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Asset manager Grayscale is overly bullish on plans to cap Ethereum staking rewards. In a latest report, Zach Pandl, the firm’s Head of Research, said the proposed changes would be “positive for $ETH price.” If implemented, the change would likely reduce nominal rewards for stakers. We think that such a change would be positive for the price of Ether ($ETH) over time because a) it would help control $ETH inflation, and b) would bolster the use case of $ETH as a store of value. Backing his argument, Pandl noted that current $ETH net issuance (primarily driven by staking rewards) has…

While Representative Nancy Pelosi has historically been the most scrutinized trader in Congress, Congressman Gil Cisneros – or his investment manager – has been working hard to take the lead since 2019. Specifically, the Democrat from California has disclosed more than 2,300 equity buys and sales across his two terms in office: one between 2019 and 2021, and the other started in 2025 and ongoing. Additionally, along with the impressive number of trades, Cisneros’ volume is nothing to scoff at, considering it is estimated at over $48 million across multiple sectors, including healthcare, industrials, information technology (IT), finance, and consumer…

TL;DR: Derivatives Surge: Kaspa’s Open Interest (OI) jumped from $9.89 million to $13.64 million in just 48 hours, reflecting a massive influx of fresh capital. Technological Catalyst: The network is preparing for a Hard Fork on May 5, which will introduce “vProgs” and programmable smart contracts to its architecture. Resistance Levels: The price is looking to consolidate above the 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA), located near $0.050, to confirm a trend reversal. The crypto-asset market reacted to recent network updates, and this Wednesday, Kaspa is exploding with a 20% daily rally. This reaction is not an isolated event; it responds…

$GMX Labs, the development team behind the decentralized derivatives exchange $GMX, has appointed a community member known only as Q as its first Chief Executive Officer. The appointment marks a significant step in the project’s evolution from a community-led initiative toward a more structured operational framework. A Community-Driven Leadership Transition Q, who has been an active participant in $GMX’s governance and a major token holder, will now lead $GMX Labs. The decision follows a formal proposal from the $GMX community aimed at improving operational efficiency by introducing a more traditional leadership structure. $GMX Labs stated that Q has consistently played…

BlackRock just filed paperwork with the SEC for a new tokenized fund structure, using Securitize’s blockchain infrastructure to handle on-chain ownership records. The filing, submitted on May 12, represents the latest move by the $10 trillion-plus asset manager to weave blockchain rails into its traditional finance machinery. What the filing actually does The new fund structure relies on Securitize Transfer Agent, LLC to maintain blockchain-based ownership records. Instead of tracking who owns what through legacy systems, ownership gets recorded on-chain. The transfer agent role is critical here, because it’s the regulated entity responsible for making sure the right people own…

Bitcoin continues to enter traditional finance in new ways. Some lenders now accept it as a down payment. This shift attracts crypto holders who want to avoid selling assets. It also opens a new path for homeownership in a digital economy. However, this trend raises serious concerns among financial experts. Peter Schiff has voiced strong opposition to this idea. He believes lenders face major exposure when they accept Bitcoin. His warning focuses on the unstable nature of crypto markets. He argues that sudden price drops can destroy the value of collateral. The bitcoin mortgage risk conversation has now reached a…

The Ethereum Foundation and the Ethereum [$ETH] Working Group, comprising wallet developers, have started a project called “Clear Signing.” This initiative aims to eliminate blind signing, a structural flaw that has resulted in billions of users facing losses. For context, blind signing is the root cause of numerous exploits in blockchain and cryptocurrency applications. A common misconception is that hacks typically occur in the last stage, when there is a bug in the code. However, it’s usually a user approving a transaction that leads to billions of dollars in losses. Remarking on the same, in a blog post, the Ethereum…

Last night, the Fed kept interest rates unchanged at 3.5%-3.75%, as expected. As inflation concerns increase due to rising energy prices, the Fed is adopting a “wait-and-see” approach in its current policy stance. At this point, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has indicated that they are ready to take steps towards raising or lowering interest rates. While the Fed currently states that it is in neutral territory regarding interest rates, markets now see it as more likely that the Fed will raise interest rates this year rather than cut them. According to the Wall Street Journal, following hawkish signals from Fed…

Ripple’s CTO Emeritus, David Schwartz, has admitted that the $XRP price may not always reflect rational market expectations. David Schwartz, who previously served as CTO and now holds the title of CTO Emeritus at Ripple, recently spoke about concerns surrounding the price of $XRP. Notably, most members of the $XRP community believe the asset’s price does not fully reflect its real value. They mention factors such as $XRP’s growing role in payments, recent regulatory progress, increasing institutional adoption, and inflows into $XRP ETFs. Despite all this, the token still trades around $1.5, which most believe is lower than expected. This…

A crypto wallet associated with the prominent digital asset hedge fund Arrington Capital has deposited 100,000 $COMP tokens, valued at approximately $2.26 million, to the Binance exchange. The transfer, which occurred over a four-hour period, was first reported by on-chain analytics platform EmberCN. On-Chain Activity Signals Potential Sale Deposits of tokens to centralized exchanges are widely interpreted by market participants as an intention to sell. The movement of such a significant amount of $COMP from an address linked to a well-known institutional player immediately drew attention. Within the same four-hour window, the price of $COMP declined by roughly 4%, falling…