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The bitcoin BTC$67,280.09 market has been stuck in a rut for over a month, and investors chasing yields may be partly to blame.Since mid-February, BTC has traded in a range centred on $70,000. Some observers say counteracting forces have been at play. The Iran war-led haven demand has been supporting BTC around $65,000, while rising U.S. Treasury yields have been holding back big gains beyond $75,000.But another factor appears to have been quietly keeping bitcoin trapped in its range, and it’s tied to investors using call options to generate additional yield on top of their spot market holdings.”Throughout Q1, institutional…
Digital asset treasuries like Strategy rebound from discounts as staking, DeFi, and diversification drive premiums in 2026. Digital asset treasuries (DATs) such as Strategy experienced strong growth throughout 2025. Many DAT share prices had traded at a discount to the value of their underlying crypto assets by the end of the year. Now, these treasuries are recovering, and several have returned to trading near or above the value of their holdings. Read also: Crypto News: Crypto Treasury Companies Deepen Market Decline, Professor Says Capital Structures and Market Positioning Drive Recovery Strategy and other DATs adjusted their capital structures to support…
Hyperliquid is decentralized, but geography still matters, as new research by Glassnode shows traders closer to its infrastructure have a clear speed advantage.Trades from Tokyo-based users can reach the protocol’s validators in as little as 2 to 3 milliseconds. That’s far better latency than European users, who face delays exceeding 200 milliseconds. That’s because Hyperliquid’s 24 validators are clustered in Tokyo, deployed across multiple availability zones in Amazon Web Services’ ap-northeast-1 region. The API layer routes through AWS CloudFront, but the validators sit in a single Japanese cloud region.This shows that while decentralized platforms like Hyperliquid preserve core principles of…
Growth slows as machine removals increase, with North America still driving the majority of global activity. Crypto ATM growth has slowed after years of rapid expansion. Fresh data shows the industry came close to 40,000 machines but slipped back before reaching that mark. Early 2026 brought new installations, yet removals outweighed additions by a wide margin. Current figures point to a market still expanding in some places while contracting in others. Crypto ATM Market Shrinks in March, Erasing February’s Gains Coin ATM Radar data recorded on March 29, 2026, shows a net reduction of 774 crypto ATMs for the month.…
EEZ connects Ethereum rollups into one system, enabling seamless transactions while keeping value and security anchored to ETH. Ethereum’s scaling strategy has improved efficiency but split activity across multiple networks. Gnosis and Zisk now propose the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) to bring these parts closer together. The framework is designed to improve coordination between rollups and help simplify both development and user experience. EEZ Proposal Looks to Streamline Ethereum Rollup Infrastructure Gnosis co-founder Friederike Ernst and Zisk founder Jordi Baylina recently introduced the Ethereum Economic Zone. Co-founded by the Ethereum Foundation, the initiative aims to build a new framework for…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin price struggles over the last week were also in its ETF market, as the Bitcoin spot ETFs posted their first net outflows in a month. Before this trading session, these investment funds had experienced a 4-week bullish streak, resulting in a combined net inflow of $2.21 billion. Bitcoin ETFs See Red Again, While Potential New Member Awaits According to data from SoSoValue, the combined trading activity across the 12 Bitcoin Spot ETFs resulted in a negative inflow of $296.18 million over the past week. This development…
Charles Hoskinson released a free 337-page zero-knowledge proofs guide on GitHub, targeting Midnight privacy tech developers and builders across the ZK space. Charles Hoskinson published a 337-page technical book on zero-knowledge proof systems. Free. On GitHub. Open for anyone to read, adapt, or build on. The Cardano and IOG founder shared the release on X as @IOHK_Charles, confirming the book titled “The Seven-Layer Magic Trick: A Complete Guide to Zero-Knowledge Proof Systems.” Hoskinson posted it two days ago. The repository already contains the full PDF, Markdown source, and build pipeline in one place. The book opens with a single sentence…
Kalshi gains approval for margin trading, enabling institutional investors to trade with less capital while boosting prediction market growth and flexibility worldwide. Kalshi has received approval to introduce margin trading for professional clients, marking a major shift in prediction markets. This change permits selected users to trade with less capital. As a result, the platform aims to attract large investors. Moreover, this step is indicative of increased confidence in regulated event-based trading markets. Kalshi Moves Toward Leveraged Trading Model for Institutions Prediction market platform Kalshi is now able to provide margin trading to institutional clients. This includes hedge funds and…
For months, Aave, one of decentralized finance’s (DeFi) largest lending protocols, has been at the center of a very public debate about what it is supposed to be.At the core, much of the community wants the network to be a decentralized financial layer governed by token holders, while a fraction of it warns that it is evolving toward a more coordinated model shaped by major contributors.In simple terms, the debate is about whether Aave should remain a neutral, open platform anyone can build on, or move toward a more structured model where key contributors play a bigger role in shaping…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse laid out a sweeping vision for the company’s future during a Fox Business interview at a conference in Miami, touching on acquisition performance, the role of XRP as a ‘North Star’ within the company, the opportunity for stablecoins, and the regulatory path forward for the crypto industry in the United States. XRP Utility Is Ripple’s ‘North Star’ Garlinghouse made it clear that XRP is the guiding principle behind its strategic moves. According to the Ripple CEO, improving the real-world use cases of XRP,…