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Key Highlights Beam ($BEAM) gained 225.07% over 90 days, far exceeding Bitcoin’s 13.81% increase. Quant, Midnight, and Raydium also more than doubled in value during the period. Other major outperformers included Stacks, NEAR Protocol, Pieverse, Arbitrum, Zcash, LayerZero, Uniswap, and Injective. Beam Leads Altcoin Gains Over Bitcoin Beam ($BEAM) recorded the strongest 90-day performance among ...
Key Highlights SHRINCS would let Bitcoin users choose between larger stateless signatures and smaller stateful signatures with strict reuse limits. Trezor is considering making stateless signatures the default to reduce the security risks of wallet state-management errors. Hardware wallets will also need post-quantum device and firmware authentication as Bitcoin moves toward quantum-resistant security. SHRINCS Creates ...
Key Highlights Ostia has operated on DevNet since October 22 and has committed more than 53,600 blocks. The test release remains unaudited, uses a valueless test coin and may be reset. Ostia is designed for a regulated-finance network and extends Rome Protocol’s work across Solana, Ethereum and Canton. Ostia DevNet Passes 53,600-Block Milestone Ostia, a ...
Key Highlights RLUSD has reached the status of a top-five U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, according to XRP Ledger validator Vet. Growing RLUSD payment volumes and integrations could encourage traditional financial institutions to adopt XRP Ledger infrastructure. Ripple has expanded RLUSD’s institutional reach through partnerships with Coinbase, BNY and Standard Chartered. RLUSD Gains Momentum in the Stablecoin ...
Key Highlights: Kalshi has officially terminated Donald Trump Jr.’s contract as an advisor. The decision to part ways stems directly from Trump Jr.’s affiliations with competitor platform Polymarket. The move unfolds while prediction market operators face intensifying legal challenges from state regulators over illegal betting allegations. Kalshi Part Ways with Donald Trump Jr. Over Polymarket ...
Key Highlights Muneeb Ali says Bitcoin may have already passed its market bottom and could be in an early bull-market pullback. Bitcoin’s limited reaction to negative news may indicate that selling pressure is weakening, while its valuation remains below Ali’s comparison with gold. Quantum computing, AI-powered cyber threats and Bitcoin’s ability to generate yield could ...
Key Highlights Louisiana is seeking an immediate temporary restraining order and injunction against Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood, Coinbase, and Gemini. The state argues that the platforms’ sports, awards, and election contracts constitute unauthorized gambling under Louisiana law. Kalshi and Polymarket maintain that the federal Commodity Exchange Act preempts Louisiana’s gambling rules, leaving the dispute unresolved as ...
Key Highlights Taiwanese authorities seized approximately 50 Supermicro servers in May 2026 amid allegations of falsified export documents. US prosecutors charged Supermicro co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw and two others over an alleged $2.5 billion smuggling scheme involving Nvidia-equipped servers. Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said on November 12, 2026, that Supermicro had provided “limited assistance” ...
Key Highlights $NEAR has a neutral daily outlook with a downside bias, while hourly and 15-minute price structures remain bearish. An hourly close above $3.42 would strengthen the rebound case; a close below $3.37 would favor further downside. Weak broader crypto sentiment and a reported SGLang security vulnerability add to the cautious market backdrop. $NEAR ...
Key Highlights: Megaspeed has purchased more than $4.8 billion in Nvidia AI chips since June 2024 and is under investigation over alleged diversion of those chips to China. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan criticism over claims that he resisted placing Megaspeed and other Chinese companies on the Entity List. Congress is seeking investigations and ...
Key Highlights Bitcoin’s put/call ratio is 0.50, indicating approximately two call options for every put option ahead of expiry. Ethereum options expiring tomorrow have a nominal value of approximately $297.6 million, with put options leading calls by a 1.51 ratio. Deribit calculates expiry settlements using index prices recorded between 10:30 and 11:00 Turkish time. Bitcoin ...
Key Highlights Michael Moolenaar urged Nvidia to prioritize national security and appoint leadership focused on that goal. Nvidia’s board confirmed Huang’s relationship with former Megaspeed executive Alice Huang but said an internal review found no evidence that national security or proprietary information had been compromised. Huang’s departure came as lawmakers pressed for answers about Nvidia’s ...