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Opinion by: Maksym Sakharov, group CEO and co-founder of WeFiFor more than 10 years, crypto markets have rewarded speculation while sidelining use. Headlines were dominated by price charts, token launches filled up social media feeds, and trading volume was mostly used to show progress.That obsession is now slowing down the industry. If crypto wants to stay relevant beyond traders, 2026 needs to be a big year for real use, especially in payments, settlements and everyday financial activities.The shift is already underway, especially among some of the most conservative players in global finance. For example, a recent survey shows that 75%…

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, who has projected Bitcoin to hit $250,000 this year, says he’d rather wait-and-see than invest in Bitcoin at the moment, holding off until the US Federal Reserve loosens its monetary policy.“If I had $1 to invest right now, would I be putting it into Bitcoin? No. I would wait,” Hayes said on the Coin Stories podcast published to YouTube on Tuesday.“The longer this conflict goes on, the higher the likelihood that the Fed has to print money to support the American war machine,” he said. Hayes said he will start buying when the Fed begins easing…

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About $27 million was liquidated on the decentralized lending platform Aave over the last 24 hours, in what some market participants say may have been caused by a temporary pricing issue involving the token wstETH.Blockchain data flagged by risk-management firm Chaos Labs shows a spike in liquidations in the past 24 hours. Some observers believe the event may have been linked to a price update in an risk-oracle system that Aave uses to determine the value of collateral.(AAVE liquidations over last 24 hours/ Chaos Labs)Oracles are services that feed price data from the outside world into blockchain applications. Lending protocols…

Mantle’s Aave-powered lending market smashed $1b in under three weeks, pushing DeFi TVL to record highs even as MNT trails flows in a classic TVL–price disconnect. Summary Mantle’s Aave lending and borrowing market crossed $1 billion in total market size just 19 days after launch, while Mantle DeFi TVL hit a record above $755 million, up 66% in a week. Aave V3 on Mantle rapidly captured around 40% of network TVL, led by USDT and wrapped ETH deposits and backed by a six‑month incentive program funded from Mantle’s $4b+ community treasury. Despite surging TVL and volumes, MNT underperformed while AAVE…

Bitcoin has climbed back to the top of its current trading range, placing the market at a critical decision point. While a breakout could open the door to further upside, analysts warn that failure to push higher may trigger a sharp rejection. If selling pressure emerges at these highs, Bitcoin could rotate back toward the key support level around $62,800. A Return To The Top Of Its Trading Range Bitcoin moves to its range highs, prompting analyst Lennaert Snyder to issue a cautious update regarding current market conditions. Snyder highlights his trading strategy: avoiding long positions at the top of…

Danielle Moinet — known to millions of fans worldwide as WWE Superstar Summer Rae — has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026, bringing a one-of-a-kind perspective on Bitcoin, financial sovereignty, and breaking barriers to the world’s largest Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas. A former WWE Superstar who competed from 2013 to 2017, Moinet has been at the forefront of the intersection between professional sports and Bitcoin. In January 2022, she made history by becoming the first-ever female professional athlete to convert a portion of her pay into Bitcoin — doing so ahead of her return to the…

Societe Generale-FORGE, the crypto arm of French banking company Societe Generale, has deployed its euro-denominated stablecoin on the Stellar blockchain, completing a multichain expansion first announced in 2025.The stablecoin, known as EUR CoinVertible (EURCV), is designed to comply with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework and represents a tokenized euro issued by the company for use in digital asset markets.According to the company, the Stellar deployment is intended to broaden the stablecoin’s use across blockchain-based financial applications and tokenized asset services.SG-FORGE said Stellar offers high transaction throughput, low network fees and built-in support for tokenized assets. The network…

The prediction markets platform argued for an injunction against Ohio authorities, claiming that federal commodities laws superseded state laws on sport event contracts.An Ohio federal court has denied a motion filed by prediction markets platform Kalshi for a preliminary injunction against Ohio state authorities over allegations that the company was operating in violation of gambling laws.In an order filed Monday, US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Chief Judge Sarah Morrison denied Kalshi’s request for an injunction that would have blocked the Ohio Casino Control Commission and state attorney general from regulating contracts on the platform, specifically for…

XRP ($1.38 · Live) spot exchange-traded funds have been defying conventional wisdom about how new investment products usually behave during market crashes.These ETFs have accumulated over $1.4 billion since launching in November — maintaining their assets under management despite XRP’s precipitous drop to $1.40 on Tuesday from around $3 just before the ETFs went live. “Like Solana, this is really impressive given these launched into a brutal 45% drawdown,” Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst Eric Balchunas wrote on X. “Traditionally, inflows are near impossible for an ETF having a reverse shiny object moment, and especially if they are brand new.”That resilience…