Visa, one of the world’s biggest payment networks, has started settling stablecoin transactions on Ethereum. The integration, quietly launched in December 2025, uses USDC. This move marks a big step in bringing traditional finance onto blockchain networks. MASSIVE: Visa is now settling stablecoin transactions on Ethereum. One of the world’s largest payment networks is quietly
Bitcoin has a habit of turning certain numbers into places. A number becomes a shared memory, a public square where enough humans stare at the same line long enough that it starts to feel real. For the last few days, that place has been $71,500. Two days ago, I published a piece saying Bitcoin needed
Bitcoin price today trades near $68,811 after recovering from early session weakness that saw the token briefly dip toward $68,000. The bounce comes as Wall Street firm Bernstein reiterates its bullish $150,000 year-end target, arguing that what the market is experiencing represents the weakest Bitcoin bear case in its history. Bernstein Calls This The Weakest
Bitcoin is holding a firm line at $68,703 on Feb. 10, 2026, around 8 a.m. Eastern time, carving out a tight intraday range between $68,427 and $71,032. With a market cap of $1.37 trillion and 24-hour trading volume hitting $49.82 billion, it looked like the asset was on a coffee break—buzzing, but not going anywhere
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin $BTC$68,689.78 slipped to $68,500 on Tuesday, having failed to reclaim $70,000 after trading above that level for a while over the weekend. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) dropped 0.23% over the past 24 hours. The market appears to be stabilizing after last week’s decline to
Bitcoin’s BTC$68,720.34 slide to around $60,000 earlier this month looked familiar, not to gold bugs, but to tech investors, crypto asset manager Grayscale said in a Monday report. As high-growth software stocks sold off, bitcoin fell in near lockstep, reinforcing the view that, for now, the world’s largest cryptocurrency trades more like an emerging technology
Bitcoin is currently caught in a high-stakes tug-of-war between technical gravity and a potential institutional “pain trade.” After a sharp slide from its October 2025 peak of $126,210, Bitcoin has shed nearly 45% of its value, stabilizing around $68,500, per CoinGecko data. For many, the question is no longer if the market has changed, but
On-chain data revealed that non-$USDC/$USDT stablecoins on Solana have surged by more than 10x since January 2025. The expansion of non-$USDC/$USDT stablecoins shows that the stablecoin landscape on Solana has become a lot more diversified over the past year. At the time of publication, the stablecoin market cap is $14.227 billion, up 3.47% over the
As blockchain technology and artificial intelligence continue to converge, x402—a standard that enables AI agents to execute automated on-chain payments—was expected to serve as a gateway to the emerging Agent Economy. However, recent data shows a sharp decline in x402 transaction volume. This trend has raised doubts about whether the initial hype faded only months
Story Highlights Bitcoin struggles below $71K as sentiment cools, but strong $60K support and steady institutional ETF inflows keep prices from falling sharply. With no fresh catalysts or regulatory clarity, Bitcoin consolidates between $60K–$71K, supported by mining costs and ongoing institutional demand. Bitcoin is trading just below the $71,000 level and is finding it hard