Altcoins
Altcoin news and analysis: Ethereum, Solana and the wider token market, from upgrades and launches to risks, explained in plain English.
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Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz Joins the NEAR Foundation Council
Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz joined the NEAR Foundation Council, The Block reported. Intents volume is NEAR’s claim; credit the $3.8m exploit to The Block.
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Privy Partners With Ripple to Bring Its Wallets to the XRP Ledger, for Payments and AI-Agent Commerce
Privy is partnering with Ripple so developers will be able to build XRP Ledger wallets for payments and AI-agent commerce. No launch date was given.
Standard Chartered Lets Affluent UAE Clients Trade Bitcoin and Ether From Their Bank Accounts
Standard Chartered lets eligible affluent UAE clients buy and sell Bitcoin and Ether in their bank accounts, under a licence from Dubai's VARA.
Solana Sets 21 October for Alpenglow, Aiming to Finalise Transactions in About 150 Milliseconds
Solana plans to switch to its Alpenglow consensus system on 21 October, aiming to cut finality from about 12.8 seconds to roughly 150 milliseconds.
Ripple’s AI Security Play: How Machine Learning Is Protecting the XRP Ledger
Ripple's AI Security Play: How Machine Learning Is Protecting the XRP LedgerBlockchain security has always been a cat-and-mouse game. Now Ripple is bringing AI to the fight.The...
Top 5 AI Crypto Projects by Market Cap: The Infrastructure Behind the Intelligence Revolution
Top 5 AI Crypto Projects by Market Cap: The Infrastructure Behind the Intelligence RevolutionArtificial intelligence is reshaping every industry, and cryptocurrency is building the decentralized infrastructure to...
No Broker. No KYC. No Hours. How Hyperliquid Built a $7 Billion Commodity Empire
Oil spiked to $120. Then crashed to $85. While traditional brokers scrambled, crypto traders made fortunes on a decentralized exchange nobody saw coming. Welcome to the era...
BlackRock Just Slashed Ethereum Staking Fees to 10% — The Yield Wars Have Begun
Four days ago, BlackRock made a move that could reshape the entire Ethereum investment landscape. The world's largest asset manager cut its proposed ETH staking ETF fee...
Ethereum’s 73 Million Short Squeeze: Why ETH Could Be the Trade of March 2026
While Bitcoin captures headlines with its $74,000 resistance battle, Ethereum is quietly assembling one of the most explosive short squeeze setups in recent memory. With $273 million...
Solana Just Broke Below $85. Here’s What’s Driving the Collapse.
Solana has fallen below $85 — down more than 71% from its all-time high of $294. The once-unstoppable Layer 1 blockchain is now deep in bear territory,...
Paxos Moves $1.3B on Polygon for Under $700 — Why Card Networks Should Be Worried
The numbers are in: Paxos just processed over $1.3 billion in stablecoin payments on Polygon. The total gas cost? Less than $700.That's a 99.998% cost reduction compared...
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