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Upbit Volume Drops 15.5% as Korean Crypto Trading Cools, XRP Leads

Upbit's weekly trading volume fell 15.5% to 8.35 trillion won, reflecting a broader slowdown in South Korean crypto activity. XRP remained the most-traded token, outpacing Bitcoin and USDT, as thinner...

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XRP Exchange Reserves Hit Yearly High: Sell-Off Fears Mount as $1.31 Support Tested

XRP exchange reserves have reached 11.81 billion tokens, the 99th percentile of the past year, raising concerns about selling pressure. With XRP trading near $1.31, the next price move depends...

Japan’s Mega Banks Unite for Yen Stablecoin: The Real Battle for Cross-Border Payments

Japan's three mega banks have completed a proof-of-concept for a jointly issued yen stablecoin for corporate cross-border payments. The real challenge lies in building a cross-bank settlement infrastructure that can...

Ethereum’s Liquidation Pools Stack Above Spot: A Squeeze Setup?

Ethereum's eight largest liquidation pools are all above the current price, while Bitcoin's are tightly clustered near spot. Funding rates have normalized rapidly, suggesting that returning leverage is now paying...

Stagflation Fears May Push BTC to Retest $80K Support as Newton’s $86M Chain Abstraction Bet Targets Mainstream Web3

Bitcoin may retest $80K support amid stagflation fears, while Newton's $86M raise highlights chain abstraction as a key enabler for mainstream Web3 adoption. The contrast between macro uncertainty and infrastructure...

Crypto Market Cap Slips 1.71% to $2.87T as Risk Appetite Cools

The total cryptocurrency market capitalization declined 1.71% week-over-week to $2.87 trillion, reflecting cautious sentiment amid macroeconomic uncertainty and a lack of fresh catalysts. While the pullback is modest, it signals...

Over $793M in Token Unlocks Set to Hit the Market This Week: ZRO, XPL, and H

The crypto market faces over $793.6 million in token unlocks this week, with LayerZero, Plasma, and Humanity releasing new supply. These events could trigger volatility and test market resilience as...

Crypto Influencer ‘Machi Big Brother’ Loses $382K Net on PaperTrade

Jeffrey Huang, aka 'Machi Big Brother,' lost nearly all of a $261,000 deposit on PaperTrade in one day, bringing his net loss to $382,000 after accounting for staking rewards. The...

Polygon Launches CDK Besu for Banks to Build Private Chains with Agglayer Interoperability

Polygon has launched Polygon CDK Besu, enabling banks and financial institutions to build permissioned private blockchains using Hyperledger Besu and connect to other networks via Agglayer. The move aims to...

Whale Opens $140.88M Long on BTC and ETH: What It Signals for Crypto Markets

A single whale has opened a $140.88 million leveraged long on Bitcoin and Ethereum, comprising 1,236 BTC and 15,928 ETH. The trade signals bullish sentiment among large holders but also...

Whale Makes $141M Bullish Bet on Bitcoin and Ethereum

A single whale is holding a $140.88 million long position in Bitcoin and Ethereum, according to on-chain data from Lookonchain. The position includes 1,236 BTC worth $102.2 million and 15,928...

Polygon Launches CDK Besu for Institutional Private Chains with Agglayer Connectivity

Polygon has launched CDK Besu, enabling banks and financial institutions to deploy private blockchains based on Hyperledger Besu while connecting to Agglayer for cross-chain liquidity. The solution uses QBFT consensus...

Binance Alpha Launches Second Concrete Airdrop with Tiered Points Threshold

Binance Alpha has launched its second Concrete (CT) token airdrop, requiring users to hold at least 255 Alpha points to claim 87 CT tokens. The threshold decreases every 5 minutes,...

BitMine Adds 12,535 ETH, Now Holds 4.9% of Ethereum Supply

BitMine Immersion Technologies added 12,535 ETH last week, bringing its total holdings to 6,041,481 ETH — about 4.9% of Ethereum’s supply. The company’s diversified treasury, valued at $15.1 billion, signals...

Cardano’s Hoskinson Developing New Language to Integrate Groth16 Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is collaborating with Aiken co-developer Lucas Rosa on a new programming language that integrates Groth16 zero-knowledge proofs. The move aims to simplify ZK development on Cardano...

Strive and Strategy Add 1,490 Bitcoin as Market Rebounds from Sub-$80K Dip

Strive and Strategy purchased a combined 1,490 Bitcoin as the market rebounded from a dip below $80,000. Strive's holdings now total 36,818 BTC, reflecting growing corporate adoption of Bitcoin as...

Multicoin Capital Stays Crypto-Pure, Bets Big on HYPE

Multicoin Capital, managing $2.7 billion, is avoiding the AI hype and doubling down on crypto, with HYPE as its largest hedge fund position. The firm's contrarian bet on Hyperliquid's token...

Solana Treasury Firm DeFi Dev Buys 3,983 SOL, Its Smallest Weekly Purchase Since $11M Raise

DeFi Dev Corp. (DFDV) bought 3,983 SOL last week for about $417,000, its smallest weekly purchase since raising $11 million via a $CHAD token sale in September. The slowdown highlights...