Author: Kryptonews

A persistent bearish trend has led to widespread declines across many altcoins over the past week. As a result, some market participants are researching alternative crypto assets that may behave differently during periods of market stress. However, evaluating crypto assets during a bear market remains challenging, as many price movements are driven by speculation rather than underlying fundamentals.This article examines five crypto projects that emphasize functional use cases rather than purely speculative narratives. The projects discussed include Digitap ($TAP), Solana (SOL), Chainlink (LINK), Cardano (ADA), and Monero (XMR), each representing different approaches to utility, scalability, data infrastructure, governance, or privacy…

The foundation behind restaking protocol EigenLayer has proposed a governance change to introduce new incentives for the EIGEN token, focusing on productive network activity and fee generation.Under the plan outlined in a recent blog post, a cornerstone of the proposal is the introduction of a fee model that channels revenue from Actively Validated Services (AVS) rewards and EigenCloud services back to EIGEN holders. AVSs’ are blockchain-based services that use EigenLayer’s security, relying on staked tokens and operators to keep it running honestly and correctly.The team argues this change will strengthen long-term value accrual for EIGEN token holders and better align…

Washington is inching closer to putting bank-issued stablecoins on a clearer regulatory track. This week, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), the US agency that oversees bank safety and insures deposits, laid out a proposed framework for how insured banks, via subsidiaries, could seek approval to issue payment stablecoins under the GENIUS Act, a move that could reshape who gets to mint digital dollars and under what rules.That same push toward institutionalization is also evident elsewhere in the crypto business landscape. Despite Bitcoin’s (BTC) lackluster performance, corporate treasuries are still in accumulation mode, with American Bitcoin vaulting past ProCap in…

As the crypto market starts looking beyond current volatility and towards a more fundamental long-term strategy, increasingly, investors are looking to pinpoint the best crypto to buy in preparation for a further massive growth cycle, due to materialize through 2026 and beyond. Investors are entering the market, looking for projects that are a cut above the rest, and as Ethereum (ETH) continues along a path towards further stabilization and a possible encouraging move back towards profitability following a period of improvement in on-chain statistics and a series of upcoming protocols, a race is on by a new wave of up-and-coming…

According to Arbiscan, the onchain analytics platform for Arbitrum, an account labeled Robinhood Deployer issued 500 stock tokens on December 17. That marks the largest single day deployment of stock based tokens ever recorded on the network. In total, the same deployer has now launched 1,997 stock tokens on Arbitrum, signaling a serious push toward tokenized equities. What Stock Tokens Mean on Arbitrum Stock tokens are blockchain based representations of traditional equities. They track the value of real world stocks while using blockchain infrastructure for settlement and transfers. Instead of relying only on traditional market hours and clearing systems, tokenized…

Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis, one of the most outspoken advocates for digital assets in the current session of the US Congress, will leave office in 2027.In a Friday X post, Lummis announced that she would not seek reelection to the Senate in 2026. She was elected to a six-year term and assumed office in January 2021, quickly establishing herself as a blockchain and Bitcoin-focused politician who later aligned with US President Donald Trump’s crypto agenda.“Deciding not to run for reelection does represent a change of heart for me, but in the difficult, exhausting session weeks this fall I’ve come to…

Veteran trader Peter Brandt said the potential passage of the US Clarity Act is unlikely to have a significant impact on Bitcoin’s price, after indications that it could pass Congress as soon as January.“Is it a world-shaking macro development? Nope. Needed for sure, but not something that should redefine value,” Brandt told Cointelegraph on Friday. “Having an asset regulated, particularly an asset for which die-hard investors never wanted to be regulated, is not an earth-shattering event,” he added.His comments came after White House crypto and AI czar David Sacks said on Thursday, ”We are closer than ever to passing the…

With speculation growing around a possible 2026 crypto bull run, particularly if U.S. lawmakers finally introduce comprehensive crypto regulations, the period heading into Christmas is shaping up as the best time to load up on crypto if you believe in it.Bitcoin has stayed below the $90,000 level since Sunday, trading steadily above $87,000 over the past 24 hours.A key trend worth noting is Bitcoin’s steady decline in market dominance since summer. Historically, this shift often signals capital rotating from Bitcoin into altcoins. In this environment, projects such as XRP, Solana and Ethereum offer the best potential to grow value in…

The British Museum is sending some of its prized art and artifacts on long-term loan to countries that the British Empire previously colonized. While those nations have long called for the repatriation of objects they consider stolen, the institution may be hoping to blunt some of those criticisms by sending valuable historical items—though not always those that come from the recipients of the loans.  A Mumbai museum, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), is now host to a loan of some 80 artifacts, including an ancient wooden model of an Egyptian riverboat and devotional Sumerian statues from 2200 BCE, as…

Key Highlights Tron has announced its integration with Base, which will allow users access TRX directly within the Base App via decentralized exchanges on Base, such as Aerodrome. Recently, Tron has announced its partnership with Kalshi to allow users to deposit and withdraw using TRX, TRON’s native token, as well as USDT on the TRON blockchain network.  To expand its ecosystem, Tron is focusing on cross-chain interoperability  Tron has announced its integration with Base, an Ethereum-based layer solution, powered by Coinbase.  TRON announced the integration of TRON with @Base, an Ethereum Layer 2 network incubated by @Coinbase. Enabled by @LayerZero_Core,…