Trading platform eToro plans to acquire US online brokerage TradeZero as part of its US expansion plans, the company announced Tuesday. In its second-quarter report, eToro reported $1.59 billion in revenue, down from $2 billion in the comparable 2025 period. Of that, $1.34 billion was revenue from crypto assets, down about 30% from $1.9 billion
Bitcoin traders are watching a razor-thin line right now: the point where short-term holders stop losing money and start breaking even. With the price hovering near $65,200, the question of whether Bitcoin holders breakeven can actually hold this time — rather than fade like it has twice already this year — is shaping how the
You can prove you are over 18 without revealing your birthday. You can prove you have enough money for a transaction without revealing your balance. You can prove a computation was performed correctly without revealing the inputs. Zero-knowledge proofs make all of this possible, and they are quietly becoming the most important cryptographic primitive in
Ethereum can process roughly 15 transactions per second. That is less than a single Starbucks checkout line. Rollups are the technology that lets Ethereum handle thousands of transactions per second without sacrificing the security that makes it valuable in the first place. They work by executing transactions off chain and posting compressed proofs back to
Smart contracts are powerful, but they are also blind. They cannot see prices, read weather data, or verify that a payment arrived in a bank account. Oracles are the infrastructure that connects blockchains to the outside world, and the security of more than $200 billion in DeFi depends on them working correctly. Most explanations of
Without raising the gas limit or shortening block times, $BNB Smart Chain is planning a significant block-building upgrade that could almost double network throughput. One particular inefficiency is addressed by BEP-675: builders and validators currently run the same block twice before it is sealed. Block execution and validation Specialized builders assemble and execute blocks under
Bitcoin trades near $64,000 heading into the most consequential US macro week of August, sitting almost on top of the market’s largest nearby demand concentration. The Aug. 12 inflation report, due less than 48 hours out, will help decide whether that floor holds or gets tested. Glassnode’s latest on-chain map puts that demand shelf at
Bitcoin price slipped below the $64K mark. The bearish crossover is active, and the downtrend accelerates. The largest asset, Bitcoin ($BTC), slipped below the $64K mark and is currently trading at around $63,981. Its daily trading volume has surged by over 50% to $21.78 billion. Moreover, this session ranged between $63,752 and $65,316, with $49.61
A decade ago, most conversations about putting real-world assets on a blockchain in Asia were theoretical, hampered by the absence of clear rules and workable platforms. That era is over. According to a new report from Sygnum Singapore, the shift toward APAC tokenized assets has moved from cautious curiosity to active portfolio building, with the