Peter Schiff warns Bitcoin’s $2,000 surge before Trump’s SOTU speech may reverse on potential sell-the-news reaction. Bitcoin rose sharply ahead of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, adding more than $2,000 within hours. The move drew attention across the crypto market, yet long-time critic Peter Schiff warned that...
Bitwise Acquires Chorus One in $2.2B Staking Expansion
Bitwise acquires Chorus One to expand crypto staking services, adding employees, boosting network coverage, and strengthening institutional yield strategies globally today. Bitwise has acquired Chorus One, strengthening its crypto staking business and expanding institutional blockchain services worldwide. The acquisition adds the scale, expertise and wider network coverage to Bitwise’s growing...
Former FTX Boss Fails to Gain Trump’s Support for Pardon Bid
Former FTX Boss Sam Bankman-Fried seeks a pardon from Donald Trump, yet the White House confirms no clemency, citing legal and reputational concerns. Sam Bankman-Fried continues seeking a presidential pardon from Donald Trump while serving prison time. However, the White House has publicly denied any anticipation of clemency for the...
Vitalik Unveils Ethereum’s New DeFi Vision: Permissionless, Private, Secure
Vitalik outlines Ethereum’s DeFi vision focused on permissionless access, privacy, security, open-source standards, and oracle reform. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a renewed vision for decentralized finance on Ethereum. He said DeFi must remain permissionless, private, and secure. The Ethereum Foundation will support projects that align with these goals....
Analyst Warns Solana (SOL) Could Drop to $67 After $90 Rejection
Crypto Bully warns Solana may test $67 after repeated failures to break above the key $90 resistance zone. Weak support at $76 signals risk of a bearish break of structure and a deeper liquidity-driven selloff. A liquidation wick or strong impulse is needed before any bullish trend reversal can be...
Stellar Private Payments Goes Open-Source, Changing Everything
Stellar open-sources its private payments system using Groth16 zero-knowledge proofs, reshaping how institutions handle compliant, shielded transactions in 2026. Stellar just moved. Private payments, fully open-sourced. Zero-knowledge proofs, configurable compliance, shielded transfers built for real financial flows, not whitepaper experiments. This is not a roadmap update. The code is live....
Nigeria’s 2026 Tax Laws: Bitcoin Holders Pay More Now
Nigeria’s 2026 tax laws hit Bitcoin holders with up to 25% capital gains tax and slap VASPs with 30% corporate tax. Here’s what changed. Nigeria quietly rewrote the rules for every Bitcoin holder inside its borders. The Nigerian Tax Reform Bills signed into law on June 26, 2025, took full...
XRP $15 Fantasy Crushed: Charts Tell a Different Story
A technical analyst on X shot down XRP’s $15 March target as the token trades at $1.32, down 10% weekly, with $1.50 resistance holding firm. XRP is trading at $1.32. That number matters more than any price target circulating on X right now. The token is up 0.29% on the...
Hedera Kills AccountBalanceQuery – Developers Have Until July
Hedera is deprecating AccountBalanceQuery by July 2026, pushing developers to the Mirror Node REST API as throttles step down starting May 2026. Here’s what changes. Hedera is pulling the plug on AccountBalanceQuery. The network has confirmed the feature will be fully removed with the July 2026 Consensus Node release, version...
Binance’s Richard Teng Fires Back at WSJ Over Compliance Claims
Binance denies firing staff over sanctions cases, calls WSJ report defamatory and inaccurate. Compliance exposure to Iranian exchanges dropped 97% from January 2024 to January 2026. Binance maintains 1,500+ compliance-focused employees and robust global oversight measures. Binance co-CEO Richard Teng has taken on the Wall Street Journal directly. He called...