Category: Crypto Industry Insights

Zama Protocol’s native token ZAMA has staged a sharp rally, climbing more than 27% in the last 24 hours and outperforming the broader privacy-focused crypto sector. The move comes alongside a strong pickup in trading activity and growing interest from both large individual holders and professional investors who see privacy as a core requirement for…

Justin Sun’s HTX Is Rapidly Rotating On-Chain Wallets After UK Sanctions, Says TRM Labs Crypto exchange HTX, associated with entrepreneur Justin Sun, has overhauled its wallet architecture in the weeks following UK sanctions, aggressively rotating its deposit and hot wallets across multiple blockchains. According to blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs, the platform has “rebuilt its…

What is self‑certification? Crypto’s permission model, turned inside out ——————————————————————— For years, a token’s legal fate in the United States depended on what the SEC *might* do someday. Status was whatever a later lawsuit, settlement, or speech implied it had been all along. The CLARITY framework inverts that posture. Instead of projects waiting indefinitely for…

Pakistan is moving to tighten oversight of digital assets, pairing its pro-crypto regulatory push with a new enforcement arm focused squarely on financial crime. The country’s top federal investigative body, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), has created a specialized cryptocurrency investigation unit inside its recently launched National Command and Control Centre (NC3). This new unit…

Coinbase backs tougher CLARITY Act as Trump ethics standoff drags on Coinbase is now throwing its weight behind a significantly tougher version of the CLARITY Act, after Senate Democrats pushed through stronger consumer safeguards in closed-door talks. Yet despite the crypto giant’s endorsement, betting markets have grown more skeptical: traders on Polymarket now assign just…

LINK is back on traders’ radars as Chainlink’s price action begins to coil into what many analysts identify as a bullish pennant, just as buy-side interest shows signs of returning. After a period of sharp movement, LINK has slipped into a tightening trading range, with volume starting to pick up again on the bid side…

Cathie Wood doubles down on SpaceX as shares slide to fresh post‑IPO low Cathie Wood is leaning into the latest bout of weakness in SpaceX stock. Her firm, ARK Invest, scooped up another 18.3 million dollars’ worth of shares after the company’s price dropped to its lowest level since going public, pressured by a delayed…

Kaspersky unmasks OkoBot: a 20-module operation draining crypto wallets via seed phrase theft Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sprawling malware operation designed to quietly strip cryptocurrency users of control over their wallets by stealing recovery phrases and access credentials. The campaign, dubbed OkoBot, has been active for more than a year and is built around…

Polygon’s recent decision to pivot aggressively into payments has ignited a backlash from parts of its holder base, who argue that the new for‑profit strategy does little to enhance the value of the POL token. A long‑time token holder, Just Hopmans, publicly criticized the direction of Polygon Labs, saying the company is effectively turning itself…

JPMorgan sees Hyperliquid deal tightening margins for Circle and Coinbase JPMorgan has lowered its earnings projections for both Circle and Coinbase after a revised USDC revenue-sharing deal with Hyperliquid reshaped how income from stablecoin reserves is split. The bank warned that despite rising adoption of USDC, the new commercial terms could erode the long‑term profitability…