The Bitcoin network’s hashrate, a metric measuring mining competition, declined for the second consecutive month in December, according to a report released Monday by Wall Street giant JPMorgan (JPM). “The network’s average monthly hashrate, an indicator of industry competition, declined by 30 EH/s (-3%) m/m to an average of 1,045 EH/s in December,” wrote analysts […]
Starknet told “Starknet is back online and fully operational,” posted the team behind the layer 2 Ethereum network on Downtime may impact decentralized finance and other on-chain applications, including blocked swaps, delayed withdrawals, and difficulty updating positions. It can also disrupt sequencer-based networks, where transaction ordering and block production depend on a smaller set of
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Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said she fully supports the integration of crypto trading services by the country’s exchanges as she touted 2026 as the “digital year”, according to a report by Japanese crypto news site Coinpost. Katayama highlighted that regulated venues will play a central role in expanding crypto adoption during a ceremony in
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Bitcoin and the broader crypto market have started to wake up recently, but underlying liquidity conditions appear surprisingly weak, according to on-chain analytics firm Glassnode — a dynamic that echoes concerns raised in a CoinDesk analysis in November about hollow liquidity in the crypto market following the October crash. The latest data from Glassnode shows
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Robinhood (HOOD) is focusing more on advanced crypto traders, a pivot that reflects changing customer behavior during a volatile year for digital assets. “What we saw really depends on the customer segment,” Johann Kerbrat, head of crypto at Robinhood, said in an interview. “We have a lot of customers who are a little bit younger.
President Donald Trump’s campaign to exclude Democrats from U.S. regulatory work has created an unusual situation within the two agencies that will have the most say in how the federal government manages crypto: A handful of Republican crypto advocates are entirely in charge of both. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission just bid farewell to
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Bitcoin BTC$94,488.23 hit its highest level since mid-November, gaining more than 3% to $94,400 during Monday’s trading session, the biggest percentage gain in more than a month. The rally, which brought the asset closer to $95,000 – seen by some analysts as a key level to gain momentum – was, however, led by XRP$2.3250. After
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Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs (GS) said improving regulation and the emergence of crypto use cases beyond trading support a constructive outlook for the sector, particularly for infrastructure companies that support the ecosystem without being as exposed to market cycles. Regulatory uncertainty remains the main obstacle for institutions, and this context is changing rapidly, the
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Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee said Monday Bitcoin BTC$94,321.39 has yet to peak and could hit a new all-time high as soon as this month, doubling down on the bullish outlook for crypto and stocks during an appearance on CNBC Squawk Box. “I don’t think bitcoin has peaked yet,” Lee said. “We were too
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Fred Wilson, one of the most influential venture capitalists in the United States, believes crypto’s defining moment in 2026 will come not from new blockchains, but from making them invisible to their end users. “Blockchains are disappearing behind better consumer interfaces that allow users to use, spend, trade and send tokens without worrying about which
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