21Shares has cut several of its 2026 crypto forecasts, saying institutional adoption has continued to grow even as weaker prices and slower enterprise adoption have delayed parts of the industry’s recovery. Summary 21Shares cut several 2026 crypto forecasts despite continued growth in institutional adoption and market infrastructure. The firm expects prediction markets to exceed $100
Ethereum’s weekly All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this “Checkpoint” series aims for high-level updates roughly every 4-5 weeks, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here. tl;dr: The Fusaka upgrade is nearly out the door and we’ll get a very good idea of “wen”
Ripple has stepped up its public campaign for the CLARITY Act as the legislation faces a narrower path through Congress following a Senate recess and competing legislative priorities in Washington. Summary Ripple launched a mobile “CLARITY” truck campaign near the U.S. Capitol to support the crypto market structure bill. The CLARITY Act faces a tighter
Privacy is the freedom to choose what you share, when you share it, and who you share it with. We all take this for granted in daily life: closing the door to a room, casting a secret ballot, or speaking privately with a friend. But online and onchain, these protections are often missing. Ethereum was
ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AFX, a high-performance sovereign L1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives, announced continued growth across its ecosystem as cumulative trading volume approached $1 billion, reaching $946.29 million alongside $20.71 million in Total Value Locked (TVL), according to on-chain data from DefiLlama. This surge is directly driven by the
Kraken has expanded its institutional lending business through a new Maple-backed financing facility built around a bankruptcy-remote SPV. Summary Kraken and Maple launched a USDC-funded SPV facility for institutional crypto-backed loans. Maple will provide senior financing while Kraken retains exposure and services the loans. Tokenized credit has grown past $6.2 billion, with Bernstein seeing a
The Funding Coordination team is excited to announce a joint initiative with Keyring Network that introduces a new approach to impact funding in the Ethereum ecosystem. Directly support privacy-focused developers Keyring’s zkVerified permissioned vaults on mainnet provide compliant and privacy-preserving access to DeFi lending markets. For the first two months, all protocol fees from Keyring’s
Kraken and Maple launched a $375M facility for institutional crypto lending access. The structure brings traditional credit protections into an onchain environment. Investors gain transparent, overcollateralized yield backed by BTC and ETH. Kraken and Maple have launched a $375 million onchain credit facility designed to expand institutional access to digital asset-backed lending. The initiative introduces
Michael Saylor has faced renewed legal pressure after a shareholder rights firm opened an investigation into Strategy, adding to mounting scrutiny that has accompanied the company’s sharp stock decline and Bitcoin’s latest selloff. Summary Rosen Law Firm has launched an investigation into Strategy over potential securities claims and is preparing a possible shareholder class action.
The Ethereum Foundation has opened applications for the 2026 Internship Program: a paid, full-time opportunity to work directly with teams advancing the Ethereum protocol and ecosystem. Interns will join EF teams for 12 weeks over the summer, contributing to active R&D and ecosystem-oriented projects across a wide range of focus areas. The internship is open
