David Hoffman argues ETH has no technical dependency on Bitcoin, so a halt in BTC blocks wouldn’t affect Ethereum’s core operations. Bankless co-founder David Hoffman has said that Ethereum would continue functioning normally even if Bitcoin were to fail due to the threat posed by quantum computing. His remarks follow renewed discussions about the
MegaETH has run into problems that forced the team to pull back from an expansion of its token sale. Summary A misconfigured multisig and overloaded KYC APIs were some of the issues that caused repeated failures during launch. Rate-limits on Sonar’s infrastructure contributed to the breakdown. No funds were at risk, but the user experience
Key Takeaways The Bank of Japan is signaling a possible interest rate hike at its December policy meeting. Officials are emphasizing the importance of new economic and wage growth data, particularly given the recent yen depreciation. Share this article Bank of Japan officials are signaling a potential interest rate hike at their December policy meeting,
Klarna just made a move toward crypto that nobody really saw coming. The Swedish buy-now, pay-later giant announced on Tuesday that it is launching its own stablecoin, called KlarnaUSD, marking a significant shift from its traditional lending business and positioning it squarely in the crypto payments arena. The token runs on a blockchain developed by
Bitwise’s Matt Hougan believes that larger DATs gain major advantages in debt markets, lending capacity, derivatives access, and M&A opportunities. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan outlined a valuation framework for digital asset treasury companies (DATs) and said that analysis of the sector often misunderstands how these firms should be priced relative to the
Swedish fintech giant Klarna is dipping its toes — or maybe its entire checkbook — into the crypto pool with the launch of a USD-pegged stablecoin. Summary Klarna’s new stablecoin has a mainnet rollout planned for 2026 and future expansion to merchants and consumers. The objective is to reduce costs and improve efficiency, leveraging Stripe’s
Key Takeaways US Bancorp is piloting its own stablecoin on the Stellar blockchain. Stellar was chosen for its strong compliance-oriented features like asset freezing and transaction management. Share this article US Bancorp, a Minneapolis-based financial institution, is testing its own stablecoin on Stellar, a public blockchain focused on facilitating financial transactions and asset tokenization with
Another hard week hit the crypto markets. Hyperliquid price formed a new low, and it begs the question “How much more?”. Are investors scared and confident still? What is liquidity telling us about the current state of the market? Lots and lots of questions to ask. One place to look for answers is the charts.
The BTC correction has extended the drawdown from its all-time high to 36%, making it the largest in this cycle, both in percentage and in the scale of long liquidations. Bitcoin (BTC) ended last week with negative returns amid the broader crypto market’s continued decline. Analysts at the crypto exchange Bitfinex revealed in a
Despite ongoing crypto market volatility, Metaplanet opted for a leveraged strategy for its latest Bitcoin acquisition. Summary Metaplanet is leveraging to acquire more Bitcoin, despite volatility The firm tapped an additional $130 million from its $500 million loan facility The Tokyo-listed firm recently announced a $135 million share offering Due to ongoing volatility in the