Acurast, a decentralized network using everyday smartphones as secure compute nodes, has officially activated a 225,000-node smartphone compute network on Base. It’s a big development in bringing confidential onchain artificial intelligence (AI) into mainstream Web3. The integration with Base, an Ethereum Layer-2 chain designed to make decentralized applications faster, cheaper, and more scalable, enables developers
JPMorgan Chase said that it will remove the United Arab Emirates from its key emerging market bond indexes. The move affects major benchmarks. Including the EMBI Global Diversified index. The UAE currently holds about a 4.1% weight in that index. 🇦🇪UPDATE: JPMORGAN TO REMOVE UAE FROM EMERGING-MARKET BOND INDEXES JPMorgan will drop the United Arab
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has renewed his support for Bitcoin, casting it as both a hedge against inflation and a gateway to financial access. Key Points Brian Armstrong says inflation disproportionately harms those holding cash, widening economic inequality. Wealthier individuals can shield themselves from inflation by investing in assets such as Bitcoin, stocks, and real
Former U.S. budget director David Stockman escalated his criticism of Bitcoin in a recent X post, describing the flagship cryptocurrency as a “rug pull” after its decline from $125,000 to the $60,000s in the last five months. The nearly 50% correction, argues President Reagan’s former advisor, exposes what should be seen as a fundamental contradiction
DUBAI, UAE – In a landmark development for cryptocurrency adoption, Emirates NBD, Dubai’s state-owned banking giant, announced it is actively considering adding Bitcoin to its investment portfolio. This potential move represents a significant shift in institutional finance, particularly within the Middle East’s burgeoning financial hub. Consequently, the announcement has generated substantial market interest and analysis
More than 400,000 $BTC have been accumulated between $60,000 and $70,000 during bitcoin’s latest downturn, underscoring aggressive dip buying as the market retraced sharply, according to Glassnode data. Supply in the $60,000 to $70,000 band has risen from roughly 997,000 $BTC on Jan. 1 to about 1.43 million $BTC today, an increase of approximately 429,000
Bitcoin fell below 200-week EMA, over 52% off peak, risking death-cross capitulation. Summary $BTC closed last week under the 200-week EMA, a key confluence zone tied to post-halving re-accumulation range highs, after three weeks of elevated sell volume and weak demand. Analysts warn $BTC may retest the underside of the 200-week EMA as new resistance,
The global digital asset market is facing a severe crypto crash today, February 24, 2026, as Bitcoin ($BTC) decisively broke below the critical $63,000 support level. After peaking at an all-time high of $126,000 in late 2025, the premier cryptocurrency has now lost 50% of its value, sending the total market capitalization sliding toward the
The ongoing sharp sell-off in the cryptocurrency market has caused Bitcoin to fall below $63,000 and Ethereum to drop to around $1,800. As the market decline continues, analysts predict that the market is not yet at the point of complete collapse. Speaking to The Block, Presto Research analyst Min Jung stated that $BTC’s drop today,
Key Highlights: Bhutan launches Digital Nomad Visa on Solana blockchain. For the visa, one requires TER, a stablecoin backed by gold. Bhutan becomes the first country to launch such an initiative. Bhutan has introduced a new Digital Nomad Visa that uses blockchain technology (specifically Solana) to make the process of visa application and management system