Bitmine Immersion Technologies chairman Tom Lee has defended the company’s Ethereum-heavy treasury strategy after critics accused it of creating future selling pressure on Ether amid steep unrealized losses. The criticism surfaced on social media this week, where a...
Aave Labs has announced it is retiring its umbrella brand, Avara, in a strategic move to sharpen its focus on decentralized finance and streamline its product identity. Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov said in a post on...
Crypto exchange Kraken’s parent company, Payward, recorded strong financial growth in 2025, driven by higher transaction volumes and a series of strategic acquisitions that expanded its product lineup. Payward’s revenue climbed 33% year-on-year to $2.2 billion, up from...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has questioned the long-held belief that layer-2 networks should be the primary engine for scaling Ethereum, arguing that the original L2 vision “no longer makes sense.” In a post on X on Tuesday, Buterin...
ING Deutschland has opened its retail investment platform to cryptocurrency-linked exchange-traded notes (ETNs), giving customers regulated exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana without directly holding digital assets. Source: VanEck The ETNs are physically backed and issued by established...
US President Donald Trump has denied having any knowledge of a reported multimillion-dollar investment involving an Abu Dhabi royal and World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a crypto platform tied to his family. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Trump dismissed...
Efforts to advance crypto market structure legislation in the U.S. Senate remain slow, with policymakers and industry players still divided over whether crypto exchanges should be allowed to offer yield or rewards on stablecoins. The latest push came...
Spot cryptocurrency trading activity on major exchanges has sharply declined since October, signalling waning investor participation amid deteriorating market conditions. Analysts estimate that spot trading volumes have fallen from about $2 trillion in October to roughly $1 trillion...
Stablecoin issuer Tether has released its long-anticipated open-source Bitcoin mining software, aiming to lower entry barriers and reduce reliance on proprietary mining systems. Announced Monday via X, the new software, MiningOS (MOS), is designed as a modular, scalable...
Binance resumed withdrawal services on Tuesday after a short-lived outage caused by technical issues, easing user concerns amid a volatile stretch for crypto markets. The exchange first acknowledged the disruption in a post on X, saying it was...
