The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange, halted trading for about 10 hours from Thursday into Friday, causing an outcry from traders before service was restored. Trading halted due to a “cooling issue” at the CyrusOne data center in Illinois, a US state, according to an announcement from the CME. Trading … Read more
The blockchain ecosystem is home to several highly successful smart contract protocols, which makes the arrival of newcomers highly competitive. Canton Network is one of the newest ‘next generation layer one’ to vie for users and capital from incumbents like Ethereum and Solana. Alongside SUI and Aptos, Canton’s rise challenges the assumption that we have … Read more
The slow-moving threat that blockchains can’t ignore Quantum computers still look like lab toys: Racks of hardware, error-prone qubits and almost no real-world applications. Yet if you check the roadmaps of major layer-1 blockchains, a new priority now sits next to scaling and modularity: post-quantum security. The concern is simple even if the math isn’t. … Read more
XRP (XRP) has rebounded nearly 21% from its sub-$2 lows reached on Nov. 21, as multiple technical and onchain signals put a $2.80 target within reach. Key takeaways: XRP technical chart setups converge on a $2.80 target. Declining supply on exchanges suggests a lack of intention to sell by holders, signaling long-term conviction. Positive Spot … Read more
Transaction fees are a major concern when sending cryptocurrency. Each transaction incurs a fee that is received by the miner, and that translates to paying hefty amounts for large organizations that regularly deal with large transactions. Transaction batching is a method invented for such scenarios. The method treats multiple transactions as one to improve scalability … Read more
The XRP leap: The next frontier in crypto finance The cryptocurrency market is now entering a new stage in which large institutional investors are looking beyond just Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). One of the strongest signs of this shift is the rapid increase in applications for US spot XRP (XRP) exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Asset … Read more
Thirteen years ago today, Bitcoin experienced its first halving event, reducing the miner block reward from the original 50 BTC to 25 BTC. Now, with Bitcoin (BTC) having completed four halving events and block rewards standing at just 3.125 BTC, the mining industry is continuing to transform, with industrial miners consolidating and diversifying into AI. … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) has retained a key bull signal despite the crypto market drawdown, new research says. Key points: Stablecoin supply trends stay positive for crypto market growth, new research shows. The ERC-20 stablecoin supply alone is at $185 billion. Binance users are storing stablecoin “dry powder” for market entries. Research: Stablecoins matter more than M2 … Read more
Turkmenistan has approved a sweeping law to legalize and tightly regulate its cryptocurrency industry, marking a major policy shift for one of the world’s most closed economies. According to a Nov. 28 report from local news outlet Business Turkmenistan, Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a law regulating the crypto industry. The new law, which comes … Read more
Bitcoin’s (BTC) relief rally to $91,000 appears to be cooling, but analysts say the short-term trend for BTC “remains up.” Key takeaways: Bitcoin must next take out immediate resistance between $92,000 and $95,000. Spot volume and trading activity must recover to lift BTC back into six figures. Bitcoin bulls must reclaim the yearly open first … Read more