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“The human brain is better at taking the imaginative leap to understand the unknown … We should enjoy it for a couple more years.”...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) may be quietly transitioning into a new “winter phase,” even as prices remain historically elevated, a new report shows. Bitcoin Entering New ‘Winter Phase’? According to CryptoQuant, current conditions increasingly resemble the early stages of a broader downturn, with downside pressure gradually dominating. This view remains...

Banks have declared war on crypto. The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) has launched an aggressive ad campaign labeling Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong "Public Enemy Number One," urging Senators to ban stablecoin yields entirely. Their claim? Stablecoins could drain $1.3 trillion from community bank deposits and slash lending...

Robinhood has launched the public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 network built on Arbitrum. The US-based trading platform said the testnet is designed to accelerate the development of tokenized real-world and digital assets. This move would give developers early access to the core infrastructure ahead of...

With so many other asset markets in rally mode, investors for the moment appear to have moved on from crypto....

Bitcoin’s long-term price structure may look chaotic on lower timeframes, but one crypto analyst believes it is following a more predictable pattern on larger timeframes. In a recent post on X, analyst Tony outlined a macro cycle framework that he says has consistently defined the best windows to accumulate...

Ripple on Wednesday partnered with Aviva Investors to tokenize traditional fund structures on the XRP Ledger, yet XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is down 1%. The Aviva Partnership Aviva Investors, the asset management arm of UK insurer Aviva, will work with Ripple to bring traditional financial assets to the XRP Ledger,...

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen says AI trading apps are like interns for now; soon they will be full time employees....

Moving away from overhyped GPU marketplaces and large AI model alternatives towards purpose-built, full-stack solutions is the goal....