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Payy has announced a privacy-enabled Ethereum layer 2 that it claims will make on-chain financial activity effectively “invisible” to the public eye. Summary Payy has launched a privacy-enabled Ethereum layer 2 that makes ERC-20 transfers from wallets like MetaMask private by default. The network functions by routing transactions through private ERC-20 pools. Payy, which operates a privacy-focused wallet and a Visa-powered crypto card, said in a Wednesday X post that its layer 2 network can now be integrated into MetaMask, and it will make ERC-20 transfers private by default without making any smart contract changes. “In the past, privacy always…

Shares of Strategy dropped sharply Thursday, tumbling more than 15 % in heavy trading as markets reacted to deepening weakness in Bitcoin and ahead of the company’s quarterly earnings report scheduled after the market close.  Analysts are pricing in a sizable post-earnings move for Strategy, with options markets implying a potential swing of roughly ±8.3% to 8.7% following the report.  The company’s Q4 2025 earnings call is set for later today at 5 p.m. ET, with a livestream available on Bitcoin Magazine’s YouTube channel. It’s been a rough week for Strategy, tumbling from the $150 range to sub $110 per…

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says banks and crypto may begin to offer similar products, and pledged to prevent deposit flight concerns that are stalling a key crypto bill.US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has told Congress that traditional and crypto banking products and services may be more intertwined in the future. Appearing before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, Bessent was asked by Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis whether there could come a time when conventional banks and crypto are offering the same types of products.“I think that can happen over time,” Bessent said. “We’ve actually been working with small and community…

Financial technology company Dakota launched a stablecoin infrastructure platform as more enterprises look to adopt digital dollars without taking on the operational and regulatory burden of custody and compliance.Dakota will handle custody, compliance and settlement on behalf of its clients. CEO Ryan Bozarth told Cointelegraph that the company operates in the US as a registered Money Services Business, while working with licensed banking and regulated payments partners in other regions. It is also pursuing Electronic Money Institution and Crypto-Asset Service Provider licenses in Europe.This arrangement, according to Bozarth, enables Dakota to offer cross-border money movement without customers becoming regulated financial…

Bitcoin’s Wall Street-like fear gauge has spiked to its highest level since the collapse of the FTX exchange in 2022, signaling intense market panic as prices plummeted to nearly $60,000.Volmex’s bitcoin volatility index (BVIV), which represents the annualized expected price turbulence over four weeks, jumped to nearly 100% from 56% on Thursday.The index serves as a crypto equivalent to Cboe’s VIX, the so-called fear/panic gauge, which indicates the 30-day implied volatility of the S&P 500 and rises during market panics as traders bid up options prices to hedge against declines in the index.The BVIV does the same more often than…

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Bitcoin price extended its decline to $60,000. BTC is down over 10% and might struggle to recover easily above the $70,000 resistance. Bitcoin is attempting to recover but struggling to clear hurdles. The price is trading below $70,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $70,600 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might dip again if it trades below the $62,500 and $61,200 levels. Bitcoin Price Dips Sharply Bitcoin price failed to remain stable above the $72,000 zone. BTC extended its decline…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has pushed back against what he described as a lack of originality in the current layer-2 and blockchain scaling landscape. Summary Vitalik Buterin criticized the growing trend of launching similar EVM-based layer-2 chains, arguing that copy-paste designs have slowed meaningful innovation in Ethereum’s scaling ecosystem. He said Ethereum’s base layer is already scaling and will provide significant blockspace, reducing the need for additional generic layer-1 networks or loosely connected EVM chains. Buterin urged developers to build systems that offer genuinely new capabilities and to align their branding with how closely their projects are actually connected to…

While many hyper focus on the bitcoin price and its occasional intense volatility, there is a whole cohort of Bitcoiners that are quietly building Bitcoin circular economies with deep social impact around the world, in areas where Bitcoin is a save heaven asset today, compared to the local economies and circumstances.One such company is Paystand, a B2B payments giant that has gone under the radar as a major user of Bitcoin for domestic and international corporate payments. Paystand enables companies to handle receivables, payables, expenses, cross-border payments, issue corporate spend cards, and streamlines payroll dynamics with Bitcoin-sensitive accounting software. Paystand…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Ethereum network and its price are moving in separate directions as the market faces continued bearish action. On-chain data are showing that the ETH network is performing at one of its most remarkable rates while its price action continues to lag behind due to the ongoing volatile landscape.  All-Time High Network Usage, But Flat Ethereum Price Given the bearish state of the cryptocurrency market, the price of Ethereum has fallen sharply, causing the leading altcoin to retest the $2,100 threshold last seen in mid 2025. Ethereum’s…