Tag: Breaking

– Ethereum transaction volume hits record levels with the 7-day moving average nearing 2.5 million, almost double from one year ago. – Gas fees plummet to an average of $0.15 per The Block data, with Etherscan showing even lower estimates around $0.04 for swaps. – Recent Fusaka upgrade and doubled gas limit drive efficiency, shifting execution to Layer 2 while boosting mainnet activity amid stablecoin surge. Ethereum is...

ICP token at $4.41, up 2.6% in the past 24 hours. 41% weekly gain from approximately $3.17 last Friday. Outperforms Bitcoin and major altcoins, which saw declines. Boosted by renewed AI sector confidence after TSMC’s blowout earnings. “Mission 70” tokenomics white paper proposes supply reductions and accelerated burn mechanisms. Internet Computer’s native token ICP extended its strong weekly performance into...

Quick Take Coinbase has announced it cannot support the current draft of the Senate Banking Committee’s crypto market structure bill. CEO Brian Armstrong highlighted issues including a de facto ban on tokenized equities, DeFi prohibitions that erode privacy, erosion of CFTC authority, and threats to stablecoin rewards. The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to mark up the bill on Thursday, January 15, 2026. The decision comes amid...

Bipartisan legislation introduced to protect non-custodial blockchain developers. Safe harbor exempts software creators without user fund control from money transmitter licensing. Addresses regulatory uncertainty impacting DeFi and open-source projects. Standalone bill signals priority amid broader crypto market structure talks. U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act on...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell personally disclosed an active federal criminal investigation in a video statement. The probe focuses on Powell’s earlier congressional testimony regarding a Fed office building renovation project. Powell described the allegations as a “pretext” aimed at undermining central bank independence. Bitcoin briefly surpassed $92,000 following the news amid broader market volatility. Federal...