Strives Buys 1,355 BTC as Bitcoin’s Price Crosses $85K
Matt Cole, the Chairman and CEO of Strive, just announced that his firm has completed another BTC purchase over the past week, accumulating 1,355 units for $107.7 million. This means that the
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LIVE: Why Bitcoin is rallying and oil is down today
Bitcoin hit $84,984, up 5.4%, as shorts lost $647.9 million. Crypto open interest rose 7.59% to $156 billion, while volume jumped 39% to $224 billion. Brent fell 2.6% to $101.17 and WTI dropp
How Did the KelpDAO Exploit Reshape LayerZero’s Security Model?
The KelpDAO exploit forced LayerZero to end support for single-verifier security setups and rebuild its default configuration around multiple independent verifiers. On April 18, 2026, attacke
Inside MIP-12: How Did Monad Cut Its Block Time to 300ms?
Monad's MIP-12 upgrade cut the network's block time from 400 milliseconds to 300 milliseconds. It activated on mainnet on July 23, 2026, at round 89,758,000, and lowered Monad's deterministic
CLARITY Act vs. MiCA: Comparing Two Crypto Regulatory Philosophies
The CLARITY Act and the EU's MiCA framework solve the same problem in opposite ways. The CLARITY Act sorts crypto by asking who regulates it, splitting oversight between the SEC and the CFTC.
What Does Japan’s Crypto Reclassification Actually Change?
Reclassifying crypto as a "financial product" moves digital assets in Japan out of payment law and into securities law, meaning exchanges, token issuers, and traders now face the same disclos
How Did a “Dogecoin Killer” Become a Multi-Billion-Dollar Coin Without a Real Plan?
Shiba Inu (SHIB) became a multi-billion-dollar cryptocurrency by copying Dogecoin's dog-meme formula, not by solving a technical problem. As of September 15, 2026, SHIB trades near $0.0000049
How Does Avalanche’s Snowman Consensus Deliver Sub Second Finality?
Avalanche's Snowman consensus delivers sub-second finality by having validators repeatedly query small, randomly chosen groups of their peers instead of contacting the entire network at once,
The Token Launch Should Be the Last Step, Not the First
Crypto spent years doing things backwards. Projects launched tokens before products. They raised money before proving demand. They built communities around roadmaps, whitepapers and promises,
What is Anonymous Cat (ZCAT)? Inside The Memecoin Paying Holders in Zcash
Anonymous Cat, or ZCAT, is a Solana memecoin that has paid its holders nearly $3 million worth of Zcash by taxing every token transfer 3% and converting most of that fee into ZEC rewards. A r
What Does September Mean For The CLARITY Act?
The CLARITY Act missed its summer deadline because the Senate adjourned for its August recess without voting on the bill, leaving unresolved disputes over ethics rules, stablecoin rewards, an
Inside Kaspa's Toccata Hard Fork and Its Bet on Becoming a Smart Contract Platform
Kaspa's Toccata hard fork, activated on June 30, 2026, added native Layer-1 covenants and zero-knowledge proof verification, moving the network from a pure payment chain toward a programmable