While the ECB dreams of a well-behaved digital euro, a French crypto startup is spending £30 million to hack the bank... but with the regulator's approval. Hats off.
While the ECB dreams of a well-behaved digital euro, a French crypto startup is spending £30 million to hack the bank... but with the regulator's approval. Hats off.
Quantum computers could cause the collapse of the crypto ecosystem as early as 2028. Vitalik Buterin sounds the alarm and proposes radical solutions. Will crypto survive this imminent threat? Discover the stakes and the answers that could change everything.
Bitcoin’s fall under $90,000 on Wednesday revived market fear and extended a sell-off that has already lasted several days. Prices slipped to levels not seen since earlier periods of stress this year. Traders responded by stepping back from risk and reducing exposure across both spot and derivatives markets.
Solana saw over 200,000 new tokens launched last week, led by pump.fun, but most projects struggle to gain trading traction.
Trading activity on crypto-based forecasting platforms has climbed sharply this year, with services like Kalshi and Polymarket seeing noticeable growth. Amid this upward trend, Coinbase appears to be building its own prediction-market site. Images shared by a tech researcher suggest the project is already taking shape and may involve support from Kalshi.
A new milestone has just been reached in the integration of cryptos into traditional markets. Bitwise filed the 8-A form for its XRP ETF on November 19, a clear signal of an imminent listing on the NYSE. The product, awaited by institutional players, could be launched in the next few hours, marking a strategic turning point for XRP and strengthening the legitimacy of cryptos with regulated finance.
Caution settles in on the markets. In a few weeks, investors have seen their hopes for monetary easing vanish while Bitcoin lost its momentum. But does this correction signal a simple pullback or the start of a real bear market?
While markets watch every macroeconomic signal to anticipate Fed movements, a major indicator just defied forecasts. The United States trade deficit fell by nearly 24% in one month. In a global context of high tension, between renegotiated tariff agreements and disrupted supply chains, this unexpected decline raises strategic issues. It could also influence capital flows, reshape economic balances, and strengthen interest in decentralized assets like bitcoin.
BlackRock takes a staking cure for its Ethereum: a developing ETF that promises yield for large portfolios. Crypto, meanwhile, continues to trot towards Wall Street.
While bitcoin falters, a company makes the opposite bet. Strategy, the largest corporate holder of BTC, continues to buy massively in the midst of turmoil, where others flee. Its radical strategy, often criticized, could nevertheless open the doors of the very selective S&P 500 as early as December. A possibility that, until recently, was still financial science fiction. This scenario, unthinkable a few years ago, crystallizes a major shift between institutional finance and cryptos.
Fragmentation across Ethereum’s Layer 2 networks has become a growing concern, pushing the Ethereum Foundation to propose a new direction. Scaling has delivered faster transactions and lower fees, but it has also complicated the user experience. Bridges, chain-specific wallets, and scattered liquidity continue to slow activity across the ecosystem. The proposed Ethereum Interop Layer (EIL) aims to bring these parts back together and restore a more unified experience.
Michael Saylor does not mince his words. In an interview given Tuesday to Fox Business, the executive chairman of Strategy dismissed concerns about Wall Street's impact on Bitcoin with a wave of the hand. For him, the arrival of traditional financial institutions did not weaken the digital asset. On the contrary, it would have stabilized it.
The Argentine parliament has just made a big move: in a damning report, it qualifies the promotion of the crypto $LIBRA by Javier Milei as an alleged scam, a scandal that cost investors 400 million dollars. Yet, his allies see it only as a political "buffoonery." Who is telling the truth?
The OCC has clarified that U.S. banks can hold and use cryptocurrency to cover blockchain network fees, offering clearer guidance for digital asset operations.
Mastercard and Polygon make crypto transfers easier by replacing long wallet addresses with short, verified usernames for safer, simpler transactions.
VanEck's Solana ETF has just entered the scene, and it's not just another product on the altcoin shelf. We are witnessing a real flood of crypto funds on the stock market, with Solana and soon Dogecoin at the forefront. Between slash fees, integrated staking, and a race against regulatory time, a new battle is playing out far from traditional exchange platforms.
In Brussels, while some regulate AI to the point of suffocation, Paris and Berlin advocate for breathing space. Bureaucrats panic, startups suffocate, and innovation awaits an emergency exit.
Behind the apparent rise of XRP, the technical signals turn red. While Ripple's crypto shows a sustained price, the on-chain data reveal a worrying fragility: a large share of recent investors are at a loss, exposing the market to potentially explosive selling pressure.
While traditional markets are wavering in anticipation of Nvidia's results, bitcoin surprises by rebounding 4% on Tuesday. In a tense atmosphere, the crypto escapes the declining US stock indices and intrigues investors. Is this surge a sign of a new bullish momentum or merely a speculative spike? The timing, on the eve of a key verdict on AI, makes this move all the more strategic.
The crypto market is wobbling. Bitcoin lost more than 10% in a few days and struggles to regain momentum. Arthur Hayes, a prominent figure in the ecosystem, points to an unexpected culprit: the contraction of dollar liquidity. His thesis challenges conventional analyses and opens a debate on the real drivers of the market.
A major Cloudflare outage on Tuesday caused widespread disruptions across crypto platforms and several major websites. Service interruptions spread quickly as users struggled to load exchange portals, block explorers, and analytics tools. Early reports from affected firms indicated that Cloudflare error messages were appearing across front-end interfaces.
Trump tightens the screws: after flirting with crypto, he is now ready to unleash the IRS on digital havens... Soon audits on wallets hidden in the Bahamas?
Growing U.S. interest in tightening oversight of offshore digital assets is gaining traction in Washington. Momentum is building as a proposed rule allowing the IRS to access data on Americans’ foreign crypto accounts moves into White House review. Signaling a stronger push to align U.S. tax policy with global reporting standards, the step places cooperation with foreign regulators closer to reality.
Nearly ten years after its spectacular collapse, Mt. Gox resurfaces. Indeed, the former Japanese bitcoin giant suddenly moved over 10,000 BTC, worth $953 million, after eight months of silence. This massive transfer rekindles fears of a large-scale liquidation. Worse still, creditors, already battered, will have to wait until 2026 to hope for reimbursement. Enough to revive tensions around the oldest scandal in crypto history.
The SEC omits crypto from its 2026 priorities. Towards looser regulation and recognition of the sector? Full analysis here!
Aave announces a new savings app offering up to 9% APY, real-time interest tracking, and higher yields than traditional banks.
Global cryptocurrency markets are under heavy pressure after a sharp decline in Bitcoin's value damaged sentiment across the sector. Prices are now giving back most of the gains made earlier in the year, while smaller tokens are falling to multi-year lows. Investors are reassessing risk, trading volumes are shrinking, and several analysts warn that further declines remain possible.
Tom Lee says Ethereum is entering the same supercycle that propelled Bitcoin’s historic surge, noting the move will require holding through market ups and downs.
A site fades away, a token collapses: DappRadar takes its bow, leaving its DAO stranded and the crypto market searching for a new GPS for its scattered data.
Strategy has just reached a new milestone in its bitcoin accumulation strategy. Michael Saylor's company acquired 8,178 BTC for 835 million dollars, marking a spectacular acceleration of its investments. This operation occurs in a context of high volatility, where the bitcoin price lost 11% in seven days.