Driven by beliefs in bitcoin’s potential for significant gains, some U.S. parents are shifting a portion of their children’s college savings from traditional 529 plans to cryptocurrency. Disappointing 529 Returns Prompt Bitcoin Interest Some U.S. families are reportedly putting a portion of their children’s college savings in bitcoin (BTC), believing the cryptocurrency typically outperforms stocks. […]
President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto administration, the meteoric rise of Solana, and the Deepseek surprise, were all key issues in Binance Research’s monthly report. Binance Research Releases Monthly Market Insights Binance Research, a division of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, released its Market Research report on Thursday, detailing key issues that impacted the $3.76 […]
Bitcoin’s correlation with global markets—attributed by some to increased institutional investment and algorithmic trading—challenges the narrative of it being a safe-haven asset, similar to gold. Bitcoin’s ‘Safe Haven’ Claim Challenged Following the U.S. imposition of a 25% tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports, bitcoin (BTC) briefly plummeted below $93,000, dragging the crypto market down. The […]
1inch has woven ZKsync into its cross-chain swap architecture, empowering users to exchange assets across networks with accelerated processing and minimized fees. ZKsync Joins 1inch’s Cross-Chain Ecosystem This upgrade aims to amplify 1inch’s technical prowess, permitting asset transfers between blockchains via ZKsync’s layer two (L2) framework. By leveraging zero-knowledge rollup (ZK-Rollup) protocols, ZKsync condenses transactions, […]
Bitcoin oscillated between $95,850 and $96,234 in the past sixty minutes, boasting a valuation of $1.917 trillion, a global volume footprint of $47.52 billion, and a daily price spectrum stretching from $95,850 to $99,131. It now lingers 11% beneath its historic lifetime price high. Bitcoin The hourly chart reveals price stabilization with modest declines as […]
The Federal Reserve’s stress tests ignore the real nightmare scenario, economist Peter Schiff warns, saying no major bank could survive the financial catastrophe that looms. Peter Schiff Warns of Financial Catastrophe—Says the Fed Isn’t Testing the Real Threat The Federal Reserve Board released its 2025 stress test scenarios on Feb. 5, outlining hypothetical economic conditions […]
The SEC’s reassignment of top crypto enforcers signals a policy shift, as Republican leadership and Trump’s directives push the agency toward a more pro-crypto regulatory approach. SEC’s Crypto War Ends? Top Enforcers Purged in Policy U-Turn The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is experiencing significant restructuring, marking a potential pivot toward policies more accommodating […]
PRESS RELEASE. Jan 6th, 2025 – Zano, the L1 blockchain for confidential assets and private dApps, has partnered with Cake Wallet, one of the biggest non-custodial wallets among privacy enthusiasts, to make privacy features more accessible and user-friendly for the web3 community. Zano was founded by Andrey Sabelnikov, the lead developer behind CryptoNote – a […]
Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko announced today that the Pectra upgrade will move forward with key testnet forks in February and March, setting the stage for the upgrade’s eventual deployment on the Ethereum mainnet. Ether’s Pectra Upgrade Nears According to Beiko’s post on X, the Holesky testnet will fork at slot 3,710,976 on Feb. 24 […]
Blockchain analytics reveal bitcoin and ethereum reserves on centralized exchanges have plummeted precipitously since late January, with holdings persisting at lows not witnessed in years. Historic Drops in Bitcoin and Ethereum Reserves as Traders Reallocate The opening days of February 2025 have been marked by intense crypto market fluctuations, with Cryptoquant data showing a swift, […]