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- Goldman Sachs allocates $470M in direct Bitcoin holdings and $1.5B in Bitcoin ETFs, signaling institutional acceptance of crypto as a macro-hedge. - The dual strategy balances unmediated price exposure with regulated ETFs like IBIT/FBTC, aligning with evolving U.S. and EU regulatory frameworks. - Rising institutional adoption by firms like BlackRock and JPMorgan validates Bitcoin's role in diversifying portfolios amid inflation and geopolitical risks. - Retail investors are urged to re-evaluate crypto al
- Trump's unprecedented attempt to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook, lacking legal basis, triggers market volatility and questions the Fed's independence. - Historical parallels to Nixon's 1971 pressure on the Fed highlight risks of inflation and dollar instability from political interference. - Legal challenges over Cook's removal could set a precedent, threatening the Fed's apolitical role and global financial stability. - Investors now prioritize inflation hedges (gold, TIPS) and value stocks as central ba
New research shows that Ethereum's market cap could reach $3 trillion within the next two cycles, outpacing Bitcoin. Here's a closer look at the surprising analysis.
- 2025 Q2 saw dormant Bitcoin whale accounts (10,000+ BTC) reactivating, shifting $642M to Ethereum through leveraged positions and large ETH purchases. - Ethereum whales (10,000–100,000 ETH) accumulated 200,000 ETH ($515M), reflecting institutional adoption driven by deflationary supply, 3.8% staking yields, and Dencun/Pectra upgrades. - SEC's utility token reclassification and 29% ETH staking rate boosted Ethereum's appeal, while investors adopted 60–70% Bitcoin/30–40% Ethereum portfolios to balance stab
- XRP's $28/2026 target depends on regulatory clarity, institutional adoption, and technical momentum after SEC lawsuit resolution. - Post-2025 ruling triggered 7% price surge to $3.56, with ETF approval potentially driving $4-8B inflows via Standard Chartered estimates. - Whale accumulation of 1.2B XRP and ODL adoption in emerging markets signal utility-driven transition from speculative asset. - Technical analysis shows $2.95 support/critical breakout level, with $3.05 threshold validating bullish case t
Despite August’s lackluster trading, crypto whales are betting on Arbitrum, Uniswap, and PEPE. Their accumulation signals potential upside in September if market momentum strengthens.
- BlockDAG's hybrid DAG-PoW model processes 10,000+ TPS, outpacing Ethereum and Solana, driving investor migration from LTC, SHIB, and DOT. - X1 mobile mining app (2.5M users) and $383M presale highlight BlockDAG's adoption, with analysts projecting 35x returns akin to Ethereum's early growth. - Litecoin faces obsolescence risks due to DAG scalability gaps, while SHIB's 98.9% burn rate drop and DOT's interoperability limitations underscore legacy asset challenges. - Strategic portfolios now prioritize DAG-
- Ethereum's 2025 V-shaped recovery follows a 12% August correction, driven by institutional whale accumulation and ETF inflows. - Whale wallets now control 22% of ETH supply, with staking yields (3.8%) and deflationary mechanics boosting long-term value. - Ethereum ETFs attracted $27.6B in August 2025, surpassing Bitcoin as regulatory clarity enables 29% supply staking. - Pectra/Dencun upgrades reduced gas fees by 90%, positioning Ethereum as the dominant smart contract infrastructure. - Technical indicat
- 2025 altcoin season shows sharp performance divergence, with CRO outpacing AAVE and BGB due to structural upgrades and institutional adoption. - Cronos' POS v6 upgrade and staked CRO ETF filing drive 25% price surge, boosting gas usage 14% and contract deployments 33% in Q3 2025. - Aave's incremental upgrades and BGB's technical resistance limit growth, contrasting Cronos' AI-focused roadmap and regulatory alignment advantages. - Institutional adoption and on-chain activity position CRO as top altcoin pi
- 04:41Berachain liquid staking protocol Infrared announces token airdrop claim will open on December 17On December 14, according to the official announcement, Berachain's liquid staking protocol Infrared has announced details of the IR token airdrop. The airdrop targets early community members, Boyco pre-deposit event participants, and users who have participated in community activities. Users can claim the airdrop in advance through the centralized exchange pre-deposit process. The pre-deposit period is from December 13, 12:00 UTC to December 15, 17:00 UTC. Users need to start the process on the official Infrared website, select an exchange, and submit their user ID. The IR token has three main functions: staking to obtain sIR for governance voting rights; profit sharing through a buyback mechanism, with a portion of protocol fees flowing into the "Red Fund" for IR token buybacks; and token issuance to optimize protocol efficiency and revenue. Key milestones: IR token will be listed at 8:00 UTC on December 17, and all claims will be permanently closed at 00:00 UTC on January 12, 2026. Non-exchange claims will open on the day of the token generation event. Previously, it was reported that Infrared, the first liquid staking protocol in the Berachain ecosystem, completed a $14 million Series A funding round led by Framework Ventures.
- 03:50Ethereum consensus layer client Prysm releases post-mortem analysis report on Fusaka mainnet incidentChainCatcher news, the Ethereum consensus layer client Prysm team has released a post-mortem analysis report on the Fusaka mainnet incident. During the event, almost all Prysm nodes experienced resource exhaustion when processing specific attestations, resulting in their inability to respond to validator requests in a timely manner. The impact range was from epoch 411439 to 411480, with 248 blocks lost over 42 epochs, a missing rate of 18.5%. The network participation rate dropped to a minimum of 75%, and validators lost approximately 382 ETH in attestation rewards. The root cause of the failure was that Prysm beacon nodes received attestations possibly sent by unsynchronized nodes, which referenced block roots from previous rounds. To verify these attestations, Prysm attempted to reconstruct compatible states, leading to repeated processing of past round blocks and costly round transition recalculations. The team temporarily resolved the issue by guiding users to use the --disable-last-epoch-target parameter, and subsequent versions v7.1 and v7.1.0 include long-term fixes.
- 03:50This week, 16 crypto startups raised $176 million, bringing the total funding this year to over $25 billion.Jinse Finance reported that this week, 16 crypto startups raised $176 million in investment and financing, bringing the total investment this year to over $25 billion, far exceeding analysts' expectations. According to DefiLlama data, this figure is more than double that of last year. Major investors this week included Pantera Capital, a certain exchange, and DCG. Despite the crypto market dropping $1 trillion from its October peak, investors continue to increase their stakes. Sebastián Serrano, CEO of Argentine crypto exchange Ripo, stated that investors are "moving away from hype and increasingly rewarding projects with solid business models." The largest funding projects this week include: cross-chain infrastructure protocol LI.FI raising $29 million, layer-1 blockchain Real Finance focused on real-world asset tokenization raising $29 million, and institutional-grade staking service provider TenX Protocols raising $22 million and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.