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What Is Base? Base is an Ethereum Layer 2 network incubated by Coinbase, built on Optimism’s OP Stack and launched on mainnet in August 2023. The pitch: be the bridge between Coinbase’s traditional user base and decentralized finance. So far, it has worked. By May 2026, Base holds approximately $15 billion in total value locked, commands roughly 46.6% of all L2 DeFi TVL, and processes close to 15 million daily transactions. These are not speculative numbers. They come from on-chain data, and they put Base ahead of Arbitrum, zkSync, and every other rollup in active usage. The network offers sub-cent,…

Senator Chuck Grassley has thrown his weight behind the CLARITY Act, adding a significant bipartisan endorsement to one of the most consequential pieces of crypto legislation to reach the Senate floor. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, originally introduced as H.R. 3633 on May 29, 2025, has been slowly building momentum, and Grassley’s support could prove to be the kind of push it needs to clear its final legislative hurdles. What the CLARITY Act actually does The bill distinguishes between digital assets that function as securities and those that behave more like commodities. Certain digital commodities would be…

Viral “predictive historian” Jiang recasts Bitcoin as a CIA war‑surveillance tool and hinge of U.S. imperial decline, mixing sharp geopolitical reads with conspiratorial leaps. Summary Viral “predictive historian” ties Bitcoin to U.S. imperial decline and a coming monetary reset Jiang claims $BTC is a Pentagon/CIA surveillance weapon even as markets treat it as digital gold Critics say his “predictive history” blends accurate war calls with speculative crypto conspiracies Beijing-based teacher Jiang Xueqin, the self-styled “predictive historian” who shot to fame for forecasting Donald Trump’s return to the White House and a disastrous U.S.–Iran conflict, is now recasting Bitcoin ($BTC) as…

$ETH trader sentiment just reached its most bearish level since the 2023 bear market, reported CryptoQuant analyst ‘Darkfost’ on Tuesday. The metric has been measured using the Binance taker buy/sell ratio, which has fallen back to levels not seen since September 2023, when $ETH had fallen to $1,600. “This highlights how much trader sentiment toward Ethereum has deteriorated over recent weeks.” Bearish Calls Mounting Up The weekly ratio has fallen to 0.91, which means sellers are dominating Binance futures order books. “In other words, aggressive sell orders are significantly outweighing buyers,” they said. Ether has traded in a broad range…

President Trump may sign a new executive order on AI security, according to the Washington Post, as the administration weighs whether frontier models should face deeper national security reviews before release. The potential order would mark a shift from the administration’s earlier AI agenda, which focused largely on removing regulatory barriers and asserting federal control over AI policy. The White House is now debating whether the Commerce Department or US intelligence agencies should take the lead in reviewing powerful AI models for security risks. The debate has intensified around models such as Anthropic’s Mythos, which has raised concerns among national…

Lombard, a company building Bitcoin-based lending infrastructure, will team with Bitwise Asset Management to enable institutions to earn yield and borrow against Bitcoin ($BTC) without moving assets out of custody, aiming to unlock hundreds of billions of dollars in Bitcoin held in institutional custody. The partnership was announced Tuesday at the Digital Asset Summit in New York. Jacob Phillips, CEO and co-founder of Lombard, told Cointelegraph: The breakthrough is Bitcoin Smart Accounts—connecting two previously isolated worlds: institutional custody and onchain finance. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Bitwise will develop yield strategies combining DeFi lending with tokenized real-world assets,…

Ethereum price started a recovery wave above the $2,100 zone. $ETH is now consolidating and might struggle to continue higher above the $2,150 resistance. Ethereum started a recovery wave from the $2,075 zone. The price is trading below $2,120 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $2,120 on the hourly chart of $ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh decline if it stays below the $2,150 zone. Ethereum Price Faces Hurdles Ethereum price remained bid above the $2,050 support zone, like Bitcoin. $ETH price formed a base…

Sota Watanabe, founder of the Japan-based public blockchain project Astar Network (ASTR), announced on social media platform X that he intends to launch “JPYSC,” described as the first bank-issued yen stablecoin, within the next few months. The announcement signals a potential milestone for Japan’s evolving cryptocurrency and digital asset landscape. What is JPYSC and Why Does It Matter? JPYSC is envisioned as a stablecoin pegged to the Japanese yen, issued directly by a bank rather than a private cryptocurrency firm. According to Watanabe, if the model is realized, it could establish a new investment structure that combines yen-based financing with…

A crypto analyst who previously warned traders and investors that the recent Bitcoin ($BTC) price surge could be a fluke has shared a new update. Confirming that his earlier prediction was accurate, the analyst now provides insight on where Bitcoin is really headed as it continues to navigate the ongoing bear market. Where The Bitcoin Price Is Headed Next DeFi researcher and market analyst Sherlock has taken to X to share a fresh update on an analysis he published earlier last week. In this new report, Sherlock presented a rather foreboding Bitcoin price forecast, suggesting that the world’s largest cryptocurrency…

Selling pressure continues in US-based spot cryptocurrency ETFs. According to SoSoValue data, a total net outflow of $331 million occurred in spot Bitcoin ETFs. This marks the third consecutive day of negative capital flow in Bitcoin ETFs. The biggest outflow of the day was seen in BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF IBIT, one of the world’s largest asset management companies, with a gain of $326 million. Despite this, the fund’s historical total net inflow remains above $65 billion. The second highest daily outflow was in Valkyrie’s BRRR fund, with a gain of $3.79 million. According to the data, the total net asset…