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Polygon is acquiring the bitcoin ATM provider for between $100 million and $125 million, as reported by a source.
Bank of America stated that it advised investors to purchase Coinbase’s stock, highlighting its recent offerings such as weekday equities trading and prediction markets.
Analysts suggest that a significant rally may only occur once long-term holders have been depleted and genuine institutional investments flow into the market.
Although the development team of Electric Coin Company has left to establish a new venture, they will continue their work on Zcash.
The withdrawal was mainly attributed to a $47.25 million redemption from 21Shares’ TOXR, while the remaining funds either stayed stable or showed positive performance.
According to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, the Ethereum network is a decentralized layer-1 blockchain for executing smart contracts, comparable to the open-source operating system Linux.Both Linux and Ethereum are open source and feature customized implementations. Linux achieves this through developers creating custom software modifications, while Ethereum uses its layer-2 (L2) scaling networks, Buterin stated.Buterin noted that Linux has provided value to “billions” of individuals, businesses, and governments “without compromising” its open-source ethos or decentralization, adding: “We must ensure that Ethereum L1 serves as the financial, and eventually identity, social, and governance home for individuals and organizations seeking greater autonomy, while granting…
According to the proposal, scheduled for a governance vote on January 22, Optimism plans to initiate monthly buybacks beginning in February.
Aptos (APT) saw a decline of 5% since Wednesday.
Perspective by: Igor Mandrigin, co-founder and chief technology and product officer of Gateway.fmFor years, private distributed ledger systems, such as Hyperledger, have allowed banks to explore blockchain technology safely without engaging with public networks. These frameworks offered privacy, permission-based access, and a sense of institutional control—features that appealed to traditional finance when the crypto market resembled the Wild West.The landscape has fundamentally shifted; tokenized assets, stablecoin settlements, and institutional crypto engagement are now standard. The closed, permissioned models that once catered to cautious banks now hinder them. At this pivotal geopolitical and macroeconomic moment, financial institutions must transition from legacy…
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