The number of Bitcoin addresses (bitcoin whales) holding at least 100 BTC has climbed to a new all-time high, according to on-chain data from Bitcoin Magazine Pro, pointing to continued accumulation among large holders despite some recent bitcoin price dips and broader crypto market volatility. The metric tracks the total number of unique Bitcoin addresses
Pump.fun, the Solana-based memecoin launchpad, is shaking up its creator-fee system after realizing last year’s Dynamic Fees V1 incentivized coin creation over the trading activity that fuels the platform. Summary Pump.fun is updating its creator-fee structure after Dynamic Fees V1 incentivized low-risk coin creation over active trading, which is vital for platform health. The platform’s
Welcome to Devcon. We’ve got a lot to cover, and in this post you’ll read about it all! Read closely as we go over transit to the venue from Osaka’s airports, the Devcon Venue, the Agenda & Devcon App, and more! Please bookmark this piece to answer all questions that you may have related to
The presale crypto arena is hitting a boiling point as several next-generation projects race toward critical milestones. With exchange launches looming and supply windows rapidly closing, early-stage positioning has become the defining factor. Ozak AI continues to expand its decentralized AI infrastructure, while Mutuum Finance accelerates testing on its DeFi lending framework. Both are progressing
XRP price suffered a big reversal and dropped for four consecutive days as the recent crypto market rally lost momentum. Summary XRP price has retreated in the past few days, erasing some of the recent gains. The supply of stablecoins in XRP Ledger has crossed the $400 million milestone. Technical analysis suggests that the token
Although the internet has been more quiet than usual, we’ve been super busy hacking away on eth2! Between Devcon5 and keeping our heads down to work, it seems we’ve left the community in the dark on a couple of items. Here’s a quick update to fill in the gaps. Deposit Contract Although the deposit contract
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reportedly moved about $1 billion in cryptocurrency through two UK-registered exchanges over the past two years, according to a report by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. Summary Investigators at TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence firm, found that the IRGC used Tether (USDT) on the TRON blockchain to route funds.
Q4 2025 broke crypto’s long-standing seasonal script. Instead of a year-end rally, the market sold off hard, dragging the total crypto market cap down to roughly $2.9 trillion. It pushed Bitcoin from October highs into the low-$80,000s. The new 99Bitcoins Q4 2025 State of Crypto Market Report, in collaboration with Crypto.com, frames the move as
Welcome to the second installment of eth2 quick update. tldr; Spec release of v0.9.0 — Tonkatsu to ensure Phase 0 development can continue unimpeded. Work continues in ironing out the details of the modified Phase 1 proposal. Quiet client development focused on eth1 -> eth2 infrastructure, general hardening for production, and optimizations. Tonkatsu Release As
Crypto markets barely flinched as a trio of macro headlines crossed the tape, with major tokens drifting sideways to lower despite fresh signals from U.S. labor data, looming Supreme Court action on Trump-era tariffs, and renewed geopolitical tension in the Middle East. Summary The crypto market rallied after the latest US NFP data. The economy
