
AI music licensing breaks on remixes and ownership. Blockchains embed smart contract royalties and provenance, automating creator compensation at scale.
The XRP price is caught in a strange tug-of-war right now and honestly, it’s the kind of setup that rarely ends quietly. Funding rates tell the first part of the story. They’ve been negative for a while now, and not just mildly. We’re talking deep dips to -0.01 and even -0.02. Shorts are firmly in …
Tokenization startup Midas's Series A round was led by RRE and Creandum to scale an “instant liquidity layer” for onchain yield products.
The T-Strive Digital Credit ETF would invest in bitcoin treasury firms' yield-bearing preferred stock equities, including Strategy's Stretch.
Bitcoin continued to surprise some analysts as it held the lower end of its local range despite fresh Iran pressure on macro markets.
Tom Lee's Ethereum treasury bought more than 71,000 ETH over the past week, remaining the sole large corporate crypto buyer as Strategy broke its 13-week bitcoin purchase streak.
Providing support to the AI industry has widely become more attractive for bitcoin miners as mining has become less profitable.