Institutional trading and lending desk Secure Digital Markets (SDM) said it sent a $1 million payment to cryptocurrency exchange Kraken over the Lightning Network on Jan. 28. SDM claimed in a Thursday statement shared with Cointelegraph that it is the largest publicly reported Lightning transaction to date and a proof‑of‑concept for seven‑figure transfers between regulated…
Grant Cardone, real estate entrepreneur and CEO of Cardone Capital, announced that his firm accumulated more Bitcoin at $72,000 amid the digital asset’s recent price decline. “For those who wanted a lower price, now you have it, let’s see if you follow through. For those who think it’s going to zero, you’re a little closer,…
Coinbase has secured an early procedural win in its legal standoff with Nevada regulators, blocking an emergency effort to immediately shut down its prediction markets offering in the state. Summary Coinbase blocked Nevada regulators’ emergency bid to immediately halt its prediction markets, with a state court declining to grant a temporary restraining order. The exchange…
Let’s have a look at some important PI price targets as the cryptocurrency continues to fall toward new all-time lows. PI reached a new all-time low at 14.6 cents. Is this the bottom? PI Network (PI) Price Predictions: Analysis Key support levels: $0.15 Key resistance levels: $0.2 PI Downtrend Accelerates PI closed January with…
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US-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) holders are showing relatively firm conviction despite a four-month Bitcoin downtrend, according to ETF analyst James Seyffart. “The ETFs are still hanging in there pretty good,” Seyffart said in an X post on Wednesday. While Seyffart said that Bitcoin (BTC) ETF holders are facing their “biggest losses” since the…
Strategy, the world’s largest crypto treasury firm, has seen unrealized losses on its Bitcoin holdings reach $3.8 billion amid a sharp market downturn that drove the crypto asset below $71,000. The recent sell-off, falling on Michael Saylor’s birthday, sparked $777 million in liquidations in 24 hours, largely from long bets. Bitcoin has declined roughly 19%…
Crypto prices today are in the red as forced liquidations and weak demand pushed major tokens lower. Summary Extreme fear dominated sentiment, with the Fear & Greed Index at 12. Analysts see $70,000 as the next key level for Bitcoin. Short-term recovery possible if BTC holds $72,000–$74,000 and spot inflows resume. At press time, total…
Buterin argued that many Layer 2s no longer meaningfully inherit Ethereum security. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said recent developments mean the original conception of Layer 2 scaling within the ETH ecosystem is no longer viable. He said that the progress among many L2 networks has fallen short of earlier expectations, while the mainnet continues…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Vitalik Buterin is signaling a major reframing of Ethereum’s layer-2 narrative: not the death of rollups, but the end of the idea that L2s are shards whose primary job is scaling the network. With L1 fees now low and gas limit projected…
