Most people think stablecoins are the boring part of crypto, where you park your money in while you wait for something interesting to happen.Last year, stablecoins processed $33 trillion in transactions compared to Visa’s $16.7 trillion – nearly double the volume of one of the world’s largest payment networks.The scale of that comparison is difficult to overstate. Stablecoins are no longer operating at the margins of global finance.Stablecoin Issuers Now Hold More US Treasuries Than GermanyStablecoin issuers now hold $155 billion in US Treasury bills, more than Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Israel. Tether alone holds $127 billion. Circle…
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The NFT market kicks off the second quarter with the launch of the Nefarious Werewolf Society (NWS), a 10,000-piece Ethereum-based collection that opens minting today and runs through April 8. Positioned as a community-driven PFP project with layered utility and AI integration, the drop enters a market that is far more selective, and skeptical than in previous cycles.At a glance, NWS follows a familiar formula. The collection consists of 10,000 algorithmically generated werewolf avatars, each built from more than 200 hand-drawn traits. These combinations create varying levels of rarity, style, and identity across the “pack,” aligning with the traditional profile-picture…
XRP seems to be in a tight spot right now, facing substantial resistance at the $1.35-$1.40 price level. Although the asset had quote an incredible year in 2025, things seem shaky at the moment, amid a larger bearish market environment. According to CoinGecko data, XRP’s price has risen 2.9% in the last 24 hours, but is glowing red in the other time frames. The asset is down 4.5% in the last week, 11.1% in the 14-day charts, and 0.8% over the previous month. XRP’s price has also dipped by nearly 63% since its all-time high of $3.65, which it attained…
Shiba Inu (SHIB) has lost substantial luster over the last few years. The project had one of the most incredible launches in crypto history, rallying by several million percent within months of its debut. Early investors made massive returns, making millions in profit with minimal investments. However, fans and investors who bought later, or at the top, are still sitting on losses, waiting for SHIB to make another big jump. Let’s discuss if you should move on from your dream of becoming a millionaire with Shiba Inu (SHIB), or is there still time to make it big.Should You Say Goodbye…
Author David Pokima Author David Pokima Part of the Team Since Jun 2023 About Author David is a finance journalist and a contributor to Cryptonews.com with a keen interest in breaking comprehensive, accurate, and reliable blockchain news. Share Fact Checked by CryptoNews Editorial Team Author CryptoNews Editorial Team Part of the Team Since Sep 2018 About Author The CryptoNews editorial team is composed of seasoned writers specializing in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Their expertise ensures comprehensive, accurate, and insightful content for… Last updated: April 1, 2026 Bitcoin price climbed back above $69,000 as Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian signaled a willingness…
Weakness in Ripple’s native token XRP is rising, with limited upside growth potential in the charts. Chances of the altcoin plunging below the $1 level are surging due to weak macroeconomic effects. An entry position in XRP at these levels comes with a tinge of risk, as it can erase an investor’s portfolio.Analyst Projects Ripple XRP At Risk of Falling to $0.87Source: RedditLeading cryptocurrency analyst CasiTrades took to X, sharing a chart showing lower support levels. She explained that short-term price supports are getting cut short around the .382 retracement. This highlights that sellers are still in control, which can…
Algorand (ALGO) is currently the best performing cryptocurrency in the daily charts among the top 100 projects by market cap. According to CoinGecko data, ALGO’s price has surged 19.2% in the last 24 hours, 13.7% in the last week, 3.9% in the 14-day charts, and 14.6% over the previous month. However, the asset is still down by 45.6% since early April 2025 and more than 97% from tis all-time high of $3.56, which it attained in June 2019, nearly seven years ago. Let’s discuss why Algorand (ALGO) is experiencing a price rally today, and if the tide has finally changed…
Tech mogul Elon Musk is convinced that quantum computers could enable the recovery of lost crypto wallet passwords – a plus side of the computing technology amid all the recent buzz of the great risks it poses to blockchain and cryptocurrencies.Blockchain analytics estimates that at least 3-4 million Bitcoin (BTC), or 15%-20% of the total circulation, have been irretrievably lost. Additionally, the number of BTC lost due to forgotten or misplaced seed phrases surpassed that lost from exchange hacks.Source: DemandSageA quantum computer capable of solving for private keys given known public keys could therefore prove beneficial to this population. That…
America holds roughly 38% of global Bitcoin mining capacity, and the specialized hardware powering that position comes overwhelmingly from Chinese manufacturers.Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis introduced the Mined in America Act on Mar. 30 to address that gap, proposing certification, domestic manufacturing support, and the codification of President Donald Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to begin unwinding a foreign hardware dependence they frame as a national industrial vulnerability.Cassidy’s office cites 97% of mining hardware coming from China. Hashrate Index’s January 2026 update places US Bitcoin mining capacity at roughly 37%-38% of the global total, at around 400 exahashes per second.Both…
Author Ahmed Balaha Author Ahmed Balaha 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: March 31, 2026 XRP crypto is trading at $1.32, and while the price chart looks fragile, the on-chain data underneath it is telling a different story. Chain’s scarcity indicator for XRP on Binance has hit 0.59 – its highest reading since 2024 – as coins leave exchanges at a pace that is mechanically compressing the available sell-side…
