Blockchain firm Ripple is among the four founding members of the newly incorporated XRP Ledger (XRPL) Foundation. Established on Nov. 26 in France, the organization aims to unify and govern the broader XRPL ecosystem. The foundation brings together Ripple, XRPL Labs, XRPL Commons, the former XRPL Foundation, and key members…

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju has raised concerns about South Korea’s readiness to approve spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). In a Nov. 26 post on X (formerly Twitter), Ju compared the regulatory climate in South Korea to the contentious stance of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary…

The Cardano network has reached a significant milestone by successfully deploying its first zero-knowledge (ZK) smart contract on the mainnet. This achievement utilizes the Plutus v3 ledger language, marking a step forward for the network’s capabilities. The ZK smart contract Halo2 will allow zero-knowledge applications and partner chains, such as…

Low-income households in the United States are turning crypto profits into opportunities for homeownership, as revealed by a Nov. 26 report from the Office of Financial Research (OFR), a US Treasury Department research arm. Samuel Hughes, Francisco Ilabaca, Jacob Lockwood, and Kevin Zhao conducted the study based on tax data.…

The price of Tornado Cash’s TORN token skyrocketed to a two-year high after a US federal appeals court ruled that the US Treasury Department’s sanctions on the platform were unlawful. Tornado Cash is an on-chain privacy tool that uses immutable smart contracts to enable anonymous crypto transactions. The platform was…

Bitcoin mining stock CleanSpark (CLSK) has gained 18% year-to-date, falling short of Bitcoin’s 121% rise over the same period. Analyst Caleb Franzen of Cubic Analytics highlights this discrepancy, questioning the effectiveness of investing in mining stocks for higher exposure to Bitcoin’s performance. Bitcoin vs CleanSpark (Source: X) Franzen points out…

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Bitcoin (BTC) can visit the zone below $88,000 before resuming its push towards the $100,000 threshold if further downside is registered, according to a Glassnode report. The report highlighted a critical “air gap,” as BTC’s rapid rally has left minimal trading activity between $76,000 and $88,000, creating an underdeveloped price…

NYSE Arca filed a 19b-4 Form to list a Bitwise exchange-traded product (ETP) offering direct spot exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), weighted by their market capitalization. According to a Bitwise statement, the proposed Bitcoin-Ether ETP aims at simplifying portfolio allocation for investors seeking exposure to the crypto market’s…