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Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. A new report shows that 58% of Ethereum’s top-holder capital sits outside ETH, reshaping how dominance, concentration, and systemic risk are understood. Summary Aggregated rankings reveal $426b in top-address holdings versus $189b under ETH-only measurement, with nearly half of the Top-1,000 addresses changing once tokens are counted. Smart contracts now control nearly 40% of top-holder capital, signaling a structural shift from individual holders to protocol-driven mechanisms. The newly introduced Printing-Press Index (PPI) shows DeFi balances cluster around ~50% self-issued…

Pantera Capital and Franklin Templeton’s digital assets unit have joined the first cohort of Arena, a new testing environment from open-source AI lab Sentient that is designed to evaluate how AI agents perform in enterprise-style workflows.In a Friday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Sentient positioned Arena as a production-style benchmarking platform rather than a static model test. Instead of scoring agents on fixed datasets alone, it runs them through standardized tasks modeled on enterprise conditions, including long documents, incomplete information and conflicting sources. “In this initial phase, participation refers to supporting the Arena program and developer cohort,” Oleg Golev, product lead at…

Decred (DCR), a token built for autonomy and decentralized governance, extended gains even as the broader market led by bitcoin BTC$67,963.04 struggled.The token has risen 16% in the past 24 hours and now trades at $34.58, the highest since November, CoinDesk data show. It’s the best-performing top-100 token over the past four weeks, having gained more than 80% after a Feb. 8 change to its treasury rules.Bitcoin, for its part, is facing renewed selling pressure, trading just around $67,000, a weak follow-through after bouncing to $70,000 on Wednesday. The cryptocurrency is down 2% on a 24-hour basis, with ether (ETH),…

A shift in Ethereum’s derivatives flow on Binance is starting to hint at a possible change in market structure, even as ETH itself remains in a corrective phase. According to CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost, the Taker Buy Sell Ratio is no longer flashing the same persistent sell-side aggression that dominated as the asset pushed toward a new all-time high. Darkfost argues that the indicator offers a useful read on who is pressing harder in the futures market. “This indicator is effective for assessing directional dominance between market buy and sell orders executed on futures contracts. A ratio above 1 indicates buyer…

Ethereum is preparing for a future where quantum computers could break much of today’s internet cryptography, as co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a step-by-step “quantum resistance roadmap” targeting the network’s most vulnerable components. Summary Vitalik Buterin outlined a quantum resistance roadmap targeting Ethereum’s consensus signatures, data availability, wallet cryptography, and ZK proofs. The plan proposes replacing vulnerable BLS and ECDSA systems with hash-based or lattice-based quantum-resistant alternatives, supported by recursive STARK aggregation. While large-scale quantum attacks remain theoretical, Ethereum is proactively engineering long-term defenses to future-proof the network. Ethereum braces for quantum future as Vitalik Buterin unveils sweeping resistance roadmap In…

Citi is preparing to introduce infrastructure that integrates Bitcoin into traditional financial systems, a bank executive said Thursday.  The initiative, introduced by Nisha Surendran, head of digital asset custody development at Citi, aims to provide institutional-grade custody, key management, and wallet services for clients holding the cryptocurrency. Speaking at Strategy World, an industry event hosted by Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy, Surendran said the effort is part of Citi’s broader plan to “make Bitcoin bankable.” She outlined a three-pronged approach focused on custody, integration with existing reporting and tax systems, and simplifying client access to digital assets. “Later this year, Citi…

MARA Holdings (MARA) reported a fourth quarter 2025 net loss of $1.71 billion, or $4.52 per diluted share, compared with net income of $528.3 million, or $1.24 per diluted share, in the same period a year earlier. Its shareholder letter filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said revenue in Q4 fell 6% to $202.3 million from $214.4 million in Q4 of 2024, as a lower average Bitcoin (BTC) price outweighed the impact of a higher hashrate. For the full year 2025, Marathon booked a net loss of $1.31 billion, compared with net income of $541 million in 2024, even…

Bitcoin BTC$67,685.14 ETF holders and corporate treasuries – the players everyone praises for their long-term vision – are stacking insurance against price crash below $60,000, cryptocurrency exchange Deribit told CoinDesk.”ETF holders and corporate treasuries are buying 6-month and 1-year puts at $60k or below ($60,000 put, a derivative contract offering protection against potential price slide below that level) as portfolio insurance,” Jean-David Péquignot, chief commercial officer of derivatives exchange Deribit.This put option works like insurance: It lets buyers sell bitcoin at $60,000 even if the price crashes lower, shielding ETF investors and corporate treasuries with BTC from steeper losses while…

Bitcoin is finding near-term relief after a sharp rebound toward the $70,000 level, offering temporary optimism following weeks of sustained pressure. The move has improved short-term momentum and eased immediate downside risk. However, the broader market remains characterized by indecision, as many analysts argue that this advance may represent a relief rally within a larger corrective structure rather than the start of a renewed bull phase. Related Reading According to analysis from XWIN Research Japan, while price has recovered meaningfully from recent lows, underlying derivatives data suggest caution. Open Interest has fallen significantly from prior cycle highs, reflecting an extensive…

Block, Inc. will cut more than 4,000 employees, reducing its workforce by nearly half as the company restructures around artificial intelligence and a leaner operating model. The layoffs, announced Thursday in a shareholder letter, will shrink headcount from more than 10,000 to just under 6,000. Co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey said the move reflects a shift in how the company builds products and runs teams as it integrates internal AI tools across the business. “Today we’re making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company,” Dorsey wrote in a note to employees. “We’re reducing our organization by…