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Cardano’s native token was among the biggest beneficiaries after Trump’s landslide victory in the US elections at the end of 2024. It rocketed from just over $0.30 to a multi-year peak of $1.30 within the first month, especially since Charles Hoskinson hinted that he would work with the Trump administration in 2025. After a brief correction, it entered 2025 at around $0.85 and experienced enhanced volatility in the first few months. It reclaimed the $1.00 level almost immediately, then dumped below $0.55, and surged back up to almost $1.20 by March. What followed, though, was a prolonged correction with a…

Key Takeaways David Schwartz, the long-serving chief technology officer at Ripple, has transitioned to a CTO Emeritus role. Schwartz announced his decision to step back from daily responsibilities in October 2025 to focus on family and hobbies. Share this article Ripple veteran David Schwartz officially departed from the company’s executive leadership this week. The former technology officer also updated his title to “CTO Emeritus” on X and LinkedIn.Schwartz directed the technical evolution of Ripple’s cross-border payment systems and managed its global engineering organization. The XRP Ledger co-architect, who served as a core leader for more than a decade, will join…

Dogecoin rose to $0.1516 as buyers pushed the token back through a key technical band on volume running well above its 30-day norm — a move that signals renewed speculative appetite in meme coins even as the broader market remains range-bound.News backgroundDogecoin and Pepe helped drive a sharp meme coin bounce as traders leaned back into “meme season” positioning to start 2026. DOGE rose about 11% on the day in the broader rally, while PEPE gained roughly 17%, with other dog-themed names also advancing — Shiba Inu up about 8%, Bonk up nearly 11%, and Floki up close to 10%.The…

Santiment kicked off the weekend with a quick snapshot of the coins getting the loudest chatter on social media, and it reads like a mash-up of old-school blue chips and the latest meme frenzy. On top of the list: PEPE, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Solana, and Crypto.com’s CRO, each one showing why people can’t stop talking, buying, or arguing about them. Meme Mania vs. Institutional Flow PEPE stole the headlines in the way meme coins do: sudden spikes, wild intraday moves, big volume, and a whole lot of hype on Reddit, Telegram and X. Folks are calling it the new memecoin…

Key TakeawaysBitcoin is 17 years old as of January 3, 2009, when the Genesis Block was mined, which means that its origin dates to a banking crisis in the world.One embedded newspaper headline is still shaping the anti-bailout narrative and market psychology of Bitcoin.January 3 has turned into a traditional and convenient day among traders, miners, and long-term holders of the crypto market.Seventeen years after its first block went live, Bitcoin’s origin story is once again in focus. The anniversary is not just symbolic; it reconnects today’s market with the political and financial context that gave birth to the world’s…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared on X today that he believes zk-EVMs are going to become the main way Ethereum validates blocks between 2027 and 2030. “The trilemma has been solved – not on paper, but with live running code, of which one half (data availability sampling) is on mainnet today, and the other half (ZK-EVMs) is production-quality on performance today – safety is what remains,” said Vitalik. Vitalik compared Ethereum’s situation to peer-to-peer networks that came long before it, like “BitTorrent (2000): huge total bandwidth, highly decentralized, no consensus.” Ethereum starts large gas limit increases in 2026 through BALs…

US-based spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs began 2026 on a strong note, posting a combined net inflow of around $646 million on the first trading day, despite mixed sentiment across the broader crypto market.On Friday, spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs saw net inflows of $471.3 million, while spot Ether (ETH) ETFs added $174.5 million, bringing total inflows across the two ETF types to $645.8 million, according to Farside data.US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted their largest net inflow in 35 trading days since Nov. 11, when the eleven US-based ETFs collectively saw $524 million in a single day.Meanwhile, spot Ether ETFs posted…

Key NotesAI coins and Dogecoin recorded some uptick as Musk praised Jensen Huang.The Nvidia CEO started the accolade exchange by saying that Musk is an “extraordinary engineer”.Dogecoin price has gained almost 10% over the past 24 hours. Billionaire Elon Musk continues to influence Dogecoin DOGE $0.15 24h volatility: 1.9% Market cap: $24.36 B Vol. 24h: $1.70 B and parts of the tech sector. Recently, DOGE and several other tokens reacted after Musk publicly endorsed Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Dogecoin Price Rallies by Almost 10% The cryptocurrency market may be off to a great start with a strong rebound led by…

Coinbase’s institutional strategy chief says comprehensive crypto market structure legislation will take longer to finalize than stablecoin rules, but remains confident bipartisan momentum will carry the bill across the finish line in 2026.John D’Agostino told CNBC that regulatory clarity abroad and accelerating talent flight from the US create urgent pressure to establish federal frameworks this year.The Senate Banking Committee scheduled a January 15 markup of the CLARITY Act after months of delays stemming from internal disputes over decentralized finance oversight, token classification standards, and stablecoin yield restrictions.D’Agostino acknowledged the complexity, noting that “market structure is complicated” and “dealt with structurally…

Key Highlights: SEC announces review of Cboe’s MBTX options tweak for penny-level trading below $3. The proposal targets tighter spreads and easier trading for retail users. Regulators seek data on fraud prevention before any approval or rejection is granted. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced through an official release today, December 31, 2025, that it has started reviewing a proposal by Cboe Exchange and it would change how small buy and sell quotes can be for options that are linked to a Mini Bitcoin ETF index. The agency here wants to make sure that the trading rules for…