The BNB Chain’s layer-2 network, opBNB, recently completed a major upgrade, the Fourier hard fork, which doubled transaction throughput.
Analysts believe privacy tokens such as zcash and monero will continue to outperform this year, but they will likely face delisting risks and conflicts with banks over regulatory issues.
VanEck’s head of digital assets said bitcoin sales and the AI trade are increasingly linked as miners fund infrastructure build-outs.
Bitcoin pulled back to just above the $92,000 area as gold surged back to $4,500 per ounce and silver rallied above $80.
Ledn co-founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, born and raised in Venezuela, argues that the country’s government is simply too corrupt and incompetent to have accumulated a rumored $60 billion stash of bitcoin.
Quintenz, who previously led policy at a16z crypto, joins the Nasdaq-listed firm as it advances its SUI-focused treasury strategy.
Quantitative tightening is over and balance sheets are growing again, but cycle theory and adoption concerns still cloud bitcoin’s upside, according to Schwab’s Jim Ferraioli.
The VC mogul has previously said crypto apps must hide blockchain complexity or risk missing mass-market adoption.
The storage token outperformed the broader crypto market during a volatile session.
The Fundstrat co-founder and Bitmine chair said bitcoin has yet to peak in January and reiterated his belief that ether is ‘dramatically’ undervalued.
Technically, BNB is compressed between rising support and a descending resistance zone near $910, indicating a balance rather than a clear direction.
Regulatory clarity and expanding use cases beyond trading are setting the stage for deeper institutional participation in digital assets, the bank said.