Author Ahmed Barakat Author Ahmed Barakat Part of the Team Since Aug 2025 About Author Ahmed Balaha is a journalist and copywriter based in Georgia with a growing focus on blockchain technology, DeFi, AI, privacy, digital assets, and fintech innovation. Share Last updated: June 29, 2026 Microsoft Copilot AI just laid out a full spectrum view on Bitcoin price prediction that frames today’s price as standing at a genuine fork in the road. The model predicts a realistic base case of $100,000 to $130,000 by the end of 2026, with a bull case stretching to $150,000 to $180,000 if the…
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The debate over whether Ripple’s stablecoin RLUSD is slowly cannibalising XRP’s utility has circulated through the crypto community for months. Versan Aljarrah, founder of Black Swan Capitalist, has a different view entirely, and he makes it with conviction.RLUSD and XRP Are Not Competing. They Are a Two-Part System.In an interview with Coinpedia, Aljarrah has addressed this question publicly over a hundred times by his own count, and his answer has not changed. RLUSD is a complementary liquidity layer, not a replacement for XRP. The two assets serve structurally different functions on the same ledger.“RLUSD brings the easy dollars that institutions…
Screens lit up in Frankfurt with a number that didn’t look real: +90% on Nagarro at the open. Traders stopped mid-sip. The bid was €81 a share, all cash, and suddenly Europe had its own AI services rocket stock. By mid-morning, the tape hovered just under the offer, around €77–78, as arbitrage desks and long-onlys hashed out the probabilities. The question wasn’t whether the bid happened. It was what this price said about Europe’s appetite for AI services at scale. Here’s what moved, why it matters, and what still needs to line up. The Big Picture Editor’s note: In Q2…
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is making his most visible return to the American stage yet — and this time, he arrives bearing a mission rather than just an apology. CZ sat down with CoinDesk for a pair of interviews earlier this month, sharing his views on the exchange he founded, crypto’s trajectory in the U.S., and his post-prison activities. Across both conversations, the message was strikingly consistent: the United States has fundamentally turned a corner on crypto policy, and CZ intends to plant himself at the center of what comes next — whether Washington is entirely ready for that or not.A…
A BlackRock headline usually sends crypto traders scrambling for buy buttons. This time? Not quite.ENA price managed a modest 5% intraday move after Ethena announced a collaboration involving the integration of USDe into BlackRock’s Aladdin platform, the use of BUIDL as the primary asset for its white-label product, and the creation of liquidity facilities around tokenized products.On paper, it sounds a big update. The Aladdin platform alone services financial institutions managing more than $20 trillion in assets. Yet the market response was surprisingly restrained.Big Institution Name Meets Small Price ReactionCrypto has a habit of demanding immediate gratification. If prices don’t…
Over the past year, the artificial intelligence trade has become one of the main pillars supporting global risk appetite.However, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is now warning that the same spending boom could become a source of financial stress if expected returns fail to arrive.The Basel-based organization, which advises central banks, said in its annual economic report that the five largest hyperscalers are on track to spend more than $1 trillion on AI-related capital expenditure across 2025 and 2026.The BIS said the scale of investment has raised questions about whether companies are committing too much capital before the business…
SharpLink, Inc. has broken an eight-month silence on Ethereum accumulation, snapping up 39,196 ETH worth approximately $62.4 million over three consecutive days from June 25–27, 2026 — all while the token traded near its lowest levels of the year.The Buys, Broken DownAccording to Arkham on-chain records, SharpLink bought 5,000 ETH on Thursday, added another 5,000 ETH worth about $7.9 million on Friday, and then purchased 29,196 ETH worth approximately $46.7 million across three separate over-the-counter transactions on Saturday. The initial Thursday purchase — the firm’s first ETH acquisition since October 2025 — was executed through crypto prime broker FalconX, with…
Chainlink added 6,182 new wallets in two days. LINK’s price must clear $8.31 to strengthen its recovery. Technical indicators lean more bearish than bullish. Chainlink (LINK) is showing a rare divergence between its on-chain activity and price action. While the token has struggled to recover from recent losses, network activity has accelerated at its fastest pace this year, raising questions about whether the increase in network activity can eventually translate into a price rebound. At the time of writing, LINK is trading around $7.30, up just 0.3% over the past 24 hours. Despite the modest daily gain, the broader trend…
The Ethereum price consolidates around the crucial support zone near $1,500, a level that could now play a major role in shaping its next macro move. The token has been under sustained bearish pressure over the past few months, dragging sentiment lower and forcing leveraged traders out of the market. However, this decline has pushed ETH back into a high-volume demand zone, where historical price action suggests strong accumulation could emerge. While the weakening momentum and declining open interest continue to keep the downside risk alive, the possibility of a rebound remains intact if this support holds. The big question now…
Avalanche (AVAX) seems to be defying the larger cryptocurrency market trend. While the market is facing significant outflows, AVAX is seeing substantial gains in the daily and weekly time frames. CoinGecko data shows that Avalanche’s (AVAX) price has risen by 4.2% in the last 24 hours and nearly 6% in the last week. Despite the rally, the asset is still down by 26% over the previous month. Let’s discuss what’s behind Avalanche’s (AVAX) ongoing price rally and if the upswing can sustain itself.Source: CoinGeckoWhat’s Behind Avalanche’s Price Rally?Source: SecurehindiThe Avalanche network has seen substantial adoption in recent weeks. The FIFA…
