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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum’s network dynamics are shifting in a way that could reshape its market structure. On-chain data shows that roughly 30% of all Ethereum (ETH) supply is now locked in staking contracts, marking a record high for the protocol’s proof-of-stake ecosystem. Related Reading: Bitcoin Is ‘No Longer Digital Gold,’ Deutsche Bank Strategist Says Even as ETH prices have struggled, trading below the $2,000 level in recent sessions, activity around staking continues to rise. According to analytics data, about 36.6 million ETH is currently staked, meaning a significant portion…

Gold back over $5,000 is a market tell: fear is back. Tether just paid $150 million for the last mile. By taking ~12% of Gold.com and integrating XAU₮, Tether is buying distribution, so a USDT holder can reach for gold without leaving the crypto payment loopGold is trading above $5,000 an ounce again, and the mood that comes with that price level is back with it. When people start getting gold fever, they are paying for a certain feeling: safety, portability, and a hedge against the kind of macro mess that makes every other asset feel risky, according to Reuters.Crypto,…

Major Bitcoin-holding institutions may eventually lose patience with Bitcoin developers for not addressing quantum computing concerns quickly enough, according to venture capitalist Nic Carter.“I think the big institutions that now exist in Bitcoin, they will get fed up, and they will fire the devs and put in new devs,” Carter said during the Bits and Bips podcast episode published on Thursday.“I think the devs will continue to do nothing,” Carter said. Source: Cointelegraph“If you’re BlackRock and you have billions of dollars of client assets in this thing and its problems aren’t being addressed, what choice do you have?” he said. “Corporate…

Former SafeMoon CEO Braden Karony sentenced to 8 years for fraud tied to $9 million in misused liquidity funds. Braden John Karony, SafeMoon’s former CEO, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for his role in a multi-million dollar crypto fraud scheme. U.S. District Judge Eric Komite handed out the judgment in a Brooklyn federal court after a jury convicted him in May 2025 following a three-week trial. Details of The Sentencing Court documents show that Karony was found guilty of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. As part of the ruling, he has been…

Despite pleading guilty to serious AML violations, Paxful received a reduced $4 million penalty instead of the $112.5 million figure agreed by the parties. Peer-to-peer virtual asset trading platform Paxful has been sentenced to pay a $4 million criminal penalty after pleading guilty to multiple federal offenses, according to an official press release from the US Department of Justice. The sentence follows Paxful’s admission that it conspired to promote illegal prostitution, violated the Bank Secrecy Act, and knowingly transmitted funds derived from criminal activity. Illicit Crypto Flows The penalty was determined based on the company’s ability to pay. Federal authorities…

The Avalanche (AVAX) token traded around $8.84 as sell-off pressure kept prices lower. Bulls have failed to reclaim the $10 mark and fresh declines may push AVAX to lows of $6.30. Sentiment across crypto is largely bearish. Avalanche (AVAX) is facing mounting resistance just below the $9 mark, where persistent bearish pressure has stifled recent recovery attempts. The altcoin’s bearish outlook aligns with broader cryptocurrency market vulnerability, and having recoiled off the resistance level, technicals suggest fresh losses are likely. Avalanche price recap AVAX has navigated a turbulent path over the past month, with prices falling since hitting highs near…

A reversal in memecoins could come sooner than traders expect, even amid choppy conditions across the broader crypto market, if history is any indication, according to crypto sentiment platform Santiment.“There is a growing narrative of “nostalgia” regarding memecoins, with many traders treating the sector as if it is permanently dead,” Santiment said in a report published on Friday. Dogecoin’s price, which has historically moved significantly during memecoin uptrends, is down 32% over the past 30 days. Source: CoinMarketCap“This collective acceptance of the ‘end of the meme era’ is a classic capitulation signal,” Santiment said, explaining that when a sector of…

tl;dr I am stepping down from my co-ED role at the EF at the end of February 2026. Bastian Aue is taking over the co-ED role alongside Hsiao-Wei. The future is bright for builders, for Ethereum, for the EF, and for me. Future of Ethereum As competing ideas emerge and fail and the markets jump up and down, we have never been given too much certainty. The conviction about Ethereum that comes from a deep understanding of its technology, its governance, its meaning for the future, and the values we share will always make us converge intermittently, even when our…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said passing the Clarity Act would help Bitcoin.Key crypto legislation is currently in a deadlock.Crypto markets have been battered since October.As crypto prices reel, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that advancing stalled crypto legislation, including the long-debated Clarity Act, will help steady battered markets and restore investor confidence.Bitcoin’s price has fallen roughly half from its October 2025 record high, and Washington remains deadlocked over how to regulate crypto.In a Thursday interview with CNBC, Bessent was asked what he thought about the current state of crypto prices. “Bitcoin has a history of volatile movement,” Bessent…

At 8:30 a.m. in New York, the world paused for the January U.S. inflation data, and it landed with a soft thud.Headline CPI printed +2.4% year over year, a shade under the +2.5% estimate that had been floating around ahead of the release. Core inflation, the version that strips out food and energy, rose 2.5% year over year, right on the expected line.On the month, prices kept moving at a pace that felt familiar. Headline inflation rose 0.2% in January, and core rose 0.3%, seasonally adjusted. It reads like calm, and it still carries a lot of texture when you…