The Centralization Crisis Threatens Data Privacy

Opinion by: Angie Darrow, chief marketing officer and chief ecosystem communications officer at Web3 Foundation When a temporary data cloud outage can disrupt the global financial system — as the AWS Tokyo outage demonstrated in April — something’s gone wrong with the infrastructure that underpins today’s data economy. In the early hours of April 12,…

Analysts Predict $8 Ether Price as ETH Follows Global M2 Money Supply Expansion

Key takeaways: Analysts say Ether is undervalued and should be above $8,000, as global M2 money supply hits a record $95.58 trillion. A falling Bitcoin dominance adds fuel for ETH bulls, with Bitcoin’s market share dropping 8.5% since June 27. Analysts say Ether (ETH) is undervalued and “should be trading above $8,000” as global liquidity,…

BONK Drops 9% From Peak as Exchange Transfers Overwhelm Burn News

BONK experienced aggressive volatility over a 24-hour period to end the week, swinging 15% between $0.00003185 and $0.00003763. The Solana-based memecoin initially surged on the heels of a 500 billion token burn announcement before a Galaxy Digital-linked wallet moved $18.75 million worth of BONK to major crypto exchanges, triggering a 9% pullback in under an…

35 Public Firms hold 1,000 BTC, Corporate Bitcoin Investments rise 35%

Corporate adoption of Bitcoin is accelerating, with 35 publicly traded companies now holding at least 1,000 BTC each, signaling growing institutional interest in the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Demand for Bitcoin (BTC) is soaring among public companies four months after US President Donald Trump’s executive order outlined the creation of a federal Bitcoin reserve for the…

Ripple USD Sees Retail Rise Despite Enterprise Focus

Update (July 25, 12:10 pm UTC): This article has been updated to correct information related to Ethereum-issued RLUSD and rectify previous information about EVM sidechain-issued RLUSD. Ripple USD, a stablecoin issued by XRP coin issuer Ripple, was initially marketed as an “enterprise-focused” stablecoin but has since gained traction among retail users. Ripple officially introduced its…

NFT Market Cap Hits $6.6B in July as CryptoPunks Surge

The non-fungible token (NFT) market is showing signs of a resurgence, as the sector’s total market capitalization reached $6.6 billion in July, according to the data platform DappRadar.  The platform reported on Thursday that the figure represented a 94% increase from the previous month. Weekly trading volume surged to $136 million, up 51% from the…

New Hulk and Ozzy Memecoins Soar in Value After Celeb Deaths

Memecoins inspired by the late wrestling legend Hulk Hogan and Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne skyrocketed as tributes flooded over the two popular icons’ deaths this week.  Terry Bollea, better known by his wrestling ring name Hulk Hogan, was reportedly pronounced dead in a hospital on Thursday at the age of 71 after medics arrived…

ETH Core Developer Testifies In Roman Storm Defense As Gov’t Rests Case

Prosecutors in the criminal trial of Tornado Cash co-founder and developer Roman Storm rested their case on Thursday, opening the door for defense counsel to call an Ethereum core developer as its first witness.  According to reporting by Inner City Press on Thursday from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York,…

Bitcoin Whale Bets $24M on BTC Rally to $200K as Price Retests $115K.

Key takeaways: A whale bets $23.7 million targeting Bitcoin at $200,000 by year-end, signaling strong bullish conviction. Analysts say Bitcoin remains bullish, but $115,000 will be key for uptrend continuation. Bitcoin (BTC) took out bid liquidity on Friday as an unknown trader made a significant bullish bet targeting a BTC price of $200,000 by the…

Ether ETFs Inflows Surpassed Bitcoin ETFs Inflows for the Past 6 Trading Days.

US investors poured more into spot Ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds than their Bitcoin counterparts over the last six trading days, as institutional interest in Ethereum surged this week.  Spot Ether ETFs recorded a net inflow of nearly $2.4 billion in the past six trading days, far above spot Bitcoin ETFs, which recorded only $827 million…