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Gold prices are in freefall, breaking below $5,000 after a hawkish Fed dot plot and hot PPI data. Technical analysis and presale market rotation opportunities inside. The post Gold Price Prediction: Fed Slashes Rate Cut Outlook and Sends Gold Crashing 10% From $5,000 — Where Is the Floor? appeared first on Cryptonews.

XRP is trying to build a short-term recovery, but the broader trend still leans cautious. The recent bounce has improved momentum on both pairs, yet the price is still trading beneath major trend-defining resistance levels. In other words, sellers are no longer fully in control of the very short term, but buyers have not done […]

Hedera (HBAR), down 2.9% from Wednesday, was also an underperformer.

The Uniswap decision may shape US legal thinking, but international standards are pushing DeFi platforms to take greater responsibility.

OP_NET has launched a “SlowFi” DeFi stack that runs smart contracts directly in standard Bitcoin transactions with BTC as the only gas asset, avoiding bridges and wrapped BTC. OP_NET said it is launching a “SlowFi” decentralized finance (DeFi) stack on Bitcoin that uses standard Bitcoin transactions and native BTC fees rather than bridges, wrapped assets or a separate gas token. According to a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph, the project is part of a broader push to bring trading and yield-style activity directly onto Bitcoin’s base layer instead of routing it through sidechains, bridges or adjacent networks. OP_NET is betting some users will accept slower and more expensive transactions in exchange for staying fully on Bitcoin. According to OP_NET co-founder Frederic Fosco, who goes by Danny Plainview, applications run through standard Bitcoin (BTC) transactions using Taproot-based spends, while the platform’s NativeSwap model is designed to support token swaps without wrapped BTC or a separate ga...

Apex Group’s Tokeny and Polygon Labs are launching T-REX Ledger, a Polygon-based blockchain that aims to centralize compliance for ERC-3643 security tokens. Apex Group’s Tokeny has tapped Polygon Labs to launch T-REX Ledger, a compliance-focused blockchain designed to help regulated tokenized assets move across networks without repeating investor checks and transfer restrictions. In a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph, the project said it targets a key friction point in tokenized markets. ERC-3643 is an Ethereum-based token standard for permissioned tokens representing real-world assets that can support compliant issuance of RWAs, but identity checks, eligibility rules and transfer restrictions often remain fragmented when the same asset is distributed across multiple blockchains. T-REX Ledger is being pitched as a shared compliance layer that other chains can query, while settlement continues to take place on external networks. Built with Polygon’s Chain Development Kit and connected to Agglayer, th...

Beyond immediate losses, attacks often lead to prolonged downtime, liquidity shocks and confidence erosion, as interconnected DeFi systems amplify the impact across markets. A new security report from Immunefi finds that crypto hacks continue at a steady pace while losses are becoming more concentrated in a small number of massive exploits. Analyzing 425 publicly known incidents between 2021 and 2025, the report estimates that the average hack now results in about $25 million in stolen funds. In 2024 and 2025 alone, 191 hacks led to $4.67 billion in losses, with just five incidents accounting for 62% of the total. Despite representing fewer incidents, centralized exchange breaches drove the majority of losses. Twenty exchange hacks accounted for roughly $2.55 billion, or about 55% of the total, reflecting how large pools of user funds are concentrated behind fewer points of failure. Read more

Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com is laying off around 180 employees as it shifts focus to AI-driven operations.

The proposed allocation represents a major share of Celo's circulating supply and 16% of its maximum supply.

Nigel Farage Cameo Videos Used in Crypto Pump and Dump Scams The post Nigel Farage Cameo Videos Exploited to Promote Pump and Dump Crypto Scams appeared first on Cryptonews.

The company reported a $233.7 million digital asset impairment for 2025, reflecting the gap between purchase prices and lower market values.

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek announced a 12% workforce reduction due to AI integrations, warning that companies “that do not make this pivot immediately will fail.” Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com is set to cut up to 12% of its workforce due to company-wide artificial intelligence (AI) integrations, joining a growing list of companies announcing AI-linked mass layoffs, according to the exchange’s founder and CEO, Kris Marszalek. Crypto.com recently expanded its AI offering and launched the AI agent platform ai.com on Feb. 9, which it positioned as a core business. The company also said it was the first crypto platform to receive the ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for AI system management in February. “We are joining the list of companies integrating enterprise-wide AI,” Marszalek said in a Thursday X post, warning that companies that don’t pivot will fail. Read more

Bitcoin price correction reversed at $69,500, preserving a new higher BTC trading range as gold led a post-Fed macro asset sell-off. Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded from weekly lows into Thursday’s Wall Street open as inflation targeted BTC price strength. Key points: Bitcoin price action preserves its new local trading range between 2021 highs and 2025 lows. Read more

Is BTC yet to feel real pain during this market cycle?

Listings and on-ramps monetized access scarcity. Intent-based protocols make it native to networks, ending gatekeeper detours forever. Opinion by: Jason Dominique, co-founder and CEO of ONCHAIN® Labs For years, whenever we explain what we’re building, the reaction is familiar. There’s curiosity, some skepticism, and then the question that almost always follows: “If this is such a big problem, why hasn’t it been fixed already?” Read more

Bitcoin, gold and stocks all tumbled after several strikes on energy infrastructure. Hyperliquid just brought the S&P 500 onchain. And Kraken has put its IPO on ice.

US Bitcoin and altcoin ETFs saw notable outflows on Wednesday as BTC dipped below $71,000 and investor sentiment returned to extreme fear. US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ended their inflow streak amid a BTC price dip after recording $1.2 billion of inflows over seven consecutive days. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs saw $163.5 million in outflows on Wednesday, according to Farside data. The Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) led the outflows at about $104 million, followed by BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) with $34 million. Read more

XRP Treasury Firm Evernorth Files S-4 for $1B SPAC Deal The post XRP Crypto Treasury Firm Evernorth Files S-4 for $1 Billion SPAC Deal appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ether risks over $2.5 billion in long liquidations below $2K, with volatility increasing the chance of a retest of $1,800 support. Ether (ETH) traded lower on Thursday after a fresh knee-jerk reaction to yesterday’s US interest rate decision and a higher inflation outlook. Key takeaways: ETH dropped 7% to $2,100 on Thursday, liquidating $144 million in longs. Read more

Analysts remain cautiously optimistic after the Fed’s hawkish stance, expecting a low volatility regime ahead of the quarterly options expiry.