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Bitcoin sidechains will drive BTCfi growth

Bitcoin sidechains will drive BTCfi growth

Opinion by: Brendon Sedo, Core DAO initial contributor Bitcoin is outgrowing the “digital gold” narrative. The primary driver of this shift is the rise of Bitcoin DeFi (BTCfi), which looks beyond the mere store-of-value use cases.  In 2024, Bitcoin (BTC) became a natively yield-generating asset and the centerpiece of Ethereum-style decentralized finance ecosystems. 2025 is […]

Centralized exchanges’ Kodak moment — time to adopt a new model or stay behind

Centralized exchanges’ Kodak moment — time to adopt a new model or stay behind

Opinion by: Ido Ben Natan, co-founder and CEO of Blockaid Centralized exchanges (CEXs) have controlled what people can trade for years. If a token wasn’t listed on major exchanges, it didn’t exist for most users. That system worked when crypto was small. But today? It’s completely broken. The rise of Solana-based memecoins, the popularization of […]

Ethereum : Son cofondateur Joe Lubin défend les layers 2 et parle de l’avenir du réseau

Un leader incontestable. Le réseau Ethereum fait face à de nombreuses critiques au sujet de sa scalabilité et de son modèle de développement. Et autant dire que les performances peu reluisantes de la cryptomonnaie ETH n’arrangent rien. Une situation qui a poussé son cofondateur, Joe Lubin, à réaffirmer sa confiance lors du Digital Asset Summit […]

Trader nets $480k with 1,500x return before BNB memecoin crashes 50%

Trader nets $480k with 1,500x return before BNB memecoin crashes 50%

An unknown trader made nearly half a million worth of profit on a recently launched memecoin just before the token lost half of its value, sparking insider trading allegations after the recent wave of memecoin meltdowns. A savvy trader made an over 1,500-fold return on his initial investment, turning it into over $482,000 in less […]

XRP 2025 Surge Is Coming—And This Crypto Expert Knows Why

XRP 2025 Surge Is Coming—And This Crypto Expert Knows Why

XRP may see record prices in 2025 despite its recent slump, according to industry expert Edoardo Farina. The digital coin trades at $2.40 as of press time, marking a 3.5% drop in the last day, and leaving recent investors with heavy losses. XRP Still Outperforms Major Cryptocurrencies In 2025 This year, Bitcoin has dropped 9% […]

Will new US SEC rules bring crypto companies onshore?

Will new US SEC rules bring crypto companies onshore?

Once, long ago, cryptocurrency companies operated comfortably in the US. In that quaint, bygone era, they would often conduct funding events called “initial coin offerings,” and then use those raised funds to try to do things in the real and blockchain world. Now, they largely do this “offshore” through foreign entities while geofencing the United […]

Can Cardano Reclaim $1? Analyst Says ADA Price Must Hold This Crucial Level

Can Cardano Reclaim $1? Analyst Says ADA Price Must Hold This Crucial Level

Cardano (ADA)’s price continues to move sideways, holding its range for the past 10 days, while online sentiment grows. Some analysts suggest that a retest of the local resistance could be near if the cryptocurrency holds its crucial support zone. Cardano Holds Key Range Cardano has retraced 40% from its two-month high of $1.17, dropping […]

Bitcoin le 22 mars – Le créateur de CryptoQuant l’affirme, le bull run est terminé !

Historiquement, et malgré ses qualités intrinsèques, le Bitcoin est considéré comme un actif risqué. Et même avec l’arrivée de Trump au pouvoir et l’établissement d’une réserve stratégique en BTC, il continue de se comporter comme le S&P 500 ou le NASDAQ. Le roi des cryptomonnaies est un actif à part et complexe, car pour le […]

Crypto markets will be pressured by trade wars until April: analyst

Crypto markets will be pressured by trade wars until April: analyst

Both cryptocurrency and traditional markets will be pressured by global trade war concerns until at least the beginning of April, but the potential resolution may bring the next big market catalyst. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price fell over 17% since US President Donald Trump first announced import tariffs on Chinese goods on Jan. 20, the first day […]

Top Crypto to Buy as Current Bitcoin Bull Cycle Mirrors 2017’s Bull Run – Time for Another Rally?

Top Crypto to Buy as Current Bitcoin Bull Cycle Mirrors 2017’s Bull Run – Time for Another Rally?

Bitcoin crossed the $100K mark in December and made a fresh high of $109K on January 20, 2025. Since then, $BTC has declined considerably, which has had investors worried. One good piece of news, however, is that the asset hasn’t closed below the $70K mark and is currently in a strong consolidation phase. Read on […]

Net Taker Volume on Binance Hits Yearly High Amid Bitcoin Price Consolidation

Net Taker Volume on Binance Hits Yearly High Amid Bitcoin Price Consolidation

Bitcoin continues to trade just below the $84,000 mark, reflecting a broader slowdown in upward momentum. Despite attempts to reclaim higher levels, the cryptocurrency has remained under the $90,000 mark for over two weeks. This current range-bound activity comes nearly two months after Bitcoin touched its all-time high in January, indicating a period of uncertainty […]

Bitcoin : Le cycle haussier est-il déjà terminé ?

La fin d’un cycle ? Bon nombre d’analystes se demandent quand le cours du Bitcoin va enfin repartir à la hausse. Avec comme principal ingrédient, le retour tant attendu des investisseurs particuliers et de leurs liquidités. Un scénario assez classique, qui pourrait toutefois ne plus être d’actualité. C’est en tout cas l’avis exposé par le […]

Dogecoin Breaks Under Ascending Triangle: 16% Crash Incoming?

Dogecoin Breaks Under Ascending Triangle: 16% Crash Incoming?

An analyst has pointed out how Dogecoin could end up seeing an extended drawdown, based on this Ascending Triangle pattern forming in its hourly price. Dogecoin Has Lost The Support Of An Ascending Triangle Recently In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has talked about an Ascending Triangle pattern for Dogecoin. The “Ascending […]

Crypto debanking is not over until Jan 2026: Caitlin Long

Crypto debanking is not over until Jan 2026: Caitlin Long

The cryptocurrency industry may still be facing debanking-related issues in the United States, despite the recent wave of positive legislation, according to crypto regulatory experts and industry leaders. The collapse of crypto-friendly banks in early 2023 sparked the first allegations of Operation Chokepoint 2.0. Critics, including venture capitalist Nic Carter, described it as a government […]

Ripple (XRP) : La fin du procès contre la SEC « déjà pricée » par les investisseurs ?

Effet pschitt… Le 19 mars 2025, le CEO de Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, a annoncé que la Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) des États-Unis abandonnait son recours en appel dans le cadre de son procès contre Ripple Labs. Une nouvelle qui aurait pu provoquer une hausse importante du cours du XRP. Cependant, certains analystes estiment que […]

Analyst Compares Current Bitcoin Pullback to 2024 Market—Here’s What They Found

Analyst Compares Current Bitcoin Pullback to 2024 Market—Here’s What They Found

Bitcoin continues to experience short-term volatility, struggling to maintain momentum above key resistance levels. After recently attempting to break back above the psychological $90,000 level, the asset has pulled back again. As of the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at approximately $83,239, down 2.2% over the past 24 hours and nearly 23% below its […]

Dogecoin Faces 1929-Style Reckoning, Bloomberg’s McGlone Warns

Dogecoin Faces 1929-Style Reckoning, Bloomberg’s McGlone Warns

Bloomberg Intelligence’s chief commodity strategist, Mike McGlone, has issued a stark caution to Dogecoin holders and the broader crypto community by drawing comparisons to historical instances of market excess. In a series of recent posts published on X , McGlone invoked the years 1929 and 1999—the notorious eras of the stock market crash and the […]

Tether in talks with Big Four firm for its first full financial audit: Report

Tether in talks with Big Four firm for its first full financial audit: Report

Stablecoin issuer Tether is reportedly in talks with a Big Four accounting firm to audit its assets reserves and verify that its USDT (USDT) stablecoin is backed at a 1:1 ratio. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino reportedly said the audit process would be more straightforward under pro-crypto US President Donald Trump. It comes after rising industry […]

Bitcoin Could Hit $112,000, But Only If It Holds Above This Key Level – Analyst Explains

Bitcoin Could Hit $112,000, But Only If It Holds Above This Key Level – Analyst Explains

In an X post published yesterday, seasoned crypto analyst Ali Martinez highlighted that, based on price band analysis, Bitcoin (BTC) could surge to $112,000 if it breaks and holds above a key level. Analyst Outlines Key Bitcoin Level Following a slight uptick after the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) announcement to slow the pace of its […]

This Bitcoin Correction Is Different From March 2024—Here’s Why

This Bitcoin Correction Is Different From March 2024—Here’s Why

An analyst has explained how this Bitcoin correction phase may be different from the 2024 one, based on the data of this on-chain metric. Stablecoin Supply Is Displaying A Different Pattern In This Bitcoin Downturn In a CryptoQuant Quicktake post, an analyst has shared about how the latest trend in the stablecoin circulating supply has […]