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Patrick Collison and John Collison, founders of the payments company Stripe, stated on social network X that blockchain networks will need to handle up to 1 billion transactions per second (TPS) to meet future demand from AI agents. Otherwise, current infrastructure will fail to keep up with the surge in automated online transactions. The Collison brothers argue that AI agents will soon become the primary participants in most digital transactions, creating unprecedented stress on blockchain systems. The Blockchain Infrastructure Gap Stripe’s letter outlines a recent example: during a memecoin trading frenzy on a major network last year, payments were delayed…

The recovery in Bitcoin ($BTC) and altcoins has stalled. While the rise in Bitcoin has stopped around $68,000 and Ethereum ($ETH) above $2,000, an analyst has shared his expectations for $ETH. Swyftx analyst Pav Hundal said Ethereum is likely to trade sideways for now. Hundal stated that many of the short-term macroeconomic risks, uncertainties, and upcoming sectoral catalysts have already been reflected in the Ethereum price, and that $ETH is expected to move sideways in the coming weeks. “A significant portion of the short-term uncertainty has already been reflected in Ethereum’s price. Therefore, it is quite likely to remain relatively…

While a potential conflict between the US and Iran has been discussed for a long time, US President Donald Trump gave final approval to the operation against Iran on the 28th. At this point, as the US launched a full-scale military operation against Iran over the weekend, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made new statements regarding the conflict with Iran. Pete Hegseth stated that the US did not start the current war, but it will be the US that ends it. Hegseth said the operation was “limited and targeted.” Hegseth emphasized that the goal of the operation was to destroy…

Brazil’s Central Bank to regulate institutional crypto firms by 2027, focusing on licensing and compliance. Gradual implementation starting in February 2026 with resolutions for crypto company authorization. Brazil’s strategy contrasts with fragmented regulatory approaches in North America. The Central Bank of Brazil has declared that it will have a formal regulatory framework of institutional crypto firms by 2027, which would go a long way in regulating the markets of digital assets in the largest economy of South America. The program, which is based on a set of consultations with the population and new resolutions by the central bank, is aimed…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced that it is expanding its AI-powered trading infrastructure. According to the official statement from the company, Binance and Binance Wallet have initially activated seven “AI Agent Skill” features. With the new system, AI agents will be able to access Binance’s spot market and wallet data through a single unified interface. The statement explains that this integration allows scattered crypto signals to be transformed into structured data, which in turn translates into actionable insights. Thus, AI agents are equipped with Binance-level market data, transaction execution, and security capabilities. The seven new features announced by Binance are…

Solo Satoshi Launches Bitaxe Turbo Touch, an Open-Source Touchscreen Bitcoin Miner A small Texas mining hardware company is releasing what it says is the most powerful open-source touchscreen bitcoin miner currently available to home users. Houston-based Solo Satoshi announced the launch of the Bitaxe Turbo Touch, a compact device designed for hobbyists and home miners that delivers more than double the hashrate of other touchscreen miners in its category. According to a note shared with Bitcoin Magazine, the unit produces about 2.15 terahashes per second (TH/s). The product builds on the open-source Bitaxe GT 801 platform and is powered by…

$NEAR Protocol, a unified commerce layer for digital assets, presented a new blockchain and AI infrastructure stack focused on cross-chain execution and confidential compute. The update was introduced at NEARCON in San Francisco. The event gathered representatives from OpenAI, Google, Intel, AWS, Oracle and Brave. The release includes near.com, a consumer super-app built on $NEAR Intents. It connects more than 35 blockchains through one account and allows cross-chain swaps, peer-to-peer transfers and optional confidential transactions without manual bridging. Confidential Intents adds restricted visibility for cross-chain transfers, deposits and withdrawals. Transactions remain verifiable onchain but details can be shielded. The feature…

Ethereum shows improving short-term momentum and heavy liquidations, but broader downtrend and overhead resistance remain key hurdles. Looking at the broader picture, Ethereum’s momentum remains uneven. While the asset has posted gains over the past week and over the last 14 days, it continues to face pressure on the monthly timeframe, where it remains down more than 32%. The key focus now is whether Ethereum can hold above the $2,000 psychological level. Ethereum Price Prediction On the technical side, Ethereum remains in a broader downtrend. However, price has now moved above the Alligator’s teeth (red line) and lips (green line),…

The highest level of margin utilization by US traders in history has, unfortunately, led to historic underperformance in crypto prices as speculators re-learned timeless wisdom: leverage works both ways. After spending 2025 through January 2026 building their largest leveraged positions in history, bets on digital assets have unraveled with unnerving speed. In January 2026, US margin debt had surged to a record $1.28 trillion — its ninth consecutive monthly increase and a 50% rise from April 2025. That financial leverage added bids to crypto assets which made new all-time highs in May, July, August, and October 2025. Then, despite investors…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Crypto perpetual futures have largely developed offshore because of the U.S. reluctance to pursue industry regulations, said U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig, and his agency will soon provide guidance on how that business should be handled. Such derivatives contracts, which don’t expire and are often associated with leverage, have been an area of high interest to the industry. U.S. exchange Kraken, for instance, recently announced a move into perpetual futures for tokenized stocks for non-U.S. users. Selig’s agency is “working towards getting professional futures, true professional futures here in the U.S. within the next…