Johann Kerbrat doesn't mince words. Robinhood's Head of Crypto has a simple explanation for why the company chose to build an Ethereum Layer 2 rather than launch its own standalone blockchain: everyone else doing the latter is, in his view, building a glorified database.
The 2025 Bitcoin cycle closed without breaking one of the market's more closely watched records. Long-Term Holders - wallets that have held Bitcoin for at least 155 days - spent approximately 15.1 million BTC over the course of this cycle.
Solana processed $650 billion in adjusted stablecoin transaction volume in February 2026 — more than double its previous record of roughly $300 billion set in October 2025.
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned six individuals and two entities for running a scheme that sent roughly $800 million to North Korea's weapons programs in 2024.
Crypto markets absorbed a punishing mix of geopolitical shock and on-chain chaos this week, yet institutional money kept flowing in. The result was a market that looked, at times, more like a war room than a trading floor.
The XRP Ledger quietly shipped one of its most consequential updates in months. Version 3.1.2, released in March 2026, carries no new features - but that's precisely the point.
The global stablecoin market is entering a new phase as Circle’s USDC has surpassed Tether’s USDT in transaction volume for the first time since 2019, signaling a shift in how digital dollars are used across the crypto economy.
The U.S.-Israel strike campaign against Iran that began on February 28 sent Brent crude past $100 a barrel and froze tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
A new report from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime has revealed a growing link between illegal gold mining in the Amazon Basin and cryptocurrency payments.
Pi Network's long-anticipated entry into regulated U.S. markets became official on March 13, as Kraken enabled spot trading for PI/USD.
HSBC and a Standard Chartered-led joint venture are positioned to be among the first recipients of Hong Kong licences under the city's new stablecoin regulatory framework
The latest data on cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows suggests that institutional appetite for digital assets is stabilizing after a volatile start to the year.
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