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Ether’s (ETH) price reclaimed the $3,000 level on Monday, a 16% rebound from the $2,620 multimonth low reached on Nov. 21. Market analysts pointed to key data metrics that suggest that ETH is “building up for breakout” to higher highs.Key takeaways:Ether whales accumulated aggressively over the last six months.Robust network activity, Ethereum scaling upgrades in January are tailwinds for ETH.Traders expect ETH to rally to all-time highs once the barrier at $4,000 is broken.What’s behind Ether’s rebound?Ether whales remained confident about the prospects of a further rally, using the recent pullback to accumulate more tokens. Data from CryptoQuant shows a growing…

Migrating Bitcoin (BTC) to post-quantum standards will take at least 5-10 years, according to Bitcoin core developer and co-founder of crypto custody company Casa, Jameson Lopp, who weighed in on the ongoing quantum computer debate.Lopp agreed with Adam Back, the CEO of crypto infrastructure company Blockstream, that there is no near-term threat to Bitcoin from quantum computers. Lopp said in an X post. “Quantum computers won’t break Bitcoin in the near future. We’ll keep observing their evolution. Yet, making thoughtful changes to the protocol and an unprecedented migration of funds could easily take 5 to 10 years. Source: Jameson LoppWe…

IEEE Spectrum’s most popular biomedical stories of the last year centered both on incorporating new technologies and revamping old ones. While AI is all the rage in most sectors—including biomed, with applications like an in-brain warning system for worsening mental health and a model to estimate heart rate in real time—biomedical news this past year has also focused on legacy technologies. Tech like Wi-Fi, ultrasound, and lasers have all made comebacks or found new uses in 2025.Whether innovation stems from new tech or old, IEEE Spectrum will continue to cover it rigorously in 2026. Georgia Institute of Technology, Icahn School…

The US dollar’s global reserve share dropped to 56.32% in Q2 2025, but 92% of that decline was driven by exchange-rate effects, not central bank portfolio changes. Currency adjustments show a marginal decline to just 57.67%, indicating central banks largely maintained their USD holdings.The International Monetary Fund’s new Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) report provides important insights for crypto investors tracking macroeconomic trends. The data reveals that central banks kept dollar allocations steady, even amid notable currency swings during the quarter.Sponsored IMF: Central Banks Stayed Dollar-Heavy Despite DepreciationThe IMF’s COFER dataset tracks currency reserves from 149 economies…

Key Takeaways The Ethereum Foundation is prioritizing security over speed, aiming for 128-bit provable security by the end of 2026. A three-stage roadmap was outlined, requiring zkEVM teams to use official tools and meet incremental security thresholds. Share this article The Ethereum Foundation is shifting focus from performance to security, setting a target of 128-bit provable security for L1 zkEVMs by the end of 2026. It requires participating zkEVM teams to adopt a standardized security measurement tool and has laid out a three-phase roadmap to reach the goal.The first phase focuses on a unified security assessment in early 2026. The…

Bitcoin’s hashrate fell by about 10% in a single day on Sunday, with Jianping Kong, former co-chairman of Bitcoin mining hardware producer Canaan, attributing it to mining farms shutting down in China’s Xinjiang autonomous region.In a Monday X post, Kong said Bitcoin’s hashrate dropped by about 100 terahashes per second (TH/s) since Sunday. He claimed the drop to was caused by “at least 400,000 machines” shutting down, based on an estimate of 250 terahashes per application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners.Kong tied the change to Bitcoin mining farms shutting down in China’s Xinjiang autonomous region. Cointelegraph was unable to verify the…

Key points:Bitcoin is attempting a recovery from the $84,000 level, but the bears continue to sell on rallies.Several major altcoins are struggling to start a recovery, but Bitcoin Cash looks strong in the near term.Bitcoin (BTC) rose above $89,000 after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) hiked its rates to about 0.75% on Friday, but the bulls are struggling to hold onto the higher levels. Although a BoJ rate hike is generally considered negative for risk assets, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes told his X followers not to fight the BoJ as negative real rates was the explicit policy. Hayes projected the…

Build-A-Bear Workshop wasn’t always a retail winner.The toy store, known for its interactive experience of building and accessorizing stuffed animals, has gone through a significant turnaround since CEO Sharon Price John took the helm of the company over a decade ago.”When I first came in 2013, that assessment of the brand was strong,” she told CNBC. “We don’t have a broken brand, we have a broken business, and when you started doing interviews, you really understood how much this brand meant to people.”The company found initial success in malls in the early 2000s, but Build-A-Bear’s stock plunged after the 2008…

Key takeaways NEAR is up by less than 1% and is approaching $1.5. The positive performance comes despite the broader crypto market underperforming. NEAR Intents integrates with Starknet NEAR, the native coin of the Near Protocol, is trading at $1.48 per coin, up by less than 1% in the last 24 hours. Its positive performance comes despite the massive selloff in the broader cryptocurrency market.  The coin bucked the trend thanks to Near Protocol’s NEAR Intents platform integration with Starknet, a ZK execution layer scaling Ethereum on Thursday. The integration effectively brings chain-abstracted, intent-based swaps into the ecosystem.  It also…

The 71-year-old said she doesn’t have six more years in her. Cynthia Lummis, an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Wyoming since 2021, said she will not seek reelection. She is known as a long-term supporter of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies who spearheaded several attempts to introduce pro-digital-asset legislation. Thank you, Wyoming! Serving our state has been the honor of my life. – Cynthia Lummis pic.twitter.com/FoRTlHaHxI — Cynthia Lummis 🦬 (@CynthiaMLummis) December 19, 2025 After thanking her home state for the “incredible honor” to represent it in the US Senate, she admitted that she…