Japan’s Approval Culture Is Blocking Crypto Growth: WeFi CEO

Japan’s regulatory bottlenecks, not taxes, are the real reason crypto innovation is leaving the country, according to Maksym Sakharov, co-founder and CEO of Web3 firm WeFi. Sakharov told Cointelegraph that even if the proposed 20% flat tax on crypto gains is implemented, Japan’s “slow, prescriptive, and risk‑averse” approval culture will continue to push startups and…

Spot Ether ETFs Hit $453M in Inflows, Extend 16-Day Streak

Spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted another strong session on Friday, drawing $452.72 million in net inflows and extending their inflow streak to 16 consecutive trading days, according to data from SoSoValue. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) once again dominated the charts, pulling in $440.10 million in daily net inflows. The fund now commands $10.69…

Ether’s Spike In Social Dominance Signals Potential Price Risk

Ether’s recent price rally may be due for a cooldown, as a surge in social media mentions — reaching levels of “extreme euphoria” — points to the potential for a near term correction, according to sentiment platform Santiment. However, other indicators suggest Ether’s (ETH) rally may still have room to run, which has gained more than…

JPMorgan Blocked Gemini After My Criticism

Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss has accused JPMorgan Chase of halting the crypto exchange’s onboarding process in response to his public criticism of the bank’s new data access policy. In a Friday post on X, Winklevoss claimed JPMorgan retaliated after he called out the banking giant’s new move as anti-competitive behavior that could harm fintech and…

ETH Bulls Hold Steady As Bitcoin Price Takes A Dive

Key takeaways: Ether’s bullish structure remains intact even as the broader crypto market shows weakness. Over 540,000 ETH have been accumulated by new whale wallets since July 9. A concentration of buy orders between $3,000 to $3,400 raises the risk of a liquidity sweep before a rally to new highs. After hitting a yearly high…

HBAR Surges 12% Following Robinhood Listing, Making it Top Daily Gainer Among Top 20

Hedera’s HBAR token surged nearly 12% on Friday, climbing to $0.2657 and outperforming every other top-20 cryptocurrency by daily percentage gain, according to CoinDesk Data. The rally followed an announcement by popular trading platform Robinhood that it had added support for the asset, increasing its exposure to a broad base of U.S. retail investors. The…

Spot Ether ETFs Hit $453M in Inflows, Extend 16-Day Streak

Spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted another strong session on Friday, drawing $452.72 million in net inflows and extending their inflow streak to 16 consecutive trading days, according to data from SoSoValue. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) once again dominated the charts, pulling in $440.10 million in daily net inflows. The fund now commands $10.69…

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,…

Ether’s Spike In Social Dominance Signals Potential Price Risk

Ether’s recent price rally may be due for a cooldown, as a surge in social media mentions — reaching levels of “extreme euphoria” — points to the potential for a near term correction, according to sentiment platform Santiment. However, other indicators suggest Ether’s (ETH) rally may still have room to run, which has gained more than…

ETH Bulls Hold Steady As Bitcoin Price Takes A Dive

Key takeaways: Ether’s bullish structure remains intact even as the broader crypto market shows weakness. Over 540,000 ETH have been accumulated by new whale wallets since July 9. A concentration of buy orders between $3,000 to $3,400 raises the risk of a liquidity sweep before a rally to new highs. After hitting a yearly high…