Author: Kryptonews

Blockchain transactions per second (TPS) numbers are often treated as a performance gauge, but they don’t tell the full story of whether a network can scale in practice.Carter Feldman, founder of Psy Protocol and a former hacker, told Cointelegraph that TPS figures are often misleading because they ignore how transactions are actually verified and relayed across decentralized systems.“Many pre-mainnet, testnet or isolated benchmarking tests measure TPS with only one node running. At that point, you might as well call Instagram a blockchain that can hit 1 billion TPS because it has one central authority validating every API call,” Feldman said.Part…

An analyst known for making timely crypto calls believes one Ethereum (ETH) rival is now forming a market bottom. Pseudonymous analyst Bluntz tells his 337,200 followers on X that Solana (SOL) is likely completing a three-wave correction and could soon enter a long-term bullish phase. Bluntz practices the Elliott Wave theory, which states that a bullish asset tends to witness a five-wave rally after going through an the ABC correction. “Anybody who’s not a tourist and has actually witnessed multiple cycles knows this is an amazing long-term SOL entry. For the record, the reason I’m bull-posting SOL more than anything…

Key takeawaysBitcoin now responds more to liquidity than to rate cuts. While rate cuts once drove crypto rallies, Bitcoin’s recent price action reflects actual cash availability and risk capital in the system, not just borrowing costs.Interest rates and liquidity are not the same. Rates measure the price of money, while liquidity reflects the amount of money circulating. Bitcoin reacts more when liquidity tightens or loosens, even if rates move in the opposite direction.When liquidity is abundant, leverage and risk-taking expand, pushing Bitcoin higher. When liquidity contracts, leverage can unwind quickly, which has often coincided with sharp sell-offs across stocks and…

Arkham Exchange is not shutting down, despite reports to the contrary, and is instead redesigning itself as a decentralized trading platform, the company confirmed to Cointelegraph.The crypto trading platform launched by data analytics firm Arkham Intelligence is shifting from a centralized model to a fully decentralized exchange (DEX), Arkham CEO Miguel Morel told Cointelegraph on Wednesday.“The future of crypto trading is decentralized, and that’s what we’re building towards,” Morel said.Launched in 2024, Arkham Exchange allows users to trade both spot crypto and perpetual contracts. The platform launched a mobile app in late 2025. At the time of writing, Arkham reports…

A quartet of masterpieces by Claude Monet, Paul Signac, Edgar Degas, and Fernand Léger will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s London this spring. The paintings are part of the house’s Modern and Contemporary evening sale on March 4 and have a combined high estimate of £24 million.Monet’s Maison de Jardinier (1884) spearheads the group. It was painted during the artist’s ten-week sojourn on the Italian riviera and conveys the famous garden of Francesco Moreno in Bordighera. Sotheby’s has slapped an £8.5 million high estimate on the work. Paintings from Monet’s trip to Italy in 1884 rarely hit the market…

Ethereum price is testing a key demand zone as more than 220,000 ETH leaves exchanges, tightening liquid supply during a sharp market pullback. Summary Ethereum price prediction hinges heavily on ETH holding the $1,850 demand zone. Exchange reserves have dropped by 220,000 ETH, while accumulating addresses now hold 27 million ETH, about 23% of supply. Holding $1,850 could open a rebound toward $2,000–$2,100, while a breakdown risks a move toward $1,750. Ethereum was trading at $1,975 at press time, down 4% in the past 24 hours. The broader trend remains under pressure. ETH has fallen 12% over the last seven…

Ethereum accumulation addresses have witnessed a surge in daily inflows since Friday, suggesting growing confidence in Ether’s (ETH) long-term price trajectory despite its latest drop below $2,000.Key takeaways:Ether’s drop below $2,000 has left 58% of addresses with unrealized losses.Accumulation addresses have absorbed about $2.6 billion in ETH over five days.Key Ether levels to watch below $2,000 include $1,800, $1,500, $1,200, and potentially $750–$1,000 in extreme scenarios.58% of Ether addresses are now in the redEther’s 38% drop over the last month has seen it fall below key support levels, including the average entry price of accumulation addresses, the cost basis of…

Consensys founder and CEO Joe Lubin claimed that decentralized finance (DeFi) is as safe as traditional finance during an interview at Consensus Hong Kong 2026.Lubin told CNBC reporter Elaine Yu that “blue chip DeFi is very safe, [but] banks are debasing across the world and growing less safe. If you have situations like in the GFC [global financial crisis] where you see haircuts in Greece for example. People lose 25% of their purchasing power.””DeFi is roughly as safe as traditional finance,” he said before adding that in “2026 people are going to see a real break through in terms or…

Ethereum’s outlook for 2026 has become increasingly contested after the most recent downturn in the entire crypto market. Earlier this year, research from Standard Chartered suggested that Ethereum could end 2026 near $7,500, a target that implies significant upside from current levels. However, recent price action, with ETH languishing around $2,000 and lacking clear bullish momentum, puts such projections against a very different realistic outlook. Standard Chartered’s Ethereum Long-Term View In a January research note, Standard Chartered’s digital assets team trimmed its medium-term outlook for Ethereum while keeping a highly optimistic vision for the years ahead. The bank now sees…

Global investment manager Franklin Templeton announced the launch of an institutional off‑exchange collateral program with Binance that lets clients use tokenized money market fund (MMF) shares to back trading activity while the underlying assets remain in regulated custody. According to a Wednesday news release shared with Cointelegraph, the framework is intended to reduce counterparty risk by reflecting collateral balances inside Binance’s trading environment, rather than moving client assets onto the exchange.​Eligible institutions can pledge tokenized MMF shares issued via Franklin Templeton’s Benji Technology Platform as collateral for trading on Binance. The tokenized fund shares are held off‑exchange by Ceffu Custody, a digital…