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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure In the current market structure, the Ethereum price continues to move in a separate direction from its network’s performance and fundamentals. While ETH’s price struggles to initiate a major rally, the network is performing at a remarkable pace, breaking past prior all-time highs in most aspects of the blockchain, such as staking. More Ethereum Getting Locked Away Even in the ongoing crypto volatile landscape, the supply dynamics of Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency asset, are undergoing a quiet but meaningful shift. Currently, ETH staking is experiencing exponential growth,…

Philip Leider, the founding editor of Artforum, died at his home in Berkeley, California, on January 11 at 96. Artforum announced his death over the weekend, but did not state a cause. Leider’s career arc was an unusual one. He helped turn Artforum into a go-to source for serious, no-nonsense art criticism, serving as its editor starting in 1962. (Since 2022, Artforum has been owned by Penske Media Corporation, ARTnews’s parent company.) “It’s no exaggeration to say that Artforum in the 1960s was Phil Leider,” wrote art historian Michael Fried, a good friend of Leider, in a 1993 reflection. Related Articles Then, in 1971,…

ETH sold off at the weekly open, but its net taker volume metric turned positive for the first time in years. Will bulls take notice of the signal and attempt to press Ether price higher?Ether (ETH) derivatives data has begun to highlight a structural shift. After nearly three years of sell-side dominance, ETH’s net taker volume has turned positive, possibly pointing to renewed interest from futures traders.Key takeaways:ETH Net Taker volume reached $390 million since Jan. 6, the largest buy imbalance since January 2023.Since 2023, positive taker volume has aligned with range bottoms and the continuation of uptrends.ETH holds above…

Solana (SOL) price dropped below $130 for the first time since Jan. 2 as onchain data suggested that a strong recovery could be in the cards for the top-10 altcoin.Key takeaways:SOL dips below $130 amid marketwide pullback, but whales remain confident as they load up more tokens. SOL exchange supply falls to two-year lows, signaling a reduction in sell pressure.Recovery in network activity boosting onchain demand for SOL.SOL’s accumulation trend strengthensSOL whales remain confident about the prospects of a further rally, using the pullback to $120 seen at the end of 2025 to accumulate more tokens. Data from Glassnode reveals that whale…

The hedge fund manager said central banks were not handling fiat in the same way, warning of a breakdown in the global monetary order.Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio issued a stark warning for the global economy amid US President Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs and seemingly unpredictable economic policies for the country.Speaking to CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, Dalio said the monetary order was “breaking down,” warning of a change in behavior of how central banks handled fiat. According to the hedge fund manager, both fiat holders and “those…

Solana (SOL) price dropped below $130 for the first time since Jan. 2 as onchain data suggested that a strong recovery could be in the cards for the top-10 altcoin.Key takeaways:SOL dips below $130 amid marketwide pullback, but whales remain confident as they load up more tokens. SOL exchange supply falls to two-year lows, signaling a reduction in sell pressure.Recovery in network activity boosting onchain demand for SOL.SOL’s accumulation trend strengthensSOL whales remain confident about the prospects of a further rally, using the pullback to $120 seen at the end of 2025 to accumulate more tokens. Data from Glassnode reveals that whale…

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesUNIONERS PAY PRICE. In 2023, employees at Snøhetta, the prominent New York–based architecture firm, mounted an unsuccessful effort to unionize. Now the National Labor Relations Board has accused the firm of unlawfully retaliating against workers who supported the campaign, the New York Times reports. In a complaint issued on Friday, a regional NLRB director alleged that Snøhetta illegally dismissed eight employees for backing the union and engaging in protected collective activity, and that managers improperly questioned staff about their union sympathies. Snøhetta has denied the allegations. In a statement, partner Elaine…

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Mantle partners with Everclear to enable instant, frictionless wETH-to-mETH swaps across major Ethereum chains, eliminating traditional bridging. Mantle, the Ethereum Layer-2 solution, today announced a new collaboration with Everclear, introducing cross-chain asset settlement to the Mantle ecosystem that allows users to swap wETH from Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, or Polygon directly into mETH on Mantle, without traditional bridging friction. This integration addresses one of the most pressing challenges in multi-chain DeFi: liquidity fragmentation across multiple representations of the same asset.…

Ethereum’s All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this “Checkpoint” series aims for high-level updates roughly every 4-8 weeks, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here. If you enjoy reading core development updates, you may also be keen to learn that Forkcast now publishes call summaries, chats and transcripts for each All Core Dev (ACD) call and some breakout calls, usually available within a couple hours of the call. tl;dr: The Fusaka upgrade shipped alongside the ability to adjust blob parameters independently from fork cycles. The next upgrade, Glamsterdam, is…

With the rise of Layer 2 networks like Arbitrum One and Arbitrum Nova, the Arbitrum gaming NFT ecosystem makes transactions faster, cheaper, and more reliable, allowing NFTs to function as true gameplay assets rather than mere collectibles.If you’re exploring the NFT gaming ecosystem, this article highlights key gaming projects, marketplaces, and infrastructure powering Arbitrum GameFi. We also show how it shapes player engagement, token utility, and future growth potential, and how it compares with other blockchain gaming networks.Best Arbitrum Gaming NFT Projects to Watch in 2026The Arbitrum gaming and NFT ecosystem has shown rapid growth, driven by its high-performance Layer…