Linea Restores Mainnet Sequencer Performance After Fix

Update (Sept. 10, 11 am UTC): This article has been updated to add information about Linea’s upcoming airdrop. Ethereum layer-2 network Linea has restored its mainnet sequencer after a temporary performance degradation, the team said Wednesday. According to Linea’s status page, the issue was detected at around 5:52 am UTC. Engineers identified the root cause…

Linea Restores Mainnet Sequencer Performance After Fix

Ethereum layer-2 network Linea has restored its mainnet sequencer after a temporary performance degradation, the team said Wednesday. According to Linea’s status page, the issue was detected at around 5:52 am UTC. Engineers identified the root cause and deployed a fix less than an hour later, by 6:15 am UTC. The disruption affected Linea’s mainnet…

Kraken Launches Tokenized Stocks By Backed In Europe

US crypto exchange Kraken is the latest platform to introduce tokenized securities in Europe, following an initial rollout in June. Kraken has officially launched Backed’s tokenized securities offering, xStocks, to eligible European investors, the exchange told Cointelegraph on Wednesday. The European expansion comes months after Kraken teased its tokenized stocks integration with Backed on the…

What is MYX Finance, and Why Has It Soared 1,400% in the Past Week?

Key takeaways: MYX token soared 1,400% to $18.42 in the past week on Trump-linked listings and other factors. Analysts warn of red flags warning of price plunging 70–85% next. MYX Finance (MYX) has exploded nearly 1,400% in a week, climbing to an all-time high of $18.42 on Wednesday. MYX/USDT daily price chart. Source: TradingView What…

Stalls Near $111K As Traders Brace For Data Week

Bitcoin BTC$112,179.29 hovered around $111,500 on Monday, keeping a tight range as traders weigh macro catalysts for cues on positioning. Ether (ETH) traded near $4,312, XRP XRP$2.9672 held $2.96, BNB (BNB) at $880, and Solana’s SOL (SOL) climbed to $218. Dogecoin DOGE$0.2401 extended its 11.6% weekly gain to 24 cents, outpacing most major cryptocurrencies as…

What is MYX Finance, and Why Has It Soared 1,400% in the Past Week?

Key takeaways: MYX token soared 1,400% to $18.42 in the past week on Trump-linked listings and other factors. Analysts warn of red flags warning of price plunging 70–85% next. MYX Finance (MYX) has exploded nearly 1,400% in a week, climbing to an all-time high of $18.42 on Wednesday. MYX/USDT daily price chart. Source: TradingView What…

Bitcoin Has Not Yet Hit Seller ‘Exhaustion’

Key points: Bitcoin is in the middle of a textbook correction phase after all-time highs, Glassnode finds. For correction to flip to seller exhaustion, BTC price must drop to almost $104,000. Short-term holders are seeing significant profit changes within the current BTC price range. Bitcoin (BTC) is showing classic “post euphoria consolidation” as new analysis…

Belarus Urges Banks Adopt Crypto as Sanctions Bite Economy

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has reportedly pushed the country’s banks to expand how they use crypto, admitting that sanctions have greatly impacted the economy. Lukashenko told the heads of Belarus’ central and commercial banks in a meeting that the use of digital tokens needs to be expanded, the state-owned Belarusian Telegraph Agency reported on Tuesday….

ETH Treasury Firm Sharplink Starts $1.5B Share Buyback Plan

Sharplink, the second-largest Ether treasury company, has started a $1.5 billion share buyback plan in an effort to boost its stock, which is trading below its net asset value. SharpLink said on Tuesday that while the company “trades below its Net Asset Value (“NAV”), stock repurchases are immediately accretive to stockholders.”  “We believe the market…

Senate Democrats Offer Competing Framework For Crypto Market Structure

A group of Democratic US senators has released its own version of guidelines to influence legislation to establish a crypto market structure, focusing on taking time toward a “strong, bipartisan outcome.”  In a Tuesday notice, 12 Democratic senators, several of whom are on the banking committee, unveiled a framework for market structure legislation in response…