The urgent need for a “mass extinction” of “junk coins” from the crypto market is not at all a new topic. Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin predicted that over 90% of the initial coin offering (ICO) era would fail. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse in 2019 agreed 99% of all cryptocurrencies would
Bitcoin price started a fresh increase and cleared the $81,200 zone. $BTC is consolidating and might aim for more gains above the $82,500 level. Bitcoin managed to stay above $80,200 and started a fresh increase. The price is trading above $80,800 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a bullish trend line forming
ZetaChain, a Layer 1 blockchain project focused on cross-chain interoperability and artificial intelligence, has integrated xAI’s latest AI model, Grok 4.3, into its proprietary AI layer. The integration, announced this week, aims to enhance the platform’s capabilities in agent tool calling and instruction following, while offering a substantial 1 million token context window for complex
The social sentiment surrounding Bitcoin ($BTC) has swung to its most bullish level in four months as the asset surged past the $80,000 mark earlier in the week. This is according to data shared by Santiment on May 7, with the shift reflecting a market that has quickly moved from fear to optimism after weeks
Japanese markets reopened after the Golden Week holidays to a powerful AI-driven rally on Thursday, with SoftBank stock soaring as investors rushed to catch up with gains already seen across global technology stocks. Shares in the Japanese investment group jumped 16.4% on Thursday, according to market commentary, after a long holiday stretch in which US
Bitcoin price rebounded back above $81,000 as investor risk-on sentiment improved after Iran signalled that it was reviewing a U.S. proposal to end the war between the two nations. After falling over 2.3% from a 4-month high of $82,751 on Wednesday to an intraday low of $80,771, Bitcoin (BTC) price rebounded back above $81,500 at
Blockchain protocols preparing for the quantum computing threat should also consider how to quickly verify ownership on the blockchain if funds are stolen, the development and research team behind the layer-1 $NEAR Protocol said. Concerns that quantum computers could eventually break blockchain cryptography have fueled worries about private keys and wallet security, but most of
The cumulative net inflows of US-traded spot Bitcoin ETFs has reached roughly $59.7 billion, with BlackRock’s IBIT alone holding $66.7 billion in assets. Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab are now pushing direct crypto trading into ordinary brokerage accounts. The driver is that both firms can already see demand within their own client base, with clients
Investors are getting ready to see if CRCL’s recent Agentic Economy narrative really translated into quantifiable growth, as the company prepares for one of its most significant earnings reports to date. The results of Circle’s upcoming May 11 earnings report could have a significant impact on USD Coin, the larger stablecoin market, and the stock