Author: Kryptonews

Indian crypto investors have shed the speculative itch and are buying the dip in bitcoin BTC$76,073.52 price like seasoned pros, Mumbai-based CoinDCX exchange told CoinDesk.”Indian investors are maturing. They’re no longer driven purely by sentiment or headlines; instead, they’re focused on fundamentals and the long-term potential of the asset class,” CoinDCX’s CEO Sumit Gupta said in an email.”We’re seeing it in their behavior: regular bitcoin systematic investment plans (SIPs), deliberate market orders, and thoughtfully placed limit orders,” he added, naming ether ETH$2,267.87, solana SOL$92.50 and XRP XRP$1.6019 as other favorites.The latest trend contrasts with the frenzied trading in 2021 when…

Canada’s top investment industry watchdog has rolled out a new set of rules aimed at tightening how crypto assets are held and safeguarded, as regulators move to limit losses linked to hacks, fraud, and weak governance. Key Takeaways: Canada introduced new interim crypto custody rules to curb losses from hacks and fraud. Custodians now face tiered limits based on capital strength, oversight, and resilience. The framework adds stricter governance, insurance, and audit requirements while supporting innovation. The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) on Tuesday published its Digital Asset Custody Framework, outlining detailed expectations for dealer members that operate crypto asset…

Bitcoin has long served a simple purpose: storing and transferring value. The blockchain’s inherent limitations in scalability and programmability prevented use cases like high-frequency payments and smart contracts.Launched in 2018, the layer-2 solution Lightning Network introduced noticeable improvements in scalability. It takes some of the burden offchain by creating side channels between the sender and receiver.The model settles transactions faster, with lower fees. Rendering Bitcoin feasible for daily use, the solution spurred the development of many payment apps on the blockchain.Programmability also arrived in Bitcoin through secondary protocols, such as RGB, an open-source solution designed to expand Bitcoin’s capabilities. The…

Onchain analysts say the data show no signs of crisis at Binance, even as a wave of online criticism warns the exchange could become the new “FTX.”Despite ongoing market volatility and Bitcoin (BTC) briefly dipping below $74,000 on Tuesday, Binance shows “no signs of stress,” according to the blockchain analytics company CryptoQuant. Source: CryptoQuant“Binance holds around 659,000 BTC, virtually unchanged from 657,000 BTC at end-2025,” CryptoQuant said in a statement shared with Cointelegraph on Wednesday, highlighting “no material reserve erosion during the current Bitcoin sell-off.”Related: Bitcoin ETF assets slip below $100B with fresh $272M outflowsIs everyone suddenly deleting Binance accounts?On…

Ethereum was cheaper than expected in 2020, and rollup decentralization was slower than promised in 2021. Those two realities are forced the ecosystem to rewrite what “a layer-2” is for.Vitalik Buterin’s recent post on Ethereum Research bluntly frames the shift: the original vision of layer-2 (L2) blockchains as “branded shards” of Ethereum is no longer viable, and the ecosystem requires a new path.However, this isn’t abandonment. Instead, it is a re-tiering of expectations and a sharper definition of what different types of rollups are actually building.The question now is the new job description, since the premise underlying the rollup-centric roadmap…

Since news broke last month that Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) decided against acquiring a new work by Nan Goldin, the fallout has been fierce. The decision, prompted by trustee Judy Schulich, who reportedly branded the Jewish American photographer “antisemitic,” has led to calls for her resignation. It’s also renewed scrutiny of how wealthy donors influence museum governance. Schulich, a major AGO benefactor and executive with the Schulich Foundation, one of Canada’s largest private foundations, is yet to comment publicly. What’s clear is that her intervention played a decisive role in the gallery’s rejection of Goldin’s moving-image work Stendhal…

At a Bitcoin conference in 2021, Nick Szabo, often called the father of smart contracts, reflected on those early experiments. His memories offer a reminder that Bitcoin did not appear out of thin air. It grew from decades of trial, debate and failed but valuable attempts. In the mid 1990s, Szabo recalled reading Extropy magazine, a niche publication that explored how technology could reshape society. In a 1995 issue, writers discussed ideas like virtual banks and a digital currency called Hayeks. These concepts were not usable products. They were thought experiments. That same year, Szabo proposed the idea of smart…

A survey of senior crypto investors and executives suggests capital priorities are shifting away from decentralized finance (DeFi) and toward core infrastructure, as decision-makers focus on liquidity constraints and market plumbing. The findings come from a new report published by the digital asset conference CfC St. Moritz, based on responses from 242 attendees of its invitation-only event in January. Respondents included institutional investors, founders, C-suite executives, regulators and family office representatives. According to the survey, 85% of respondents selected infrastructure as their top funding priority, ahead of DeFi, compliance, cybersecurity and user experience. While expectations for revenue growth and innovation remain broadly positive,…

Several layer-2 builders responded after Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the original vision of L2s as the primary scaling engine “no longer makes sense,” calling for a shift toward specialization.In a Wednesday post, Buterin argued that many L2s have failed to fully inherit Ethereum’s security due to continued reliance on multisig bridges, while the base layer is increasingly capable of handling more throughput via gas-limit increases and future native rollups.The comments prompted responses from Ethereum layer 2s, who broadly agreed that rollups must evolve beyond being cheaper versions of Ethereum but diverged on whether scaling should remain central to their…

The hype around cryptocurrency companies going public is waning because markets are still viewed as insufficiently large for the traditional finance (TradFi) firms that are taking an increased interest in the industry.Fewer investors feel as confident as they did last year, according to a report from the influential CfC St. Moritz, Switzerland crypto conference, which recorded the outlook and predictions of 242 respondents at the event.After a record 2025 that saw 11 IPOs raise $14.6 billion, “sentiment points to waning IPO intensity and rising consolidation risk,” the report said. Liquidity shortages are seen as the biggest threat, according to the…