The race for a Spot Solana Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) is drawing significant attention and efforts in the crypto sector, with several asset management companies submitting applications for the fund. As the deadline of approval draws near for the fund, 21Shares has taken a bold step to improve its spot SOL… Listen ⇢

Adam Back’s Blockstream has launched Bitcoin-native smart contract programming language Simplicity, offering an alternative to Ethereum’s Solidity. Blockstream, the developer of Bitcoin’s layer-2 protocol Liquid and led by Bitcoin cypherpunk Adam Back, has launched Simplicity, a new smart contract language designed for Bitcoin. According to a Thursday announcement shared with… Listen ⇢

TL;DR Analysts cite bullish chart patterns to envision potential price breakouts above $3 and even a new all-time high of over $4. A rising outflow of ADA from exchanges to self-custody wallets suggests strong holding behavior, while Grayscale’s proposed spot ETF (now awaiting SEC approval) could open the floodgates to… Listen ⇢

Former OpenSea employee Nathaniel Chastain has successfully appealed his judgment of conviction for wire fraud and money laundering. A US federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea manager found guilty of wire fraud and money laundering for using insider information to trade non-fungible tokens.… Listen ⇢

Naoris has launched a $120,000 bounty incentivising researchers to break key cryptographic algorithms underpinning Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana. Naoris, a cybersecurity firm focused on safeguarding digital assets from quantum computing threats, is offering bounties to anyone who can break the encryption algorithms that secure major blockchain networks. In an announcement… Listen ⇢

Expectations for an altcoin season have ramped up once again after the latest decline in the Bitcoin dominance. This decline is notable because the last time the dominance saw a similar decline, the altcoin market skyrocketed, leading to the current green phase. Crypto analyst Merlijn The Trader has also pointed… Listen ⇢

Pressure on BTC DXY gains power Right now, Bitcoin may be threatened by the growing U.S. economy, rather than by other cryptocurrencies. The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY), which compares the U.S. dollar to a basket of major world currencies, has experienced a surge in recent days. It is currently flirting… Listen ⇢

Ripple’s native token has extended its bullish momentum in alignment with Bitcoin’s continued strength, sustaining a well-defined uptrend against both USDT and BTC. However, recent price behavior suggests that the market might be temporarily pausing for a correction or consolidation, as signs of exhaustion begin to emerge across both pairs.… Listen ⇢

Chinese investors are reportedly hawking gold and appear to be pivoting into local equities. New data from Bloomberg indicates China’s four major onshore gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) witnessed combined net outflows of about 3.2 billion yuan (worth nearly $450 million) so far this month. Steve Zhou, an analyst at Huaan… Listen ⇢