Social media sentiment has turned “extremely bearish” toward Bitcoin and Ethereum this week, according to analytics platform Santiment....

Vitalik Buterin is signaling a major reframing of Ethereum’s layer-2 narrative: not the death of rollups, but the end of the idea that L2s are shards whose primary job is scaling the network. With L1 fees now low and gas limit projected to rise sharply in 2026, he argues...

Cryptocurrency behemoth Binance (CRYPTO: BNB) on Wednesday denied issuing any legal threats against an individual who alleged the cryptocurrency exchange was insolvent and played a part in the October crypto flash crash. The Allegations Against Binance An X user, going by the pseudonym Lewsiphur, said they received a cease-and-desist...

CME Group is reviewing new digital infrastructure options as it prepares to expand its crypto trading operations. As part of a larger initiative to modernize margin and settlement for crypto derivatives, CME Group is exploring launching its own digital token. …...

Questions around whether XRP can be copied often focus on open-source code and blockchain forks, but a recent explanation shared by an XRP community member points attention to something deeper.  His comments are focused on Ripple’s patented payment architecture and how XRP’s real function is protected not just by...

The proposed compromises could reshape the financial landscape by integrating community banks into the stablecoin ecosystem, impacting market dynamics. The post Crypto firms push new compromises to save key market structure bill appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

Ripple has made a new addition to its institutional trading platform as it adjusts its approach to decentralized markets. Ripple’s institutional brokerage arm has added access to decentralized derivatives markets by integrating Hyperliquid into its Prime brokerage platform. The company…...

On-chain data points to fading demand and tighter liquidity, while prediction markets show little expectation of near-term rate cuts....

Leading cryptocurrencies fell further on Wednesday, while gold and silver held steady, as risk-off sentiment dominated the market. Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 8:35 p.m. ET) Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -4.95% $72,795.65 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)                -5.04% $2,160.32 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)                          -6.90% $1.48 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)                          -7.17% $92.30 Dogecoin...

BitMine chairman Tom Lee has responded to talks about the firm’s unrealized Ethereum treaury losses, arguing they are part of the design. BitMine’s Ethereum Holdings Are In Notable Loss After The Crash The digital asset sector has seen a major bearish turn over the past week and Ethereum has...