Bitcoin steadies near $95K as prediction markets, market makers, and desks point to a momentum-driven run at $100K rather than a decisive breakout.

Coinbase\\\'s withdrawal of its support potentially derails market structure legislation, says an analyst, noting that it\\\'s bad for the crypto industry and good for the banks.

A list of amendments — some of them far afield — is circulating for the planned markup hearing of the crypto market structure bill.

Leverage has been flushed, and spot demand remains soft, keeping bitcoin range-bound while token unlocks and thin liquidity drive sharp, narrative-led moves in select altcoins.

XMR, ZEC, SOL and other alts are rallying as BTC remains rangebound

In a recent interview with CoinDesk, Ethereum Foundation co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang described zero-knowledge as part of Ethereum’s midterm roadmap, pointing to “many amazing breakthroughs” in the past one to two years.

The asset manager’s base case assumes bitcoin gains traction as a settlement tool and reserve asset over the next 25 years.

Prediction markets see low odds of a clear Supreme Court ruling on tariffs, a setup that has previously triggered short-term volatility in bitcoin, which then stabilized.

ECC\\\'s CEO, Josh Swihart, claims the team was forced to leave because of changes that made their work untenable.

FXRP allows XRP to be traded on Hyperliquid\\\'s onchain orderbook and can later be bridged back to the XRP Ledger.

The token retreated in quiet trading conditions as it remained tightly coupled with broader crypto market movements.

The BNB Chain\\\'s layer-2 network, opBNB, recently completed a major upgrade, the Fourier hard fork, which doubled transaction throughput.

Binance’s head of VIP and Institutional, Catherine Chen, talks about the conversations she has been having with ultra-wealthy investors and family offices.

Analysts believe privacy tokens such as zcash and monero will continue to outperform this year, but they will likely face delisting risks and conflicts with banks over regulatory issues.

Also: Starknet goes down, Vitalik Buterin\\\'s goals for Ethereum and ETH staking queues cleared.