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Electric Coin Co. (ECC), the firm behind Zcash and the Zashi wallet, has released its roadmap for the fourth quarter of 2025. Summary ECC’s Q4 plan targets Zashi privacy upgrades and multisig wallet integration. Zcash hits $409, soaring over 970% in a year amid growing shielded supply. Roadmap focuses on reducing tech debt, improving privacy, and dev fund security. The announcement comes amid a surge in the privacy-oriented token’s shielded supply and price. ZEC (ZEC) is trading at $409 and has posted a 225.9% gain over the past 30 days. The token has also climbed 971.1% over the past year,…

The following is a guest post and opinion from Shane Neagle, Editor In Chief from The Tokenist.It is no secret that large language models (LLMs) crossed the capability threshold by harvesting vast amounts of public and private data. Combined with breakthroughs in transformer architectures and compute power, this data scraping led to concerns about intellectual property (IP) rights.Intellectual property frameworks exist to incentivize innovation and creative spark, protecting creators and businesses. In turn, the entire society benefits from that incentive structure. Eventually, IP protections typically expire, at which point IP becomes integrated into the public domain.The global harmonizing IP framework…

Bitcoin’s onchain inflows are signaling robust demand for the world’s largest cryptocurrency, with both investors and miners ramping up their activity despite the negative market sentiment since the $19 billion crypto crash.Over the past week, Bitcoin’s (BTC) realized cap rose by over $8 billion to surpass $1.1 trillion, as BTC’s realized price rose above $110,000, indicating strong onchain inflows. Bitcoin’s realized cap measures the dollar value of all coins at their last moved price, revealing the total investment held by Bitcoin holders.The new inflows are mainly attributed to Bitcoin treasury firms and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to Ki Young Ju, the…

DEX token ASTER surged as Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) purchased approximately 2 million of them, sending a wave of speculative demand across the market. Investors interpreted the purchase as a signal of confidence from one of crypto’s most influential figures, and ASTER climbed nearly 20% in response.The underlying project behind ASTER is a rebranded derivative platform that merged from older tokens (including APX) and relaunched with a token-generation event in September 2025. ASTER’s max supply is 8 billion tokens, with over half allocated to community incentives such as airdrops and strategic distribution. The platform packages itself as a hybrid…

Ethereum is trading around $3,850.Matt Hougan says Ethereum could double or more by decade’s end.All payments will run on stablecoins, benefiting Ethereum.Ethereum price is a turnaround play — and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.While the price of Solana hogs headlines with momentum and “impressive” exchange-traded fund launches, Ethereum is dealing with a different narrative: recovery from depression. But according to Matt Hougan, Bitwise’s chief investment officer, that creates opportunity. “Ethereum is very much staring down $5,000 by the end of the year and doubling or more by the end of the decade,” Hougan told DL News. To get there…

Opinion by: Louise Ivan, co-founder and CEO of RyderStep aside, maximalists. Crypto isn’t the domain of early adopters and philosophically driven “hodlers” anymore. The demographics of crypto usage are shifting fast, with stablecoins, in particular, leading the charge.Forget about newcomers stacking sats. In Q3 2025, Tether’s USDt (USDT) and Circle’s USDC (USDC) collectively accounted for approximately 40% of the total crypto volume. This gargantuan figure is due, in part, to folks from emerging regions like Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America wanting a better way to move their money.Their reasons for diving into crypto are practical and straightforward. If crypto…

Coinbase has reinforced its position as a major institutional player in the crypto ecosystem, adding nearly $300 million worth of Bitcoin to its balance sheet in the third quarter. The move reflects the company’s growing conviction in Bitcoin and its broader goal of becoming an “Everything Exchange” — a platform integrating spot, derivatives, stablecoins, and tokenized assets under one ecosystem. Bitcoin Holdings Rise as Profits Surge According to Coinbase’s Q3 2025 earnings report, the company increased its Bitcoin holdings by 2,772 BTC, bringing its total to 14,548 BTC valued at approximately $1.57 billion. This accumulation underlines Coinbase’s long-term confidence in…

XRP Ledger saw higher user activity in Q3 as it added 447,200 new addresses and reached nearly 6.9 million total. The XRP Ledger (XRPL) recorded a steady rise in network metrics during the third quarter of 2025, according to a new report by Messari. The data shows that network usage and activity strengthened across several indicators, amid growing engagement from users and developers. Transactions, Wallets, and NFTs on XRP Ledger Average daily transactions on the XRPL increased 8.9% quarter-over-quarter, rising from 1.6 million in Q2 to 1.8 million in Q3. Similarly, average daily active sender addresses climbed 15.4% from…

Bitcoin price has rebounded slightly to $109,600 after yesterday’s dip to $106,000, ending what has been a tumultuous October for bitcoin. Traders are now cautiously optimistic as the market transitions from the failed “Uptober” rally to the historically stronger month of November. Yesterday, Bitcoin tumbled over 3% amid renewed risk-off sentiment sparked by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments on future rate cuts and renewed U.S.–China trade tensions.  The dip extended a week-long decline that began after the Fed delivered a modest 25 basis point cut but signaled uncertainty for December’s meeting. Bitcoin price had a disappointing October Bitcoin…

The cryptocurrency market experienced a rare moment of relief in October, as the total value lost to hacks and exploits reached its lowest level of the year.Data from blockchain security firm PeckShield shows that only $18.18 million was stolen across 15 separate incidents. This represents a steep 85.7% decline from the $127.06 million recorded in September.Crypto Hacks Hit Year-Low Even as New Risks EmergeThe largest incidents of the month occurred at Garden Finance, Typus Finance, and Abracadabra, which collectively accounted for $16.2 million of the total stolen funds.Sponsored SponsoredTop Crypto DeFi Hacks in October 2025. Source: DeFiLlamaGarden Finance, a Bitcoin…