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Ethereum is trading at a critical juncture after briefly losing the $3,200 level, with bulls struggling to defend it amid rising selling pressure. The broader crypto market remains on edge, as fear and uncertainty continue to weigh on sentiment following days of steady declines across major assets. Traders are watching closely to see if Ethereum can stabilize above this key support zone — a failure to do so could trigger a deeper correction toward the $3,000 area. Related Reading Despite the mounting pressure, one prominent Ethereum whale — known for a series of large-scale purchases this month — continues to…

Circle is expanding into the foreign-exchange market, positioning stablecoins as a tool to modernize one of traditional finance’s most entrenched systems.The issuer of USDC (USDC) on Thursday unveiled Circle StableFX, an institutional onchain FX platform built on Arc1, the company’s forthcoming layer-1 blockchain, according to a news release shared with Cointelegraph. Circle also introduced Circle Partner Stablecoins, a program designed to support regulated regional stablecoins.Trading in the global FX market reached $9.6 trillion per day in April, up 28% from 2022, according to data from the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). The daily trading volume in the global FX market…

Demand for Bitcoin and crypto-linked investment funds continued to decline Thursday, despite the long-awaited end of the 43-day US government shutdown.US spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw $866 million in net outflows on Thursday, marking their second-worst day on record after the $1.14 billion daily outflows on Feb. 25, 2025, according to Farside Investors.This marked the second consecutive day of outflows for the Bitcoin ETFs, as the end of the 43-day US government shutdown failed to reignite investor appetite.The $866 million outflows occurred a day after President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill on Wednesday. The bill provides…

Key takeawaysSquare is enabling 4 million merchants to accept fast, low-fee Bitcoin payments through the Lightning Network.The rollout turns Bitcoin into a practical checkout option with instant settlement and no processing fees until 2027.Bitcoin payments can expand customer choice, cut costs and streamline cross-border transactions for online sellers.Merchants must still consider volatility, compliance, irreversible payments and customer adoption before integrating Bitcoin.Block, a payments infrastructure company led by Jack Dorsey, has introduced a Bitcoin payments platform through Square. The rollout gives Square’s US merchant network, which includes roughly 4 million businesses, the ability to accept Bitcoin (BTC), with availability expanding in…

Cryptocurrency markets have extended their decline despite much-awaited political developments taking place in the US.On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed a funding bill to end the record 43-day US government shutdown, after the bill passed through the Senate on Monday and was approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.The bill provides funding to the government until Jan. 30, 2026, and gives Democrats and Republicans more time to strike a deal on broader funding plans for the year ahead.  The end of the shutdown failed to lift demand among Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) buyers. Spot BTC ETFs saw a brief…

Key takeaways:Bitcoin evolves on two clocks: slow, consensus-driven changes at the base layer and fast experimentation at the edges.Major upgrades (such as Taproot) arrive through cautious soft forks after long review.Rapid shifts such as Lightning payments and Ordinals happen without changing Bitcoin’s core rules, which is why headlines move faster than the L1.The “50-year” line is a cue to look at where change occurs, whether in the core protocol or at the edge, before judging whether Bitcoin has truly changed.On November 10, 2025, Ripple chief technology officer David Schwartz posted a deadpan line on X: “Bitcoin is not the same…

The debut of the Canary Capital XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) is signaling renewed demand for altcoins, after the fund posted the strongest first-day performance of the more than 900 ETFs launched in 2025.Canary Capital’s XRP (XRP) ETF closed its first day with $58 million in trading volume, marking the most successful ETF debut of 2025 among both crypto and traditional ETFs, said Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas in a Thursday X post. The new fund garnered over $250 million in inflows during its first trading day, surpassing the recent inflows of all other crypto ETFs. Part of the reason behind the successful…

Opinion by: Lennix Lai, global chief commercial officer of OKXMore than three years after FTX’s collapse, the crypto industry must not forget that trust in our system depends on verifiable transparency. Arguably, that lesson matters more now than ever as we experience a period of volatility.The idea behind proof of reserves (PoR) is simple yet powerful. Through transparent, onchain audits, exchanges can demonstrate that every customer balance is backed one-to-one by assets held in reserve. In the aftermath of FTX, PoR became a lifeline — a tangible way to prove that the industry was taking real steps to overcome its…

The multibillion-dollar scam known as “pig-butchering,” once treated as a consumer-fraud issue, has crossed a new threshold and is prompting concerns over national security. In a podcast, Chainalysis head of national security intelligence, Andrew Fierman, and former prosecutor Erin West, founder of cross-sector anti-scam nonprofit Operation Shamrock, discussed how pig butchering is becoming a threat to national security. “So if anybody is touching money in any way, you’re part of this. So you need to be prepared to understand the threat and the gravity of what’s happening on a national security level,” West said, highlighting the importance of education and awareness in…

Ethereum price continues to weaken as long-term holders sell at their fastest pace since 2021, putting steady pressure on ETH market sentiment. Summary Ethereum price is sliding as long-term holders increase daily sell pressure Futures data from CryptoQuant shows net taker volume is still negative, suggesting buyers have not regained control. Technical indicators and moving averages remain aligned to the downside, maintaining bearish trend. Ethereum is trading near $3,211, down 10% in the past 24 hours. The price has fallen 4% over the week and 21% in the past month, leaving it about 35% below the August high of $4,946.…