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After a year of unexpected turbulence for crypto markets, 2026 could mark a turning point driven by regulatory clarity, accelerating stablecoin adoption and an improving macroeconomic backdrop, according to a new outlook from Coinbase Institutional.In its 70-page report, Coinbase Institutional said digital assets have evolved “from a niche market to an emerging pillar of global market infrastructure,” even as price volatility and uneven liquidity defined much of 2025. Looking ahead, Coinbase’s institutional arm expects clearer global regulatory frameworks to provide stronger policy guardrails, supporting innovation and long-term market maturation.Rather than another retail-driven boom-and-bust cycle, 2026 is framed as a year…
The exchange restarted access on Thursday, including spot trading across 100 currency pairs. FCA financial promotion rules introduced in October 2023 led several crypto firms to end UK operations. The UK government has said it intends to establish a crypto rulebook by 2027. Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, says it has restarted services in the UK, nearly two years after tougher rules on the promotion and marketing of crypto products pushed firms to pull back. The company, which says it has around 80 million users globally, relaunched UK access on Thursday with a set of products…
Citi forecasts Bitcoin at $143K and Ethereum at $4,304 in 12 months. Regulatory clarity and adoption drive institutional interest in crypto. Short-term risks, including bearish patterns, options expiry, and ETF outflows, still linger. Citigroup has delivered one of the most upbeat outlooks from a major Wall Street institution on digital assets, forecasting strong upside for both Bitcoin and Ethereum over the next year. The bank’s projections come at a time when crypto markets are navigating sharp short-term volatility while longer-term adoption trends continue to strengthen. A bullish baseline with room to run In a recent research note, Citigroup set a…
Anthropic said on Wednesday it would release its Agent Skills technology as an open standard, a strategic bet that sharing its approach to making AI assistants more capable will cement the company's position in the fast-evolving enterprise software market.The San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company also unveiled organization-wide management tools for enterprise customers and a directory of partner-built skills from companies including Atlassian, Figma, Canva, Stripe, Notion, and Zapier.The moves mark a significant expansion of a technology Anthropic first introduced in October, transforming what began as a niche developer feature into infrastructure that now appears poised to become an industry standard."We're…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Danh C. Vo, founder and CEO of bitcoin mining company VBit Technologies Corp., with defrauding investors out of $48.5 million. According to the SEC, Vo misused the funds for gambling, cryptocurrency purchases, and gifts to family members, while misleading investors about the operations of his business. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, alleges Vo raised over $95.6 million from approximately 6,400 investors between December 2018 and February 2022. He sold “hosting agreements,” which promised investors a share of profits from bitcoin mining rigs operated by…
Building an enterprise AI company on a "foundation of shifting sand" is the central challenge for founders today, according to the leadership at Palona AI. Today, the Palo Alto-based startup—led by former Google and Meta engineering veterans—is making a decisive vertical push into the restaurant and hospitality space with today's launch of Palona Vision and Palona Workflow. The new offerings transform the company’s multimodal agent suite into a real-time operating system for restaurant operations — spanning cameras, calls, conversations, and coordinated task execution.The news marks a strategic pivot from the company’s debut in early 2025, when it first emerged with…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A crypto analyst has issued a stark warning to the SOL community, predicting that the Solana price could crash below $5. The expert’s bearish thesis is based on an extensive review of US federal court documents, suggesting that ongoing legal challenges and potential flaws in the Solana blockchain could lead to the end of the cryptocurrency. Analyst Predicts Solana Price Crash And Annihilation A crypto analyst who calls himself ‘NoLimit’ on X has released a report that has sent shockwaves through the Solana community. He shared court…
Key points:Bitcoin failed to hold above $90,000, indicating a lack of demand at higher levels.Several major altcoins started a recovery, but the higher levels attracted solid selling pressure from the bears.Bitcoin (BTC) bulls pushed the price above $90,000 on Wednesday, but higher levels attracted selling by the bears. Spot BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have recorded outflows of $634.8 million this week, according to Farside Investors data, indicating a cautious approach by institutional investors.CryptoQuant analyst MorenoDV_ said in a recent Quicktake analysis that the True Market Mean (TMM), which represents the cost basis of all non-dormant coins, excluding miners, acts “like…
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE), the operator of the New York Stock Exchange, is in discussions to invest in crypto payments company MoonPay, people familiar with the matter said, per Bloomberg. The potential funding round could value MoonPay at roughly $5 billion, up from its previous $3.4 billion valuation, according to the sources, who requested anonymity due to the private nature of the talks. MoonPay, based in New York, provides infrastructure for users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. The company recently secured a Limited Purpose Trust Charter from the New York Department of Financial Services, a move that complements its existing…
Ripple Labs is expanding its US dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD to Ethereum layer-2 blockchains as part of a pilot while it awaits regulatory approval for a full rollout next year.In partnership with Wormhole, a crosschain interoperability protocol that allows assets to move between different blockchains, the pilot will test RLUSD on Optimism, Base, Ink (an Ethereum layer 2 developed by Kraken), and Unichain, according to a statement from Ripple on Monday.Initially, RLUSD was issued on the XRP Ledger and Ethereum; however, Ripple said that the latest expansion is “essential for a scalable, efficient, and interoperable future.”“The future of crypto is undeniably…
