Bitcoin hovered around $70,000 as improving macro sentiment, driven by easing geopolitical tensions, lifted the broader crypto market on Wednesday. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $70,733.73 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,159.47 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $91.71 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.41 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.09622 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.056110 Notable...

Payy raised $6m led by FirstMark to build a zero-knowledge L2 and wallet that make USDC payments private by default, targeting enterprise stablecoin flows that avoid fully transparent chains. Payy, a stablecoin startup building a privacy-focused payments network on zero-knowledge…...

According to a pundit, the loudest argument against XRP has never been about technology; it has been about proof that the XRP Ledger is doing something outside of the XRP price movements. XRP keeps getting judged almost entirely by its price, but that outlook is becoming increasingly difficult to...

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Ryan Kirkley writes on how crypto prediction markets can risk incentivizing manipulation and amplify misinformation at scale....

XRP’s (CRYPTO: XRP) recent range-bound price action has traders questioning whether a pullback may come before an eventual breakout. Short Term Uncertainty In a podcast on Tuesday, analyst Cryptoinsightuk outlined that XRP may see further downside toward $1 before a larger breakout, as traders weigh short-term uncertainty against a...

Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF launch could significantly boost institutional crypto adoption, influencing market dynamics and regulatory landscapes. The post Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF nears launch after NYSE Arca listing update appeared first on Crypto Briefing....

TRM Labs has added an AI agent to the services the blockchain analytics firm offers law enforcement agencies....

Venture capitalist Mark Yusko says Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) abandoned the crypto industry after years of support, with the Clarity Act settlement on stablecoin yield representing regulatory capture rather than the clarity the industry needs. The Lummis Betrayal “Senator Lummis, I thought was on our team and she actually...

Proposed updates to the Clarity Act could limit how stablecoin rewards are offered, posing the biggest risk to centralized crypto platforms such as Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), according to Needham Research. Stablecoin Rewards In Focus Needham said a key concern is a potential ban on passive yield for stablecoin holders on...

Interactive Brokers now lets clients transfer supported crypto from external wallets into IBKR accounts without selling first, extending its low-fee, multi-asset platform push. Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ: IBKR) launched a crypto portfolio transfer feature on Wednesday, allowing clients to move existing…...