Investment firm VanEck predicts Solana's SOL will touch $520 by the end of 2025 as the demand for smart contract platforms (SCP) grows and M2 money supply increases in the coming months.M2 money supply measures how much money is circulating in the U.

Sony’s public blockchain platform Soneium announced today the first collection of music NFTs launched on the network, in collaboration with onchain record label Coop Records.“In collaboration with Soneium, Coop Records is redefining music monetisatio

World Liberty Financial co-founder Chase Herro said on Thursday that the platform plans on creating a “strategic reserve” with the tokens it buys, according to a report from Bloomberg.The DeFi project is famously backed by President Donald Trump and

“Earlier today, we announced that we are now Strategy, a new name that powerfully and succinctly conveys the universal and global appeal of our company,” said Phong Le, President and Chief Executive Officer.The rebrand came to emphasize the firm’s fo

Offchain Labs, the core development firm behind Arbitrum, introduced what it describes as the “universal intent engine” to improve cross-chain interoperability for Layer 2 networks.The developers said the engine would enable cross-chain swaps and tra

Payments extorted through ransomware attacks decreased some 35% in 2024 compared to the year prior, according to a Feb. 5 report by Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics provider. In 2024, ransomware attackers extorted nearly $815 million in payments f

Bitdeer has acquired a 101-megawatt site and gas-fired power project in Alberta, Canada, aiming to become a fully vertically integrated Bitcoin miner.A fully vertically integrated miner would mean Bitdeer maintains control of the important components

2024 was a watershed year for digital assets, with Bitcoin’s annual volatility reaching a record low and stablecoin transaction values exceeding Visa and Mastercard.These are among the major takeaways from ARK Invest’s “Big Ideas 2025” report, releas

Anthony Scaramucci, the founder of SkyBridge Capital and former White House director of communications during US President Donald Trump’s first term, has suggested that members of Congress will act to curry favor with the crypto industry before the 2

Onchain sleuth ZachXBT claimed that Coinbase users lost more than $65 million between December 2024 and January 2025 from falling victim to social engineering scams.He stated the estimated $65 million is likely “much lower” than the actual amount as

Ethereum reached the consensus needed to increase the network's gas limit, with 50% of the validators signaling for this change to help improve the network's scalability.The gas limit is a critical parameter that dictates the network’s transaction ca

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index is up $3472.14 today or 3.55% to $101239.43Largest percentage increase since Jan. 17, 2025, when it gained 4.45%Snaps a three day losing streakUp 8.38% year-to-dateDown 5.15% from its all-time high of $106734.51 on Dec. 1

Banks will limit their crypto exposure as long as anti-money laundering risks are at play, according to investment bank TD Cowen."We believe greater crypto clarity could entice banks to act as crypto custodians, but banks will still want legal clarit

Cryptocurrency and blockchain venture capital funding rebounded in 2024 with $13.6 billion in cumulative investments, as declining interest rates and better US regulatory clarity created more favorable conditions for VC firms. This trend is expected

Recently confirmed U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be taking on a second role as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to a statement released on Monday. President Donald Trump tapped Bessent to lead the CF

Bitcoin's price has rebounded slightly, now hovering just above $98,000 after a day of intense market volatility.The scale of the turbulence is underscored by Coinglass data, which reports total cryptocurrency liquidations over the past 24 hours at m

US crypto exchange Kraken has acquired a Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) license for the European Union. With the license, the exchange will be able to offer derivative products to advanced crypto traders throughout the EU.Accordin

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) had nearly $5 billion worth of inflows over January, which could put them on track to see over $50 billion in inflows this year, says Bitwise investment chief Matt Hougan.“So far, so good: Spot Bitcoin ETF

The crypto market saw over $1 billion in long and short liquidations in the past 24 hours, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of upcoming tariffs on imported goods, which appeared to cause a broad sell-off in risk assets.According t

South Korea’s bitcoin kimchi premium hit a 10-month high as bitcoin on South Korean exchanges remained relatively steady amid a broader crypto sell-off.According to data from CryptoQuant, kimchi premium hit 9.7% for bitcoin at around 2 a.m. on Monday