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In brief Privacy coins including Dash and Decred surged Tuesday morning, while Bitcoin dipped below $104,000. Analysts attribute the rally to Bitcoin holders seeking anonymity and record retail interest. Dash’s surge is largely whale-driven, with the top 100 addresses holding 37% of its supply. Privacy tokens are staging a dramatic rally, posting double-digit gains even…
In brief Proof-of-work layer-1 network Tari has developed a mining infrastructure that, it claims, can have users up and running within 45 seconds. Tari Universe is billed as “the world’s easiest to use mining app,” and can be installed on nearly any Mac or PC. Tari is designed around “pragmatic” privacy controls. Crypto mining is…
In brief Created in response to Bitcoin’s perceived limitations, Zcash offers privacy with zk-SNARK tech. In 2025, Zcash undergoes its halving, a funding overhaul, and a software migration—its biggest test yet. A decade on, Zcash is one of the privacy coins fighting for private, and decentralized payments. For many years, Bitcoin was used to buy…
We are making new pairs available for margin trading, taking our total to over 230 markets enabled for margin trading on Kraken Pro! Margin trading is now available for three new trading pairs: *Pairs available as long only. Here’s some more information about the tokens: BNB Chain (BNB) is a decentralized, interoperable blockchain ecosystem created…
In brief Plasma, a stablecoin-focused layer-1 blockchain, has hit “mainnet beta” with its XPL token debuting alongside it. XRP buyers from the initial coin offering earlier this year are up massively. Additionally, people who made deposits towards the pre-sale were handed free tokens, even if they didn’t ultimately buy XPL. Stablecoin blockchain Plasma launched its…
In brief Ethereum transformed the blockchain industry by enabling smart contracts, DAOs, NFTs, and decentralized apps. From its 2015 launch to The Merge in 2022, Ethereum has driven innovation and faced growing pains. Ethereum powers DeFi and NFTs, but still battles high fees, scalability limits, and fierce competition. Ethereum, the second-biggest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, is…
In brief Qubic has given AIGarth, the AI model it has been training while it attacked privacy blockchain Monero, a social media account. AIGarth has faced public ridicule after it failed to solve basic math problems, such as 1+1. However, its creators say that its failures are part of a learning process, and come from…
In brief Qubic attempted a 51% attack on Monero last week, and still aims to change how the network’s consensus mechanism works. After a community Discord vote, Qubic will now prepare to see if its unique design works for Dogecoin. The AI protocol currently has no plans to attack Dogecoin; it just wants to “mine…
In brief A growing queue to unstake ETH could put sell pressure on Ethereum, according to a Bitwise analyst. Ethereum’s validator exit queue hit 855,158 ETH worth roughly $3.7 billion on Friday. Ethereum’s price dipped more than 3% on Friday, shortly after the token nearly hit a new all-time high. Ethereum holders are increasingly lining…
In brief XRP is a cryptocurrency developed to facilitate efficient cross-border transactions, particularly for financial institutions and payment providers. The XRP Ledger employs a unique consensus protocol called the Ripple Consensus Algorithm to validate transactions. A long-running legal dispute between Ripple Labs and the U.S. SEC over whether sales of XRP constituted a unregistered securities…
