Which Is the Better Hedge Asset in 2025?

Given the Trump administration’s vocal and demonstrated support for crypto, some investors are wondering whether gold’s days as the world’s favorite hedge asset are numbered. André Dragosch, European head of research at Bitwise Asset Management, suggests the choice isn’t so simple. In a post on X Saturday, he offered a rule-of-thumb: gold still works best…

Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Fundraising Strategy Under Pressure as Stock Drops 54%

Metaplanet, the Tokyo-listed firm aggressively accumulating Bitcoin, is facing mounting pressure as its share price tumbles, threatening the fundraising model it has used to build one of the largest corporate Bitcoin treasuries globally. The company’s stock has dropped 54% since mid-June, despite Bitcoin (BTC) gaining around 2% during the same period. The decline has put…

AI Agents Need Intent-Based Blockchain Infrastructure

Opinion by: Adrian Brink, co-founder of Anoma Web3 was founded on decentralization, sovereignty, verifiability and resilience. Now, those values are under threat. The rise of AI agents is beneficial and inevitable. Unless agents are built on sovereign intent-centric infrastructure, they are a threat to the core values of crypto.  The integration of intents is no…

Bitcoin whales rotate into Ether, despite $5B ETH validator exit queue

Bitcoin whales, or large tokenholders, are selling more of the world’s first cryptocurrency to gain exposure to Ether’s price. The move signals the market’s “natural rotation” into Ether (ETH) and other altcoins with more upside potential, Nicolai Sondergaard, research analyst at crypto intelligence platform Nansen, told Cointelegraph. The growing investor capital rotation occurred despite increasing…

Avalanche Leads Blockchain Transaction Growth, Amid US Gov’t Implementation

Update Aug. 29, 1:07 p.m. UTC: This article has been updated to include comments from Ava Labs’ chief strategy officer. Avalanche’s transaction growth surpassed all other blockchain networks this week, signaling more investor mindshare rotating to the smart-contract blockchain’s utility token, as it also saw increasing governmental adoption. Avalanche, a smart contract blockchain designed to…

Bitcoin’s Short-Term Speculators Show Signs of Capitulation After $108K Dip

Key takeaway: Bitcoin’s bullish megaphone pattern suggests $144,000-$260,000 is in play this cycle. Signs of panic from BTC short-term holders hint at a potential local bottom. Bitcoin (BTC) price action has painted bullish megaphone patterns on multiple time frames, which may propel BTC to new record highs, according to analysts. BTC price can reach $260,000…

Pudgy Penguins Token Declines Sharply in August Amid NFT Market Downturn

Pudgy Penguins’ native token slipped on Friday despite the project’s new title ranking among Apple’s top downloads. The PENGU (PENGU) token fell by nearly 4% on Friday, following the launch of Pudgy Party, a battle royale game released on Android and iOS, regardless the game recording over 50,000 downloads on the Google Play store and…

What Happened In Crypto Today

Today in crypto, Eric Trump predicts $1M BTC, A former BJP legislator and 11 police officials have been convicted for the 2018 abduction of a Surat businessman in a plot to seize over 750 Bitcoin. Meanwhile, El Salvador splits up 6,274 BTC holdings into 14 new addresses to lower risk of quantum attack. Eric Trump…

BTC and ETH Falling While Altcoins Stable Is Often a ‘Sign of Strength,’ Says Analyst

Crypto analyst and macroeconomist Alex Krüger thinks the market looks ugly enough to turn bullish. On Saturday, Krüger wrote on X, that “most crypto charts now look so broken and bearish that it’s bullish.” He argued that when price action looks this bad, the panic has usually gone far enough that a reversal may not…

Permissionless Finance Will Triumph Over Government Regulation: Fold CEO

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols will survive government and corporate efforts to impose traditional financial regulations designed to create a walled garden of permissioned digital systems, according to Will Reeves, CEO and co-founder of Bitcoin (BTC) rewards company Fold.  Reeves told Cointelegraph that regulatory proposals requiring DeFi protocols to embed biometric identity checks within smart contracts,…