Amazon, Shopify and Etsy rally after Supreme Court voids Trumps tariffs, as Trump signals new 10% global levy.
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Bitcoin's current bear market could worsen over the next year if the flagship digital asset fails to address concerns about quantum computing. In a Feb. 20 report, Charles Edwards, Capriole founder, claimed that Bitcoin’s market value should already be discounted for quantum risk and warned that the discount could deepen quickly if the network does […]
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As Bitcoin and altcoins continue to sell off, venture capital is raising millions for blockchain-based financial infrastructure, while real-world assets continue to draw capital.
The United States Supreme Court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump could not use national emergency powers to levy tariffs during peacetime.
The SEC introduced new guidance allowing broker-dealers to apply a “2% haircut” to proprietary positions in certain stablecoins.
ProShares on Thursday launched a money market ETF designed to hold assets that qualify as reserves for dollar-backed stablecoins.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that tariffs could help pay down the $38 trillion, and growing, US national debt.
New research claims specialized AI dramatically outperforms general-purpose models at detecting exploited DeFi vulnerabilities.
Bitcoin is struggling to reclaim the $69,000 level as persistent selling pressure continues to dominate the short-term market structure. After multiple failed attempts to establish acceptance above this key psychological threshold, price action reflects a defensive environment marked by reduced risk appetite and elevated volatility. Traders remain cautious, with liquidity conditions tightening and momentum favoring sellers rather than sustained accumulation. Related Reading: Ethereum Breaks the Final Whale Floor In A 2018-Style Capitulation: What To Expect New on-chain data shared by analyst Maartunn adds another layer to the current landscape. According to his insights, Bitcoin whales are firmly dominating the market structure at this stage of the cycle. Over the past 30 days alone, approximately $8.24 billion worth of whale-held BTC has flowed into Binance, marking the highest level of large-holder inflows to the exchange in the last 14 months. Such a concentration of activity suggests that major participants are actively repositioning. The data also underscores Binance’s continued role as the primary liquidity venue for large-scale transactions. When whale flows accelerate toward exchanges at this magnitude, it often signals heightened strategic activity — whether for distribution, hedging, or tactical allocation. As Bitcoin consolidates below resistance, the behavior of these dominant market participants may play a decisive role in shaping the next directional move. Whale Dominance Intensifies As Retail Momentum Cools Maartunn further detailed the 30-day flow breakdown, offering a clearer view of how market participation is evolving. Over the past month, whale inflows to Binance have reached $8.24 billion and continue to trend higher. In comparison, retail inflows total approximately $11.91 billion but have begun to flatten. As a result, the retail-to-whale ratio currently stands at 1.45 and is steadily compressing. Although retail participation remains visible, its momentum is cooling. The pace of smaller deposits has slowed, suggesting declining conviction or reduced speculative activity among short-term traders. In contrast, whale deposits have increased consistently over the same period, indicating that larger entities are either actively positioning or reallocating capital with greater urgency. This dynamic is narrowing the gap between large and small participants on the exchange. When whale flows accelerate while retail flows plateau, market structure tends to become more top-heavy, with price increasingly influenced by institutional-scale actors rather than fragmented retail activity. The key takeaway is clear: large players are becoming more dominant on Binance, while smaller participants are gradually losing relative influence. In the current environment, Bitcoin’s next directional move may depend more heavily on whale strategy than retail sentiment. Related Reading: The 200 Million XRP Exodus: Investors Swap Speculation For Private Custody Bitcoin Tests Critical Support As Downtrend Accelerates Bitcoin’s 3-day chart reflects a decisive loss of momentum following the rejection near the $120,000 region in late 2025. Since that peak, price structure has transitioned into a clear corrective phase characterized by lower highs and accelerating downside pressure. The most recent leg lower shows a sharp breakdown from the $90,000–$95,000 consolidation zone, with BTC now hovering around the $68,000 area. Technically, Bitcoin is trading below the shorter-term moving average, which has rolled over and is sloping downward, reinforcing near-term bearish momentum. The intermediate moving average is flattening and beginning to turn lower, signaling weakening trend strength. Meanwhile, the long-term average remains upward sloping but sits well below current price levels, suggesting that while the macro structure has not fully collapsed, the market is in a transitional phase. Related Reading: The Altcoin Exodus: Trading Volumes Halve As Capital Flees To Bitcoin $65,000 Fortress Volume expanded noticeably during the recent selloff, indicating active distribution rather than a passive drift lower. However, the latest candles show some stabilization near the $65,000–$70,000 support region, an area that previously acted as a breakout zone earlier in the cycle. A sustained reclaim of the $75,000–$80,000 range would be required to restore bullish structure. Failure to hold current levels could expose deeper retracement toward long-term trend support. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
Crypto illiquidity is pressuring DeFi lending companies, but Wall Street giants continue to increase their exposure to the world’s largest Ethereum treasury company.
The more significant result from the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of President Donald Trump's trade tariffs may be political, which could sting the industry.
Last August, Bloomberg reported MARA would pay $168 million in cash to secure a 64% stake in Exaion from EDF Pulse Ventures.
The failure of the bulls to start a strong recovery in Bitcoin and the major altcoins suggests that the bears intend to remain active at higher levels.
Bitcoin has until the end of the year to recover, or the Power Law will be invalidated. The Power Law model isn't a prophecy. It's a time-based regression that treats Bitcoin's long-run price path as a power curve, and the “deadline” talk centers on a rising floor. Better yet, a lower band that rises every […]
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Bitcoin’s mining difficulty climbed to 144.4 trillion after January storms briefly slashed hash rate, while some US miners offset downtime by selling electricity back to the grid.
Such large transfers to exchanges can signal potential market volatility, impacting Bitcoin's price and investor sentiment significantly.
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The crypto market has been bleeding red over the past few weeks, with Bitcoin hovering below $70K. This has resulted in a strong selloff in the altcoin market, with the ETH price now trading around monthly support levels. Things have worsened recently, as crucial on-chain data now points toward a potential significant decline in the …
States are scoring victories against prediction markets when they invoke congressional intent, said a legal expert—and losing when they focus on narrower legal definitions.
Dutch regulator orders Polymarket to halt operations, calling prediction markets unlicensed gambling and threatening 840,000 in penalties.
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The long-term vision for Ethereum is increasingly shifting beyond incremental upgrades toward a more fundamental transformation of its core architecture. As the network continues to scale and support a growing ecosystem of decentralized applications, developers and researchers are exploring whether achieving ETH’s ultimate goals of global scalability, security, and decentralization requires rebuilding elements of its base layer rather than simply refining existing systems. Rebuilding Core Infrastructure For Long-Term Growth Ethereum’s evolution has moved beyond incremental upgrades; it is entering a phase of structural reconstruction. The head of research at EigenCloud, Soubhik Deb, mentioned on X that the initiative often referred to as Lean Consensus, formerly known as née Beamchain, signals the beginning of ETH’s endgame. Related Reading: Ethereum Foundation Maps 2026 Protocol Priorities as Major Upgrades Near It is reducing accumulated technical debt, pushing toward fast finality, and designing the protocol with post-quantum future resilience in mind. At the heart of this transformation is Lean Consensus, being one of the most ambitious protocol workstreams for the network and the crypto infrastructure overall. In Soubhik Deb’s discussions with Drakefjustin, the focus was to understand what Lean ETH practically is in terms of real-time proving and increased Layer 1 throughput, and what it unlocks for the rollups. Other protocols are being introduced to bolster the network’s ecosystem, including scaling. Analyst Ladislaus offered insight into the relationship between FOCIL and Ethereum’s scaling roadmap, particularly in the medium-term via L1 zkEVMs. Presently, it seems clear that the ETH community is demanding higher L1 throughput to meet global demand. However, the truth about trade-offs today is that censorship resistance and fast inclusion rely heavily on validator altruism, more concretely, on the willingness of validators choosing to build blocks locally and thereby forego more valuable blocks from third-party builders. At the current scale, the tax on altruism is still acceptable and manageable, but reliance is brittle and suboptimal. What makes it even more problematic is that as throughput increases, it becomes progressively more expensive. The good news is that FOCIL will make inclusion a protocol-level guarantee. Instead of treating censorship resistance as a market probability, it becomes an enforced rule of the system. Related Reading: Ethereum Price Builds Tension Below Resistance, Breakout Risk Rising However, with the decision to schedule FOCIL for protocol inclusion, the project is well-positioned to reduce critical social-layer dependency. At the same time, paving the way for a massive increase in L1 throughput. Ethereum Liquidation Clusters Build On Both Sides Of Price Ethereum’s current liquidation heatmap reflects a market stretched on both sides. According to Ted, ETH longs and shorts are aggressive, which means all this aggressiveness will be taken out. If geopolitical tensions such as a potential US–Iran escalation intensify, downside pressure could spark long liquidations, followed by a reversal that squeezes shorts. However, positive developments like peace talks could ignite an upside breakout, wiping out shorts before the price potentially retraces to target late longs. Featured image from Adobe Stock, chart from Tradingview.com
Base's split from the OP Stack signals a pivotal shift in Ethereum's layer two landscape
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After four years contributing, BGD Labs said it would be leaving the DAO, citing changes to the organization and taking an “adversarial position“ to its liquidity protocol.
Bitcoin stayed rangebound within a "downward trajectory" as the Supreme Court concluded that some US trade tariffs were illegal and liable for a refund.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Dubai Land Department and Ctrl Alt move to the next phase of real estate tokenization project, enabling the resale of property tokens.
Private equity, which has the second-highest risk weighting, carries a 400% weight under the current Basel III banking framework.
OpenAI is reportedly developing AI hardware including a smart speaker and smart glasses, expanding beyond ChatGPT into consumer devices.
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The cinema chain has stepped back from screening an award-winning AI short while Hollywood battles over the technology’s creative role.
Lawmakers warned that approving World Liberty Financial's bank charter application could jeopardize the legitimacy of the U.S. banking system.
Ethereum’s new roadmap lands in a market that is less interested in vision and more interested in evidence. That is the core tension behind the Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Priorities Update for 2026, which breaks the network’s next phase into three tracks, including Scale, Improve UX, and Harden the L1. The roadmap is technical, but the […]
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