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XRP is gaining renewed interest as traders assess which crypto plays still hold major upside for 2025 and beyond. Recent projections show XRP could climb as high as $4.70 by 2026, meaning a $500 investment today at $2.78 could grow to roughly $845. That’s a respectable 68% return, but not the kind of explosive upside that early crypto adopters dream about. With growing speculation around future spot ETF approvals and expanding utility in cross-border payments, XRP remains a strong long-term play – but not necessarily a fast-track to 50x profits. That’s why some investors are eyeing smaller-cap projects like MAGACOIN…
Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin treasury firm has more than doubled its Bitcoin holdings since November last year — the month the US President Donald Trump won the federal election in a landslide vote. Strategy has accumulated 376,571 Bitcoin (BTC), worth $43.2 billion at current market prices, since Trump’s election victory. Before Trump’s win, it had taken Strategy a little over four years to accumulate 252,220 BTC.This means the firm accumulated 60% of its current 628,791 BTC stash in just the last nine months as Trump has been ushering in a raft of pro-crypto regulations and reversing the previous Biden-era policies of enforcement…
A US congresswoman has urged the commodities regulator to investigate its nominated chair, Brian Quintenz, over his ties to Kalshi, a prediction platform regulated by the CFTC. Democratic Representative Dina Titus asked Commodity Futures Trading Commission acting chair Caroline Pham in a letter on Monday to open “an inquiry into whether Mr. Brian Quintenz has violated CFTC policies, any applicable federal statute, or his own ethical pledge prior to his Senate confirmation” to chair the agency.“Specifically, I request that you release all relevant communications from or about Mr. Quintenz related to prediction markets and event contracts,” she wrote. “As you are aware,…
The progress being made in the Ethereum ecosystem lately is really inspiring. Whether you’re excited by the adoption of proof of stake (and a faster, more secure, greener Ethereum), the coming Merge and other big upgrades, or by some of the many applications and solutions that have the power to change diverse industries, it is a great time to be a part of the Ethereum community. Our evolving role While we are all excited about the growth of Ethereum and the future that our collective work can help to create, I am also often asked about the role of the…
Update (Aug. 4, 2025, at 1:50 pm UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by XMRig developer Sergei Chernykh.A mining pool behind an attempted 51% takeover of Monero is reportedly under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, disrupting the effectiveness of its attempt.In a Sunday X post, Sergey Ivancheglo, who claims responsibility for the takeover attempt, said the Qubic mining pool he controls is under a DDoS attack. He added that the attack resulted in the mining pool’s hashrate falling from 2.6 gigahashes per second down to 0.8 GH/s.One user questioned whether a DDoS is a sustainable response to…
Keshav is currently a senior writer at NewsBTC and has been attached to the website since June 14, 2021. Keshav has been writing for many years, first as a hobbyist and later as a freelancer. He has experience working in a variety of niches, even fiction at one point, but the cryptocurrency industry has been the longest he has been attached to. In terms of official educational qualifications, Keshav holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from one of the premier institutes of India, the University of Delhi (DU). He started the degree with an aim of eventually making a career…
Update (Aug. 4, 2025, at 1:50 pm UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by XMRig developer Sergei Chernykh.A mining pool behind an attempted 51% takeover of Monero is reportedly under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, disrupting the effectiveness of its attempt.In a Sunday X post, Sergey Ivancheglo, who claims responsibility for the takeover attempt, said the Qubic mining pool he controls is under a DDoS attack. He added that the attack resulted in the mining pool’s hashrate falling from 2.6 gigahashes per second down to 0.8 GH/s.One user questioned whether a DDoS is a sustainable response to…
Crypto kiosks are fueling a new wave of fraud and cartel-driven laundering, prompting urgent calls for tighter controls across the U.S. financial system. FinCEN Sounds Alarm: Crypto Kiosks Now High-Risk Vectors for Money Laundering The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a notice on Aug. 4, warning that convertible virtual […]
Key Takeaways PancakeSwap failed to breakout past the 7-month range, and the price action following the rejection showed that bears were dominant. Despite this, a price bounce to $2.7 or even $2.95 was possible. PancakeSwap [CAKE] saw a 2.83% price bounce on Sunday, the 3rd of August. However, its short-term trend was bearish after the failed breakout past $2.95 toward the end of July. This failure saw the price retrace back into the range that is just over 7 months old. The native token of the decentralized exchange on the BNB Smart Chain did not inspire bullish confidence, even though…
Nuclear tensions are spiking as Washington abandons diplomacy for military posturing, with Ron Paul warning that reckless responses to rhetoric are reviving Cold War dangers. Nuclear Risks Climb as Washington Trades Dialogue for Deployment, Warns Ron Paul Former U.S. congressman and well-known advocate for liberty Ron Paul wrote in his weekly column, published on Aug. […]