Polygon Scales Network After Record Usage Pushes Fees Higher.
Polygon rolled out additional scaling optimizations to its PoS chain and AggLayer following sustained record transaction volume that kept average fees elevated above $0.09 for several days — the longest…
Wall Street Analysts Set Apple’s Stock Price Target for the Next 12 Months.
Wall Street analysts updated their consensus 12-month price target for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock to an average of $299.49 — implying approximately 15% upside from current levels around $260 —…
Tether Mints First $1B USDT of 2026 on Tron to Boost Liquidity.
Tether authorized the minting of $1 billion in new USDT on the Tron network — the first nine-figure issuance of the year — as confirmed by on-chain data and CTO…
Rain Raises $250M Series C for Enterprise-Grade Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure.
Rain, the leading Middle East-based provider of regulated stablecoin payments infrastructure, announced a massive $250 million Series C funding round — valuing the company at over $2.8 billion post-money and…
NFT Sales Nosedive 27% to $62.5M, Bitcoin Sales Dump 65%.
NFT sales volume plunged 27% week-over-week to just $62.5 million — the lowest weekly figure since mid-2023 — with Bitcoin-based Ordinals and Runes suffering the sharpest decline, down 65% to…
Torres, Pelosi Lead Push to Bar Government Officials from Prediction Markets.
Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit federal elected officials, senior executive branch members, and their immediate families from participating in prediction markets — explicitly…
WazirX Issues Recovery Tokens to Users with Locked Funds.
WazirX began distributing WRX Recovery Tokens to users affected by the July 2024 hack that resulted in $230 million in losses and frozen withdrawals — offering a structured path to…
Polygon Scales Network After Record Usage Pushes Fees Higher.
Polygon announced a series of immediate scaling upgrades to its PoS chain and AggLayer infrastructure after record-breaking transaction volume in early January drove average fees temporarily above $0.12 — the…
Vitalik Buterin Defends Tornado Cash Developer, Backs Privacy Rights.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin publicly defended Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm — currently facing trial in the U.S. on money-laundering charges — arguing that prosecuting open-source privacy tool creators sets…
Tether and UNODC Partner to Combat Crypto Crime in Africa.
Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, announced a landmark partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to bolster cybersecurity, enhance public education on digital asset security,…