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After a long rally that took the Ethereum price from below $3,800 earlier this month to new multi-year highs, it is now holding steady above $4,750. The price is currently moving up in a well-defined channel, and during the day, it stays above both the VWAP and short-term EMA clusters. Bulls are now looking at the $4,870 resistance level, which is a key liquidity zone from past highs. What’s Happening With Ethereum’s Price? ETH price dynamics (Source: TradingView) On the 30-minute chart, ETH is following an upward-sloping channel. The lower bound is acting as dynamic support near $4,723, and the…

Robinhood has rolled out its AI-driven Digests feature in the UK, marking the company’s latest attempt to merge fintech, artificial intelligence (AI), and investing. The launch comes at a critical time for Robinhood, amidst surging crypto volumes, intensifying competition from on-chain platforms, and heightened regulatory pressure from traditional finance (TradFi). Robinhood’s AI Market Insights Hit the UK — Is Crypto Next? Digests, powered by Robinhood Cortex, aims to give investors plain-English explanations for why a stock is moving. The tool synthesizes breaking news, analyst reports, technical signals, and Robinhood’s proprietary data to generate concise insights directly within the app. For…

Para announced the launch of its new Stablecoin Infra Stack under the intense emphasis on the use of fintech. It provides compliance ready functionality and integrations across Ethereum, Solana and 100+ chains. White-label wallet infrastructure of Para enables fintechs to introduce user-friendly applications quickly. Aave Powers LiquidityLayer The Liquidity Layer provides access to 24/7 programmable stablecoin cash flows. Engineers have the opportunity to integrate Aave lending and borrowing streams, into the fintech applications. Such integration makes possible management tools such as competition automated vaults and treasury automation. The Aave DAO governs GHO, which guarantees transparency and community con trol. Stablecoin…

Velo, a popular DeFi entity, has officially integrated with OKX Wallet, a leading non-custodial crypto wallet provider. The main purpose of the collaboration is to permit users to seamlessly access VeloFinance DEX via the BNB Chain, stressing the efficiency, ease of connectivity, as well as security. As Velo revealed in its official social media announcement, the move aims to enhance consumer experience while broadening the worldwide presence of the platform. Hence, the integration signifies a key milestone in increasing the adoption and accessibility to facilitate DeFi enthusiasts. Velo is pleased to announce a strategic integration with OKX @wallet , one…

Ethereum is trading above $4,700, just 4% shy of its all-time high, as Bybit releases a report outlining its evolution and roadmap to 2035. The analysis predicts massive scaling, institutional adoption, and ETH’s rise as a benchmark yield asset. Ethereum’s Next Decade of Scaling and Institutional Adoption Projected by New Bybit Report Ethereum is closing in on record territory as institutional demand continues to accelerate. The rally coincides with the release of Bybit’s latest Crypto Insights Report, Ethereum at 10: A Decade of Disruption and the Road Ahead, which examines the network’s evolution and its vision through 2035. The report…

Crypto quant firm Algoz has reached $100 million in assets under management from 50 professional clients. Summary Quant firm Algoz reached $100 million in assets under management in H1 The firm currently serves 50 professional clients with specialized accounts Algoz offers custodial solutions and an off-exchange settlement system Crypto is showing growing signs of institutional adoption. On Friday, August 8, crypto quant firm Algoz reported surpassing $100 million in assets under management in the first half of 2025. These funds are distributed across 50 self-managed accounts for professional clients. According to the firm, its order management and risk management expertise,…

Ethereum role-playing game Pirate Nation is shutting down its “fully on-chain” operations, with the “best parts of the game” being broken down into smaller chunks to be played on an arcade app on the Abstract network instead. In a statement on X, Pirate Nation developer Proof of Play cited a lack of players as the primary reason for closing down the game. The studio explained that it simply wasn’t financially viable to continue to invest in and operate the game without significant interest.  “Shutting down Pirate Nation was one of the most difficult decisions I’ve ever been part of,” Adam…

Latin America’s (LATAM) centralized crypto exchanges have grown from niche platforms into critical financial infrastructure in just three years, with flows rising ninefold, according to new research. Dune Research’s LATAM Report revealed that 2021 annual exchange flows in the region totalled $3 billion. In 2024, the total exchange flows for LATAM reached $27 billion, up by 800% in just three years, signaling digital asset growth in the region. In its early years, LATAM crypto activity was modest by global standards. However, a fragmented ecosystem of small brokers and over-the-counter (OTC) desks grew into larger, integrated exchanges serving retail and institutional…

Since Jan. 3, 2009, the Bitcoin network has mined over 910,000 blocks, with nine well-known mining pools responsible for discovering 48.78% of them. The following highlights the top ten entities that have mined 673,848 blocks, representing nearly three-quarters of all blocks produced since the network’s launch. The 10 Entities That Helped Write Bitcoin’s Ledger In Bitcoin’s early days, mining was done solo, with some participants commanding more hashrate than others, all while the hardware evolved from central processing units (CPUs) to graphics processing units (GPUs) and eventually to today’s application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). At the close of 2010, Marek Palatinus,…

Blockchain payments provider Tassat Group has appointed its president and chief strategy officer Glen Sussman as its new chief executive officer, the company said in a press release Tuesday. Sussman, who joined Tassat in 2021, will succeed outgoing CEO Zain Saidin. Saidin will remain on the company’s board and take on a new role as senior advisor, supporting Tassat’s institutional growth strategy, the firm said. During Sussman’s time with the firm, he helped launch its flagship products. That includes Lynq, a real-time, interest-bearing settlement network for digital asset institutions, built with Arca Labs and tZERO, as well as the Digital…