Ripple is overhauling how it secures the XRP Ledger, and AI is at the center of the effort. Its engineering team outlined a new AI-driven security strategy for the XRP Ledger in a detailed post earlier this week, one that integrates machine learning tools across the protocol’s entire development lifecycle. The strategy includes AI-assisted code
Morgan Stanley is poised to shake up the spot bitcoin ETF market with a sharply lower fee structure, as new filing details show its upcoming Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT) will charge just 0.14% annually — undercutting every existing U.S. competitor. The fee, disclosed in updated trust documents shared by Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas, comes
Most Bitcoin never moves. It sits in wallets, accumulating value but never generating yield, never funding innovation, and never contributing to the ecosystem that gives it worth. But that’s changing, and Rootstock is leading the shift. If you’re a BTC holder who’s been watching Ethereum stakers and DeFi participants earn rewards for years, wondering when
Ethereum processed just over 2.88 million transactions in a single day last Friday — the highest daily total in its history. What made this moment particularly noteworthy was that it occurred in the context of unusually low average transaction fees. At first glance, that seems paradoxical. Activity spikes on Ethereum have historically coincided with congestion,
They cut off his finger to prove they were serious. The victim was a cryptocurrency entrepreneur. The ransom demand was over $10 million. And the man allegedly behind Europe’s worst crypto kidnapping just ran out of places to hide. Spanish Civil Guard arrested a French fugitive in Benalmádena, Málaga, under a European Arrest Warrant, according
Morgan Stanley plans to price its proposed spot bitcoin BTC$65,941.92 exchange-traded fund (ETF) at 14 basis points, a level just below current low-cost options for similar products, according to an amended filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The move could set off a new round of fee competition among existing funds. The
As of March 27, 2026, the Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index reads 13, placing sentiment in Extreme Fear. The current price of bitcoin is near $66,000. The index spans 0 to 100, with lower readings tied to fear-driven market conditions and higher readings tied to greed-driven conditions. The metric compiles inputs across price volatility, market
United Stables expands to Ethereum and TRON via Binance, enabling deposits, withdrawals, and multi-chain stablecoin liquidity. United Stables ($U) has expanded beyond BNB Chain into new blockchain ecosystems. The stablecoin now operates on Ethereum and TRON networks. Binance confirmed the integration and opened deposits and withdrawals. This move follows earlier milestones, including its listing and
Latin America’s crypto market is no longer defined only by crisis. Inflation, capital controls and expensive cross-border payments still shape demand, but they no longer tell the whole story. What is emerging across the region is something altogether more durable. Data released in February 2026 by Argentine fintech Lemon suggests that monthly active crypto users
Google just crossed a line that scientists spent decades arguing was theoretically possible but practically out of reach. On February 9, 2026, Google’s quantum team demonstrated below-threshold quantum error correction, meaning that adding more qubits to their system actually reduced errors instead of multiplying them. That sounds like an internal engineering milestone. It isn’t. For Bitcoin
