Alex Thorn, head of enterprise-wide research at Galaxy Digital, says 2026 could be one of the most difficult years to predict for bitcoin, even though the company maintains a bullish long-term outlook. In a Dec. 21 article on Thorn said the comments were based on Galaxy Research’s Dec. 18 report, “26 Crypto, Bitcoin, DeFi and […]
It’s no secret that Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack has emerged as perhaps the most hawkish member of the US Federal Reserve since her appointment in 2024 after a career at Goldman Sachs. Next year, however, she will take a more prominent position to make these points. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the
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“DeFi is dead.” This is how Sid Powell, CEO and co-founder of Maple Finance, sums up what he sees for crypto over the next few years. However, this does not mean the end of decentralized finance; rather, it is the end of treating DeFi as something distinct from traditional markets. “In a few years, institutions
A debate on X over whether Fundstrat analysts are sending mixed signals on bitcoin intensified over the weekend, prompting a response from the company’s co-founder: which seems to support a more nuanced explanation of the different points of view. The discussion began after an X user known as “Heisenberg” (@Mr_Derivatives) captured screenshots that he said
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Ethereum developers, fresh off last month’s successful Fusaka upgrade that reduced node costs, are already moving full steam ahead in planning the blockchain’s next major change. Enter “Glamsterdam”. The name is a portmanteau of two simultaneous upgrades taking place on Ethereum’s two core layers. The execution layer, where transaction rules and smart contracts reside, will
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Uniswap’s UNI token is up approximately 19% in the past 24 hours as on-chain voting began on a major governance proposal that would enable protocol fees and introduce a long-discussed UNI burn mechanism. UNI began to climb shortly after the voting period opened at 03:50 UTC on December 20, according to Uniswap governance data. A
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VanEck has updated its filing for an Avalanche exchange-traded fund, VAVX, to include staking rewards and generate income for investors. In an amended S-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company revealed that the fund can invest up to 70% of its AVAX holdings to generate yield, with Coinbase Crypto Services listed
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Hilbert Group (HILB), a Swedish investment company specializing in algorithmic trading in the cryptocurrency market, has acquired high-frequency trading platform Enigma Nordic in a $32 million deal. The move gives Hilbert access to Enigma’s proprietary trading system, which executes market-neutral strategies on global cryptocurrency exchanges, the companies said in a press release. Enigma said it
A crypto user lost $50 million in USDT after falling victim to an address poisoning scam in a massive on-chain exploit. The theft, spotted by Web3 security firm Web3 Antivirus, occurred after the user sent a $50 test transaction to confirm the destination address before transferring the rest of the funds. Loading… Within minutes, a
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Quantum computing and the threat it poses to encrypted blockchains have once again crept into online conversations about Bitcoin, sparking concerns about long-term risk that investors and developers still struggle to speak in the same language. The latest flare-up in the debate follows comments from prominent Bitcoin developers objecting to claims that quantum computers pose
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