Optimism, the Layer 2 scaling community constructed on Ethereum, has introduced a partnership with Succinct to introduce zero‑information know-how throughout the Superchain. Under the settlement, OP Succinct will function a most well-liked proving system for OP Stack rollups, and Optimism’s main community, OP Mainnet, is making ready to undertake the know-how. The transfer positions OP…
Bitcoin can bottom soon as a result of a 2026 recession, or a inventory market crash, keeps trying like the outlier situation My core thought round the Bitcoin market has remained the similar since final September, before we hit the all-time high in October. Related Reading Bitcoin’s cycle clock points to a final high by…
Ethereum’s slide towards $2,000 has left its exchange-traded fund (ETF) traders holding greater than $5 billion in paper losses, extending a marketwide crypto drawdown that has additionally hit Bitcoin. According to CryptoSlate’s knowledge, the transfer has tracked a broader risk-off wave that has pushed the worldwide crypto market value down by $2 trillion since October’s…
Bitget Wallet, an on a regular basis finance software, has appointed Will Wu as Head of Asia-Pacific, assigning him accountability for advancing regional development, strengthening partnerships, and overseeing localized go‑to‑market execution as the corporate expands its presence in one of the crucial energetic world areas for digital wallets and onchain monetary exercise, notably throughout quickly…
Vitalik Buterin simply revealed a analysis proposal that sidesteps the query everybody retains asking: can blockchains run AI fashions? Instead, the analysis claims Ethereum as the privacy-preserving settlement layer for metered AI and API utilization. The submit, co-authored with Davide Crapis on Ethereum Research, argues that the actual alternative is not placing LLMs on-chain. The…
The World Uncertainty Index, a GDP-weighted measure constructed from the frequency with which “uncertainty” seems in Economist Intelligence Unit nation studies, reached 106,862.2 within the third quarter of 2025 and remained elevated at 94,947.1 within the fourth quarter. WUI all-time file (Source: FRED) The index is not a volatility gauge. It’s a text-based barometer of…
On Feb. 11, Uniswap introduced that BlackRock’s $2.2 billion USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) would trade on UniswapX by way of a partnership with Securitize. The integration allows BUIDL holders to swap into USDC by way of an on-chain request-for-quote system that settles atomically with quotes from allowlisted market makers, together with Flowdesk, Tokka…
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has overtaken Solana on one carefully watched metric over the previous month, flipping it in real-world asset tokenization, excluding stablecoins. Data from RWA.xyz point out that the Ledger has roughly $1.756 billion in whole on-chain real-world asset value, excluding stablecoins, in contrast with roughly $1.682 billion for Solana. While this hole…
Prediction markets entered the mainstream in 2025, with a fourfold surge in annual buying and selling quantity as a handful of venues consolidated management over what’s quickly turning into an institutional-scale product, based on a new report from blockchain security agency CertiK. The sector’s complete quantity rose from $15.8 billion in 2024 to $63.5 billion…
Washington’s stablecoin stalemate is hardening right into a struggle that banks acknowledge instantly as a deposit difficulty. The dispute is now not centered on whether or not dollar-linked tokens ought to exist. It facilities on whether or not they need to be handled as deposits, particularly if shoppers can earn interest-like rewards merely for holding…