MegaETH, the much-watched high-performance Ethereum layer-2 network, announced that its public mainnet will go live on February 9, marking a major milestone for a project that has gained a lot of attention in the scaling landscape. MegaETH positions itself as a “real-time” blockchain for Ethereum, designed to deliver ultra-low latency and massive transaction throughput. The […]
Coinbase (COIN) has rolled out its new prediction market platform to US users, enabling them to trade on the outcomes of real-world events, including elections, sports, collectibles and economic indicators. The platform, announced in December, is built in partnership with Kalshi, a US-regulated prediction market operator recently valued at $11 billion. Kalshi offers event-based contracts
The Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady on Wednesday, a decision that capped a sharp reversal in market expectations that had once favored an early rate cut in 2026. “Job growth has remained low and unemployment has shown some signs of stabilization,” the central bank said in its policy statement. “Inflation is still somewhat elevated.”
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With an additional $25 million from Ripple and $24 million from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the crypto industry’s leading campaign finance fund, Fairshake political action committee, is gathering unprecedented firepower for this year’s midterm congressional elections. The crypto super PAC that exploded onto the scene in the last political cycle is set to report that it
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Optimism’s management has approved a proposal that ties the OP token more closely to Superchain’s financial performance, marking a notable shift in how one of Ethereum’s largest layer 2 ecosystems approaches token value and revenue use. The proposal was adopted with 84.4% of votes in favor, according to Optimism’s onchain governance portal after several days
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The World Network (formerly Worldcoin) WLD token surged more than 27% on Wednesday after a Forbes report linked the controversial crypto project to OpenAI’s broader efforts to fight bots online. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to build a “biometric social network” to help online platforms verify users and weed out AI-generated accounts, Forbes reported, citing
Shares of bitcoin mining companies that have changed business plans to account for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure were big winners in 2025, a run they continued into the new year. And if big tech’s earnings this year are any indication, they may continue to reap the benefits of the pivot. Fourth-quarter results and 2026 outlooks
IREN, Cipher Mining (CIFR) and Hut 8 (HUT) could be set to add AI-related gains Read More »
Tesla’s ( TSLA ) bitcoin holdings remained flat in the fourth quarter of 2025, continuing at 11,509 coins. However, the value of this stack declined significantly as the price of bitcoin fell from around $114,000 to $88,000 during the last three months of the year. That decline forced Tesla to post an after-tax impairment loss
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The gold bull market kicked into higher gear on Wednesday, with the yellow metal rising 6% to above $5,400 an ounce for the first time. Silver and platinum posted even bigger percentage gains, but gold, with a market cap somewhere in the $40 trillion range, was certainly the standout asset. A significant portion of gold’s
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The White House will meet with representatives from crypto companies and traditional banks in the coming days to work on concerns about stablecoin dividends in the crypto market structure bill, people familiar with the matter told CoinDesk. The legislation, which was delayed earlier this month, has faced opposition over how it proposes to regulate stablecoin
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