The race to bring Web3 to your pocket is heating up. Following the launch of Solana’s Seeker phone, Freedom Factory has officially begun shipping dGEN1, the world’s first Ethereum-native smartphone, built for a fully onchain lifestyle. — The $549 device runs on ethOS v4, a custom operating system purpose-built for Ethereum. Unlike traditional smartphones, the
Daily active addresses on BNB Chain hit an all-time high on Monday, as the blockchain’s native token reached a new price record. Analytics platform Nansen revealed that sender-only active addresses on BNB Chain — addresses that sent a transaction, excluding internal address transfers — reached a new all-time high of 3.46 million on Monday, passing
Blockchain technology has long been synonymous with cryptocurrencies, but its potential reaches far beyond coins and tokens. As industries explore new ways to harness secure, transparent, and decentralized systems, blockchain is quietly reshaping everything from finance to sports engagement. This article explores how blockchain’s evolving landscape is opening doors to innovative applications that are set
Key Takeaways BlackRock deposited $364 million in Ethereum and $77.67 million in Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime. Similar prior moves by BlackRock have drawn speculation about profit taking or exit behavior. BlackRock deposited $364 million in Ethereum and $77.67 million in Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime today, according to on-chain data tracked by Lookonchain. The global asset
A cryptocurrency analyst and Bitcoin (BTC) maximalist, Knut Svanholm, has criticized Bitcoin Core v30.0’s expansion of the OP_RETURN limit to 100,000 bytes for multiple outputs per transaction. Svanholm argues the move will enable “shitcoining” like crowdfunding and staking on Bitcoin’s layer 1 and increase costs for peer-to-peer transfers. Bitcoin maximalists warn against diluting Bitcoin’s core
Crown, a São Paulo–based fintech focused on programmable money in emerging markets, has raised $8.1 million in seed funding to launch BRLV, a stablecoin pegged to the Brazilian real (BRL) and fully backed by Brazilian government bonds. The round was led by Framework Ventures, with participation from Valor Capital Group, Coinbase Ventures, Norte Ventures, Paxos,
Bitcoin’s correlation with gold is increasing as both assets strengthen their reputations as hedges against macroeconomic uncertainty, according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju. In a Tuesday post on X, Ju noted that the BTC–gold correlation has risen sharply alongside gold’s surge to new all-time highs. “Gold keeps hitting new ATHs. BTC–gold correlation is high;
For the first time in a long while, the Bitcoin community is staring at a problem that has nothing to do with ETF flows or the U.S.- China trade war, but rather with the raw math behind the network itself. Charles Edwards, head of Capriole Investments, has been sounding the alarm that quantum computers may
Circle (CRCL) is the most important player in the stablecoin ecosystem, according to investment bank William Blair, which initiated coverage on the company with an “Outperform” rating and a long-term bullish thesis. The firm sees Circle as a central force in the transition from fiat to blockchain-based payments, particularly in cross-border B2B transactions, a market
Bitcoin just completed what many traders are referring to as the largest fakeout of Q4, 2025. The rally attracted traders with bullish momentum, but it quickly fell back under important moving averages. The short-term uptrend that began earlier this quarter was essentially ended by the recent rejection at $116,000, and the subsequent pullback to the