Author: Kryptonews

The New York Stock Exchange is developing a new platform to trade tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), part of a broader effort to modernize market infrastructure using blockchain-based settlement.On Monday, the NYSE and its parent company, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), announced the development of a new platform with 24/7 trading and instant settlement, combining the company’s Pillar matching engine with blockchain-based post-trade systems, including multi-chain support for custody and settlement.Subject to regulatory approval, the platform is intended to underpin a new NYSE trading venue for tokenized securities, including stocks and ETFs issued in digital form.Under the proposal, trades could…

Ether’s (ETH) price had dropped 7% since being rejected from the $3,400 mark last week, falling to key support levels. Data suggested that increased staking demand, coupled with renewed ETF inflows and strong technical support, could lead to a sustained recovery. Key takeaways:Ether queued for staking goes parabolic, with a 44-day wait time.Ethereum institutional demand is recovering along with ETF inflows.ETH bulls must defend the support at $3,100 to set the stage for sustained gains. Ethereum staking demand soars to 30-month highsEthereum’s entry queue has surpassed 2.6 million ETH worth $8.3 billion at current rates, with a 44-day wait time.This marks…

Summary Buterin argues most DAOs have devolved into token-controlled treasuries that are inefficient, vulnerable to whales, and far from Ethereum’s original governance vision.​ He highlights five core DAO use cases: robust oracles, on-chain dispute resolution, shared “safe lists,” rapid short-term funding, and long-term project maintenance.​ Vitalik proposes a convex/concave framework, private ZK voting, AI assistance (not control), and better communication tools to reduce capture, popularity contests, and decision fatigue. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined proposals for restructuring decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, according to statements published by the developer. Vitalik Buterin says @ethereum has sacrificed…

The CHANEL Culture Fund has named the recipients of its 2026 CHANEL Next Prize, awarding €100,000 each to ten artists working across visual art, performance, design, music, and film. The fashion house’s Culture Fund is a global programme of initiatives and partnerships that “seek to champion equality of voice and give visibility to global game changers at a time when the arts provide a vital source of inspiration and shifting perspectives on the way we view the world,” CHANEL said on its website.Announced on January 19 in London, the biennial prize was launched in 2021 and is now in its third…

Crypto derivatives exchange Paradex reported a platform-wide service outage on Monday, leaving its trading interface and supporting infrastructure unavailable as the team investigates the issue. According to its public status page, the disruption affected multiple business services, including its user interface, cloud and API services, blockchain components, bridge, block explorer and remote procedure call proxy. Paradex said was working through a rollback and recovery process, but did not provide a cause for the outage or a timeline for full restoration. As part of the recovery effort, Paradex said it would force-cancel all open orders except take-profit and stop-loss (TPSL) orders. The exchange said…

South Korean authorities have uncovered an underground remittance operation that moved roughly 150 billion won (about $100 million to $110 million) through digital assets, according to local media reports.The Korea Customs Service has referred three suspects for prosecution, including a Chinese man in his 30s, on charges of violating the Foreign Exchange Transaction Act, Yonhap News reported Monday.Over the past four years, the illicit operation has allegedly laundered more than $100 million collected through WeChat Pay and Alipay, which was converted into cryptocurrencies through overseas exchanges and transferred into South Korean wallets before being converted back to fiat currency.The group…

Trove Markets is facing mounting criticism after announcing a sudden pivot to Solana, weeks after raising more than $11.5 million tied to a token sale marketed around an integration with Hyperliquid. Key Takeaways: Trove’s sudden pivot to Solana after an $11.5M raise has triggered backlash and refund demands. The team says a withdrawn HYPE liquidity commitment forced the move away from Hyperliquid. Flagged token transfers have intensified scrutiny around the project’s handling of funds. The move has triggered calls for refunds from backers who say the project’s roadmap has materially changed.Trove Says Liquidity Partner Withdrawal Forced Solana PivotTrove revealed the…

Opinion by: Kadan Stadelmann, chief technology officer of Komodo PlatformCrypto didn’t get wrecked by regulators or some shadowy conspiracy. The industry did this to itself. It handed control of cross-chain liquidity to a handful of intermediaries, who it called “bridges,” wrapped assets in slick tickers, and pretended that was decentralization.Every time one of these house-of-cards systems collapses, billions vanish, and the rest of the industry shrugs, as if these were isolated accidents instead of warning sirens blaring across the ecosystem.Multichain’s collapse was a mess. The Ronin hack was one of the biggest crypto heists in history. More than $2.8 billion…

Crypto investment products continued gathering steam last week, with fund inflows outpacing every other week in 2026 so far and marking the largest gains since October.Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) drew $2.17 billion of inflows last week, European crypto asset manager CoinShares reported on Monday.The bulk of inflows came earlier in the week, but Friday saw sentiment shift as $378 million in outflows amid Greenland geopolitical escalation and fresh tariff worries, CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, said.“Sentiment was also weighed down by suggestions that Kevin Hassett, a leading contender for the next US Fed Chair and a well-known policy dove,…

Ethereum price is down while daily transactions now exceed 2021 peaks as cheap L2 data, stablecoin payments, and rising staking queues signal durable, non-speculative network demand. Summary Ethereum price is down, while daily transactions climbed from 1.8M to 2.1M in two weeks, eclipsing 2021 bull-cycle peaks while average fees sit near multi-year lows.​ Stablecoin payments, led by Tether’s USDT at roughly twice USDC’s volume, now dominate on-chain activity as Ethereum underpins mainstream settlement rails.​ Around 30% of ETH is staked, the validator exit queue is at zero, and 2.6M ETH is waiting to enter, signaling strong confidence despite Vitalik’s ‘bloat’…