Category: Economy

Key Takeaways Sberbank plans to accept bitcoin, ether, and tether as loan collateral. The expansion depends on Russia’s new crypto rules taking effect. Sber previously conducted a crypto-backed loan pilot with Intelion. Sberbank Plans to Expand Crypto-Backed Lending Sber, Russia’s largest bank, majority-owned by the government, plans to accept bitcoin, ether, and tether as collateral […]

US President Donald Trump called it the largest oil deal in history. Can it impact crypto? The United States has secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves, which could reshape global energy markets, but does it actually matter for bitcoin and crypto? President Trump announced on Friday that […]

The proposal to double Solana’s annual disinflation rate has been marked Accepted after closing with 176.29 million SOL For, 66.19 million SOL Against and 20.63 million SOL Abstain, according to Validator Info. The result gives Solana validators and stakers a directional mandate to accelerate the network’s path toward lower issuance. However, it does not immediately […]

Key Takeaways Altcoins captured 65% of Binance volume at the rally’s peak. Bitcoin and ether held volume shares of 21% and 13.6%. Altcoin market capitalization increased by about $135 billion. Altcoins Capture Majority of Binance Trading Volume Altcoins dominated trading activity during the market rally, reaching their largest share of Binance volume in two years, […]

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure BNB Smart Chain is preparing to activate its Pasteur hard fork on mainnet on August 25 at 02:30 UTC. The upgrade introduces several network changes, including BEP-682 for bridge verification, BEP-695 for validator governance, and BEP-675 for block processing capacity. Node operators […]

AI-directed bank accounts could move deposits rapidly among banks, weakening a funding advantage that helps finance long-term credit, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas analysis published Aug. 25. Although customers can withdraw demand deposits at any time, balances tend to remain at banks for years, and deposit rates usually rise by less than […]

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TAC, a Cosmos-based EVM sidechain connected to the TON ecosystem, has halted block production after a supply-related exploit. The incident occurred on August 22, according to public incident materials. TAC connects Ethereum-based applications with the TON network, but the exploit affected the […]

A newly merged Ethereum proposal would retire the network’s 512-validator sync committee, remove its rewards, and make the current Altair light-client interface obsolete by replacing it with offchain zero-knowledge proofs. The Draft EIP-8390 estimates that deleting the committee’s reward weight would reduce annual consensus issuance by roughly 33,800 ETH. Ethereum would give up an in-protocol […]

Key Takeaways Bitcoin jumped 23.6% this week, while PUMP and ENA nearly doubled. ZEC gained 75.15% as most altcoins remained far below their prior peaks. Google’s “altcoin” score sits at 26, signaling Altseason 3.0 mania remains absent. Bitcoin Rips Toward $80,000 as Billions Flood Back Hundreds of billions have poured back into the crypto market, […]