Cardano activated the Van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, moving the network to Protocol Version 11, as the hard fork reached Mainnet after months of testing, coordination, and governance discussions among developers, infrastructure providers, DReps, SPOs, founding entities, and the wider community. It is a governance milestone within Cardano’s Voltaire era on-chain decision

• Volume increased during the breakout attempt, with CoinGecko showing 24-hour trading volume of about $1.27 billion. • XRP held above the $1.08-$1.10 area through the session, keeping the short-term recovery structure intact. Technical Analysis • The key short-term level is $1.13. A sustained break above it would confirm the triangle breakout watched by traders

Bitcoin miner Hut 8’s shares rose Monday after the Toronto Stock Exchange- and Nasdaq-listed firm said it had signed a second 15-year lease worth $9.8 billion for its AI data center.  Hut 8 shares peaked as high as $106 a pop before dropping to around $101. They closed Monday up over 10%.  The deal will

Damoon Technology (Europe) AG, trading as Paymonade, becomes one of just 280 firms authorised EEA-wide under MiCA as the bloc’s transitional period closes VADUZ, Liechtenstein and SINGAPORE, July 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Europe’s crypto industry is undergoing one of the most drastic regulatory consolidations any financial sector has faced in recent years. Before the European

Russia’s State Duma will review a crypto regulation bill on July 21, creating rules for investors and international crypto transactions. Russia is preparing to take another step toward regulating crypto activities. The second and third readings of a bill on the regulation of cryptocurrencies will be held on July 21 in the State Duma. The

What actually moved the tape The week opened with markets pricing in a fragile ceasefire in Iran and a 10-year Treasury yield of 4.6 percent. Sentiment shifted rapidly as Donald Trump took to his social media channels to post on potential military action. Diplomatic interventions from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE pulled the reversal

Today’s BTC USD price prediction has Bitcoin is trading around $64,600, up a modest +0.3% in 24 hours, but the real story isn’t the current candle. It’s what a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst just mapped out using 22 years of gold ETF history, and what that roadmap implies for BTC’s next major leg. The number at

It adds new capabilities to Plutus, the platform developers use to write Cardano’s smart contracts, unifying the built-in functions available across the platform’s three versions so older applications gain newer features. The upgrade also tightens several of the ledger’s validation rules, including one guaranteeing that no two stake pools can reuse the same cryptographic identity

Bitcoin Japan, a subsidiary of Asia’s answer to Strategy, Metaplanet, has announced it entered into a financing agreement to start buying the leading cryptocurrency for its treasury.  The Tokyo-based, publicly-listed company said Thursday that it had approved a convertible bond deal with EVO Fund to raise 9.66 billion yen ($59.5 million). The deal will see

Bitmine owns 4.8% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 96% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 12 months Bitmine repurchased 5.5 million common stock in the past week, authorized under the previously announced $4 billion share repurchase program Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap