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Web3
NFTs, DAOs, wallets and the broader decentralised web.
Bitcoin Price Won’t Break $100K By End of 2026, Analysts Say—Here’s Why
Analysts from top crypto firms believe that other investment options, further interest rate tightening, and the still-developing situation in Iran are making it difficult for bitcoin to rise above the $100,000 price mark, even if a year-end uptick does…
Standard Chartered moves to bring crypto custody in-house as Wall Street’s digital asset infrastructure race accelerates
Custody integration would follow completion, while the software separation already outlined in May remains part of the transaction plan. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in…
MoonPay And Dunamu Explore Stablecoin Payments And GIWA Expansion
MoonPay and Dunamu are exploring stablecoin payments, corporate treasury services and broader access to GIWA. Their announcement describes work to assess opportunities, with no commercial launch date disclosed.
Ethereum Draft Targets Faster Finality and Future Quantum Defense
Ethereum researchers want to slash transaction finality from roughly 16 minutes to 4 minutes, potentially cutting the capital tied up in cross-chain transfers by 75%. Filed this week, the Decoupled Consensus proposal would separate validator responsibilities,…
Fireblocks Denies Visa Deal Rumors After $2.5B Buyout Report
Visa reportedly entered late-stage discussions to acquire Fireblocks for approximately $2.5 billion, but the crypto infrastructure company quickly denied the claim. The rumored purchase price represents a nearly 69% discount from Fireblocks’ $8 billion…
Tesla's Profit Drops 43% as Musk Starts Building Robots and Plans to Sell Driverless Cabs
Tesla earned $787 million last quarter, down from $1.37 billion, as spending on robots and self-driving cars soared. Optimus is in production, and Tesla aims to get Cybercabs to customers by year-end.
Bitcoin Core 32 can stall multisig signing on older nodes as fix slips to next patch
A reported PSBT v2 import failure affects mixed-version Core wallets, while an explicit RPC option still creates v0 files. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Dogecoin Labs Brings MyDoge And DogeOS Together In Commercial Reset
Dogecoin Labs is bringing wallet, payment and application teams into one organization. House of Doge says it will contribute operations for an equity stake while retaining rights tied to investment products.
Bitcoin Price Plunges Below $81K Despite $1 Billion in ETF Inflows
Bitcoin dropped below $82,000 to an intraday low of $80,836 during a late Wednesday sell-off, capping a nearly 4% daily loss and halting a recent two-week high rally. Long Positions Wiped Out Across Broader Crypto Market Bitcoin tumbled below $82,000…
Underdog taps zerohash to bring crypto deposits to prediction markets
The new funding option, expected to launch later this year, will allow eligible Underdog users to deposit digital assets around the clock.
Bitcoin ETFs Erase October Losses With $1 Billion in Three Days
Spot Bitcoin ETFs have drawn about $1.07 billion over three sessions, pushing October flows to a gain of roughly $460 million, even as Bitcoin and Ethereum prices slipped.
Bitcoin circles $81.5K ETF cost basis as Trump Iran comments send stocks lower
Bitcoin extended daily losses to 3% as US stocks came under pressure from President Donald Trump’s comments on Iran military action.