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Ethereum is one of the worst performers among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap as it has lost 2% of its value in the last 24 hours. The bearish performance comes despite some important developments within the Ethereum ecosystem. Ethereum developers ramp up work on Glamsterdam upgrade $ETH is trading below $2,300 on Tuesday after losing 2% of its value over the past few hours. The bearish performance comes despite the Ethereum Foundation revealing on Monday that its developers made significant progress on Ethereum’s upcoming Glamsterdam hard fork during a recent interoperability event held in Svalbard, Norway. According to…

CNBC host Jim Cramer has warned that retail trading behemoth Robinhood is still plagued by its reputation as a haven for dopamine-fueled speculation. The critical commentary arrives on the heels of the company’s stock tumbling by roughly 8% following the company’s disappointing Q1 report, which showed a rather dramatic plunge in revenue. “Gunslingers all over the place” According to Cramer, Robinhood is struggling to distance itself from its crypto-heavy roots. “HOOD–can’t change the crypto perception just yet and now doing predictions market,” Cramer wrote. “Gunslingers all over the place there.” Robinhood’s user space famously has a penchant for speculative assets.…

Ripple Prime CEO Mike Higgins has revealed that the company is actively leveraging $XRP in innovative ways to finance institutional trades. In an interview with Jake Claver of Digital Ascension Group, Higgins detailed an advanced liquidity model that directly integrates $XRP into institutional finance. For context, Ripple Prime functions as a full-service prime brokerage, offering clearing, credit, and market access. The platform allows institutions to trade more efficiently without fully funding each position up front, thereby extending their balance sheets to clients. This gives clients greater flexibility to access capital across both traditional and digital markets. Key Points Ripple Prime…

As Wall Street firms race to bring stocks, bonds and credit products onto blockchain rails, a new Ethereum-based marketplace backed by Animoca Brands is aiming to turn tokenized assets into something crypto investors can use across decentralized finance (DeFi). NUVA, developed by Animoca and Nuva Labs, is connecting around $19 billion worth of tokenized real-world assets originating on the Provenance blockchain ecosystem, including private credit and Treasury-linked products tied to Figure Technologies Solutions (FIGR), the blockchain firm founded by former SoFi CEO Mike Cagney. Read more: Mike Cagney’s second act: Turning blockchain into Wall Street’s new plumbing Tokenized real-world assets…

While the movements of large investors in the cryptocurrency markets are closely monitored, onchain data analytics company Santiment has published a noteworthy report. According to the company, large groups of investors, referred to as Bitcoin “whales,” have accumulated significant amounts of $BTC in the past month. According to Santiment data, addresses holding between 10 and 10,000 $BTC purchased a total of 61,568 $BTC in the last 30 days. This accumulation occurred during a period when the Bitcoin price fell to levels around $68,100. Analysts note that despite the price drop, the fact that large investors are buying could indicate continued…

Aave Labs has put forward a comprehensive proposal to restructure the Aave DAO’s bug bounty program, introducing a multi-platform approach and significantly increasing reward payouts for critical vulnerabilities. The proposal, if approved, would see the maximum reward for a critical bug in Core Aave V3 rise from $1 million to $5 million. Restructuring the Security Framework The proposed overhaul aims to distribute security oversight across three specialized platforms. Under the plan, ImmuneFi would manage bug bounties for Core Aave V3, Core Aave V2, and the GHO stablecoin. Sherlock would oversee the upcoming Aave V4 and the App Stack, while Cantina…

Ethereum is holding inside short-term consolidation while two charts point to the same key setup: buyers need a clean breakout before $ETH can move higher. Traders are watching the $2,375–$2,460 area, as a confirmed break could open the path toward the $2,800–$3,161 zone. Ethereum Holds 4H Range as Traders Watch $2,375 Breakout Level Ethereum is trading inside a tight 4-hour consolidation range near $2,342, while traders watch the $2,375 area as the next key breakout level. The chart shared by Na₿er shows $ETH moving sideways after reclaiming a major support zone around $2,130–$2,180. Ethereum 4H Consolidation Setup. Source: Na₿er on…

The paperwork that SpaceX submitted to the SEC for its upcoming IPO reportedly contains the provisions for a deal that will assure Elon Musk has unchallenged control over the firm even after its mega trillion-dollar public listing. The report by Reuters claims that the X IPO deal contains provisions that validate only Elon Musk’s vote to remove himself as chief executive and board chairman. The disclosure comes as analysts have started to sound caution over certain particulars of the deal, and especially how it affects retail. And according to SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen, “Retail is going to be a critical…

Cryptocurrency analytics company Novaque Research, in its latest assessment of Solana’s price outlook, pointed to a notable divergence in the market. According to the report, despite increasing selling pressure in the futures market, whale accumulation is regaining strength in the spot market. The analysis noted that the 90-day Taker CVD futures data was supported by buying periods in early 2024 and 2025, but from 2026 onwards, momentum-focused investors began to view rallies as selling opportunities rather than opening new long positions. This, the analysis argued, points to late-cycle market behavior and makes leveraged rallies fragile. On the other hand, data…

Network News “ALPENGLOW” UPGRADE LIVE FOR TESTING ON SOLANA: Solana developer Anza said that Alpenglow, the network’s biggest proposed consensus overhaul to date, is live on a community test cluster, marking a major step toward a potential mainnet rollout. The update means validator operators can now test software designed to move Solana from its current consensus system, which combines Proof-of-Stake with TowerBFT and Proof-of-History, toward a new architecture intended to dramatically reduce finality times and improve network responsiveness. “Alpenglow is live on the community test cluster,” Anza wrote on X. “The biggest consensus change in Solana’s history, now running on…