The sell-off was driven by risk-off positioning and heavy derivatives speculation, with futures volume surging even as spot trading declined.

An unrelenting plunge in crypto prices on Tuesday has paused for the moment after the U.S. House very narrowly passed a funding package that will now head to the president\\\'s desk for signature.

XRP fell alongside a broad risk-off move in crypto that pressured majors and high-beta tokens alike.

CEO Mike Novogratz noted this sale was part of a profit-taking trend among early bitcoin adopters, indicating weakening conviction in the \\\"HODLing\\\" philosophy.

Major declines in artificial-intelligence-linked stocks, software names and private equity are leading U.S. indices lower.

The roadmap in place doesn\\\'t make as much sense because progress among layer-2s toward later stages of decentralization has been slower and more difficult, and Ethereum itself is now scaling directly on layer-1.

“I think crypto starts to become invisibly more part of everyone\\\'s lives,\\\" said Tom Lee — the two appeared on a panel together Tuesday morning at the Ondo Summit in New York.

Analyst Kendrick Geoffrey trimmed his 2026 SOL forecast to $250 from $310, but says stablecoin micropayments could drive a longer-term surge as Solana moves beyond memecoins.

Silver is higher by nearly 15% on Tuesday, while gold is nearing $5,000 per ounce after a 6.5% gain.

The launch marks one of the first times tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs have been made natively available through a major self-custodial wallet.

The company adopted a multibrand corporate structure to separate its consumer products from infrastructure operations.

Prices have been falling since early 2025, masked by institutional flows, but history suggests the worst may already be behind us, Bitwise said.

Hedera (HBAR) declined 2% and Stellar (XLM) dropped 1.6%, leading the index lower from Monday.

The acquisitions bring TeraWulf’s capacity to 2.8 gigawatts as it targets major infrastructure expansion to supply power-hungry computing demand.

By several measures, activity on the network remains near peak levels, which has industry leaders plussed about the plunge in ether\\\'s price.