The average transaction fee on the Bitcoin network has fallen below $0.40 for the first time since 2017, according to on-chain data shared by analyst Darkfost. The drop is markedly different from other times in the past when low costs were triggered by low usage, as it has come while daily transaction counts are still…
Ripple’s Digital Asset Accounts and Unified Treasury let corporates manage fiat, RLUSD, XRP and other tokens inside existing treasury systems, targeting on‑chain cash and stablecoin demand. Summary Ripple has launched Digital Asset Accounts and Unified Treasury, a crypto fund-management stack for corporate finance teams. The platform lets enterprises manage fiat, RLUSD and XRP alongside other…
Drift Protocol said it was investigating unusual activity on April 1 and urged users not to deposit funds, according to a post on X. Drift Protocol is experiencing an active attack. Deposits and withdrawals have been suspended. We are coordinating with multiple security firms, bridges, and exchanges to contain the incident. This is not an…
A closer look at some of the key advancements surrounding Ripple and XRP. Ripple made the headlines again following important announcements about the stablecoin RLUSD and the signing of strategic deals. XRP’s price remains suppressed amid the overall bear market, but recent whale activity suggests a revival might be knocking on the door. The…
Gnosis’ push behind the Ethereum Economic Zone shows DAOs moving from tuning parameters to voting on whether whole chains become Ethereum L2s, tying governance to market structure. Summary Gnosis and Zisk’s Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) emerged directly from a GnosisDAO R&D mandate to explore turning Gnosis Chain into a natively integrated Ethereum layer‑2. The framework,…
SpaceX has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, moving Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company closer to what could become the largest listing in history, according to a Bloomberg report. The filing is the clearest step yet in an IPO process that had already been signaled through earlier reports on timing, bank mandates, and…
Tether’s USAT stablecoin – a regulated, U.S.-market digital dollar – is leaving Ethereum mainnet for the first time, landing on Celo, a mobile-first Ethereum layer-2 network with 14 million Opera MiniPay wallet users already transacting across 66+ countries. That’s not a minor technical footnote. It’s a direct pipeline from regulated dollar infrastructure into one of…
Ethereum is opening Q2 2026 trading above $2.1k, still well below the levels needed to suggest any meaningful trend reversal. After a brutal first quarter that saw ETH lose around a third of its value from the late-2025 highs, the question heading into the new quarter is whether the asset can finally find a base,…
Art on Tezos is no longer a niche experiment; at TezDev 2026 in Cannes, it felt like a working model of where digital culture is going next. Summary At TezDev 2026 in Cannes, “Art on Tezos” staged an immersive, projection-mapped environment that framed on-chain work as a living model for digital culture. Speakers highlighted how…
Franklin Templeton is acquiring 250 Digital, a spinoff from CoinFund, to grow its crypto investment offerings, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The entity is led by Seth Ginns and Chris Perkins, who previously served as CoinFund’s managing partner and president and managing partner and head of liquid investments, respectively. 250 Digital was formally established…
