The Lightning Network started as a simple way to reduce the cost and time of small, day-to-day bitcoin (BTC) payments. However, as new research shows, joining and exiting the network with a single peer has created an intractable problem with channel depletion that developers have not been able to resolve for years. Historically, Lightning users
Reece Merrick, Ripple Senior Executive Officer/Managing Director of Middle East and Africa, was a key speaker at a recent event by the Gulf Capital Market Association (formerly The Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association), which represents the bond and equity markets of the Arabian Gulf region. In a tweet, Merrick shared a recap of insights he
The US dollar is heading for its steepest weekly decline in seven months as volatile US-Europe relations and rising policy uncertainty pressure the currency. The dollar index, which tracks the US currency against a basket of six peers, slipped to 97.8. The gauge is heading for a weekly loss exceeding 1%, the largest since June.
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao told CNBC on Friday he believes bitcoin will break its four year cycle this year because the U.S. and other countries have become crypto-friendly. “If you are looking at today, tomorrow, on a daily basis, there’s no way I can predict” which way the price of bitcoin is going to go,
Bitcoin traded near $89,133 on the four-hour chart as it steadied after a steep drop from the recent $97,971 peak. The sell-off broke the earlier run of higher highs and forced price into a tighter, more defensive structure. Traders now watch this consolidation range for signs of either renewed demand or another wave of selling.
The following is a guest post by Nischal Shetty, co-founder and President at Shardeum. On 2nd January 2026, an anonymous trader on crypto prediction platform Polymarket put down roughly $30,000 on a contract that Nicolás Maduro would be out of power by 31 January 2026. Within hours of a U.S. special forces raid that resulted
While Washington, D.C. was welcoming large crowds for President Donald Trump’s inauguration one year ago, the cryptocurrency market welcomed a series of new Trump family-themed meme coins. Out of the digital assets unleashed for the Republican’s return to the White House, none drew more attention than OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP), which soared an impressive 464% from
Key takeaways BTC is down less than 1% as the market remains choppy. The leading cryptocurrency could retest the $87k support level before rallying higher. BTC’s price action remains choppy The cryptocurrency market continues to underperform as BTC and the other leading coins are in the red. Bitcoin has lost 0.7% of its value in