Author: Kryptonews

Institutional interest in Solana has grown after its expanded partnership with Ondo Finance, which brings over 200 tokenised real-world assets onto the network. With the RWA sector growing over 250% in 2025 and Solana’s RWA TVL now above $1 billion, the network is increasingly seen as a bridge between on-chain finance and traditional markets. Meanwhile, Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) is being evaluated for its role in real-world AI verification, where zero-knowledge cryptography enables machine learning systems to produce verifiable outputs without exposing underlying data or models. ZKP’s approach to verified computation is emerging as a critical layer for building trust…

Key takeawaysThe CLARITY Act aims to address years of regulatory uncertainty with a structured framework that clearly defines digital assets, intermediary roles and disclosure obligations.It places most spot trading of qualifying tokens under CFTC oversight, while keeping the SEC responsible for primary offerings, disclosures and investor protections.The bill focuses on regulating activities as much as assets, setting registration and conduct standards for exchanges, brokers and dealers to strengthen market integrity and transparency.The GENIUS Act governs stablecoins, while the CLARITY Act applies only in complementary areas, such as disclosures and any reward-related features tied to stablecoin use.The CLARITY Act (Digital Asset…

A judge in U.S. District Court in South Carolina has awarded local artist Todd Atkinson $158,400 in a copyright infringement case against artist Chan Shepherd and the owner of the building on which Atkinson’s mural was originally painted. Atkinson painted the mural, of a train and a water tank, with the words “Water Tank” in a red banner, on the side of a building in Clover, S.C., in the summer of 1982, according to court documents. He filed a copyright certificate on Dec. 11, 2023, and was granted copyright on Mar. 7, 2024. For many years, the building, located at…

Bitcoin (BTC) extended its weakness into the low-liquidity weekend trading session, with BTC slipping to a five-week low of $86,000 on Sunday. The cryptocurrency could potentially retest its macro low of $66,000 over the coming weeks, a key support level from November 2024.Key takeaways:Bitcoin dropped below $87,000 on Sunday as its momentum weakened.The Coinbase Premium hit a 12-month low, reflecting strong US spot Bitcoin selling pressure.Bitcoin’s bearish setup targets a $66,800 BTC price.Bitcoin faces stronger selling pressure in the USThe Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Index, which tracks the price difference between BTC on Coinbase and Binance, flipped red in mid-December 2025,…

If Congress fails to pass market structure legislation this year, the U.S. crypto market would not revert to the enforcement-heavy environment of 2022 and 2023, but it would remain structurally constrained at a moment when global adoption and institutional interest are accelerating, Wall Street broker Benchmark said. “The absence of legislation would cause a structural risk premium to persist across much of the digital asset ecosystem,” wrote analyst Mark Palmer in the Monday report, adding that this would cap valuation expansion for U.S.-exposed platforms.Palmer said failure to pass legislation would delay, not derail, crypto’s maturation, leaving the U.S. market operating…

Key NotesRipple and Riyad Bank recently entered a strategic partnership to explore blockchain.Their goal is to strengthen financial services across Saudi Arabia.This partnership comes after Ripple secured an EMI license in Luxembourg. San Francisco-based blockchain payments firm Ripple Labs Inc. has bagged a major deal with Riyad Bank in the Middle East. Reece Merrick, the Managing Director of Middle East and Africa at Ripple, announced the new development on X, citing that it is a move targeted at advancing Saudi Arabia’s financial future through blockchain innovation. Jeel to Explore Tokenization with Ripple Ripple’s deal is specifically with Jeel, a subsidiary…

A new survey by the UK Cryptoasset Business Council (UKCBC) found that transfers between United Kingdom bank accounts and crypto exchanges are frequently blocked, delayed or refused, even when customers are trying to use regulated platforms.​The survey, titled Locked Out: Debanking the UK’s Digital Asset Economy, draws on responses from 10 of the UK’s largest centralized exchanges, which collectively serve millions of UK consumers and have processed hundreds of billions of pounds in transactions. It aims to replace anecdotes with hard numbers on how current banking practices affect the sector. The UKCBC argues that widespread restrictions are a major obstacle to…

A cybersecurity researcher has uncovered a massive, publicly accessible database containing millions of stolen login credentials harvested from malware-infected personal devices, including accounts linked to major social media platforms and the crypto exchange Binance.The dataset, uncovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler, contained around 149 million usernames and passwords from personal phones and computers, according to a Friday blog post published on ExpressVPN. The records were tied to services including Facebook, Instagram, Netflix and Binance, with at least 420,000 credentials associated with Binance users.The leak contained 48 million Gmail accounts, four million Yahoo accounts, 17 million Facebook accounts, 6.5 million Instagram…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, disclosed fresh BTC purchases as prices slid during a broader market sell-off.Strategy acquired 2,932 Bitcoin (BTC) for $264.1 million last week, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday.The acquisitions were made at an average price of $90,061 per BTC, with Bitcoin starting the week above $93,000 and briefly tumbling below $87,000, according to CoinGecko.The purchase brought Strategy’s total Bitcoin holdings to 712,647 BTC, purchased for about $54.19 billion at an average price of $76,037 per coin.Strategy’s January purchases exceed the last five months combinedStrategy’s latest Bitcoin purchase…

Ethereum’s head‑and‑shoulders points to 20% downside toward $2,300 if $2,780 fails, but crowded shorts mean a break above $3,020–$3,270 could trigger a sharp squeeze. Summary Ethereum price has activated a large daily head‑and‑shoulders after losing its $2,880 neckline, projecting over 20% downside toward roughly $2,300 if $2,780 support breaks cleanly. WLFI rotated about $8.08m from BTC into 2,868 ETH, whales trimmed holdings on the bounce, and 6–12 month holders increased their share, stabilizing price but not reversing trend. Binance ETH‑USDT perps show roughly $1.69b of shorts versus $700m of longs set up for liquidations, with $3,020–$3,270 as squeeze zones and…