While the global crypto market faces selling pressure, the likelihood of a U.S. federal government shutdown by February 14, 2026, has been moving sharply in recent days as lawmakers work toward a funding agreement. Early today, the prediction market Polymarket showed that the probability of a shutdown by midnight on
Ethereum (ETH) traded lower on Wednesday, sliding further into negative territory amid broad crypto market pressure and bearish technical signals. At the time of writing, ETH is changing hands near $1,951.90, marking a 3.09% drop in the past 24 hours as sellers dominate the short-term trend. Intraday price activity showed
Goldman Sachs had $2.36 billion of cryptocurrency ETFs in its Q4 2025 13F regulatory filing. The disclosure revealed that $1.1 billion was allocated to Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. At the end of the quarter, the bank held $1.0 billion of Ethereum ETF positions. For the first time, Goldman Sachs reported $153
Ethereum (ETH) is trading near $2,012 on Tuesday after extending recent losses. The latest daily candle shows a 4.40% decline, with price ranging between a high of $2,144.98 and a low of $1,995.65. The move reflects continued pressure following a volatile week for the asset. Last week, Ethereum dropped sharply
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has reacted to Solana’s artificial general intelligence acceleration initiative. He did this through the establishment of his self-sovereign artificial intelligence framework. Speaking on the future of artificial intelligence, Buterin stressed the importance of direction and purpose rather than speed alone. The remarks came in response to
The Ethereum Foundation has planned to sponsor crypto security nonprofit Security Alliance (SEAL) for tracking and neutralising crypto drainers along with social engineering attackers targeting Ethereum users. On February 9, SEAL stated that it rolled out the “Trillion Dollar Security” initiative with EF to back these efforts after connecting with
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argued that even well-designed ETH-collateralized algorithmic stablecoins still constitute genuine decentralized finance. He clarified that such algorithmic mechanisms can transfer U.S. dollar counterparty risk from users to market makers. Buterin blasted the notion that USDC deposit yield strategies are representative of true DeFi principles. He suggested
The price of Ethereum has now formed a base over $1,880 and initiated a recovery wave, similar to Bitcoin. ETH was exchanging hands over the $1,950 and $1,980 resistance levels. The price went over the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $2,340 swing high to the
In a significant strategic shift, the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) has announced that its next-generation protocol, ENSv2, will stayon Ethereum’s Layer-1 mainchain, dropping previous plans of building its own Layer-2 network, Namechain, according to a blog post by ENS co-founder Nick Johnson on February 6. ENSv2 is the Ethereum Name
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), fell sharply below the $2,000 zone, a level not seen since May 2025 as broader cryptocurrency markets came under intensified selling pressure Thursday. ETH dropped to around $1,927, marking a year-to-date low and drawing increased concern as Bitcoin and other major assets also weakened. The
