Author: John Smith
Ripple has made a new addition to its institutional trading platform as it adjusts its approach to decentralized markets. Summary Ripple Prime now supports trading on Hyperliquid’s decentralized derivatives network. Institutional clients can cross-margin DeFi positions with traditional assets. The move marks Ripple’s first direct entry into on-chain trading venues. Ripple’s institutional brokerage arm has added access to decentralized derivatives markets by integrating Hyperliquid into its Prime brokerage platform. The company announced the integration in a statement released on Feb. 4, framing it as a step to bridge traditional finance with decentralized trading. First institutional bridge to DeFi derivatives Ripple…
Peter Schiff, a longtime Bitcoin skeptic, piled on Strategy this week after the company slipped roughly $630 million underwater on its Bitcoin holdings, erasing about $47 billion in unrealized gains accumulated just four months ago as Bitcoin fell below Strategy’s $76,037 average cost basis. Summary Bitcoin’s February selloff pushed Strategy about $630 million underwater on its holdings, erasing roughly $47 billion in unrealized gains and giving longtime critic Peter Schiff fresh ammunition to attack the company’s Bitcoin-heavy strategy. Schiff argues Strategy’s aggressive buying helped drive Bitcoin’s rise—and that slowing purchases are now weighing on prices—while warning Bitcoin won’t bottom until…
IREN Ltd., once known for mining Bitcoin, is undergoing a dramatic reinvention as an AI infrastructure provider—a transformation that will face a critical test when the company reports second-quarter earnings on Thursday. Summary IREN has pivoted from Bitcoin mining to AI cloud infrastructure, repurposing its energy sites into data centers and securing a $9.7 billion partnership with Microsoft to support next-generation compute. Shares have sold off sharply ahead of Q2 earnings as investors focus on dilution risk. The upcoming earnings report has investors concerned over whether funding roughly 140,000 GPUs by year-end could require equity issuance. Formerly Iris Energy, IREN…
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. As volatility grows in 2026, XRP and BTC holders turn to IO DeFi’s affiliate program for structured, stable income. Summary As crypto volatility rises in 2026, XRP and BTC holders turn to IO DeFi’s affiliate model for market-neutral income. IO DeFi gains attention as XRP and BTC users seek stable, rules-based returns without trading or new capital. With price-only profits fading, IO DeFi’s affiliate program offers XRP and BTC holders a zero-investment income path. Amidst the high volatility of…
XRP price remains in a bear market this week despite some important network news and progress on its permissioned decentralized exchange vote. Summary XRP price has crashed by 57% from its highest level in 2025. The vote for the Permissioned DEX is moving on smoothly and is likely to pass. Technical analysis suggests that it is hovering at a crucial support level. The Ripple (XRP) token dropped to a key support level at $1.5463, down 56% from its 2025 high. This retreat has coincided with the broad crypto market crash that has hit Bitcoin and most altcoins. XRP price has…
Solana price has dropped for four consecutive weeks and is now trading at a crucial support level despite the soaring network metrics during the ongoing crypto winter. Summary Solana price dropped below the neckline of the head-and-shoulders chart pattern. Spot SOL ETFs have added over $6.8 million in inflows this month. Solana’s transactions and active addresses have soared in the past few weeks. The Solana (SOL) token dropped to $93, down nearly 70% from its January 2025 high. It has dropped to the lowest level since February 2024. The ongoing crash occurred even as third-party data showed that spot Solana…
Bitcoin price has deteriorated over recent weeks, with repeated bearish daily closes below key support increasing downside risk toward $54,860. Summary Bitcoin is trading below the $78,000–$78,289 support on daily closes Downside risk increases toward $54,860, high-timeframe support 0.618 Fibonacci confluence may allow a potential market low to form Bitcoin (BTC) price has entered a vulnerable phase after failing to hold several critical technical levels that previously supported price action. Over the past few weeks, the market has shifted from consolidation into sustained weakness, with sellers gaining control across multiple timeframes. This transition has been reinforced by consecutive bearish daily…
Crash playbook: avoid panic selling, rebalance into BTC, ETH and quality names, buy dips with a plan, harden security, and treat this drawdown as paid education. Summary Step back from the stampede, check what truly changed, and separate real protocol damage from simple repricing in a risk‑off macro tape. Rebuild risk around Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a few high‑conviction assets, using disciplined DCA instead of guessing bottoms or averaging into dead projects. Use the crash as a security and education audit: move long‑term funds to hardware wallets, cut venue risk, and study macro, flows, and funding so the next drawdown feels…
MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor frames Bitcoin’s sharp drawdowns as “Satoshi’s gift,” arguing volatility rewards long-term holders, not short-term traders. Summary Saylor says Bitcoin volatility is “Satoshi’s gift to the faithful,” casting sharp price swings as a feature that rewards long-term conviction over trading. He reiterates his “Rules of Bitcoin” — “Buy Bitcoin. Don’t sell the Bitcoin.” — stressing that drawdowns are structural, not a sign of market failure. With MicroStrategy holding large BTC reserves through multiple cycles, his comments echo narratives that typically resurface MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor addressed Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent volatility with remarks positioning price instability as an inherent…
Tether has reportedly rolled back plans to raise as much as $20 billion in a funding round that would have positioned the stablecoin issuer as one of the most valuable private companies in the world. Summary Tether has reportedly scaled back its fundraising target from $20 billion to as little as $5 billion. CEO Paolo Ardoino has said the $15 to $20 billion figure was a maximum threshold. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino downplayed the size of the reported raise, which would have placed the company’s valuation near $500 billion, calling it a “misconception,” the Financial Times reported on Feb. 4.…