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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Vitalik Buterin is signaling a major reframing of Ethereum’s layer-2 narrative: not the death of rollups, but the end of the idea that L2s are shards whose primary job is scaling the network. With L1 fees now low and gas limit projected to rise sharply in 2026, he argues the rollup-centric roadmap’s original premise no longer fits the reality on the ground. Buterin opened his X post on Feb. 3 by pointing to two pressures that have been building in parallel: L2s have moved to “stage 2”…
Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $70,000 on Thursday as suspicions over coordinated selling boiled over.Key points:Bitcoin tumbles below 2021 highs for the first time since November 2024.Gold and silver volatility spark copycat BTC price maneuvers as lower targets stay in play.Market participants believe that large entities are selling BTC on a schedule.Bitcoin collapses to $69,000 in fresh cascadeData from TradingView captured new 15-month BTC price lows of $69,100 on Bitstamp during the Asia trading session. BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewThe latest plunge marked Bitcoin’s first trip to the $60,000 range since early November 2024. In doing so, it sparked $130 million…
Ethereum (ETH) is entering a new phase in which long-held assumptions about scaling are being openly questioned. As spot Ethereum ETFs post their first net inflows after several days of outflows, and on-chain data shows renewed activity on the mainnet, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is urging the ecosystem to rethink the role of layer-2 networks. Related Reading Vitalik’s message is direct, Ethereum’s base layer is scaling fast enough that L2s are no longer essential as capacity providers, and their future value lies elsewhere. ETH’s price trends to the downside on the daily chart. Source: ETHUSD on Tradingview Ethereum Mainnet Scaling…
Crypto billionaire Justin Sun endorsed Tron Inc.’s strategy of stacking the TRX token, which has recently outperformed bitcoin BTC$70,853.46, as a core treasury asset, spotlighting their latest dip buy with a simple “keep going” on X. The Nasdaq-listed Tron Inc. announced that it acquired 175,507 TRX tokens on Wednesday at an average price of $0.28, for a fresh investment of just over $49,000 in the Tron blockchain’s native token. The latest purchase boosted its TRX stash to 679.9 million tokens ($540 million).The company plans to further grow its TRX holdings to enhance long-term shareholder value.Tron Inc. — formed via a…
Russia’s Moscow Exchange (MOEX) is moving to broaden which digital assets it tracks and trades. Reports say the exchange plans to roll out new indices and futures tied to XRP, Solana, and Tron this year. That will give traders ways to follow price moves without owning the coins directly. New Crypto Indices Planned According to local coverage, Maria Silkina, who runs the derivative products group at the exchange, outlined the expansion on a recent radio broadcast. MOEX already lists benchmarks for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Now the exchange is preparing indices that mirror three more of the bigger, actively traded tokens,…
Crypto project Payy, which operates a privacy-focused wallet alongside a crypto banking card, has just launched a privacy-enabled Ethereum layer 2.In an announcement via X on Wednesday, Payy said users can now integrate the network into their MetaMask accounts, and that all ERC-20 transfers made on it are automatically made private with “no smart contract changes required.” Payy said the two core types of users on its network would be institutions and fintech firms looking to bring “flows onchain without fear of analysis and exploitation,” and crypto natives looking to use privacy tools without “juggling multiple wallets.”“Some of the largest stablecoin…
Bhutan has transferred $22.4 million worth of Bitcoin from its wallets over the past week, continuing a pattern of periodic BTC sales observed over the past several years. According to blockchain analytics firm Arkham, one of the transfers, executed five days ago, was sent directly to addresses labeled as belonging to market maker QCP Capital. Data from Arkham indicates that Bhutan is selling Bitcoin in increments of roughly $50 million, with a particularly heavy selling period recorded in mid-to-late September 2025. Bhutan has been mining Bitcoin since 2019, producing over $765 million in BTC profits while incurring estimated energy costs…
The prediction market sector is experiencing rapid expansion, with major platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi competing for dominance amid surging user engagement. This growth is occurring alongside significant volatility in the broader crypto market, where Bitcoin has dropped to $73,000, triggering capitulation among short-term holders and raising questions about long-term support levels. Meanwhile, institutional players are making strategic moves, with Kraken’s parent company Payward reporting a 33% revenue increase to $2.2 billion in 2025, signaling continued institutional confidence despite market turbulence.The sector is also witnessing high-profile developments in both traditional finance and emerging technologies. Standard Chartered has issued a bold…
Crypto project Payy, which operates a privacy-focused wallet alongside a crypto banking card, has just launched a privacy-enabled Ethereum layer 2.In an announcement via X on Wednesday, Payy said users can now integrate the network into their MetaMask accounts, and that all ERC-20 transfers made on it are automatically made private with “no smart contract changes required.” Payy said the two core types of users on its network would be institutions and fintech firms looking to bring “flows onchain without fear of analysis and exploitation,” and crypto natives looking to use privacy tools without “juggling multiple wallets.”“Some of the largest stablecoin…
Tom Lee says Bitcoin and Ethereum will recover once the gold and silver FOMO cools, with weaker dollar and Fed easing set to boost crypto. Summary om Lee says FOMO in record-breaking gold and silver is draining liquidity from Bitcoin, Ethereum and wider crypto. He argues past pullbacks in precious metals often coincided with upside in BTC and ETH as capital rotated back into digital assets. Lee expects a weaker dollar and easier Fed policy to unlock fundamental upside for cryptocurrencies once metals’ momentum stalls. Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, stated that cryptocurrencies will begin recovering…