Cryptocurrencies

Ripple came close to shutting down rather than fighting the SEC, CEO Brad Garlinghouse revealed. He described the decision he and co-founder Chris Larsen faced after the agency sued the company in 2020. Why Ripple Nearly Shut Down After the SEC Lawsuit The SEC sued Ripple in 2020, claiming it had sold XRP as an

When a blockchain gets busy, fees spike and transactions slow down. Layer-2 networks fix this by handling transactions off the main chain and settling them back in batches. This 2026 guide explains what Layer-2 is, how rollups work, and why L2 makes crypto usable.

Patrick Shyu, a former Meta and Google engineer, warns that Bitcoin faces two ticking time bombs. He points to quantum computing and decaying miner incentives as undefused threats. Shyu also revealed he sold all his Bitcoin after suffering massive financial losses. The First Time Bomb Quietly Draining Bitcoin’s Security Shyu argues that Bitcoin’s first time

APX and HASH have rocketed the most in the past day, while BEAT has dumped by over 20%.

Tokenized assets became the most-listed category across major centralized exchanges in the first half of 2026. Nearly 1 in 5 new listings fell into the group. CryptoRank noted that 2026 marked the first year tokenized real-world assets became the fastest-growing listing category, a break from the meme coins or GameFi tokens that led earlier cycles.