StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson said corporate blockchains will help with mainstream adoption, but long term, they will be abandoned if they try to retain control.

Are we about to see a new meme season? Elon Musk is back doing what he does best, shilling memes. And once again, the markets are listening. The billionaire just posted a video of his dog, Floki, “as CEO of X.” Within hours, $FLOKI surged over 30%, reigniting memories of the wild 2021 meme frenzy that made the Viking dog an internet legend. Elon’s post wasn’t just nostalgia. It was a spark, and on Crypto Twitter, sparks turn into rallies fast. The Meme That Started It All When Elon first shared a picture of his Shiba Inu named Floki in The post Elon Musk Just Revived the Meme That Built a Movement, FLOKI appeared first on The Merkle News.

VanEck just fired a bold shot in the Ethereum staking arena. The firm filed an S-1 with the SEC for the “VanEck Lido Staked ETH ETF.” This isn’t just another Ethereum fund. It’s the first ETF in the U.S. targeting stETH, the tokenized form of ETH staked through Lido. The play? Regulated exposure to stETH, minus the complexity of self-custody or on-chain management. What Is stETH? stETH is short for “staked ETH.” It’s minted when users stake ETH through Lido, the leading liquid staking protocol. stETH mirrors the value of ETH but also reflects staking rewards, meaning it accrues yield The post VanEck Bets on Liquid Staking with stETH ETF appeared first on The Merkle News.

Japan’s top regulator is reportedly weighing a policy change that would let banks offer Bitcoin custody and trading services. Japan Considering Allowing Banks To Offer Crypto-Related Services As reported by Japanese newspaper Yomiuri, Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is considering allowing banks to acquire and hold digital assets like Bitcoin for investment purposes. Related Reading: […]

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BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETP debuts on the London Stock Exchange as UK regulators ease rules on crypto-linked investment products.

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Onchain investors were more bearish about the Binance liquidity cascade, while crypto ETP traders largely shrugged off the Friday crash, according to CoinShares.

Grok 4 generated a 500% gain on the first day after identifying the crypto market bottom and switching to leveraged long positions.

XRP showed renewed strength after weeks of declines, emerging as one of day’s top performers among major cryptocurrencies.

The Floki memecoin jumped almost 29% after Elon Musk posted a video of his Shiba Inu dog working as “CEO” of the social media platform X.

Brain-computer interfaces like Neuralink concentrate mental control in corporate hands. Decentralized science offers shared governance over neural data.

James Craig and Louis Giles’ new film “Code Is Law” examines infamous crypto hacks and the moral reckoning used by the perpetrators.

After its latest modest purchase, Michael Saylor’s Strategy has 59,582 BTC to go before hitting 700,000 BTC on its balance sheet.

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Bolivian President-elect Rodrigo Paz plans to use blockchain for public procurement and include crypto in asset declarations for a new fund.

Patterns, tools and indicators are key to making smarter crypto trading decisions. They help you spot trends and anticipate market moves with better insight.

Plans for the new perpetual DEX come two months after a VanEck report highlighted Hyperliquid’s growth at the expense of Solana and other large chains.

The move could make Evernorth one of the first public companies to anchor its balance sheet in XRP, signaling growing institutional appetite for digital assets.

Musk’s tweets ignited DOGE’s meteoric 2021 rally, and with bullish signals returning, the memecoin might be gearing up again.

Bitcoin staged a rebound rally to $111,705 as the market recovered from the recent catastrophic sell-off, but data suggests sellers will continue to take profit at each breakout top.

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As the government shutdown drags on, the Senate is preparing a vote to end it while lawmakers plan to meet crypto leaders Wednesday to discuss the stalled market structure bill.

Large Bitcoin mining companies are looking to expand into AI services for new sources of revenue amid post-Bitcoin-halving pressure.

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Wise is hiring a digital-asset product lead focused on stablecoins, signaling potential expansion into crypto amid shifting global regulations.

Available to Premium X users, the new marketplace could see rare usernames sell for up to seven figures.

The main goal of VCs is to "suck as much value as possible” from Ethereum, but they remain necessary bridges for global capital entering the crypto industry, according to Lubin.

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

BitMine chairman Tom Lee said he expects Ethereum to enter a supercycle, making the current price an attractive risk vs reward purchase.

Dogecoin Foundation’s commercial arm has acquired a majority stake in US Triestina 1918 in a push for broader DOGE adoption, starting with sports.

White House adviser Kevin Hassett says the US government shutdown will likely end this week, which could restart crypto regulatory progress.

Analyst Willy Woo warned the next crypto bear market could be driven by a business cycle downturn, last seen in 2008, before Bitcoin was invented.

Chief legal officer Paul Grewal said in his letter to the US Treasury Department that money laundering schemes have become increasingly sophisticated and law enforcement needs advanced technologies to counter them.

Polygon’s Sandeep Nailwal slammed the Ethereum community for underappreciating Polygon’s role in the Ethereum ecosystem, prompting a response from Vitalik Buterin.

Coinbase has paid $25 million for an NFT that compels the once popular crypto podcast UpOnly to restart. Bull market vibes anyone?

Crypto traders can use ChatGPT to decode crypto headlines and generate actionable trade setups — fast, flexible and surprisingly accurate (subject to human verification).

British Columbia is moving to ban new crypto mining connections to protect its Hydro power grid. For years, analysts have argued this is the wrong approach.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson said corporate blockchains will help with mainstream adoption, but long term, they will be abandoned if they try to retain control.

TLDR: Polymarket users are shifting from visible wash trading to multi-wallet stealth farming ahead of the 2026 airdrop. Veteran traders report that large, repetitive transactions have disappeared, replaced by coordinated smaller operations. New strategies center on real engagement metrics like profitability and liquidity rather than artificial volume. The upcoming 2026 token launch could redefine airdrop [...] The post Polymarket Farmers Go Stealth as 2026 Airdrop Countdown Begins appeared first on Blockonomi.

This marks the second major Amazon AWS outage since April, when “connectivity issues” created usability problems for at least eight large crypto exchanges.

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETP debuts on the London Stock Exchange as UK regulators ease rules on crypto-linked investment products.

• #bitcoin

Onchain investors were more bearish about the Binance liquidity cascade, while crypto ETP traders largely shrugged off the Friday crash, according to CoinShares.

Grok 4 generated a 500% gain on the first day after identifying the crypto market bottom and switching to leveraged long positions.

XRP showed renewed strength after weeks of declines, emerging as one of day’s top performers among major cryptocurrencies.

The Floki memecoin jumped almost 29% after Elon Musk posted a video of his Shiba Inu dog working as “CEO” of the social media platform X.

Brain-computer interfaces like Neuralink concentrate mental control in corporate hands. Decentralized science offers shared governance over neural data.

James Craig and Louis Giles’ new film “Code Is Law” examines infamous crypto hacks and the moral reckoning used by the perpetrators.

After its latest modest purchase, Michael Saylor’s Strategy has 59,582 BTC to go before hitting 700,000 BTC on its balance sheet.

• #bitcoin

Bolivian President-elect Rodrigo Paz plans to use blockchain for public procurement and include crypto in asset declarations for a new fund.

Patterns, tools and indicators are key to making smarter crypto trading decisions. They help you spot trends and anticipate market moves with better insight.

The plans for the new perpetual DEX come two months after a VanEck report highlighted Hyperliquid’s growth on the expense of Solana and other large chains.

The move could make Evernorth one of the first public companies to anchor its balance sheet in XRP, signaling growing institutional appetite for digital assets.

Musk’s tweets ignited DOGE’s meteoric 2021 rally, and with bullish signals returning, the memecoin might be gearing up again.

Bitcoin staged a rebound rally to $111,705 as the market recovered from the recent catastrophic sell-off, but data suggests sellers will continue to take profit at each breakout top.

• #bitcoin

As the government shutdown drags on, the Senate is preparing a vote to end it while lawmakers plan to meet crypto leaders Wednesday to discuss the stalled market structure bill.

Large Bitcoin mining companies are looking to expand into AI services for new sources of revenue amid post-Bitcoin-halving pressure.

• #bitcoin

Wise is hiring a digital-asset product lead focused on stablecoins, signaling potential expansion into crypto amid shifting global regulations.

Available to Premium X users, the new marketplace could see rare usernames sell for up to seven figures.

The main goal of VCs is to "suck as much value as possible” from Ethereum, but they remain necessary bridges for global capital entering the crypto industry, according to Lubin.

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

BitMine chairman Tom Lee said he expects Ethereum to enter a supercycle, making the current price an attractive risk vs reward purchase.

Dogecoin Foundation’s commercial arm has acquired a majority stake in US Triestina 1918 in a push for broader DOGE adoption, starting with sports.

White House adviser Kevin Hassett says the US government shutdown will likely end this week, which could restart crypto regulatory progress.

Analyst Willy Woo warned the next crypto bear market could be driven by a business cycle downturn, last seen in 2008, before Bitcoin was invented.

Chief legal officer Paul Grewal said in his letter to the US Treasury Department that money laundering schemes have become increasingly sophisticated and law enforcement needs advanced technologies to counter them.

Polygon’s Sandeep Nailwal slammed the Ethereum community for underappreciating Polygon’s role in the Ethereum ecosystem, prompting a response from Vitalik Buterin.

Coinbase has paid $25 million for an NFT that compels the once popular crypto podcast UpOnly to restart. Bull market vibes anyone?

Crypto traders can use ChatGPT to decode crypto headlines and generate actionable trade setups — fast, flexible and surprisingly accurate (subject to human verification).

British Columbia is moving to ban new crypto mining connections to protect its Hydro power grid. For years, analysts have argued this is the wrong approach.

This marks the second major Amazon AWS outage since April, when “connectivity issues” created usability problems for at least eight large crypto exchanges.

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETP debuts on the London Stock Exchange as UK regulators ease rules on crypto-linked investment products.

• #bitcoin

Onchain investors were more bearish about the Binance liquidity cascade, while crypto ETP traders largely shrugged off the Friday crash, according to CoinShares.

Grok 4 generated a 500% gain on the first day after identifying the crypto market bottom and switching to leveraged long positions.

XRP showed renewed strength after weeks of declines, emerging as one of day’s top performers among major cryptocurrencies.

The Floki memecoin jumped almost 29% after Elon Musk posted a video of his Shiba Inu dog working as “CEO” of the social media platform X.

Brain-computer interfaces like Neuralink concentrate mental control in corporate hands. Decentralized science offers shared governance over neural data.

James Craig and Louis Giles’ new film “Code Is Law” examines infamous crypto hacks and the moral reckoning used by the perpetrators.

After its latest modest purchase, Michael Saylor’s Strategy has 59,582 BTC to go before hitting 700,000 BTC on its balance sheet.

• #bitcoin

Bolivian President-elect Rodrigo Paz plans to use blockchain for public procurement and include crypto in asset declarations for a new fund.

Patterns, tools and indicators are key to making smarter crypto trading decisions. They help you spot trends and anticipate market moves with better insight.

The plans for the new perpetual DEX come two months after a VanEck report highlighted Hyperliquid’s growth on the expense of Solana and other large chains.

The move could make Evernorth one of the first public companies to anchor its balance sheet in XRP, signaling growing institutional appetite for digital assets.

Musk’s tweets ignited DOGE’s meteoric 2021 rally, and with bullish signals returning, the memecoin might be gearing up again.

Bitcoin staged a rebound rally to $111,705 as the market recovered from the recent catastrophic sell-off, but data suggests sellers will continue to take profit at each breakout top.

• #bitcoin

As the government shutdown drags on, the Senate is preparing a vote to end it while lawmakers plan to meet crypto leaders Wednesday to discuss the stalled market structure bill.

Large Bitcoin mining companies are looking to expand into AI services for new sources of revenue amid post-Bitcoin-halving pressure.

• #bitcoin

Wise is hiring a digital-asset product lead focused on stablecoins, signaling potential expansion into crypto amid shifting global regulations.

Available to Premium X users, the new marketplace could see rare usernames sell for up to seven figures.

The main goal of VCs is to "suck as much value as possible” from Ethereum, but they remain necessary bridges for global capital entering the crypto industry, according to Lubin.

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

BitMine chairman Tom Lee said he expects Ethereum to enter a supercycle, making the current price an attractive risk vs reward purchase.

Dogecoin Foundation’s commercial arm has acquired a majority stake in US Triestina 1918 in a push for broader DOGE adoption, starting with sports.

White House adviser Kevin Hassett says the US government shutdown will likely end this week, which could restart crypto regulatory progress.

Analyst Willy Woo warned the next crypto bear market could be driven by a business cycle downturn, last seen in 2008, before Bitcoin was invented.

Chief legal officer Paul Grewal said in his letter to the US Treasury Department that money laundering schemes have become increasingly sophisticated and law enforcement needs advanced technologies to counter them.

Polygon’s Sandeep Nailwal slammed the Ethereum community for underappreciating Polygon’s role in the Ethereum ecosystem, prompting a response from Vitalik Buterin.

Coinbase has paid $25 million for an NFT that compels the once popular crypto podcast UpOnly to restart. Bull market vibes anyone?

Crypto traders can use ChatGPT to decode crypto headlines and generate actionable trade setups — fast, flexible and surprisingly accurate (subject to human verification).

British Columbia is moving to ban new crypto mining connections to protect its Hydro power grid. For years, analysts have argued this is the wrong approach.

British Columbia is moving to ban new crypto mining connections to protect its Hydro power grid. For years, analysts have argued this is the wrong approach.

XRP price hovers near a key support level as Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen’s $120 million token sale stirs short-term caution ahead of major market catalysts. At the time of writing, XRP was trading at $2.43, down 0.1% over the previous…

Key Takeaways  How has RWA and memecoin sectors performed recently?  Memecoins saw massive outflows, while RWA showed resilience.  Will investors dump memecoins for RWA?  Most likely, accordinThe post Is this the last cycle for memecoins? Why fund flows are shifting to RWA and real utility appeared first on AMBCrypto.

Bitcoin rebounded into the new week as bulls were challenged to squeeze out shorts and avoid filling the $102,000 candle wick on Binance.

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This marks the second major Amazon AWS outage since April, when “connectivity issues” created usability problems for at least eight large crypto exchanges.