Author: John Smith
Crypto prices today are on the uptrend, with Bitcoin and several major altcoins posting gains as improving sentiment and geopolitical shifts in Venezuela lift risk appetite. Summary Crypto markets moved higher led by steady gains in Bitcoin and improved risk appetite. Derivatives data showed rising liquidations and open interest, suggesting increased trader activity. Market sentiment improved slightly, though analysts remain divided on the short-term outlook amid upcoming macro events and thin liquidity. The total cryptocurrency market capitalization rose about 1% to $3.23 trillion, according to market data. Bitcoin was trading at $92,436 at press time, up 1.1% over the past…
Jupiter’s token debate has reopened an old question in crypto: can buybacks work when supply keeps rising? Summary Large buybacks struggled to offset rapid growth in JUP’s circulating supply. Ongoing unlock schedules kept steady sell pressure on the token. Industry voices argue longer-term capital strategies may work better than short-term repurchases. Jupiter’s buyback plan was never large enough to keep pace with the amount of new JUP entering the market. The discussion picked up again in early January after comments from Jupiter (JUP) co-founder Siong Ong, followed by an explanation from Solana (SOL) co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, which triggered a wider…
Crypto hack losses declined sharply in December, signaling improved security conditions, though overall risks remain elevated across the digital asset sector. Summary Crypto-related losses declined significantly month-on-month in December. Stronger security practices and quicker mitigation reduced exploit impact. Despite improvement, total annual hack losses remain historically high. Losses from cryptocurrency hacks and security breaches declined significantly toward the end of the year, pointing to a notable slowdown in exploit activity across the digital asset market. After months of heightened cybercrime and large-scale protocol exploits, December recorded a substantial reduction in stolen funds. While this development offers cautious optimism, industry experts…
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Arc Miner lets investors earn XRP via cloud mining, gaining exposure to ecosystem growth without chasing price spike. Summary Arc Miner lets investors earn XRP via cloud mining, accumulating assets early without chasing price rallies. Instead of timing the market, Arc Miner users participate in the XRP ecosystem through steady computing power output. Arc Miner’s XRP cloud mining offers a compound-style approach favored by long-term, risk-aware investors. As the crypto market enters a new period of structural adjustment, XRP…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. DeFi protocols are reflexive games where capital inflows create yields that attract more capital. The secret to making these games run longer has nothing to do with tokenomics or novel mechanisms. It’s friction. Exit friction, specifically. When leaving takes longer than entering, protocols compound upward for months instead of days. Summary DeFi cycles are driven by exit friction, not tokenomics: slow, costly exits trap capital long enough for reflexive yield games to compound; instant exits collapse them.…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The global tokenization market size reached approximately $1.24 trillion in 2025, a significant increase from $865.54 billion in 2024, with projections for multi-trillion-dollar growth by the end of the decade. This growth was primarily driven by regulatory clarity in key jurisdictions. This is Part Four of a four-part series where I evaluate how tokenized edge cloud streaming and AI are transforming sports and prediction markets betting, which is a rapidly developing immersive experience. Part One: 2025 was…
Crypto phishing losses plunged 83% to $83.85 million in 2025 from $494 million the previous year, according to a Scam Sniffer report. Summary Signature phishing losses fell to $83.9M in 2025, down sharply from $494M in 2024. Victim count dropped 68% as large phishing cases over $1M became far less common. Losses peaked during Q3 market rallies, then fell sharply as trading activity cooled. Victims fell 68% to 106,106 from 332,000 in 2024, with the largest single theft dropping 88.3% to $6.5 million from $55.48 million. Large cases exceeding $1 million declined 63.3% to 11 incidents from 30 in 2024.…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Crypto has never suffered from a lack of noise: ICO boom, DeFi summer, NFTs, FTX and Terra collapse, etc. For more than a decade, the industry has relied on volume — louder narratives, bigger promises, faster cycles — to explain itself to the world. Summary People already believe in speed, ownership, and empowerment, but mass adoption stalls because crypto exposes complexity (keys, gas, chains, risk) instead of hiding it. Friction, not skepticism, is the real barrier. Winning…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin declared that the blockchain has solved the trilemma through a combination of ZK-EVMs reaching production-grade performance and PeerDAS running live on mainnet. Summary Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum now achieves bandwidth, consensus, and decentralization. ZK-EVMs reach production grade, with mainnet adoption starting in 2026. PeerDAS live on Ethereum removes historical bandwidth constraints. The technological developments position Ethereum as a network combining high bandwidth, consensus, and decentralization. These were three qualities previously considered impossible to achieve simultaneously. Buterin expects higher non-ZK-EVM gas limits and the emergence of ZK-EVM nodes starting in 2026. ZK-EVMs will become the primary block…
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Despite crypto price drops, investors earn steady daily income via Investor Hash cloud mining platform. Summary Even as BTC and XRP fall while Investor Hash users earn steady daily income through cloud mining rewards. Investor Hash enables predictable crypto earnings by focusing on computing power, not market price swings. More investors turn to Investor Hash cloud mining to profit daily, even during volatile or falling markets. Even as major cryptocurrencies experience price declines, some investors continue to earn steady,…