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Iran is now letting foreign buyers pay for advanced weapons using cryptocurrency, alongside barter and local currency. Officials from the Ministry of Defence Export Center, known as Mindex, confirmed that digital assets are being accepted as payment for overseas arms sales. Years of sanctions and isolation from global banking systems appear to have pushed Iran toward these alternatives to keep military exports moving. Crypto Added to Payment Options for Foreign Arms Buyers Mindex has updated its terms to officially include digital currency as a settlement option. The list also allows barter deals and payments in Iranian rials, giving buyers more…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum has managed to push above the psychologically important $3,000 level, offering a brief sense of relief after weeks of compression and indecision. While this move marks a constructive short-term development, price action remains far from the technical thresholds required to fully reestablish a broader uptrend. Against this backdrop, on-chain and derivatives data are beginning to show subtle but notable changes. A CryptoQuant analysis reveals that Ethereum’s 14-day moving average of the Taker Buy/Sell Ratio on Binance has climbed to 1.005, its highest reading since July. A…

Prediction markets have moved directly into self-custodial wallets for the first time, with Solflare launching native prediction market trading inside its application.The integration allows users to trade real-world event outcomes on Solana without leaving the wallet, marking a significant step toward mainstream distribution for event-based contracts.The feature is built on the DFlow Prediction Markets API and sources liquidity from Kalshi, one of the most established regulated players in the sector.According to Solflare, the rollout introduces prediction markets with zero added fees, full self-custody, and on-chain settlement, all within its existing wallet interface.From niche product to wallet-native featureUntil now, prediction markets…

When you properly understand what is staking crypto, you can confidently make smarter decisions about how you grow your digital assets. Staking has become a core part of the crypto space because it gives you a way to earn rewards while staying involved in how blockchain networks run. As more people look beyond trading, interest has expanded into areas like bitcoin staking, even among beginners who want long term participation rather than short-term moves. In your journey with crypto, staking represents a shift toward earning through contribution, not speculation.In this article, we discuss how staking works at a high level,…

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The Ethereum price surged 1.7% in the past 24 hours to trade at $3,025 as of 04:02 a.m. EST, with trading volume dropping 23% to $12.4 billion. This comes as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, in a New Year’s message on Thursday, emphasized the long-standing vision of Ethereum as a “world computer,” which is a shared, neutral platform for applications that can operate without reliance on centralized intermediaries. In the message, Buterin says that the Ethereum network’s real test lies in fulfilling its original mission, not in chasing…

Fedi will release its full software stack as open source on Jan. 3, completing a pledge made at launch in 2024. The company said all Fedi software has now transitioned to the Affero General Public License (AGPL), following an interim period under a business source license.  The change makes Fedi’s codebase publicly available under a copyleft license that requires derivative works to remain open, according to a spokesperson from Fedi.  The date carries weight in Bitcoin history. Jan. 3 marks the anniversary of the Bitcoin genesis block, mined in 2009. Fedi said the timing reflects its focus on community ownership…

Solana appears poised to expand from its memecoin-focused, retail-dominant network this year, after posting record real-world asset tokenization activity in December. Data from RWA.xyz shows the value of tokenized RWAs on Solana increased nearly 10% over the last month to a record-high $873.3 million, while the number of Solana RWA token holders rose over 18.4% to 126,236 over the same timeframe. The majority of these RWAs back US Treasuries, such as the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund and the Ondo US Dollar Yield, which boast market caps of $255.4 million and $175.8 million, respectively.New tokenized stocks like Tesla xStock and Nvidia…

A widely used crypto market sentiment indicator has shaken off its “extreme fear” rating as of Friday, returning to its highest levels in 21 days despite still trading under $90,000.The index, which measures overall crypto market sentiment, recorded a “fear” score of 29 in its Friday update, climbing out of the “extreme fear” zone to its highest level since Dec. 12. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is $88,995 at the time of publication. The rise in sentiment is a positive signal for the crypto community, and some analysts say the long stretch in “fear” or “extreme fear” territory could indicate the market…

Tether began 2026 with adding 8,888.88 BTC to its treasury wallet as part of its Q4 2025 profit allocation, according to CEO Paolo Ardoino.The transfer, worth roughly $780 million at current prices, reinforces a strategy that has quietly made the world’s largest stablecoin issuer one of bitcoin’s biggest corporate holders.The purchase follows a policy Tether introduced in 2023 to allocate up to 15% of its realized quarterly operating profits to bitcoin purchases, effectively turning the company into a systematic accumulator rather than an opportunistic buyer.These accumulations matter because Tether’s profits are directly tied to the cash-like assets backing USDT, primarily…

Despite Bitcoin reaching a fresh all-time high in October, altcoins were battered and bruised all year long, barring a few exceptions. In what many hoped would be crypto’s biggest year ever, most altcoins had a torrid time, consistently underperforming Bitcoin (BTC) and traditional assets.Since the beginning of the year, the S&P 500 is up 17%, while BTC is down 6%, and the TradingView category “Others,” which represents the altcoin space, is down a brutal 43%.While BTC struggled relative to traditional financial assets and even outperformed for a portion of the year, the altcoin space was completely destroyed.BTC v SPY v…