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The Ethereum Foundation named former DELV CEO Charles St. Louis as DeFi Protocol Specialist and ivangbi as DeFi Coordinator.

 

Pro-Ripple attorney John Deaton is not holding back.As renewed chatter about a potential pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried circulates, Deaton has sharply rejected any attempt to rewrite the FTX collapse.He pushed back against claims that the exchange was solvent before bankruptcy, dismissing projections that FTX could have reached a $78B net asset value by 2025.

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TL;DR Solana Company builds Pacific Backbone, a low-latency network in Asia. Services include staking, validation, and trading tools for traditional firms. Shares drop 13% amid broader cryptocurrency market downturn. Solana Company announced the start of construction on “Pacific Backbone,” a low-latency infrastructure network connecting major financial centers in Asia-Pacific.

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Bitwise Asset Management‘s Chief Investment Officer, Matt Hougan, pushed back against Tom Essaye, founder of Sevens Reporter and former Merrill Lynch trader, after Essaye called Bitcoin a “merely speculative asset” with no utility comparable to gold. Hougan's response was blunt: “Those are terrible takes.” Hougan described Bitcoin as an emerging store of value still moving through an inevitable maturation phase.

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Traders struggle to determine if the crypto market bottom is in, but liquidity fears, AI industry valuation worries, and BTC mining strength could send Bitcoin back to $75,000.

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The Bitcoin price is currently consolidating near $65,000 on the weekly chart, with crypto analyst Doctor Profit warning that the market remains locked inside a broader bear market structure.

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Bitcoin whale inflows to Binance have reached $8.24 billion over the past 30 days, the highest level in 14 months. Exchange balances are climbing, a trend often associated with rising sell pressure and market volatility.

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Solana's (SOL) latest price decline is unfolding against a broader period of weakness across the digital asset market, with traders increasingly shifting toward risk-off positioning. Related Reading: Ready For A 443% Dogecoin Move?

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Bitcoin has a track record of gaining value due to its scarcity, but it has a new risk on the radar. XRP has historically gained value due to its adoption by financial organizations.

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Ethereum is already showing early signs of recovery. Since a recent low near $1,840, Ethereum has climbed nearly 4%, signaling that buyers are beginning to step back in.

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The Strategy CEO downplayed quantum risks on Natalie Brunell's Coin Stories podcast, saying any credible threat would prompt coordinated software upgrades across global digital systems.

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Large XRP holder cohorts flood Binance with 31M tokens, raising near-term sell pressure concerns.

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Vinny Lingham has issued a stark warning to the crypto market: holding the $60,000 line is no longer just about short-term price action—it is about the survival of the current cycle.

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Ethereum network faces short maintenance as Binance halts deposits and withdrawals while assuring users of stable trading and asset safety.

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Simon Gerovich, the CEO of Metaplanet, wrote on X that the acceleration of society to machine-to-machine commerce will lead to Bitcoin becoming a primary store of value. The Metaplanet executive was responding to the viral and equally ominous paper by Citrini Research, written from a June 2028 perspective.

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Investors are grappling with rapidly deteriorating investor sentiment in this once-high-flying sector. Bitcoin is leading the charge lower, driving significant downside in many digital asset portfolios again today.

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According to leading analytics firm Santiment, network activity has contracted significantly since February 2021.

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TL;DR: Solana has had the Solana Staking Index since February 2026, a transparent benchmark to measure staking performance on the network. The index is calculated each epoch using onchain data and excludes MEV tips to provide a consistent reference for the network's base yield.

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The short liquidations clustered around $0.80 presented a likely short-term price target.

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Bitcoin Magazine From 40 Meetups a Month to Nationwide Freedom: Bitcoin Indonesia's Real-Life Comeback Boasting 40 meetups a month and a broad estimated community of 55,000 bitcoiners, the Bitcoin Indonesia ecosystem might be one of the most active and successful Bitcoin adoption stories in the world today. Indonesia is a nation made up of 17,000 islands with over 380 different tribes and cultures.

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has pegged the odds of the CLARITY Act passing in April at 80% despite a gale of legislative headwinds.

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Traders betting on a Bitcoin and crypto bounce are getting wrecked to start the week. Bitcoin dropped from a 24-hour high of $67,695 to as low as $63,962, triggering a total of $616.41 million in liquidations, according to CoinGlass. The vast majority of the liquidations hit traders going long, coming in at $524.28 million.

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Bitcoin holds its range trend even as the funding rate turns negative and BTC open interest flatlines. Is the data leaning toward a short-squeeze back to $70,000?

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Matt Hougan framed volatility as a developmental phase, arguing immature assets shouldn't be judged by mature standards yet.

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Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has said that quantum computing is not a threat to Bitcoin at the moment and called the narrative FUD. He further said that any meaningful danger would still be more than a decade away.