A crypto whale expands its short positions to $243M in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, betting on price declines across all three. A well-known crypto whale has increased its leveraged short positions in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL). This action has pushed the whale’s total short exposure to approximately...
El Salvador Advances Bitcoin Talks with IMF, Setting Compliance Deadline
El Salvador advances Bitcoin talks with IMF, nearing Chivo wallet sale and securing a $1.14B loan under the EFF program. El Salvador is progressing in its talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding its Bitcoin project. These discussions focus on enhancing transparency and mitigating risks linked to Bitcoin use...
WLFI Blacklist Locks Justin Sun Tokens as Market Value Slides
WLFI blacklist freezes Justin Sun-linked wallets, cutting locked token value by $60 million while raising governance and transparency concerns. The governance token WLFI has returned to focus after a blacklist action impacted holdings linked to Justin Sun. The frozen position lost serious market value in the recent past. Consequently, the...
Shift4 Launches Stablecoin Payments on Polygon Network
Shift4 launches stablecoin settlement on Polygon network, enabling faster merchant payments, round-the-clock fund movement. Polygon continues expanding its role in global payments as Shift4 launches stablecoin settlement on its network. The move allows hundreds of thousands of merchants to receive money around the world in a faster manner. Consequently, payments...
Ethereum Open Interest Plunges 50% – Market Shift Ahead?
Ethereum open interest has dropped by 50 percent since August as institutions liquidate. Alphractal market data depict significant deleveraging among exchanges, which is an indicator of a market reset. There has been a seismic change in Ethereum derivatives. Open interest is down about 50 per cent since August, and this...
Lawmakers Push IRS: Major Crypto Tax Shake-Up
The US legislators require the IRS to reconsider crypto staking tax regulations by 2026. There is a possibility that the end of double taxation is at hand, following the bipartisan push in Washington. The IRS has been challenged to reform crypto staking tax regulations by eighteen bipartisan House legislators. They...
Beyond Growth Metrics: How the Next Crypto Cycle Will Measure Exchanges by Trust and Resilience
By the time 2025 arrived, the crypto market had largely moved past its fixation on headline growth. User numbers, trading volumes, geographic expansion – these figures still matter, but they no longer impress on their own. For many market participants, especially those who lived through multiple boom-and-bust cycles, growth without...
$10M Aave Civil War: DAO Moves to Seize Control From Labs
Aave DAO clashes with Aave Labs over revenue, brand control, and protocol ownership in what may be DeFi’s most explosive conflict yet. Aave is tearing itself apart. And the crypto world is watching closely. According to @obsrvgmi on X, the protocol faces a civil war. Two sides are battling for...
iCrypto Awards 2026: The People’s Choice
A Global Celebration of Blockchain Innovation and Community Power Dubai, UAE – December 2026: The global crypto community is about to witness a groundbreaking celebration of innovation, transparency, and true community spirit with the launch of iCrypto Awards: People’s Choice 2026, the world’s first blockchain and crypto awards determined entirely...
Japan’s Bitcoin Giant Launches Dividend Shares
The biggest Bitcoin holder in Japan, Metaplanet, has sanctioned institutional investor dividend-paying preferred shares. Get to know the Class A and Class B share structures. On Monday, all five capital restructuring plans were approved by the shareholders of Metaplanet. Japan, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin in the country, paved...