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BitcoinWorld Bybit Launches FX Perpetual Contracts, Adding Major Currency Pairs to TradFi Derivatives DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency
Stellar Lumens (XLM) is displaying signs of a potential trend reversal as the daily charts reveal the development of an inverse head and shoulders pattern. Technical analysts point to this fo
Visa reported that payment volume from stablecoin-linked card programs grew nearly 200% year-on-year in the fiscal second quarter of 2026, with over 160 active stablecoin card initiatives wor
Tom Lee, the co-founder of Fundstrat, on September 8, 2026, said that Ethereum will gain on Bitcoin in the next couple of years as tokenization and agentic AI continue to mature. He made this
The leading blockchains and protocols in the cryptocurrency market, based on weekly active user numbers, have been announced. According to the latest data, BNB Chain tops the list with 10.8 m
In Brief: Coinbase’s XRP balance rose 4,870.7% because XRPScan labeled 146 existing wallets, not because the exchange purchased or received new tokens. Updated records place Coinbase third am
XRP supporters focus on payment liquidity markets far larger than the asset's historical capitalization. Ripple's XRP-based payment model targets faster settlement and reduced dependence on p
Under the “AI crypto” label, search engines lump together networks that do not do the same job. Some sell an intelligence market, others graphics rendering, software agents, or model training
Castle has opened its automated financial platform to individual users, allowing customers to convert any portion of the 12% annual dividend paid by Strategy’s STRC preferred stock into Bitco
Could crypto’s next big narrative be forming before the market sees it coming? What happens when fresh altcoin momentum meets a new crypto presale at the earliest stage? Snek and ApeCoin are
VeChain is suddenly back on crypto traders’ radar. The long-running altcoin has pumped roughly 10% today, with VET trading around $0.007919, as attention returns to a project that has survive
The Sandbox has begun accepting compensation claims from users who lost bridged SAND in an August exploit. The move to make users whole is coming around the same time that hardware wallet mak