Author: Kryptonews

Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has announced that it will open a new sculpture garden in the fall of 2026. The endeavor will be funded by a donation of nearly $70 million from the Don Quixote Foundation. According to Dutch News, the foundation is financed by Dutch billionaire Rolly van Rappard, who founded venture capital company CVC. The site of the new garden will be in Carel Willinkplantsoen, a small park just across the Boerenwetering canal from the Rijksmuseum. The park will be merged with three adjacent pavilions built in the “Amsterdam School” style. The Rijksmuseum has engaged the London architecture firm Foster…

Stablecoin adoption on fintech Revolut’s banking platform showed “exponential growth” in 2025, with stablecoin payment volumes increasing 156% to $10.5 billion as stablecoins carve their place in global payments.While Revolut hasn’t published official payment volume data for 2025, crypto researcher Alex Obchakevich estimated that the share of stablecoin volume on Revolut compared to total payment volumes has nearly doubled to 0.583% compared to 2024. “Despite the small absolute share, the dynamics are impressive,” Obchakevich said, citing data from Dune Analytics. Revolut’s stablecoin payment volume and estimated total payment volume for 2024-2025. Source: Obchakevich ResearchBloomberg Intelligence predicted on Thursday that stablecoin…

US Senator Elizabeth Warren is pressuring the country’s banking regulator to hold off on considering World Liberty Financial’s bid for a bank charter until US President Donald Trump divests his interest in the crypto platform. In a letter on Tuesday, Warren asked Comptroller of the Currency, Jonathan Gould, to delay reviewing World Liberty’s application for a national trust bank until Trump “eliminates all financial conflicts of interest involving himself or his family and the company.”“We have never seen financial conflicts or corruption of this magnitude,” Warren said. “The United States Congress failed to address them when it passed the GENIUS Act…

A combination of protocol-level upgrades, stablecoin activity, and a shift in crypto sentiment has helped push Ether wallet creation to its highest levels in history. Over the last week, an average of 327,000 new wallets have been created per day, with Sunday recording the highest number ever for a single day at over 393,000, Santiment analysts said in an X post on Tuesday.New wallets can signal that fresh users, developers, or institutions are entering the ecosystem. Data also shows that non-empty Ether wallets are now at 172.9 million, which is also at an all-time high. Ether (ETH) is currently $3,330, up…

Key takeaways:Ether trades near $3,200 as weaker network usage and US economic uncertainty limit its price upside.Layer-2 networks drive most Ethereum activity, but cheaper rival blockchains reduce the chance of Ether reclaiming $4,000 soon.Ether (ETH) price has repeatedly failed to sustain levels above $3,300 over the past 60 days, leading traders to question whether a durable bullish momentum is still achievable in 2026. Despite the Ethereum network rolling out important upgrades and maintaining its leading position in terms of deposits, investors worry that the chances of reclaiming the $4,000 level remain low. Total crypto capitalization, USD (left) vs. ETH/USD (right).…

“I’m not mad at you, dude,” Renee Nicole Good, a poet and mother living in Minneapolis, told her eventual killer, a masked ICE agent. Good’s death—captured on video—has made global headlines and added fuel to the ongoing mobilization of Minneapolis’s civilian population against ICE. Her last reported words, uttered moments before the agent opened fire into her SUV, have appeared at protests in Los Angeles, Washington, and Chicago—cities where President Donald Trump has ordered a crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Beginning at sunrise on Tuesday in New York City, another “sanctuary city” now beset by federal troops, an artist began repeating…

Bitchat has become the most-downloaded app in Uganda as state officials confirmed that internet access has been cut off and will remain inaccessible during the presidential election, which starts on Thursday.It marks the third straight election in which Ugandan authorities have cut internet access, a move officials said is necessary to mitigate the spread of online misinformation.However, critics argue that shutting off the internet suppresses election-related information and can potentially manipulate the outcome.The internet shutdown took effect on Tuesday at 6:00 pm local time, according to Uganda Communications Commission executive director Nyombi Thembo, in a statement on X.Bitchat, an internet-free…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday that he does not own cryptocurrency and has no plans to invest in digital assets, distancing himself from crypto-related initiatives promoted by his predecessor.Speaking to the press at Samson Stages, Mamdani responded “no” when asked whether he held any cryptocurrency, adding that he also had no interest in buying the NYC Token launched earlier this week by former mayor Eric Adams. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani addressing the press on Monday. Source: DRM NewsAdams launched a new memecoin, the NYC Token, on Monday in his first major public move since leaving…

Key takeaways:Ether trades near $3,200 as weaker network usage and US economic uncertainty limit its price upside.Layer-2 networks drive most Ethereum activity, but cheaper rival blockchains reduce the chance of Ether reclaiming $4,000 soon.Ether (ETH) price has repeatedly failed to sustain levels above $3,300 over the past 60 days, leading traders to question whether a durable bullish momentum is still achievable in 2026. Despite the Ethereum network rolling out important upgrades and maintaining its leading position in terms of deposits, investors worry that the chances of reclaiming the $4,000 level remain low. Total crypto capitalization, USD (left) vs. ETH/USD (right).…

The crypto market is trading slightly higher today, with total cryptocurrency market capitalization rising by around 1.7% over the past 24 hours to approximately $3.22 trillion. Despite the modest gain, price action across major assets remains mixed. Total 24-hour trading volume stands at roughly $115.6 billion, signaling steady but restrained activity compared with recent peaks. TLDR: Crypto market cap rose 1.7% in the past 24 hours to $3.22T; BTC is up 1.7% near $92,169, while ETH gained 0.7% to $3,136; VanEck called 2026 a “risk-on” year, citing clearer fiscal and monetary policy visibility; Bitcoin remains range-bound near $91K–$92K as global…