Author: Kryptonews

Farcaster co-founders Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan said Monday they are joining stablecoin-focused startup Tempo, signaling a pivot away from crypto-native social media and toward blockchain-based payments.The move follows last month’s acquisition of Farcaster by Neynar, a long-time infrastructure provider for the protocol that offers APIs and tools for developers building on the network.Farcaster was once pitched as crypto’s answer to Twitter, a protocol-based alternative where users controlled their identities and data. After Neynar’s acquisition, Romero, Srinivasan and several members of their team at Merkle, the company behind Farcaster, stepped away from the project.In a post on X, Romero said…

Coinbase has added the upcoming governance and utility token of a ‘neobank’ blockchain project to its listing roadmap, putting the soon-to-be-launched asset on the potential path to trading. The largest crypto exchange by trading volume in the United States says it could soon support Superform (UP), a “user-owned neobank, enabling single-signature execution of arbitrary actions across chains and offering structured products to optimize yield,” according to the project’s docs. Superform is scheduled to launch its token on Tuesday, which Superform co-founder Blake Richardson says will be used for governance, to pay gas fees in the app and to direct protocol…

The Israeli Crypto Blockchain & Web 3.0 Companies Forum last week launched a lobbying effort to push regulatory reforms that research from KPMG says may add 120 billion shekels ($38.36 billion) to the country’s economy by 2035 and create 70,000 new jobs.At a Feb. 3 event in Tel Aviv, Forum leader Nir Hirshman-Rub said there is broad public support for legislation that would relax rules on stablecoins and tokenization, along with simplifying tax compliance requirements.In the wake of the US-brokered ceasefire of the Gaza war, 2026 is seen as a “defining year” for the local digital assets industry, Hirshman-Rub said.…

Ripple said on Monday it has expanded its institutional custody platform through new integrations with Securosys and Figment.The company said it is adding hardware security modules to enable banks and custodians to deploy custody services and offer staking without necessarily operating their own validator or key-management infrastructure. Building on Ripple’s recent acquisition of Palisade and the integration of Chainalysis compliance tools, the custody upgrades allow regulated institutions to manage cryptographic keys using on-premises or cloud-based HSMs and to offer staking on networks such as Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL), with compliance checks embedded directly into transaction workflows.Ripple said the integrations…

Key points:Bitcoin’s relief rally is facing selling near $72,000, but a positive sign is that the bulls have not ceded much ground to the bears.Several major altcoins are facing selling at higher levels, indicating that the sentiment remains negative.Bitcoin (BTC) has slipped closer to $69,500, indicating that the bears are selling on rallies. Several analysts believe that BTC’s bottom is still not in. Trader BitBull said in a post on X that BTC’s “real bottom will form below $50,000, where most of the ETF buyers will be underwater.”A different view point was put forth by crypto sentiment platform Santiment. In…

For just about any artist, a major, permanent public commission from a giant global corporation might seem like great news. The artist might expect big budgets, massive exposure, and a ribbon-cutting with the mayor and CEO.  Even Judy Chicago, an icon of feminist art who has had solo exhibitions at institutions from New York’s New Museum to San Francisco’s de Young Museum and whose massive piece The Dinner Party (1974–79) is on permanent view at the Brooklyn Museum, anticipated a “great and historic project,” writes the artist at Artnet News, when Google commissioned her to do a public artwork as…

The BMNR stock price hovered at the crucial support level of $20 as BitMine continued to accumulate Ethereum, and its fundamentals improved. Summary BitMine’s stock price has formed a falling wedge pattern, pointing to a rebound. Data shows that Ethereum’s transactions and network fees have soared recently. The supply of ETH tokens in exchanges has continued falling this month. BitMine stock has retreated by over 85%from its highest level in July last year. It is also slowly forming the highly bullish falling wedge pattern, pointing to a strong rebound. In a statement, Tom Lee’s BitMine said that it continued to…

Solana’s SOL (SOL) has dropped 38% over the last 30 days, falling to a two-year low of $67 on Friday. Multiple analysts believe that the downside is not over for the seventh-placed cryptocurrency, with downward targets extending as low as $30.Key takeaways:Solana’s head-and-shoulders pattern targets a SOL price of $50 or lower.MVRV bands point to a potential bottom, but support at $75 must hold. SOL/USD weekly chart. Source: Coitelegraph/TradingViewSolana targets $42 after bearish confirmationSOL price has already lost over 72% of its value since a cycle top of around $295 in January 2025. In doing so, its price confirmed a…

Breaking a familiar pattern, bitcoin BTC$70,411.45 is on the rise during the U.S. session, climbing to $70,800 after falling to just above $68,000 earlier in the day.Bitcoin is now higher by 0.5% over the past 24 hours, with ether ETH$2,063.57, XRP XRP$1.4281 and solana SOL$87.21 ahead closer to 1.5% over the same time frame.Risk assets are generally in the green on Monday, with the Nasdaq up 1% and the S&P 500 up 0.5%. Gold is ahead 1.9% to $5,075 per ounce, and silver is up 7.4% to $82.50 per ounce.”What we are experiencing is the weakest bitcoin bear case in…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A recent major Ethereum sell-off is sharply taking over the spotlight in the broader cryptocurrency community. Given the prolonged volatile state of the market over the past few months, Trend Research has officially concluded its massive ETH unwinding, offloading thousands of the leading altcoin. Massive Trend Research’s Ethereum Unwind Concludes Ethereum’s price is facing heightened bearish pressure, and several big institutions appear to be dumping their ETH holdings, which is likely to extend the ongoing volatility. The most recent and popular sell-off swelling across the community is…