Small-cap publicly traded firm AlphaTON Capital has signaled ambitions to access a substantially larger fundraising capacity as it delves deeper into the artificial intelligence and Telegram ecosystem. The company has exited the SEC’s “baby-shelf” limitations and filed a $420.69 million shelf registration, a precise figure often referenced in crypto’s meme culture. The rules limit the … Read more
US-based financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald slashed its price target on Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin-heavy company, Strategy, but kept a bullish stance on the cryptocurrency’s long-term upside, downplaying fears of forced liquidation, according to the Financial Times. Cantor Fitzgerald reportedly lowered its 12-month price target on Strategy stock by 60%, adjusted to $229 from $560, according to … Read more
Ether (ETH) is teasing 170% gains in under two months as history repeats itself against Bitcoin (BTC). Key points: Ether has the potential to rematch long-term highs above 0.09 in Bitcoin terms. Bull market history continues to play out for the largest altcoin, with $3,700 the next target. Bitcoin itself could see $100,000 as soon … Read more
Italy’s securities regulator has set a firm timetable for how the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) will apply in the country, warning that unlicensed crypto platforms face a hard deadline to either seek authorization or leave the market. The move directly affects virtual asset service providers (VASPs) currently operating under Italy’s regime and … Read more
Shortly after the Fusaka network upgrade, the Ethereum network saw a sharp drop in validator participation after a bug in the Prysm consensus client knocked a chunk of votes offline. According to a Thursday Prysm announcement, version v7.0.0 of the client unnecessarily generated old states while processing outdated attestations, a flaw that Prysm core developer … Read more
US investors are not considering buying crypto as much as they used to, as risk-taking behavior has dropped, according to a study from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). The percentage of crypto investors was unchanged between 2021 and 2024 at 27%, but the number of investors considering either purchasing more or buying for the … Read more
Current market conditions will make it difficult for Bitcoin to replicate its early 2025 price gains going into 2026, says 21Shares co-founder Ophelia Snyder. “It’s unlikely that the factors driving the current volatility will fully resolve in the short term,” Snyder told Cointelegraph. “A repeat performance next January will depend heavily on broader market sentiment.” … Read more
Social sentiment toward XRP has tanked into the “fear zone,” but the intelligence platform Santiment says a similar drop has led the token rallying. Santiment said on Thursday that its social data is showing that XRP (XRP) is seeing “the most fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) since October.” “The last time we saw near this … Read more
A group of former executives from the collapsed crypto-friendly Signature Bank has launched a new blockchain-based, state-chartered bank called N3XT, with the goal of enabling instant 24-hour payments. N3XT said on Thursday that it aims to settle payments instantly at any time using a private blockchain and offers programmable payments through smart contracts. The company … Read more
Solana and Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Base have been bridged together using Chainlink’s technology in a move to increase liquidity between the two networks. Base said on Thursday that it launched a bridge connecting it to Solana secured by Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and Coinbase, enabling seamless asset transfers. The bridge is now live … Read more