Crypto Breaking News

The XRP Ledger is set to activate Permissioned Domains on February 4 after more than 91% of validators approved the XLS-80 amendment.

Aave is winding down its Avara umbrella brand and phasing out the Family crypto wallet as it sharpens its focus on decentralised finance.

Standard Chartered has cut its Solana price target for 2026 to $250 while raising its longer-term forecast to $2,000 by the end of the decade, citing the blockchain’s growing role in micropayments.

Stablecoin-related “dust” transfers on Ethereum have more than tripled since the Fusaka upgrade, now accounting for roughly 11% of transactions and 26% of active addresses, according to Coin Metrics.

Sam Altman said OpenAI’s Codex made him feel “a little useless and sad,” triggering a wave of backlash on X as users linked his comments to real-world job losses caused by AI.

Jeffrey Epstein invested $3 million in crypto exchange Coinbase in 2014, with newly released US Justice Department emails indicating senior company figures were aware of his involvement.

Wirex has partnered with Chimera Wallet to launch the Chimera Card, a Bitcoin-funded debit card that allows users to spend BTC at more than 80 million merchants worldwide.

BitMEX has launched its Grand Ascent campaign, offering traders a share of a 100,000 USDT prize pool through a series of trading missions.

Vitalik Buterin said the original vision for Ethereum’s layer-2 scaling model “no longer makes sense,” arguing that many L2s have failed to meaningfully decentralise or inherit mainnet security.

Payward, the parent of crypto exchange Kraken, reported a 33% jump in revenues in 2025 as higher trading activity and acquisitions boosted performance.

A crypto developer has launched a website that allows AI agents to hire humans for real-world tasks, blending decentralised tech culture with so-called agentic artificial intelligence.

Bitcoin’s sharp decline has reignited debate over whether the market has entered a new crypto winter, with veteran investor Michael Burry warning prices could fall as low as $50,000.