TRX sees rising accumulation and speculation as USDT activity and stablecoin supply surge on TRON.

Bitcoin approaches a critical SOPR level as leverage builds and outflows persist.

Bitcoin treasury giant Strategy has always been coy about naming its BTC custodians. But people outside the firm do know who they are. For starters, Strategy has repeatedly cited its “various custody arrangements”—there is no one exclusive custodian that’s holding onto its nearly $72 billion worth of BTC on the company’s behalf. A spokesperson for Coinbase confirmed it is one of Strategy's custodians when asked by Decrypt—but stressed that MSTR has previously named Coinbase as one of its custodi...

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy can’t help sharing his crypto fumbles, notably declaring in 2021 that he “fucked up Bitcoin” by panic-selling his stash for a huge loss the year prior. But the outspoken personality continues to play in the crypto world, including launching his own Solana meme coins last year and pumping-and-dumping others. Now he’s griping publicly about selling off his stash of XRP before the prominent cryptocurrency surged to an all-time high on Thursday, breaking a record...

Labour member of parliament Pat McFadden said the UK should consider banning crypto political donations, citing concerns of illicit or foreign money funding campaigns. The call comes two months after Nigel Farage announced that his Reform UK party would become the first British party to accept donations in crypto. Ian Taylor, board advisor for digital asset advocacy group Crypto UK, told Decrypt that McFadden’s comments were “absolutely” a political move made to stunt Reform UK’s growing popular...

Top whale holders accumulated over 100 million ASM tokens this week.

A former National Crime Agency officer who stole 50 BTC from a crime network he was investigating has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison after his year-long deception was revealed through forensic blockchain analysis. Paul Chowles from Bristol was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to theft, transferring criminal property, and concealing criminal property, according to a Crown Prosecution Service statement. Chowles was first charged in March 2025...

Old-school cryptocurrencies are surging in the wake of XRP setting a new all-time high, after a painstaking seven-year wait. One expert believes it is an early sign of an altcoin season following Bitcoin’s all-time high on Monday, adding that newer altcoins could be next to pump. Major retro altcoins Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash have all seen notable gains, with other altcoin such as Uniswap, Dogecoin, and Hedera also jumping in value.  “We're seeing early signals of an 'altcoin...

From stablecoins to staking, ETH is becoming the reserve asset of the onchain economy.

Hungary’s newly updated laws on cryptocurrency trading could have a negative impact on the domestic crypto market, according to the Blockchain Hungary Association. Kornél Kalocsai, the association’s president, was largely welcoming of the updated criminal code while speaking with Decrypt. The new regulations impose penalties for the operation and use of unlicensed cryptocurrency exchanges. These include as many as five years in prison for investors who trade in excess of $1.45 million (or 500 mi...

Major hurdles could stall IMX bulls betting on a rally.

For the first time ever, the total value of all cryptocurrencies surpassed $4 trillion Friday before pulling back slightly, with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) accounting for over 70% of total market value, driven by surging investor demand and a string of regulatory victories in the U.S. Bitcoin rose 1.4% in 24 hours to top $120,336, while Ethereum surged 6.4% to $3,647, per CoinGecko data, with BTC’s market cap climbing to $2.395 trillion and ETH’s at $440.4 billion. Both assets have since r...

ETH breaks resistance at $3,350 with 95% whale accumulation surge and major regulatory wins driving institutional adoption in July 2025.

LIDO DAO surges 21% to a 2 months high as investors rush into the market following Blackrock's filing of ETHA staking

Ethereum gains steam as whales load up and Coinbase premium signals strong U.S. institutional demand.

Bitcoin has reclaimed the $120,000 mark following a brief pullback earlier this week as renewed institutional flows continued to be buoyed by clearer U.S. crypto policy.  Its return comes after profit-taking briefly capped the alpha asset's momentum, stalling a seven-day rally that had pushed it to new highs. Last week’s rally found a local bottom near $114,000, QCP Capital said in its Wednesday Asia Colour note, adding that Bitcoin has since hovered in a tight range as traders assess whether th...

Assessing the significance of the $10 level as Uniswap surges.

A former semi-pro rugby player who promised investors daily returns from a crypto mining business that never existed has been sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison. Shane Donovan Moore operated Quantum Donovan LLC from January 2021 to October 2022, during which he defrauded over 40 investors out of more than $900,000, according to the Department of Justice’s Thursday statement. Moore claimed the funds would be used to purchase crypto mining rigs that would generate 1% daily returns...

Crypto prices have swelled in recent weeks, bolstered by a favorable outcome in Washington, D.C., amid renewed market exuberance and favorable macroeconomic developments. XRP is leading the pack among the top 20 cryptos by market cap, up nearly 20% on the day and more than 43% in a week. Meanwhile, the seminal meme token Dogecoin is up 9.5% and 19.5% over the same periods, according to CoinGecko data. Sean Dawson, Head of Research at Derive, an on-chain options platform, told Decrypt that the co...