On Monday, 2 March 2026, VanEck CEO Jan van Eck said, “There’s been an investing cycle, Bitcoin goes up three years in a row, goes down pretty massively in that fourth year. 2026 is that fourth year. So that’s why we are in a Bitcoin bear market. So I think we can overcomplicate it. Now
Ethereum is a protocol undergoing significant changes. Client teams are upgrading the protocol to scale to meet global demand while improving security and decentralization. Beyond protocol development, a critical shift in Ethereum has been the movement away from ‘Eth1’ and ‘Eth2’ terminology. As of late 2021, core developers stopped using the terminology, preferring ‘execution layer’ and
Bitcoin price surged to $69,000 Tuesday before a correction, putting it on pace for its strongest daily performance in nearly a week, as VanEck CEO Jan VanEck suggested the world’s largest cryptocurrency may be carving out a cyclical bottom. Summary VanEck CEO says 2026 represents Bitcoin’s typical bear-cycle year but believes a bottom may be
It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we’ll check in on a couple of projects that are well underway – or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent milestones and achievements by grantees! GASOL (GAS Optimization TooLkit)
Institutional investors just bought an overall total of $1 billion in Bitcoin and crypto assets in one week, according to a new update from Coinshares. The inflows mark a reversal from a five-week streak of outflows totaling $4 billion. Bitcoin dominated the buying, drawing $881 million. Ethereum followed with $117 million in inflows, marking its
Bitcoin BTC$68,105.70 is on the brink of reaching a major symbolic milestone with the issuance of its 20 millionth coin. According to the Clark Moody Dashboard, 19,996,979 BTC have been mined, leaving just roughly 3,000 BTC remaining before the 20 millionth bitcoin is reached, roughly seven days away at current issuance rates. Once that threshold
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned this week that escalating conflict between the United States and Iran could complicate Federal Reserve efforts to cut interest rates in 2026, as geopolitical risk feeds through energy markets and inflation expectations. Summary Traders price almost no chance of a Fed rate cut at the March meeting. Oil
tl;dr Merge progress — minor spec updates, engineering full steam ahead 🚂 No progress in client diversity. Be selfish, run a minority client! Merge update First of all — fantastic work to all of the engineering teams on the Kintsugi sprint, which culminated in the launch of the Kintsugi Merge testnet. It is incredible to
Within minutes of the first U.S.-Israeli missiles striking Tehran on Saturday morning, a different kind of exodus was already underway. Crypto outflows from Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, surged 700%, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The spike was capital flight, executed in real time, by Iranians racing to move money out of a country
The crypto app Pump.fun is taking a significant step beyond its meme-coin roots, announcing broad new trading support that allows users to buy and sell a wider array of tokens directly within the platform. Summary Pump.fun now lets users trade a range of assets including WBTC, USDC, Ethereum (via Wormhole), and other launchpad tokens inside
