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Ahead of the mainnet upgrade, hard forks are expected on the Ethereum test networks in February. If the forks on the testnets go as planned, the mainnet rollout is expected to follow the next month.

Wintermute said growing institutional engagement in crypto led to a 313% increase in its OTC volume in 2024. Institutional investors are also showing more interest in memecoins. The company said the ...

The price of bitcoin rose above $100,000 on Friday morning in Asia. The recent CPI data released Wednesday indicated that inflation is slowing down. Pro-crypto U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump intends to issue an executive order to list crypto as a national policy priority after being sworn in next Monday, according to Bloomberg. Trump also plans to ...

Phantom Wallet has raised $150 million at a $3 billion valuation. Sequoia and Paradigm led the Series C round, with a16z and Variant also participating. Phantom Wallet has raised $150 million and ...

Bitcoin’s dominance over ether and altcoins is expected to persist through 2025, according to JPMorgan analysts. They attribute this potential trend to factors like bitcoin’s role in the debasement ...

Idle, a credit and yield protocol launched in 2019, is entering the private credit space, enabling institutions to borrow onchain and deploy funds off-chain. The yield-bearing solution was spun up ...

Two Multicoin Capital partners, Tushar Jain and Vishal Kankani, have submitted a proposal for “Smart Emissions” on Solana that would adjust based on the staking participation rate. After a breakout ...

In a letter sent to the FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg on Thursday, the Wyoming Republican said FDIC whistleblowers reached out to her regarding the alleged destruction of those documents. Sen. Lummis is ...