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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has added to a newly released roadmap outlining how Ethereum plans to dramatically speed up the production of new blocks and the confirmation of transactions. Vitalik’s comments on Thursday offered more detail on a visual public roadmap called “Strawmap” released by the Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol team. “Fast slots are off in their own lane at the top of the roadmap, and do not really seem to connect to anything,” said Buterin, noting that the rest of the roadmap is “pretty independent of the slot time.” Slot time is the time it takes for Ethereum to produce…

Amid the flood of negative sentiments hitting the crypto markets from every side and affecting different sectors, Hyperliquid Strategies continues to stay afloat, beating other companies like Bitmine and Strategy in terms of profitability. According to data from analytics firm Artemis, Hyperliquid Strategies has emerged as the leading digital asset treasury firm in terms of unrealized profits, with over $300 million in gains. Most other DATs are underwater, beaten down by severe market dips. Bitmine is currently taking the heaviest hit at over $7.5 billion in unrealized losses, while others like Saylor’s Strategy are also posting multi-billion dollar deficits. Hyperliquid…

A former Labour minister has joined a growing chorus calling for the U.K. to ban political donations made in cryptocurrency. Labour MP Rushanara Ali, who previously contributed to the government’s elections bill during her stint in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, is quoted in a recent Guardian report as calling for an outright ban on crypto political donations. Ali called cryptocurrency donations a vector for “foreign interference in our democracy,” urging ministers to block “the use of cryptocurrencies to funnel money into British politics.” She highlighted several ways in which cryptocurrency donations could be used to circumvent…

The week one of March is proving to be a critical week in the crypto asset market, as it is anticipated that governance, protocol upgrades, regulatory indicators and ecosystem events will converge between March 2, and March 8. The industry participants are closely keeping track of progress in decentralized finance (DeFi), infrastructure scaling, and institutional activity as various networks launch projects that may affect adoption and revenue models in the future. Crypto Watchlist: Week of March 2-8, 2026Major catalysts dropping this week:$UNI: Governance votes (proposals 94/95) end March 4 to expand fee switch to 8 L2 chains (Base, Arbitrum, OP,…

Ethereum ($ETH) is seeing renewed buying interest amid its latest recovery rally, which has pushed the price back above $2000. On-chain data shows whales accumulating the second-largest cryptocurrency. At the same time, the Coinbase Premium Index has moved above zero for the first time since early January. Ethereum Reclaims $2000 as Crypto Market Extends Midweek Rally The crypto market extended its gains today, continuing the upward trajectory that began on Wednesday. Ethereum’s price has risen about 8% during the same period. At press time, the altcoin was trading at $2054. $ETH) Price Performance”> Ethereum ($ETH) Price Performance. Source: BeInCrypto Markets…

Anchorage Digital Bank on Saturday published the first reserve report for USA₮, the U.S.-focused dollar stablecoin issued in partnership with Tether, laying out the asset backing and operational safeguards for the new token and signaling an early push to set a transparency standard for on-shore digital dollars. The report, prepared under the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ 2025 Criteria for Stablecoin Reporting, gives a snapshot of reserves and circulation as of 11:59:59 p.m. UTC on January 31, 2026. The numbers are tightly matched. According to the attestation, there were 17,501,391 USA₮ tokens outstanding on the reporting date, while reserve…

Tether has never been in a better place than it is right now, at least when it comes to its position in the crypto industry in America. It’s been the largest stablecoin for nearly a decade, numerous executives and equity holders are billionaires, Howard Lutnick (who used to purchase all of Tether’s t-notes) is now the financial whisperer to President Donald Trump, and it just launched a sister version of tether ($USDT) that’s available for US customers to redeem. In the US, things are looking good. However, in China a completely different story is unfolding — and it looks bad.…

Hyperliquid is no longer just the shiny new decentralized exchange for perpetual futures (a perp DEX). Recent data from CoinGecko suggests it even surpassed Coinbase International’s derivatives volume in 2025, putting it forward as arguably the most credible “Binance killer” candidate in the crypto derivatives market. Hyperliquid: The Rise of The Underdog Despite having launched only in 2023, Hyperliquid has climbed mountains that most DEXs can never even get close to, going from just a curious DeFi outlier to a genuine force of nature in the derivatives stack. At peak, the platform cleared around 4–5 billion dollars in daily trading…

Ethereum price today trades near $2,063, up 0.43% in the past 4 hours as the token extends its recovery from the $1,588 February low. The move comes as Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $125.87 million in net inflows on February 25, reversing weeks of institutional selling pressure. ETF Inflows Flip Positive At $125.87M After Weeks Of Outflows According to SoSoValue data, Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $125.87 million in daily net inflow on February 25, marking a significant reversal after weeks of sustained outflows. Cumulative total net inflow stands at $11.61 billion, with total net assets at $11.14 billion, representing 4.72% of…

It took Polymarket less than 24 hours to turn a Middle Eastern war into a trading floor. Since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran Saturday, the prediction market has seen a flood of new contracts covering everything from ceasefire timelines to whether the Iranian regime will collapse by June. The speed and specificity of the markets is striking. Bettors aren’t just wagering on whether the conflict escalates, but pricing the week it ends, who replaces Khamenei, and whether U.S. ground forces enter Iran by March 7. Polymarket’s largest completed market is “Khamenei out as Supreme Leader of Iran…