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An industry-wide reckoning is weeding out unsustainable startups, leaving behind only the protocols with real cash flow and actual users.

Aggregated funding on SOL perpetual futures has climbed to its highest level since September 2025, according to Velo data. Solana's futures open interest sits near $1.8 billion, equal to roughly 23.1 million SOL in notional exposure at current prices. Most major venues, including Binance, Bybit, Hyperliquid and OKX, show positive funding near 0.01% every eight […] The post A $1.8 billion leverage trap is building on Solana as traders pay 11-month high rates to defend $78 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A closer look at some of the best global payment processors in 2026.

The enforcing fork remains stuck at Bitcoin’s full mining difficulty as mandatory signaling proceeds with little hashpower support. Bitcoin’s BIP-110-enforcing branch stalled at block 961,633 on Sunday after producing only two blocks, while the non-enforcing chain advanced to 961,721, widening the gap to 88 blocks.  According to the BIP-110 monitor, updated at 10:19 am UTC, the branch’s latest block had been mined about 12 hours earlier. Ocean records show that a pseudonymous mining group called Roughnecks produced the branch’s first two blocks using Ocean’s Decentralized Alternative Templates for Universal Mining (DATUM) mining protocol.  The divergence began after BIP-110 entered mandatory signaling at block 961,632 on Saturday. Only 51 of the preceding 2,016 blocks, or 2.53%, signaled support. During this window, BIP-110 nodes reject blocks that do not signal through version bit 4, while ordinary Bitcoin nodes accept both signaling and non-signaling blocks.  Read more

None of the first 59 dominant-chain blocks signaled for the proposal, while its enforcing branch mined one successor before stalling. The post Bitcoin split into two chains overnight, but a silent miner boycott just halted the enforcing BIP-110 chain appeared first on CryptoSlate.

PUMP is the other notable gainer over the past 24 hours, while CRO is trying to recover some of the recent losses.

Discover how Claude ai predicts a price rise to $150,000 by December amid diminishing supply and regulatory clarity. The post Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts the Next Chapter for Bitcoin in 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

At 1:30 p.m. UTC on Feb. 21, 2025, Bybit began moving funds from an Ethereum cold wallet to a warm wallet, the sort of routine transfer designed to make custody look boring. Authorized signers reviewed the destination on their screens and approved it, unaware that their screens were actually lying. Bybit later said the signing […] The post Why crypto ‘audited’ badges are giving investors a dangerous false sense of security appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The rules, effective Jan. 1, 2027, cover transactions above $10,000 sent to overseas providers or self-custody wallets, along with other transfers flagged for review. Brazil’s central bank will require virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to place precautionary holds of up to 24 hours on certain transfers to foreign platforms or self-custody wallets as part of new measures aimed at preventing fraud.  On Friday, the Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) said the requirement will apply to funds received above $10,000, either in a single transaction or based on a customer’s total transactions in a day. Providers must also hold other transfers requiring further scrutiny under their risk-management policies.  The rules take effect on Jan. 1, 2027. Providers must notify customers of holds and keep records of fraud incidents, attempted fraud and corrective actions. A VASP may complete its assessment and release a transfer before the 24 hours expire, provided that it follows parameters set out by the central bank.  Read m...

Gold continues to perform a lot better on a YTD scale than BTC.

XRP defended a key support, and now analysts believe a major breakout (to the upside) is coming. However, not all agree.

The bill received a date for its next major Senate test, but moving forward is a whole other ballgame.

Foundation and Citadel21 reported drained Lightning nodes, but the total amount stolen and number of affected operators remain unknown. BTCPay Server has temporarily restricted public remote connections to Lightning Network nodes running Lightning Network Daemon (LND) software after attackers exploited a critical vulnerability to obtain credentials and move funds.  BTCPay said the restriction prevents external wallets such as Zeus from connecting through a BTCPay Server domain or Tor onion address on Docker deployments. BTCPay said Lightning payments can continue and that it plans to restore the remote-access option when it considers it safe.  Version 2.4.2 installs LND version 0.21.1 and automatically regenerates the macaroon credentials on standard BTCPay installations. The project advised operators to check for unauthorized payments, unexpected channel closures, unfamiliar peers and discrepancies in their onchain or Lightning balances. Read more

The breakaway chain inherited bitcoin’s mining difficulty with only a tiny share of hashpower, leaving blocks hours apart while both chains still accept the same transactions.

XRP already dipped after the news went viral, but is the actual impact coming next?

The update introduces privacy and institutional-focused features designed to make the network more attractive for tokenized financial assets.

The deployment milestone tests whether enforcing nodes can sustain the change amid limited miner signaling and discussion of a hard-fork fallback. Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 entered its mandatory-signaling phase at block 961,632 on Saturday, with miners signaling support in just 51 of the preceding 2,016 blocks, or 2.53%, well below the 55% threshold required for early activation, according to the BIP-110 monitor. Starting at block 961,632, nodes enforcing BIP-110 began rejecting blocks that did not set version bit 4, while ordinary Bitcoin nodes continued accepting both signaling and non-signaling blocks. A minority BIP-110 branch subsequently emerged, but quickly fell behind the dominant chain. The low signaling rate makes a sustained rival chain unlikely without substantially greater miner participation. With relatively little mining support, a BIP-110 branch could advance slowly or stop producing blocks altogether. Read more

Impersionation frauds are increasing in number and potential danger.

The proposal has scant support from bitcoin miners and influential commentators have also voiced their opposition.

The CLARITY Act will be the second major development to be voted on after the recess ends.