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Pseudonymous market expert XRP Queen has boldly forecasted that a $10 XRP price is possible in 2026. To support her bullish outlook, the XRP advocate has highlighted several key reasons, focusing more on utility and institutional rails than price patterns and hype-driven growth.  Reasons The XRP Price Could Reach $10 In 2026 In an X post this week, XRP Queen boldly forecasted that XRP could rise from its current price below $1.5 to $10 in 2026. She fired back at crypto members who had expressed skepticism about the ambitious target, asserting that those who had laughed at the possibility of…

A governance dispute inside the Aave ecosystem intensified after two detailed reports offered contrasting interpretations of the protocol’s past funding and contributions ahead of a vote on a proposed $50 million package for Aave Labs. Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) founder Marc Zeller on Wednesday published what he called a transparency report reviewing Aave Labs’ historical funding and applied a return-on-investment framework to past DAO grants. Hours earlier, Aave Labs released its own contributions report outlining its role in building the protocol since 2017.The dispute centers on the “Aave Will Win” framework, a proposal asking tokenholders to approve funding worth up to…

Bitcoin Core functions as the backbone for a monetary network securing over two trillion dollars in value. The stakes are immense, and large portions of the codebase can harbor high impact bugs. The consensus engine, peer-to-peer (p2p) message processing code, and cryptographic libraries are areas where vulnerabilities could enable theft, grind the network to a halt, or fundamentally undermine trust in the system. Unlike traditional financial software backed by insurance and legal remedies, Bitcoin’s security relies entirely on the quality of its code and the processes that maintain that quality. The approach to security in Bitcoin Core is not formally…

XRP ($1.41 · Live) price is up about 2% in the past 24 hours. This small move is part of a broader rebound of nearly 6% after XRP briefly broke below a critical support level. Yes, a breakdown. That breakdown initially confirmed a bearish head-and-shoulders pattern, which projected a steep 20% decline. But the story did not end there. Instead of accelerating lower, XRP rebounded quickly. New data now shows this breakdown may have served as bearish bait, drawing in short sellers before reversing. XRP’s 20% Bearish Breakdown Created the Perfect Trap Setup The bearish pattern began forming on the…

FG Nexus, a publicly listed Ethereum treasury and infrastructure company, liquidated another chunk of its Ether treasury on Tuesday, offloading 7,550 ETH worth roughly $14 million.The latest sale adds to a series of disposals that have locked in more than $80 million in losses on a position built near Ether (ETH) 2025 highs. Onchain data from Arkham shows that the firm accumulated 50,770 ETH worth around $196 million between August and September 2025 at an average price of $3,860 per coin.On Oct. 22, the company doubled down on its ETH accumulation strategy, announcing its intention to sell its Quebec property to…

Ethereum price is facing a period of increased scrutiny as on-chain data reveals significant selling pressure originating from its co-founder, Vitalik Buterin. Summary On-chain data from Arkham Intelligence reveals that Vitalik Buterin’s associated wallets saw a steady decline from 241,000 ETH to 224,000 ETH in February. The sales were executed through the CoW Protocol using small, staggered swaps to minimize market impact. Ethereum is currently battling to maintain the $1,900 level; while the RSI suggests it is in oversold territory, the price remains firmly below its 50-day SMA ($2,538), with major support now sitting at $1,800. According to data from…

Bitcoin BTC$65,381.68 experienced a volatile overnight trading session, rising by as much as 3.7% before giving back some of those gains.The largest cryptocurrency remains in the black since midnight UTC, up by 2.4% to trade around $65,600. That’s still within a price range that has persisted over the past three weeks.The altcoin market is also showing signs of life, with layer-1 tokens solana (SOL) and ADA$0.2708 each putting in a 4.5% rally while tokens including VIRTUAL, MORPHO and ETHFI climbed more than 10%.U.S. equity index futures rose alongside the crypto market. Silver’s 4% rise since midnight suggests the broader risk-asset…

The performances of Dogecoin and Shiba Inu this cycle have been disappointing for investors, who have waited years for the possibility of new all-time highs. Nevertheless, these two remain the largest meme coins by market cap and are often the first stop for investors looking to get into the meme market. Using predictions from the CoinCodex machine learning algorithm, this report will focus on the two leading meme coins and which one could bring the most returns in 2026. Dogecoin Could End Up A Better Investment Than Shiba Inu Since the year 2026 began, both Dogecoin and Shiba Inu have…

Hong Kong will set up a new digital asset platform this year to support the issuance and settlement of tokenized bonds, as the city pushes to move tokenization from pilot deals into core market infrastructure.In his 2026-27 budget speech delivered on Wednesday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said CMU OmniClear Holdings, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), will build the platform and extend it to other digital assets. The system will be linked with regional tokenization platforms. Chan said the platform would be “gradually extended to other digital assets and linked with other tokenisation platforms in the region,” adding…

Bitcoin payments are getting a contactless upgrade. Numo has launched a new tap-to-pay point-of-sale app that enables merchants to accept bitcoin with an experience similar to Apple Pay and Google Pay — all without requiring additional hardware. The free, open-source Android app is now available as a direct APK download, with a release on the Google Play Store expected soon. Built on Cashu, an open-source ecash protocol for Bitcoin, Numo uses NFC functionality already present in most Android devices.  During checkout, a customer’s Cashu wallet reads an NFC tag emulated by the merchant’s phone and writes back a payment token.…