Stephen Katte

Circle has flagged scaling its payments network and institution-focused blockchain as a 2026 priority as companies look to examine how to use stablecoins.

Bybit‘s market share climbed in 2025, even after it was hacked for $1.5 billion, while trading volumes on the top 10 exchanges rose by 7.6% on average last year.

The validator entry queue for the Ethereum network is heavily congested, with 3.6 million ETH lined up to be staked with a forecasted 63-day wait.

TRM Labs says $35 billion in crypto was sent to scammer addresses globally last year as fraudsters scaled their operations with AI and businesslike efficiency.

Chainalysis says the on-chain money laundering ecosystem processed $82 billion in funds in 2025, with Chinese-language networks now dominating.

Silver prices have been on the rise and hit a new all-time high of just over $117 on Tuesday, though some analysts warn that a price top for the precious metal could be coming soon.

Brian Armstrong, the CEO of crypto exchange Coinbase, said a takeaway from his time at the Davos forum was that most of the bank CEOs he met were pro-crypto.

Bitcoin mining data platform Hashrate Index estimates the United States contributes the largest amount of the world’s mining power, with nearly 38% of the global hashrate.

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao says Binance doesn’t need a “backseat driver,” even though he says his pardon from Donald Trump could allow him to.

Bitcoin miners have powered down to ease the load on the grid in the past, such as in 2022, when Texas miners curtailed their activities amid a major winter storm.

Prosecutors in South Korea reportedly discovered the Bitcoin was missing during a routine inspection of seized financial assets.

Saga’s US dollar-pegged stablecoin has dropped to $0.75, while the protocol's total value locked has fallen by around 55% over the past 24 hours.

X head of product Nikita Bier said the feature will launch in a few weeks, and already has over 1,000 pre-made “packs” of accounts to follow in each interest category — such as memecoin trading and crypto.

Bhutan is adding to its growing list of blockchain initiatives. It already runs a Bitcoin mining operation and also launched a self-sovereign ID system powered by Ethereum.

Simply Wall St estimates 41% of Trump Media shares are held by individual insiders, 32% by the general public and 23% by institutions.

Memecoin trading volume briefly spiked to $5.6 billion on Monday, with analysts suggesting speculative momentum for memecoins may have now cooled.

Since mid-2023, Binance Australia users have only been able to deposit or withdraw fiat funds from their crypto exchange accounts via debit or credit card.

That free cafe WiFi can look mighty tempting, but it could also be a trap. Here's what to look out for.

Electronic brokerage giant Interactive Brokers says its clients can deposit USDC, which will automatically convert to US dollars to fund their accounts.

Regulated investment vehicles such as exchange-traded funds expanded in 2025, and corporations added crypto to their balance sheets, opening up more pathways for user access.

Bitcoin has become an “element of resistance” in Iran, providing liquidity in an increasingly restricted economic environment, says Chainalysis.

Some crypto executives predict the tokenized real-world asset market will grow significantly in 2026, fueled by adoption in emerging economies.

Crypto traders and investors can use sentiment indexes to gauge the market and inform their decisions on whether conditions favor buying or selling.

Rulemaking involves individual regulators and agencies fleshing out the details of a law passed by legislators. It can include publishing proposed rules and seeking public comment.

Crypto security experts said a good way to counter scams that rely on deceiving victims is to be skeptical of every unsolicited message and interaction.

An average of 327,000 new wallets were created each day over the past week, likely driven by a surge in financial activity combined with recent network upgrades.

US President Donald Trump opened the door to cryptocurrencies in 401(k) retirement plans through an executive order issued in August.

The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act aims to clarify that writing software and maintaining networks don’t trigger federal or state money-transfer requirements.

Cato Institute analyst Nicholas Anthony argues the US Congress needs to reform the Bank Secrecy Act, repeal confidentiality laws and end reputational risk regulation to address debanking.

Memecoin launchpads such as pump.fun flooded the market in 2025 with millions of “low effort” coins, leading to a record number of crypto token failures.