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Ethereum’s new privacy initiative boosted Railgun’s RAIL token to an all-time high, following comments from Vitalik Buterin emphasizing privacy as a core focus.Privacy is back in focus for the Ethereum ecosystem, with the Ethereum Foundation introducing a new toolkit designed to give wallets stronger protection and more autonomy.In a Thursday post on X, the foundation wrote that the ‘Kohaku’ toolkit is a set of primitives that enables wallets to be “secure and to process private transactions while minimizing dependencies on trusted third parties.”In a separate X post, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin also mentioned Kohaku, adding that full-stack privacy and security…

While bitcoin BTC$112,281.20, ether ETH$3,839.05 and other major cryptocurrencies tumbled in a $19 billion liquidation event on Friday, major gold-backed digital assets bucked the trend amid the precious metal’s rally.Tokens tied to physical gold, including Paxos’ PAXG and Tether’s XAUT, were among the few to hold their ground, and even edge higher, as broader markets sank.Bitcoin lost 8.5% of its value in the last 24-hour period, while the broader crypto market plunged 12.75% as measured by the CoinDesk 20 (CD20 ) index. PAXG has meanwhile dropped just 0.23% to $3,998, while XAUt is up 0.2% to $4,010. A troy ounce…

Roger Ver — once dubbed “Bitcoin Jesus” for his early evangelism of bitcoin — has reached a tentative deal with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve criminal tax fraud charges, according to The New York Times reporting. The agreement, still awaiting court approval, would require Ver to pay roughly $48 million in back taxes. In return, prosecutors would drop the case if he meets the terms of a deferred-prosecution deal. The case against Ver, filed in 2024, accused him of evading taxes tied to his massive bitcoin holdings before renouncing his U.S. citizenship in 2014. He was arrested in Spain…

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Luxembourg’s sovereign wealth fund has become the first in the Eurozone to invest in Bitcoin after it allocated 1% of its $730 million portfolio to spot BTC ETFs (exchange-traded funds). The investment follows a revision of a mandate for the Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSIL), which allows it to invest up to 15% of its portfolio into alternative assets, including crypto. It can also buy into other alternative assets such as real estate and private equity.  The FSIL was launched in 2014 and is intended to build…

Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) is pushing the boundaries of how artificial intelligence interacts with blockchain. In partnership with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), researchers are developing AI agents that run directly on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), making the ledger a foundation for autonomous, verifiable machine intelligence. Professor Yang Liu from NTU explained that connecting AI agents directly to XRPL allows tasks and outcomes to be executed and settled transparently on-chain, a leap beyond traditional off-chain AI frameworks. From Research to On-Chain Reality The initiative began with cybersecurity experiments aimed at detecting code vulnerabilities using large language models. When these…

Investors withdrew 230,000 ETH from exchanges in just 48 hours Ethereum joined the rest of the market in the past day by plummeting to a multi-month low of $3,500 before recovering slightly to $3,850 as of now. During this harrowing crash, different investors showed various behavior types, from mass selling to buying the dip. The ETH flash crash in the summer of 2017 is the closest event I can think of in comparison to what happened yesterday. Even during the Covid crash I can’t remember so many major alts losing so much so swiftly. Difference with this liquidation cascade…

Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital has secured a $460 million private investment from one of the world’s “largest asset managers” to accelerate the transformation of its former Bitcoin mining site in Texas into an AI data center.The deal involves the purchase of 12.77 million Class A shares at $36 per share, with the proceeds earmarked for general corporate use and the expansion of its Helios campus, expected to deliver 133 megawatts of IT capacity in early 2026, the company announced Friday. “Having one of the world’s largest and most sophisticated institutional investors make such a significant investment in our company will…

Luisa Crawford Oct 11, 2025 08:37 Market analysts highlight Bitcoin’s unusual decline this month, noting October typically brings gains. Historical patterns suggest swift rebound ahead. Bitcoin’s recent price action has caught the attention of economists and market analysts, who are pointing to an unusual deviation from historical patterns that could signal an imminent recovery for the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The digital asset has experienced a decline of more than 5% during October 2025, a development that economists are describing as exceptionally rare given the month’s traditionally bullish reputation in cryptocurrency markets. According to…

XRP price saw one of its sharpest drops of the year. It plunged from $2.83 to as low as $1.77 in a matter of hours before bouncing to around $2.44.Even after that rebound, the token is still down about 14% in 24 hours and nearly 20% weekly. But the data shows this wasn’t a normal sell-off — it was a panic-led, derivatives-driven flush, not real token selling. And now that the XRP price rebound is shaping up, a key group is seen adding to the token stash. Sponsored SponsoredPanic-Led Derivatives Crash, Not Spot SellingOn-chain data confirms that this was not…

Litecoin price jumped more than 10% to breach resistance at $130 The altcoin is trending among top gainers today as traders ride spot exchange-traded funds sentiment. If LTC goes parabolic amid ETF approval, analysts target gains to $400 and higher in coming months. Litecoin (LTC) has posted a decent intraday gain of over 10%, climbing from lows of $115 to hits of $132. The uptick in the altcoin’s price signals fresh investor enthusiasm amid broader cryptocurrency market bullish sentiment. However, LTC is taking bears to the edge as anticipation surrounding regulatory approval of LTC exchange-traded funds ticks up. Crypto analysts…