Crypto lagged gold, stocks, but 2026 offers chance for ‘catch up’

The crypto market will be bleeding into 2026 depsite other major assets gaining; however, there will be a chance for crypto to play catch-up...

Cypherpunk lifts crypto treasury with $29M Zcash purchase

Nasdaq-listed Cypherpunk Technologies has expanded its crypto corporate treasury with a new purchase of Zcash tokens for about $29 million. ...

Grayscale moves toward exchange listing for TAO trust in US

Digital asset management company Grayscale Investments has filed to list and trade shares of an exchange-traded product (ETP) tied to Bitten...

Ethereum quietly sets a record: 8.7M contracts deployed in one quarter

Despite sluggish Ether price action, developers are increasingly choosing Ethereum as a settlement layer, with the fourth quarter shaping up...

Fake Coinbase support scammer allegedly stole $2M from users

An alleged scammer posing as a Coinbase help desk worker has reportedly stolen around $2 million in crypto from users of the exchange, accor...

These three altcoins came back from the dead in 2025

Crypto markets got more institutional and more regulated in 2025, but the familiar “altcoin season” many traders expected never fully arrive...

Flow validators urged to halt work after divisive blockchain rollback

deBridge founder Alex Smirnov has urged validators on the Flow blockchain to stop processing transactions until the Flow Foundation devises ...

Mirae Asset in talks to buy Korean crypto exchange Korbit in $100M deal: Report

Mirae Asset Group is in talks to acquire Korbit, South Korea’s fourth-largest cryptocurrency exchange, in a deal valued at roughly 100 billi...

Emerging market economies to drive RWA tokenization in 2026: Crypto exec

The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market will continue to grow in 2026, fueled by adoption in emerging market economies, according to Jes...

XRP may trade sideways in 2026 until bullish catalysts emerge: Analysts

XRP’s price could continue consolidating into the new year, with a stronger upward trend dependent on more bullish catalysts, according to c...

Etheruem’s tokenization role takes focus as Tom Lee outlines bullish outlook

Ethereum’s growing role in institutional finance took center stage on CNBC’s Power Lunch this week, when Tom Lee, co-founder and head of res...

Trust Wallet will cover $7M lost in Christmas Day hack, CZ says

Trust Wallet users lost about $7 million in a Christmas Day exploit that had been planned since early December. Trust Wallet’s browser exte...

Narratives versus reality: What really drives Bitcoin and altcoin prices?

Crypto markets are often explained through narratives. Political developments, regulatory headlines, institutional adoption and cycle-based...

Bitcoiners bullish over Elon Musk tipping ‘double-digit’ economic growth

The Bitcoin community is hopeful for the cryptocurrency to again rally after billionaire Elon Musk predicted that the US economy could exper...

Ether price under pressure as $6B in options expiry nears

Ether ( ETH ) has been unable to sustain prices above $3,400 for the past 40 days, raising concerns among traders that bears may remain in ...