Bitcoin Core Upgrade Renews Battle Over Bitcoin’s Identity

Bitcoin Core’s next major upgrade has reignited old tensions in the community, pitting developers who want a neutral, fee-driven network against purists who see non-financial data as spam. Bitcoin Core v30, expected in October, will remove the 80-byte cap on OP_RETURN, the part of a transaction script that allows users to embed arbitrary data. Bitcoin…

Wall Street adoption, Agentic AI

Update Sept. 24, 1:07 p.m. UTC: This article has been updated to include quotes from Nicolai Sondergaard, research analyst at crypto intelligence platform Nansen. The cryptocurrency market may experience its first extended cycle due to more institutional capital and trading products in the Web3 industry, making digital asset investments more accessible. Some investors predict a…

Everyone’s Looking At The Wrong Crypto Market

Opinion by: Maksym Sakharov, group CEO at WeFi The crypto industry has been focused on the same markets: the United States and the European Union. The conversation has mainly concerned regulatory clarity, speculative gains and institutional access, whether Silicon Valley’s venture capital firms or Wall Street’s exchange-traded fund issuers.  Unfortunately, this fixation is blinding much…

XRP Price to $4 Next? Analysts Are Watching These Key Levels

Key takeaways: XRP whales continue accumulating on the dips, boosting chances of a recovery. XRP price must hold above $2.70 support to continue upside toward $4. XRP (XRP) price displayed strength on Wednesday, up 6.8% from Monday’s lows of about $2.70 as traders adjusted to the latest sell-off following an overleveraged market. A strong technical…

XRP Price to $4 Next? Analysts Are Watching These Key Levels

Key takeaways: XRP whales continue accumulating on the dips, boosting chances of a recovery. XRP price must hold above $2.70 support to continue upside toward $4. XRP (XRP) price displayed strength on Wednesday, up 6.8% from Monday’s lows of about $2.70 as traders adjusted to the latest sell-off following an overleveraged market. A strong technical…

Wall Street adoption, Agentic AI

The cryptocurrency market may experience its first extended cycle due to more institutional capital and trading products in the Web3 industry, making digital asset investments more accessible. Some investors predict a crypto “supercycle” that may invalidate the theory of the four-year crypto market cycle related to the Bitcoin (BTC) halving, and see digital asset valuation…

Ripple, Securitize Bring RLUSD to BlackRock and VanEck Tokenized Funds

Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin is being integrated into tokenized money-market funds from BlackRock and VanEck, giving holders of the products a direct redemption path into on-chain liquidity. Through a new smart contract on Securitize’s platform, investors in BlackRock’s BUIDL and VanEck’s VBILL funds can now swap their shares for RLUSD on demand, creating what Ripple calls…

Decentralized Detection Networks Will Save Crypto From Deepfakes

Opinion by: Ken Miyachi, founder of BitMind Centralized deepfake detectors are structurally misaligned, brittle and falling behind. The crypto industry needs a crypto-native defense — decentralized detection networks that reward many independent model providers for catching real-world fakes and record those judgments onchain.  The result: Transparency and composable use across exchanges, wallets and decentralized finance…

Last Chance for Ethereum? ETH Price Pattern Breaks Down as $4K Must Hold

Key takeaways: ETH risks a 15% correction toward $3,560 after breaking below its symmetrical triangle pattern. Bulls must defend the ascending trendline support to avoid a deeper decline. Ethereum’s Ether (ETH) token price has plunged by more than 7.50% this week, led by de-risking sentiment across the crypto market. ETH/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingView…

US Policy Changes to Break ‘Traditional Cycle’ — Novogratz

The passing of two key crypto bills in the US will usher in a new wave of crypto participation that could upend the traditional four-year market cycle, says Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz. Novogratz told Bloomberg on Tuesday that the stablecoin-regulating GENIUS Act, signed into law in July, and the CLARITY Act, which outlines regulatory…