A new Solana governance proposal called SIMD-0550 aims to double the speed at which the network’s inflation rate is. It targets to eliminate $1.5 billion in future SOL token emissions at current prices and compresses the timeline to reach the terminal inflation floor from 5.7 years down to 2.8. The proposal was submitted by Helius
The House Ways and Means Committee circulated seven draft bills ahead of this week’s hearing on crypto tax policy, signaling what the industry can expect. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions. The narrative The House Ways and
Better Home & Finance Holding Company (NASDAQ: BETR) and Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) on Thursday announced the funding of the first Fannie Mae-backed mortgage collateralized by Bitcoin in the United States, marking what the companies called a pivotal moment in bridging digital asset wealth and traditional homeownership. The debut loan was closed by Joe and Amy,
Cardano price slides into what analysts call a third Elliott Wave decline while Frederic Gregaard says the network keeps building. ADA holders are watching closely. The price chart was already telling a story before anyone said anything. ADA dropped to around $0.162 on the 4-hour chart, and the Cardano pattern traders had been tracking for
Welcome back to the Chart Decoder Series, your guide to mastering the charts and your trading universe. You’ve probably seen it happen. Markets rally sharply, only to reverse days later. These moves are often driven by what larger traders are doing behind the scenes. As buying picks up, some players start selling into that strength.
In Bitcoin news today, publicly traded companies built around holding BTC as their core reserve asset have shed $62Bn in combined market value since early October, with the total capitalization of these firms collapsing from $134Bn to approximately $72Bn, according to data from Artemis. Dozens of digital-asset treasury companies are affected, and losses in their
Ethereum Foundation budget cuts, staff departures and leadership changes have fueled weeks of criticism from parts of the blockchain’s community, but Joe Lubin, who was involved in its creation and is now CEO of software developer Consensys, said the moves are a necessary evolution, not a crisis. Lubin, who has no role at the foundation,
Bitcoin fell to as low as $61,400 overnight before trimming losses to $62,400 in premarket hours Thursday, down 7% over the past 24 hours and more than 14% over the past week. Strategy and Michael Saylor’s MSTR is down nearly 15% in 5 trading days. The drop has pushed bitcoin into a technical bear market,
DUBAI, UAE, June 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced the launch of Bybit IPO Express, becoming one of the first centralized crypto exchanges globally to offer tokenized IPO (initial public offerings) at the offering price. Powered by Payward Services‘ xStocks, eligible retail investors worldwide can now participate
Nineteen French victims lost nearly €1.5 million to Albanian crypto scammers operating fake investment platforms. Tirana’s low wages and multilingual workforce made Albania a prime base for organised crypto fraud call centres. Scammers used fake LinkedIn profiles and identity cards to appear credible before psychologically trapping their victims. A complex network of crypto fraudsters that
