Author: Kryptonews

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum could reprice to $15,000 in 2026 as traditional finance accelerates into tokenization, stablecoins, and bespoke Layer 2 blockchains built on Ethereum, according to Vivek Raman, CEO and co-founder of Etherealize. In a Jan. 5 guest post, Raman framed 2026 as the point where ETH shifts from a decade-long credibility build to a commercial deployment era, arguing that “from 2026 onward – Ethereum will become the best place to do business,” as regulatory posture, institutional precedent, and infrastructure maturity converge. Institutions Will Tokenize On Ethereum Raman’s core…

SUI Group (SUIG), a Nasdaq-listed company tied to the Sui blockchain ecosystem, has appointed Brian Quintenz as an independent director to its board, the firm said in a press release on Tuesday.Quintenz will also serve on the board’s audit committee, the company said.SUIG shares are lower by 2.2% on Tuesday. The SUI token continued its 2026 rally, higher by 14% over the past 24 hours. His appointment follows the transition of SUI Group chief financial officer Joseph A. Geraci II from a board seat to a board observer role. With the change, the board now has five members, three of…

Ethereum was not created to make finance efficient or apps convenient. It was designed to set people free.That line from the Trustless Manifesto drew criticism when it was published, and Vitalik Buterin repeated it on Jan. 5.The argument: Ethereum’s mission differs fundamentally from the efficiency game DeFi protocols compete in. The goal is not 4.5% yield versus 5.3%, not reducing latency from 473 milliseconds to 368, not trimming signup from three clicks to one.Ethereum’s game is resilience: avoiding total losses when infrastructure collapses, governments turn hostile, or developers disappear. Resilience means keeping 2,000-millisecond latency at 2,000 milliseconds even when Cloudflare…

XRP (XRP) is on track to repeat gold’s multiyear rally in 2026, according to analyst Steph is Crypto.Key takeaways:XRP is tracking gold’s past breakout structure, supporting $8–$10 targets if the fractal holds.Failure to reclaim the 100-week EMA could send XRP back toward the $1.61–$1.97 range.Gold’s fractal hints at $8-10 XRP price nextThe bullish outlook took cues from gold’s recovery in late 2022, which occurred after two years of consolidation inside the $1,620-2,055 area. In 2020-2022, the precious metal formed the classic five-wave structure of the Elliott Wave Theory, including a descending channel pattern during the wave 3-4 formation, as shown…

Is the “crypto treasury” strategy a double-edged sword for investors? Not long ago, companies marketed crypto-treasury stocks as a straightforward investment. They purchased shares to gain exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) or other digital assets while benefiting from the liquidity and regulatory oversight of public markets.In rising markets, this approach was effective. Shares of companies with substantial crypto holdings frequently outperformed the underlying assets, attracting investors who wanted crypto exposure without directly owning tokens.However, during market declines, this relationship breaks down sharply. Crypto-treasury stocks tend to experience more abrupt downturns than the cryptocurrencies they hold. For example, during recent market pullbacks…

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesCOLLATERAL DAMAGE CONTROL. The Financial Times reported that half of non-bank lenders offering loans against artworks experienced defaults in 2024, up sharply from 17 percent two years earlier, according to the Art and Finance Report 2025, published by Deloitte Private and ArtTactic. While this marks an improvement on 2020, when two-thirds of lenders reported defaults during the Covid-19shutdown, it underscores growing stress in the sector. Harry Smith of Gurr Johns said lending is now viable only for top-tier works, as the firm winds down its own small lending operation. The art…

Update (Jan. 6, 1:20 pm UTC): This article has been updated with a statement from Telegram.Cryptocurrency-friendly messenger Telegram boosted its operating revenue in 2025 as it explores a potential initial public offering (IPO).Telegram’s revenues hit $870 million in the first half of 2025, up 65% from $525 million a year earlier, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing unaudited financial statements.About a third of that, or $300 million, came from “exclusivity agreements,” linked to earnings related to Telegram-connected cryptocurrency Toncoin (TON).The report also said that $500 million of Telegram’s bonds have been frozen in Russia’s central securities depository due to…

Edel (EDEL), a DeFi cryptocurrency powering a decentralized lending protocol (money market) for tokenized assets, is attracting investor attention, according to data reported today by market analyst Lookonchain. The analyst flagged a whale who today spent $65,000 in USDC to purchase 2.29 million EDEL tokens earlier this morning. This deep-pocketed investor’s transaction indicates a strong belief in the EDEL cryptocurrency’s potential capability, an indicator showing where smart money flows to amid the new year. The transaction reflects the whale’s robust conviction in EDEL, particularly taking into consideration that January is typically a strong period of cryptocurrency markets when big investors…

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3067.42, up 0.4% (+12.0) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday.Sixteen of 20 assets are trading higher.Leaders: SUI (+5.5%) and UNI (+3.3%).Laggards: BCH (-3.0%) and LINK (-0.8%).The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.

U.S. Ethereum ETFs lost 18% of value since October as ETH’s price slide, not mass redemptions, drove the drawdown while January flows turned modestly positive. Summary U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs have dropped about 18% in value since October, mostly tracking ETH’s price decline rather than large investor exits.​ Flow data shows only gradual net outflows and a return to modest inflows in January, with no single issuer suffering a concentrated liquidity drain.​ New staking-enabled ETH ETFs add yield on top of price exposure, helping stabilize demand as institutions keep using ETFs as a primary ETH access point. U.S. spot Ethereum…