A confluence of factors makes $60,000 as key level to watch for in the near term, according to Deribit.

AI bets are recording rapid profit-taking as Broadcom as outlook for AI-chip sales fell short of high expectations, driving down crypto markets.

Broadcom\\\'s disappointing AI chip outlook pulled the Nasdaq lower for a third session, dragged Asian equities down with it, and took crypto along for the ride.

Shielded Labs revealed that the bug could have helped an attacker print unlimited counterfeit tokens. That could have damaged trust in the token\\\'s supply and its value.

The industry has been trying to make a case this week the Clarity Act provides law enforcement strong tools to combat illicit finance involving cryptocurrency.

Backed by economist Nouriel Roubini, a long-time anti-bitcoin advocate, and known as \\\'Dr. Doom,\\\' the Atlas CEO, Reza Bundy, shot a short-term warning for bitcoin but stayed bullish in the long-term.

The regulator rejected claims he\\\'s doing President Trump\\\'s bidding during a congressional hearing that also addressed the GENIUS Act stablecoin push.

The crypto veteran blamed macro risks and AI mania for taking profits, drawing backlash from traders for selling well below his recent bullish forecasts.

The current tokenization dialogue and pattern resemble ETFs’ early days, which ultimately transformed into a $10+ trillion market, Lie argues.

In this week\\\'s edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we\\\'re looking at the state of the Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem.

Bitmine\\\'s chairman told a Paris conference ether would 50x from here on AI and corporate validators. Here\\\'s how supply schedule, the ETH-to-bitcoin ratio history and the actual breakdown of staked ether look at those levels.

XRP fell another 7% after losing key support levels, with traders weighing growing institutional demand against one of the token\\\'s weakest technical setups in months.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) declined 15.2% and Internet Computer (ICP) dropped 13.1%, leading the index lower.

Bitcoin\\\'s drop reflects capital rotation into AI, Saylor argues, but the bears have a darker reason.

Retail trading platform moomoo has partnered with Kalshi to offer CFTC-regulated event contracts tied to economic data, elections and major sporting events directly within its app.