John Crawford

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the original vision of layer-2 scaling “no longer makes sense,” arguing that many L2s have failed to properly inherit Ethereum’s security and that scaling should increasingly come from the mainnet and native rollups. “We need a new path,” Buterin said in a post to X on Tuesday, arguing that many

Key takeaways: Ether dropped 28% in a week to $2,110 as investors cut risk and markets wiped out leveraged traders. Spot ETH ETF outflows reached $447 million as Ethereum network activity fell by 47%. Ether (ETH) plummeted to $2,110 on Tuesday, signaling fragility following a brutal 28% price correction over seven days. Investors retreated into

The enforcement action over wagers on sports event contracts followed Coinbase announcing the launch of prediction markets in all 50 US states. The Nevada Gaming Control Board announced that it had filed a civil enforcement action against Coinbase over wagers on sports event contracts. In Monday filings in the First Judicial District Court of the

Bitcoin (BTC) scratched new lows below $73,000 on Tuesday as data shows troubling macroeconomic challenges bubbling below increasingly volatile markets. New data highlights tightening credit conditions, even as the US debt and borrowing costs stay elevated, and one analyst said this gap between credit pricing and credit market stress may define Bitcoin’s price trajectory for

Tian Ruixiang Holdings Ltd (Nasdaq: TIRX) said it has entered a strategic agreement under which an unidentified investor would contribute 15,000 Bitcoin in exchange for an equity stake in the company.  At Bitcoin’s (BTC) price of about $75,000 at the time of writing, the proposed contribution would be valued at about $1.1 billion. Tian Ruixiang

The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday that will fund most of the government through the end of September. The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday to reopen most of the federal government after a four-day partial shutdown. In a 217–214 vote, the chamber passed a $1.2 trillion funding

Bitcoin fell under $73,000 as futures liquidations soared and worries over this week’s US corporate earnings triggered a stock sell-off. Will traders step in to buy “discounted” BTC? Bitcoin (BTC) tumbled to a new 2026 low of $72,945 on Tuesday after bulls failed to defend the $73,000 level, extending a broader risk-off move across crypto

The crypto company reported significant net losses to its balance sheet in 2025 due in part to “lower digital asset prices and approximately $160 million of one-time costs.“ Galaxy Digital reported a net loss of $482 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and a $241 million loss for the full year, citing falling digital

VistaShares has launched BTYB, an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) listed on the New York Stock Exchange that allocates most of its assets to US Treasurys while using options strategies to provide weekly income and Bitcoin-linked price exposure. According to the Tuesday announcement, the fund allocates about 80% of its portfolio to US Treasury securities

Pedro Sánchez announced that Spain would implement several changes to laws impacting social media platforms starting next week, with potential criminal liability for executives. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said that the country plans to ban access to social media for children under the age of 16 and require platforms to implement age verification systems