Bitcoin’s long-standing narrative as “digital gold” is being put to the test as its recent price action increasingly resembles that of a high-risk growth asset rather than a traditional safe haven, according to new research from Grayscale. Report author Zach Pandl said on Tuesday that while Grayscale still views Bitcoin (BTC) as a long-term store …
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The crypto wallet provider MetaMask has taken the top spot in Santiment’s latest rankings for overall development activity, according to new data from the blockchain analytics firm. In a new post on X, Santiment shared its most recent list of crypto projects with the highest level of notable GitHub development over the past 30 days, …
February 10th, 2026 – New York, United States The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance today announced that Polygon Labs, Ethena, and Nethermind have joined the Alliance as members, reflecting the consolidation of Ethereum’s institutional infrastructure across payments, financial primitives, and protocol engineering. The EEA is the institutional coordination layer for Ethereum – the neutral table where enterprises, …
The European Commission is investigating a cybersecurity incident after detecting evidence that internal systems used to manage staff mobile devices were targeted in a cyberattack. According to the Commission, traces of the attack were identified on January 30 within its central infrastructure managing mobile devices. The breach may have resulted in unauthorized access to the …
Verifying Satoshi Nakamoto: A matter of math, not media From time to time, individuals claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator. Such announcements generate headlines, spark heated debates and trigger instant skepticism. Yet after years of assertions, lawsuits, leaked files and media interviews, no claim has been backed by definitive proof. The reason is …
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Advertisements for the Super Bowl — the championship game of American football — are some of the most watched and most expensive. The game on Sunday boasted some 127 million viewers, making it the most-viewed sporting match of the year in the US, as well as the most-watched Super Bowl of all time. Advertisers pay …
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Malicious MEV attacks pose a significant threat to traders on Ethereum. Our latest research shows that almost 2,000 sandwich attacks happen daily and more than $2 million is extracted from the network each month. Even traders who execute large WETH, WBTC or stable swaps remain at risk and can lose a substantial portion of their …
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February 10th, 2026 – Prague, Czech Republic GoMining, the all-in-one Bitcoin ecosystem for mining, earning, and spending BTC, announced the launch of Simple Earn, a new feature that gives users an opportunity to earn yield on the crypto assets held in their account, with payouts delivered automatically in Bitcoin every four hours. Simple Earn provides …
The crypto-based prediction market Polymarket is going to battle against the state of Massachusetts. Polymarket’s chief legal officer, Neal Kumar, says the firm has filed a federal lawsuit against the state, highlighting jurisdictional questions about event contracts. “Congress gave the CFTC, not states, exclusive authority over event contracts. These are national markets with critical questions …
Publicly listed companies that hold Solana as a treasury asset are sitting on more than $1.5 billion in unrealized losses, based on disclosed acquisition costs and current market prices tracked by CoinGecko. The losses are concentrated among a small group of United States-listed companies that collectively control over 12 million Solana (SOL) tokens, about 2% …
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South Korea’s financial watchdog opened an investigation into Bithumb after the exchange mistakenly credited hundreds of thousands of Bitcoin that it did not actually hold to user accounts. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) launched a probe into Bithumb for alleged platform violations around the erroneous crediting of billions of dollars in non-existent Bitcoin (BTC) to …
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A dual national of China and St. Kitts and Nevis was sentenced to 20 years in US federal prison for orchestrating a global cryptocurrency scam that stole more than $73 million from victims, many of them American investors. Daren Li, 42, received the statutory maximum sentence in the Central District of California, along with three …
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Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company, Strategy, remains undeterred by continued weakness across the crypto markets. Saylor says the firm acquired an additional 1,142 Bitcoin for roughly $90 million at an average price of about $78,815 per BTC. Strategy now holds 714,644 Bitcoin acquired for approximately $54.35 billion, at an average cost of about $76,056 …
Gemini’s decision to exit the United Kingdom, European Union, and Australia to focus on the United States and Singapore has sharpened questions over whether the UK’s still unfinished rulebook is deterring even well‑regulated players the government hoped to attract. In April 2022, then Chancellor Rishi Sunak said it was his “ambition to make the UK …
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US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended a tentative rebound after attracting $371 million in net inflows last Friday, adding to signs that institutional demand may be stabilizing following weeks of sustained selling. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs attracted a further $145 million in inflows on Monday as BTC hovered around $70,000, according to data from …
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