Author: Oguz Ozdemir
Layer-1 networks are busy rolling out their 2026 roadmaps. With 2025 highlighting a clear divergence between price action and fundamentals, devs. Focus is shifting. Ultimately, volatility has reinforced a key lesson: Over the long run, fundamentals matter more than speculation. Building on this momentum, Vitalik Buterin, the founder of the Ethereum [ETH] network, welcomed 2026 with a renewed emphasis on Ethereum’s “decentralization,” paired with a stronger focus on real-world applications. Source: Growthpiechart (Ethereum revenue) The big question is whether this approach actually paid off in 2025. Fundamentally, Ethereum had its strongest operational year yet, with record transaction volumes, major network…
Bitcoin ended 2025 with a realized daily volatility of 2.24%, the lowest annual reading in the asset’s recorded history.K33 Research’s volatility chart stretches back to 2012, when Bitcoin saw daily moves of 7.58%, and shows steady compression through each cycle: 3.34% in 2022, 2.80% in 2024, and now 2.24% in 2025.Yet, the narrative doesn’t match the numbers. October’s drawdown from $126,000 to $80,500 felt brutal, and the tariff-driven liquidation on Oct. 10 wiped $19 billion in leveraged longs in a single day.The paradox: Bitcoin became less volatile by traditional measures while attracting larger capital flows and delivering larger absolute price…
Iran is now letting foreign buyers pay for advanced weapons using cryptocurrency, alongside barter and local currency. Officials from the Ministry of Defence Export Center, known as Mindex, confirmed that digital assets are being accepted as payment for overseas arms sales. Years of sanctions and isolation from global banking systems appear to have pushed Iran toward these alternatives to keep military exports moving. Crypto Added to Payment Options for Foreign Arms Buyers Mindex has updated its terms to officially include digital currency as a settlement option. The list also allows barter deals and payments in Iranian rials, giving buyers more…
Today marks Bitcoin’s 17th birthday. On January 3, 2009, an anonymous creator known as Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Bitcoin genesis block, embedding a now-famous message referencing the global banking crisis unfolding at the time. Back then, almost no one noticed. Fast-forward to today, seventeen years later, that creation has now become one of the most disruptive financial inventions in modern history, surviving ridicule, banks, crashes, and countless declarations of its death. Happy birthday, Bitcoin! 17-Years Old In its infancy, BTC was little more than an experiment among cryptographers and libertarians. It didn’t really have a known price, there were…
Crypto analyst BALO has predicted that the Dogecoin price could still rally to new all-time highs (ATHs) despite its decline last year. He revealed what level DOGE needs to reclaim to trigger this massive breakout that could lead to new highs. Dogecoin Price Eyes Rally To ATH With Reclaim Of This Level In an X post, BALO stated that a reclaim of $0.13 could trigger a massive breakout for the Dogecoin price and could lead to a new all-time high (ATH) for the top meme coin. His statement came just before DOGE reclaimed this level, rallying double digits in the…
MARA stock rose 10.36% on the first trading day of the year. The shares closed at $9.91 after hitting an intraday high of $9.99. The move followed a broad rally across crypto markets and came without any company-specific announcement. Bitcoin Rally Reignites MARA Stock After 52-Week Low The breakthrough of MARA came after a weak moment. It was a 52-week low which the stock had just reached, and then reversed with the broader market. The trading activity also got more active, including increased participation in the crypto rally. However, the addional catalyst scheduled is earnings. The Q4 results of MARA…
Solana heads into 2026 facing the question of whether infrastructure upgrades and tokenized financial activity can push the network beyond its memecoin reputation.Solana kicked off 2025 at the height of the memecoin frenzy, with Solana (SOL) reaching a new all-time high of $293 on Jan. 19. As memecoin volumes cooled over the year, SOL had fallen to around $130 by mid-December.“Solana needs to shake off the stamp of ‘memecoin [or] NFT’ chain and position itself as a serious place for Web2 and Web3 financial businesses to come and build the future of finance,” Tomas Fanta, principal at the crypto investment…
Cardano price was up 10% to above $0.38 as Bitcoin crossed $90,200. ADA is eyeing a potential breakout to $2. Bulls will look to ride key catalysts in 2026. Cardano’s ADA token rose more than 10% to trade above $0.38, after buyers pushed the price back above the closely watched $0.35 level that analysts have long identified as a key support zone. The move comes alongside a broader upswing in the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin advanced about 2% to trade above $90,000, providing a supportive backdrop for risk appetite across digital assets. Major altcoins also recorded strong gains, with Ethereum climbing…
Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $174.43 million in net inflows on January 2, breaking a pattern of year-end redemptions. Summary Ethereum ETFs recorded $174M in inflows, breaking December’s redemption trend. Grayscale and BlackRock led buying as weekly flows turned positive again. Bitcoin ETFs mirrored strength with $471M in inflows. Grayscale’s ETHE led all funds with $53.69 million in inflows, while Grayscale’s mini ETH trust added $50.03 million. BlackRock’s ETHA attracted $47.16 million as per the latest data. Bitwise’s ETHW posted $18.99 million in inflows and VanEck’s ETHV saw $4.56 million. Fidelity’s FETH, along with Franklin’s EZET, 21Shares’ TETH, and Invesco’s QETH…
The UK and more than 40 other countries have started a new global system to track crypto taxes. The goal is simple. Make it more difficult for crypto investors to evade tax authorities. From January 1, major crypto exchanges in the UK must now collect full transaction records for users. This includes the amount of cryptocurrency investors bought, the amount they sold, and any profits they made. Additionally, exchanges must also record where users pay tax and send that information to HM Revenue and Customs. These rules are part of a global plan created by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation…