Bitwise Launches Chainlink ETF As Tokenization Trade Gains Steam On Wall Street

Bitwise Asset Management on Wednesday launched the Bitwise Chainlink ETF (NYSE:CLNK), giving investors direct spot exposure to Chainlink’s LINK token at a time when tokenization and blockchain-based financial infrastructure are moving from buzzwords to balance sheets. The ETF began trading with a management fee of 0.34%. Bitwise is waiving...
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CleanSpark Shares Surge As Texas Land Deal Positions Company For AI Data Center Growth

CleanSpark, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSK) shares surged on Wednesday after it announced it is expanding its Texas footprint with a land-and-transmission deal near Houston aimed at powering large-scale data center campuses built for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. The move targets a scarce resource in today’s market: transmission-level electricity in a...
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Report: Aave Power Struggle Triggers $500M Market Cap Slide

Aave’s governance token reportedly lost half a billion dollars in market value in mid-December 2025 as a public conflict between its decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and the core development team, Aave Labs, rattled investors. The dispute, detailed in a January 14 report by market intelligence provider Santiment, centered on...
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Bitcoin Hits $97,000 As Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Pop 2%

Bitcoin briefly spiked to $97,500 on Wednesday as improving macro sentiment boosted risk assets, driving a sharp increase in liquidations and renewed ETF demand. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $97,561.89 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $3,387.58 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $147.07 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $2.15 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.1488 Shiba Inu...
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Ethereum (ETH) Rally Begins as Open Interest Hits 3-Month High

Ethereum (ETH), the second-largest crypto asset by market value, has moved out of a multi-week trading range and pushed above key resistance. The shift follows increases in trading volume and activity in both derivatives and spot markets. Ethereum Breaks Out Above $3,330 Ethereum moved past the $3,330 level, confirming...
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C. Thi Nguyen: Enjoyment in activities shouldn’t be sacrificed for efficiency, the distinction between games and practical tasks is crucial, and social media’s gamification misrepresents engagement | Bankless

Enjoyment in activities should not be sacrificed for efficiency or higher scores. Games are defined by voluntarily taking on obstacles to create struggle. Not all life activities can be framed as games. The post C. Thi Nguyen: Enjoyment in activities shouldn’t be sacrificed for efficiency, the distinction between games...
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Binance’s Hits 4-Year Low—Where Are Traders Going Instead?

Binance’s (CRYPTO: BNB) spot trading dominance collapsed to 25% in December—its lowest level since January 2021—as offshore rivals Bybit, HTX, and Gate.io absorb volume while on-chain platform Hyperliquid (CRYPTO: HYPE) rewrites how traders access leverage. Spot Share Down 58% From 2023 Peak Binance handled close to 60% of all...
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