TON Coin Erases Some Gains After Golden Visa Clarification

The native cryptocurrency of The Open Network has retraced 6% from its 24-hour high after United Arab Emirates regulators refuted claims that staking Toncoin (TON) could create a pathway to UAE residency. Toncoin initially shot up 10% to $3.03 on Sunday after The Open Network claimed that applicants staking $100,000 worth of Toncoin for three…

Trump Claims Musk ‘Off The Rails’ For Making Political Party

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at his former cost-cutting czar, Elon Musk, after the world’s wealthiest man said he is launching a political party to challenge the US two-party system.  “I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks,” Trump…

LTC Eyes Q4 Breakout Amid ETF Hopes And Bullish Data

Key takeaways: LTC’s spot cumulative volume delta flipped positive for the first time since December 2024, signaling a positive shift in market sentiment. A potential LTC ETF could trigger institutional investor demand and align with its historically strong Q4 performance. Litecoin (LTC) has slipped below the $90 mark, and while the price action may appear…

Michael Saylor’s (MSTR) Bitcoin Buys Aren’t Making up for Slowing Spot Demand

Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. As Asia begins a new trading week, bitcoin is changing hands…

Bill Miller Challenges the Logic Behind Taxing Bitcoin

Governments have no right to tax Bitcoin because managing ownership rights requires no administrative efforts, says Miller Value Partners chief investment officer Bill Miller IV. “For them to reach their hand in there doesn’t make a ton of sense,” Miller told Natalie Brunell on the Coin Stories podcast on Wednesday. Blockchain records ownership, not the…

Vitalik Proposes 16.77M Gas Cap for Ethereum to Enhance Security

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and researcher Toni Wahrstätter have put forward EIP-7983, which aims to introduce a protocol-level cap on transaction gas usage to increase network security and performance. The proposal sets a maximum gas limit of 16.77 million (2²⁴) for individual transactions. “By implementing this limit, Ethereum can enhance its resilience against certain DoS…

World Liberty Financial proposes shift to open governance system

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a decentralized finance protocol co-founded by US President Donald Trump’s family, initiated a community proposal to make the WLFI governance token transferable and tradable across the crypto ecosystem. The proposal is part of the project’s roadmap to transition to an “open participation” model by allowing the token to trade on secondary…

What Happened In Crypto Today

Today, in crypto, TON launched the UAE Golden Visa program, which requires just $100,000 in staked TON, though the program’s validity was questioned by former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. Meanwhile, Arkham said the recent $8.6 billion Bitcoin whale transfer doesn’t look like it is being sold off, and musical artist Drake mentioned BTC in…

Bitcoin Price Could See “Brief Rally Halt”: Here is Why

Key takeaways: Bitcoin price taps $110,000, but low spot buying demand suggests the upside could be limited. High retail FOMO and a near-overbought RSI signal a potential BTC price correction. Bitcoin (BTC) price has formed a series of lower highs and lower lows in the 1-hour time frame since reaching a three-week high of $110,300…

No Indications of Sell-Off in $8.6B Bitcoin Whale Transfer

Blockchain intelligence firm Arkham says the recent $8.6 billion in Bitcoin that was moved on Thursday for the first time in over 14 years doesn’t appear to be heading for a sell-off. “There are no indications that this whale is selling Bitcoin,” Arkham said in an X post on Friday. Arkham added that the eight…