The year 2025 has emerged as a year of consolidation, with large layer-1 networks laying the foundation for the tools and technology that will lead to better interoperability, as well as pushing forward with real economic use cases. For Ethereum, that meant an increase in institutional adoption and steady progress with scaling, while builders increasingly […]
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The United States carried out a “large-scale” attack against Venezuela and its President Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump announced early Saturday morning. Maduro and his wife, Trump continued, were captured and flown out of the country. US Attorney General Pam Bondi later announced that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had each been indicted in the
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XRP rallied to $2.02 after buyers forced a clean break through $1.96 on strong volume, turning a key ceiling into support and turning the spotlight on whether the token can hold above $2.00 long enough to trigger another leg higher. News background The move lands as traders re-engage with large cap alts after a choppy
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Dogecoin and pepe led a sharp meme coin jump on Friday, with traders leaning into “meme season” talk as 2026 gets under way. Dogecoin rose about 11% over 24 hours, while pepe rose about 17% on the day after a stronger intraday push. Crypto’s meme basket has also gotten warmer more broadly. CoinGecko’s GMCI Meme
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XRP rose above $2 on Friday for the first time since mid-December, extending a strong start to 2026 as traders pointed to steady spot ETF inflows and an improvement in the US regulatory mood. Data cited by SoSoValue showed US spot XRP ETFs took in $13.59 million on January 2, pushing total inflows since launch
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Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2024 after pleading guilty to charges linked to the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange hack in 2016, was released from prison after only 14 months behind bars. “Thank you to the president [Donald] Trump’s First Step Act, I’ve been released from prison early,” Lichtenstein said
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Bybit 2025 Recap: Unlocking 80 Million Users, Regulatory Achievements, Ecosystem Plays
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Tom Lee, Chairman of ether ETH$3,130.02 Treasury company BitMine Immersion (BMNR), called on shareholders to approve a board proposal for a sharp increase in the company’s authorized share count. In an early-year announcement, Lee said the proposal to increase the company’s number of shares to 50 billion from 500 million is not a precursor to
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Last year in crypto will be remembered for many things, but one notable trend – especially late in the year – was the sell-off that took place almost every day during US trading hours. It’s not much to go by yet, but on 2026’s first official trading day, a change could be in the works
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South Koreans moved more than 160 trillion won ($110 billion) from local crypto exchanges to foreign platforms last year due to regulatory restrictions in the country, one of Asia’s most active digital asset markets, a joint Coingecko and Tiger Research report revealed on Friday. The legislative framework has been slow to develop. In December, the
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