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The UAE based ADGM Registration Authority (“RA”) has published Discussion Paper No. 1 of 2026, inviting stakeholder feedback on proposed guidance for crypto mining activities conducted within or from ADGM. As per the announcement, the proposal aims to provide clarity on regulations alongside responsible innovation and governance standards for crypto mining. In the discussion paper, ADGM defines crypto mining as the verification of transactions on a decentralized ledger or infrastructure network, in return for rewards in the form of digital assets generated by a consensus mechanism. The financial freezone has take a technology neutral approach to the framework, and accept…
The DAO model is changing, affecting most of the biggest organizations. Governance is reaching its limits, with some protocols moving back to partial centralization. DAO platforms are evolving in 2026, as some have reached the capacity for governance. Others have shed the model entirely, citing slowness and the need for emergency decision powers. Based on the latest estimates, DAO holds $13.6B in total liquidity for over 50,845 organizations. The funds are mostly locked in the biggest DAO. Governance tokens were still highly active, recently expanding their value to over $31B. Of 11.8M DAO token holders, only around 3.3M are active…
Ethereum price extended losses and traded below the $2,865 zone. $ETH is now consolidating losses and might aim for a recovery if it clears $2,920. Ethereum remained in a bearish zone and traded below $2,950. The price is trading below $2,900 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $2,920 on the hourly chart of $ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it stays above the $2,800 zone. Ethereum Price Dips Further Ethereum price failed to remain stable above $2,950 and extended losses, like Bitcoin. $ETH…
Cyber Hornet has filed for the registration of the S&P Crypto 10 ETF (CTX) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The CTX index seeks to offer exposure to the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap from the S&P Cryptocurrency Broad Digital Asset index. The CTX index has favored $BTC and $ETH, allocating 69% to $BTC and 14% to $ETH. Additionally, $XRP holding exposure stands at 5%, Binance Coin at 4%, Solana at 2%, TRON at 1%, Cardano at 0.5%, Bitcoin Cash at 0.4%, Chainlink at 0.3%, and Stellar at 0.2%. Balchunas says the CTX basket could be the first S&P-linked…
Bitcoin mining stocks saw a significant bump on Wednesday after the US winter storm forced some companies to wind down operations, leading to lower block competition and more profitable mining operations. Shares of several major mining companies posted double-digit gains over the past 24 hours. TeraWulf rose about 11%, Iren Limited gained roughly 14%, and Cipher Mining climbed around 13%, according to data from Barchart. The rally occurred days after the Bitcoin network’s hashrate sank to a seven-month low of 663 exahashes per second (EH/s) on Sunday, a 40% drop in two days due to a severe winter storm battering…
Circle has introduced a privacy-focused version of its $USDC stablecoin on Aleo, highlighting a broader push by privacy-oriented blockchains to gain access to regulated, dollar-backed assets as demand for onchain privacy tools grows. Circle and Aleo announced Tuesday that USDCx on Aleo is now available via Circle’s xReserve, a reserve-backed issuance model that allows $USDC ($USDC) to be represented on additional blockchains without relying on third-party bridges. USDCx on Aleo is fully backed by $USDC held in xReserve and is interoperable with $USDC across other supported networks, including Ethereum and several major layer-1 and layer-2 blockchains where $USDC is natively…
Bitfinex, one of the largest cryptocurrency platforms in the world, has unveiled a new record of Ethereum ($ETH) of 2.88M as a settlement layer. The hidden purpose is to discuss the scalability and efficient handling capacity of Ethereum for 2.88M volume of daily transactions with a predicted low fee. The transaction-fee always matters a lot to traders all over the world. .@Ethereum processed a record 2.88M transactions in a single day while fees stayed low. It is now increasingly acting as a settlement infrastructure, with execution moving to Layer 2s.For institutions, predictability under load matters most. pic.twitter.com/ZrxakR0JkA — Bitfinex (@bitfinex)…
Cathie Wood’s $ARK Investment Management has taken a bold step into diversified cryptocurrency investment products by filing with U.S. regulators to launch two new exchange‑traded funds (ETFs) tied to the CoinDesk 20 crypto index, a major milestone in bringing broader crypto market exposure into traditional markets beyond just Bitcoin. The filings, submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 23, propose ETFs that would track the CoinDesk Crypto 20 Index, a benchmark measuring the performance of 20 leading digital assets by adjusted market capitalization. One ETF would cover Bitcoin and large altcoins like Ether, Solana, XRP, and…
Wall Street-based brokerage firm Benchmark has stated that if the US Congress fails to pass market structure regulations for the cryptocurrency market this year, the US cryptocurrency market will face “structural constraints.” According to the institution, in such a scenario, while the market would not return to the intense regulation and enforcement environment of 2022–2023, structural pressures would persist at a critical juncture where global adoption and institutional interest are accelerating. Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer stated in his report that the lack of regulation will create a permanent “structural risk premium” across much of the digital asset ecosystem. Palmer argued…
Introduction Despite the fact that no official number of Bitcoin miners is available, an estimate derived from hash rate reveals that over 4 million mining machines are active at the start of 2026. This is an exponential increase from 224,000 in early 2024. Likewise, you must have observed more and more people talking about Bitcoin and the crypto market. In general, people are more interested in knowing about and investing in the market, but few understand how risky it can actually be. Apart from well-known risks such as scams and hacks, there are also a few hidden threats of which…