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Ethereum price today trades near $3,208 after a 2.25% decline that tested the lower boundary of a multi-week symmetrical triangle. The drop triggered significant long liquidations, but spot flows paint a different picture as buyers step in to absorb the selling. Long Liquidations Flush Leveraged Positions ETH Derivative Analysis (Source: Coinglass) Derivatives markets absorbed heavy damage in the past 24 hours. According to Coinglass, $119.45 million in long positions were liquidated compared to $36.49 million in shorts. That 3:1 ratio shows that leveraged bulls got caught as price broke below intraday support. Open interest held relatively steady at $41.51 billion,…

The US banking industry has been pushing “myths” about stablecoin yields to protect itself, and Congress should prioritize consumers rather than highly profitable banks, argues crypto lecturer and author Omid Malekan. “I am disappointed that market structure legislation seems to be held up by the stablecoin yield issue. Most of the concerns bouncing around Washington are based on unsubstantiated myths,” said Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, Omid Malekan, on Monday. He stated that the passage of crypto market structure legislation in Washington “now seems to partially depend on the question of whether stablecoin issuers should be able to share…

In 2025, DeFi shifted into a new maturity phase where Certora security became central to protecting value across chains and protocols. DeFi enters a security-first era Securing the top DeFi protocols Key long-term security partners Security at scale across chains and stacks Measuring real value beyond TVL The hacks that never happened Where the frontier of risk is shifting Designing for long-term solvency Why formal verification became central Examples of properties formally proven Scaling the research engine The strategic role of Certora security in 2026 and beyond DeFi enters a security-first era By 2025, decentralized finance reached $2.5 trillion in…

Ethereum price is down while daily transactions now exceed 2021 peaks as cheap L2 data, stablecoin payments, and rising staking queues signal durable, non-speculative network demand. Summary Ethereum price is down, while daily transactions climbed from 1.8M to 2.1M in two weeks, eclipsing 2021 bull-cycle peaks while average fees sit near multi-year lows.​ Stablecoin payments, led by Tether’s USDT at roughly twice USDC’s volume, now dominate on-chain activity as Ethereum underpins mainstream settlement rails.​ Around 30% of ETH is staked, the validator exit queue is at zero, and 2.6M ETH is waiting to enter, signaling strong confidence despite Vitalik’s ‘bloat’…

Pakistan has announced its intention to launch its first stablecoin to be used within the country. Announcing the development, Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) Chairman Bilal Bin Saqib states that the move is part of its effort to integrate digital assets into Pakistan’s economy. Stablecoins are digital tokens whose values are always tied to fiat currencies, such as the dollar, making them more stable than the average digital assets like Bitcoin. Bin Saqib made this known as the Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai, highlighting that the country has also been working on the creation of its Central Bank Digital…

US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins says he is confident that the crypto market structure bill will make it onto US President Donald Trump’s desk this year. In an interview with Fox Business on Monday, Atkins discussed the regulatory outlook for crypto this year. Atkins praised the passing of the GENIUS act in 2025, noting that the bill provides an important part of regulatory clarity in the US. Moving forward, he highlighted the bipartisan crypto market structure bill as the next key boost to the domestic crypto sector. “This [bill] fits in with the president’s focus on making…

Kintsu has launched a new DeFi product called SuperMON. It is a curated yield vault built around sMON on the Monad blockchain. The product offers a current aggregated yield of 14.51% APY. The goal is to help users earn more without managing complex strategies. With SuperMON users deposit MON and receive SuperMON in return. From there, the system handles everything. The vault uses automated strategies across the Monad ecosystem. It allocates funds into liquid staking, DEX liquidity pools, lending and looping strategies. All of this happens behind the scenes. As a result, users get a diversified yield with just one…

A new US Senate CLARITY Act draft allows crypto companies to offer activity-based rewards to stablecoin users. The proposal, titled the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, reveals that certain rewards and incentives tied to the use of stablecoins would be permitted. Still, the provision notes that offering rewards does not cause a stablecoin to be treated as a security or a bank-like product. “Families and small businesses benefit from clear rules of the road,” Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott, who released the amended draft, said in a statement shared with Cointelegraph. “This bill reflects months of serious work, ideas, and…

Etherfi has launched a Liquid Reserve Vault for American users, aiming to maximize USD-denominated returns on their USDT and USDC holdings. The launch expands access to Etherfi’s DeFi-native vault infrastructure. The Liquid reserve vault offers a simple way for users to earn rewards on their USD holdings via a set of DeFi opportunities. For instance, a user may deposit USDC or USDT, which is then lent to Morpho, a permissionless lending protocol that offers competitive yields. The vault uses Midas infrastructure and is available for U.S. clients as of now. Liquids Reserve Vault auto rebalances USDT/USDC deposits Ethereum’s shift of…

Ethereum price has confirmed bearish divergence at $3,400 resistance, triggering an impulsive drop and increasing the probability of a corrective rotation toward $2,800 high-time-frame support. Summary ETH confirmed bearish divergence at $3,400 resistance Rejection from value area high (VAH) signals distribution Weak structure keeps $2,800 support as the next downside target Ethereum (ETH) price is showing clear short-term weakness after confirming a bearish divergence at major resistance near $3,400. Following a strong rally into this high-time-frame zone, ETH failed to sustain acceptance above resistance and has now begun rotating lower, suggesting that momentum is shifting away from buyers and back…