Day: February 7, 2026

Reports detail that Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance has floated a draft circular that would pull cryptocurrency trading firmly into the tax net, proposing a securities-style framework that levies a flat 0.1% personal income tax on every crypto transfer while exempting the activity from value-added tax. Vietnam’s Crypto Market Pilot Adds 0.1% Personal Income Tax Under […]

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) finally halted weeks of selling pressure with a strong inflow, offering a rare moment of relief. Ether and solana, however, remained under strain, while XRP continued to quietly rebuild momentum. Capital Rotates Back to Bitcoin ETFs While Ether, Solana Stay Under Pressure After days of relentless selling, the tone shifted modestly […]

We’re still barely moved away from baked lighting and reflections (and all the limitations that entails), and all of the current solutions for dynamic GI and reflections run like crap while still being noisy as hell. We need a hell of a lot more compute to actually run full quality on both of those without […]

This week’s stories cut to crypto’s foundations. Tom Lee defended ETH treasury drawdowns as structural, not a flaw. The new Epstein file dump reignited scrutiny around Blockstream. Nic Carter showed most Bitcoin devs see quantum risk as distant, but legitimate. Vitalik called time on generic L2s, and Wintermute’s Evgeny Gaevoy argued the industry has stalled […]

On Saturday morning, bitcoin’s price sits between $68,090 and $69,162 over the last hour, with a $1.36 trillion market cap, $97.38 billion in 24-hour volume, and a wide $66,131 to $71,604 intraday range, reflecting a market that has stopped panicking but hasn’t found conviction. Bitcoin Chart Outlook On the daily chart, bitcoin continues to respect […]

Buying is dicey too, but with the big platforms, you’re usually pretty protected(at the expense of scammers frequently screwing sellers). My last ebay purchase I got sent the wrong size item. After multiple contact attempts and hearing nothing, I contacted ebay. I got my money back, and still have the item. It’s a $100 part. […]

U.S. regulators moved to legitimize stablecoins at the federal level, expanding approved uses and elevating national trust banks’ role as payment tokens gain momentum across mainstream financial infrastructure. CFTC Expands Eligible Stablecoins for Regulated Collateral Use The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on Feb. 6 that its Market Participants Division reissued CFTC Staff Letter […]