Bitcoin Falls To New 2026 Low, Altcoins Crumble: Is $56K BTC Next?
Key points: Bitcoin remains under pressure as the bears attempt to hold the price below the crucial $74,508 level. Several major altcoins are struggling to bounce off their support levels, increasing the likelihood of the resumption of the downtrend. Bitcoin (BTC) bulls attempted to start a recovery, but the bears sold at higher levels and…
What Dubai’s Ban on Monero and Zcash Signals for Regulated Crypto
Key takeaways Dubai does not criminalize privacy coins yet has ordered them to be removed from regulated financial channels. This means licensed firms in the DIFC can no longer trade, promote or package them into investment products. From a compliance perspective, privacy-by-default features conflict with AML and sanctions frameworks that require transaction visibility, making certain…
What Dubai’s Ban on Monero and Zcash Signals for Regulated Crypto
Key takeaways Dubai does not criminalize privacy coins yet has ordered them to be removed from regulated financial channels. This means licensed firms in the DIFC can no longer trade, promote or package them into investment products. From a compliance perspective, privacy-by-default features conflict with AML and sanctions frameworks that require transaction visibility, making certain…
Ethereum L2 Builders Debate Scaling Role After Vitalik’s Rollup Rethink
Several layer-2 builders responded after Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the original vision of L2s as the primary scaling engine “no longer makes sense,” calling for a shift toward specialization. In a Wednesday post, Buterin argued that many L2s have failed to fully inherit Ethereum’s security due to continued reliance on multisig bridges, while the…
Base Fixes Transaction Delays After Config Error, Maintains L2 Lead
Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network Base said recent slow or missing transactions were caused by a configuration error that has been fixed. Over the weekend, Base users experienced elevated transaction drops and delays in getting transactions included onchain. Despite the slowdown, blocks continued to be produced and the network remained operational, suggesting that the incident didn’t…
Classic Chart Pattern Signals ETH Could Slip Below $2K
The price of Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), risks sliding below $2,000 in February as a classic bearish setup plays out. Key takeaways: ETH breakdown keeps $1,665 downside target in focus. MVRV bands also point to price sliding toward $1,725 or lower before a potential bottom. ETH/USD daily chart. Source: TradingView ETH risks declining 25%…
Bitwise to Acquire Chorus One as Crypto Staking Demand Accelerates
Bitwise Asset Management is reportedly acquiring institutional staking provider Chorus One, extending its push into cryptocurrency yield services. The acquisition adds a major staking operation to the crypto asset manager’s platform as demand for onchain yield products increases among both retail and institutional investors. Chorus One provides staking services for decentralized networks and currently has…
Ethereum Dust Attacks Have Increased Post-Fusaka
Stablecoin-fueled dusting attacks are now estimated to make up 11% of all Ethereum transactions and 26% of active addresses on an average day, after the Fusaka upgrade made transactions cheaper, according to Coin Metrics. Ethereum is now seeing more than 2 million average daily transactions, spiking to almost 2.9 million in mid-January, along with 1.4…
Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum Scaling Should Move From L2s
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has reversed his long-held view that layer-2s should be the primary way to scale Ethereum, saying the approach “no longer makes sense.” “We need a new path,” Buterin said in a post to X on Tuesday, arguing that many layer-2s have failed to decentralize and that the Ethereum mainnet is now…
ETH’s Negative Funding Rates May Not Be A Buy Signal This Time
Key takeaways: Ether dropped 28% in a week to $2,110 as investors cut risk and markets wiped out leveraged traders. Spot ETH ETF outflows reached $447 million as Ethereum network activity fell by 47%. Ether (ETH) plummeted to $2,110 on Tuesday, signaling fragility following a brutal 28% price correction over seven days. Investors retreated into…
