Bitcoin Yet To See Meaningful Capital Return, Glassnode Says

On-chain analytics firm Glassnode has highlighted how accumulation from the large Bitcoin entities has remained relatively weak recently. Bitcoin Accumulation Trend Score Has Been Struggling To Break 0.5 In a new post on X, Glassnode has talked about the latest trend in the Accumulation Trend Score for Bitcoin. This on-chain indicator tracks whether BTCinvestors are accumulating or distributing right now. The metric calculates its value by looking at the balance changes happening in the wallets of the investors. Additionally, it also accounts for the size of the wallets themselves. This…

WLFI to Offer More Incentives for Token Holders Who Use USD1

Trump family-backed crypto venture World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has proposed new measures to boost participation in governance through a staking system and incentivize the use of its stablecoin USD1. In its latest proposal on Wednesday, the team suggested governance votes should require holders to stake their tokens for at least 180 days to ensure “voting power is held by participants with long-term alignment to the protocol,” instead of “short-term holders or speculators.” Stakers would earn an annual percentage rate of 2% provided they participate in at least two governance votes…

Stripe says Blockchains may need to Process 1B TPS to Support AI Agents

Financial technology firm Stripe says blockchains may need to process up to 1 billion transactions per second to support the future of artificial intelligence agents.  In an annual letter posted to X on Tuesday, Stripe CEO and co-founder Patrick Collison and co-founder John Collison gave a rundown of the firm’s performance over 2025, while also making some predictions for the near future.  One of the key talking points was the adoption of AI agents and what widespread use could look like in the future. The duo argued that blockchain transaction…

XRP Price Rally Accelerates, $1.50 Resistance Could Decide Next Move

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Ethereum Roadmap Targets 2-Second Blocks and Quantum Safety

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has added to a newly released roadmap outlining how Ethereum plans to dramatically speed up the production of new blocks and the confirmation of transactions. Vitalik’s comments on Thursday offered more detail on a visual public roadmap called “Strawmap” released by the Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol team.  “Fast slots are off in their own lane at the top of the roadmap, and do not really seem to connect to anything,” said Buterin, noting that the rest of the roadmap is “pretty independent of the slot time.”  Slot…

How Vitalik Buterin’s 11,422 ETH Liquidation Is Testing Ethereum’s Bear Market Absorption – Details

Ethereum has faced persistent selling pressure throughout the year, with price action repeatedly failing to reclaim the $2,000 level. Despite intermittent rebound attempts, momentum has remained weak, reflecting cautious sentiment across both retail and institutional participants. The broader market environment — characterized by tightening liquidity, macro uncertainty, and subdued risk appetite — has further complicated Ethereum’s recovery path, leaving the asset locked in a fragile consolidation phase. Related Reading Recent on-chain data has added another layer to this narrative. According to blockchain analytics platform Arkham, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has…

ETHZilla Surges on Rebrand to Forum in Tokenization Pivot

ETHZilla shares climbed 13% on Wednesday after the company changed its name to Forum as part of plans to ditch its crypto treasury strategy and become a tokenization company. The company said on Wednesday that it has updated its corporate name and brand to Forum Markets and will do business as Forum. ETHZilla will also change its ticker symbol to “FRMM” as of market open on Monday, pending Nasdaq approval. The company said the rebrand is the next step in its transition into a platform “connecting traditional capital markets with…

From Breakdown To Bottoming? Ethereum Tests Key High-Timeframe Support

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Vitalik Flags Oracles As A Time Bomb

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is urging the Ethereum ecosystem to treat oracle design and decentralization as a priority security problem, warning that key parts of DeFi’s stack still hide uncomfortable fragilities behind the industry’s recent growth. In a post outlining how the Ethereum Foundation is thinking about DeFi, Buterin framed decentralized finance as “a central part of the value that Ethereum provides” and argued that its next phase must pair renewed innovation with a harder line on security and centralization risks. “Defi is a central part of the value that…

Kalshi Boots Politician, YouTuber For Insider Trading

A former contender for governor of California has been banned from Kalshi after betting on his own candidacy last year in violation of insider trading rules, the prediction market platform said on Wednesday. According to a statement from Kalshi’s head of enforcement, Robert DeNault, the politician bet about $200 on his candidacy for governor of California and posted about it on X, leading to a five-year suspension on the prediction market platform and a $2,000 penalty. Kalshi did not name the politician, but said he is no longer running for…