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ThorWallet, a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet, has launched a payment card that enables users to spend digital assets at millions of merchants worldwide through Mastercard’s payment network. The card is designed to preserve the core principle of self-custody, converting crypto into $USDC only at the point of sale. How the ThorWallet card works According to a report by Cointelegraph, the ThorWallet card integrates decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols directly into the wallet interface. When a user makes a purchase, the wallet automatically converts selected cryptocurrencies—such as Bitcoin ($BTC), Ethereum ($ETH), or Solana ($SOL)—into USD Coin ($USDC) via these integrated protocols. This conversion…

While the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin has climbed above $66,000 with the upward momentum it has gained in recent days, the picture also looks positive for altcoins. However, Santiment warns against the rise in the short term for $BTC and some major altcoins. In this context, the cryptocurrency analysis platform Santiment examined MVRV ratios. As recovery signals for $BTC and altcoins strengthen, the 30-day MVRV ratio of the cryptocurrencies with the highest market capitalization has risen back above the neutral level. According to Santiment, major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin ($BTC), Ethereum, and $XRP, have entered profit-taking territory in the last 30 days.…

$ETH price is flashing a bullish signal, but a $160 million transfer from Wintermute makes the move harder to trust. Ethereum formed a golden cross between its 50-day and 200-day EMA bands, while $ETH spiked intraday to $2,665 before trading near $2,580. $ETH Price Rally Meets Heavy Exchange Deposits Over three hours, Wintermute deposited 61,847 $ETH worth about $160.3 million into Binance and Coinbase. That’s a sizeable transfer arriving while the chart is trying to look bullish. The question is straightforward: can $ETH price keep climbing if major exchange deposits continue? The transfer doesn’t prove those $ETH are being sold,…

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Monday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants investment companies to provide proof that their products actually contain the private stock they claim to offer. In a private market dominated by popular AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic—and where some forms of investment are traded in the form of blockchain tokens—the inquiry prompts the one question that investors are most concerned about: is the promised investment really there? According to Reuters, which refers to the WSJ’s article, the SEC has asked registered investment advisers to prove that the…

The Altcoin Market Index is at 53, meaning it is not yet the altcoin season. However, many projects are continuing to expand their use cases in DeFi, cross-chain transfers, tokenization, privacy, cybersecurity, and AI. Injective, Cardano, Chainlink, Solana, Bittensor, Avalanche, and $NEAR Protocol are developing new technologies that could strengthen their ecosystems in the coming months. Here are the top altcoins hard to ignore based on their latest network upgrades, adoption and real-world use cases. Injective and Cardano Build a Cross-Chain Bridge Injective ($INJ) and Cardano ($ADA) have connected through IBC, or Inter-Blockchain Communication, allowing assets and information to move…

Crypto Banter founder Ran Neuner said regulation poses the biggest risk to Hyperliquid, warning that decentralized exchanges could eventually face greater government scrutiny. Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction podcast, Neuner said regulators have begun establishing rules for centralized crypto exchanges and predicted decentralized platforms would be next. “The biggest issue is that we don’t know how regulators are going to treat the decentralized exchanges,” Neuner said. He added: The governments have just started to regulate centralized exchanges. There’s MiCA licensing, et cetera, et cetera. And I think that when that’s done, they come in for the decentralized exchanges. Hyperliquid is…

A wallet nobody can yet identify just moved $221,226,193 worth of $USDC straight into Coinbase, and the size of that single transaction is enough to make traders sit up. This kind of large $USDC transfer doesn’t happen every day, and when it lands on one of the industry’s biggest exchanges, it tends to raise immediate questions about who’s behind it and what comes next. Key takeaways Coinbase received a $221,226,193 $USDC transfer from an unidentified wallet, first flagged by the CryptoTwitter tracker @whale_alert. $USDC is a dollar-pegged stablecoin held 1:1 and managed through the Circle Reserve Fund. The move comes…

Ethereum ($ETH) is retesting a resistance line it has only reached twice before, in 2021 and again around 2025, and trader Crypto Patel says that makes this the “biggest breakout setup yet” for the cryptocurrency. In a chart posted Friday, Patel mapped a path toward $5,000, then $10,000, then $15,000 if the line breaks, even as $ETH was trading near $2,500, still less than half its all-time high. The Chart Behind the $15K Call “$ETH is retesting a multi-year resistance zone for the 3rd time after holding its long-term accumulation support,” stated Patel as he shared a chart that traced…

On August 31, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) raised additional $1.75 billion with the help of its fifth growth fund after it had closed its own AI hardware fund at $1.1 billion just a few days prior to that. These two consecutive raises of funds coincide with the recent research made by Goldman Sachs that the investment into AI around the world will reach $1 trillion in 2026, which indicates that money is flowing through the whole spectrum of the industry at a remarkable rate. Growth fund: a venture fund allocated to last stage startups in need of money to grow their…

Ripple has voted in favor of two $XRP Ledger amendments that would introduce native vaults and a lending protocol, though both proposals remain below the approval threshold. The proposals, XLS-65 and XLS-66, would add Single Asset Vaults and a lending framework to XRPL. XLS-65 currently has about 40% validator support, while XLS-66 has more than 37%. Both remain below the 80% level required for activation, meaning the proposals have not yet secured approval. What Are XLS-65 and XLS-66? XLS-65 would create Single Asset Vaults, allowing users to pool a single asset type within a standardized XRPL structure. A vault could…