Category: Economy

USDC and USDT supply can grow to meet different kinds of demand for dollar stablecoins, according to Coin Metrics research published Oct. 20. For Bitcoin investors, that complicates treating their combined issuance as a single pool of cash waiting to buy BTC. The study associates stronger non-stablecoin crypto-market returns with slower USDC growth the following […]

Key Takeaways PIERRE climbed from a $9,700 to over $1.7M market cap on Oct. 19, with $5.9M traded on Pumpswap in 24 hours. One Pump.fun trader turned $200 into $34,000, while 96.8% of 413,579 wallets made under $500 or lost money. France reported about 2,400 arrests after Oct. 17 riots, and the token now trades […]

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The arrest count is striking, but the scale of the online infrastructure removed may be the bigger story. An international effort against West African scam networks has resulted in 28 arrests, while technology companies say they removed more than 3.7 million accounts, […]

Vitalik Buterin has called for a hard ceiling on Ethereum proving costs per unit of block gas, adding a resource-accounting test to the push for faster zero-knowledge proofs. For independent prover operators, the issue is how much work the hardest permitted block could demand, even when ordinary blocks finish quickly. In his October 15 post, […]

Is the OG meme coin about to stage a major comeback? We’re far from the meme-coin hype that rattled crypto markets, where new tokens were popping up left and right to fight for the public’s attention and, more importantly, the capital ready to deploy. Although the oldest and largest of the bunch was always […]

Key Takeaways Solana apps generated $193.1M in 30 days, nearly 2x Hyperliquid’s $86.5M. RWAs grew 600% from $700M to $4.37B in the last year, showing growth beyond meme coins. The next phase depends on whether RWA and lending growth can make revenues more durable. Solana RWAs Surge to $4.37B as Growth Moves Beyond Meme coins […]

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR: Security researcher Joe Grand says he warned Ledger about signs of physically modified devices months before a wider hardware-wallet supply-chain attack came to light. The dispute concerns communications and product distribution, not proof that Ledger’s core cryptography was defeated. Ledger is […]

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR: Solana’s Accelerate event in Shanghai was abruptly postponed after organisers said registrations exceeded permitted capacity. The disruption came against the backdrop of China’s restrictive policies toward commercial cryptocurrency activity. Solana’s attempt to bring developers together at a major Shanghai event ended […]

Bitcoin (BTC) traded near $82,000 around Friday’s Wall Street open as crypto markets stabilized alongside a rebound in South Korean stocks. Key points: Bitcoin price volatility eased as South Korean stocks rebounded 2% on Friday, offering relief after a steep sell-off. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh gave no indication of further interest-rate hikes during a […]

Bitcoin developers have a six-to-12-month window to establish a quantum-security plan before the threat weighs more heavily on value. According to Charles Edwards, CEO of Capriole Investments, Bitcoin’s price could rise 30% to 50% in a day if developers agree on a roadmap to protect the blockchain against quantum computers. He also warned that […]