Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin framed resilience as protection against catastrophic failure in an X post revisiting Ethereum's Trustless Manifesto.

The Dec. 16 transaction occurred roughly one year after Nike announced plans to shut down RTFKT operations.

The S-1 registration statement filed Wednesday outlines a Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust that will hold Ethereum and track its price while generating rewards through staking.

Digital Asset and Kinexys by JPMorgan announced plans to bring JPM Coin natively to the Canton Network.

Smart contract blockchain tokens posted a 66% average loss while DeFi assets declined 67%, with Bitcoin emerging as the sole major performer during the year.

The BNB Chain sector saw a surge this week, as macroeconomic and broader crypto industry tailwinds whetted the risk appetite of crypto natives.

As we usher in 2026, here are five ways AI agents might deliver truly useful capabilities this year and beyond.

MSCI identified dozens of firms that faced potential exclusion under the proposed 50% threshold.

Ripple Payments had processed over $95 billion in total volume as of November, while Ripple Prime expanded into collateralized lending and institutional XRP products.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $21.4 billion in net inflows during 2025, with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust capturing the largest share.

Consistently approaching the 21-blob limit could strain node bandwidth and storage capacity.

Bitcoin currently sits in eighth position among all assets tracked by market cap.

XRP has gained 25% while Bitcoin rose just 6% and Ethereum climbed 10% over the same period.

The market structure bill passed the House as the CLARITY Act in July but operates under the Responsible Financial Innovation Act name in the Senate.

One Scudo equals 1/1,000 of a XAUT token, which is backed by over 1,300 gold bars held in custody with roughly $2.3 billion in market capitalization.

. The analysis comes as Bitcoin and Ethereum have climbed roughly 7% year-to-date through the first six days of January.

The protocol maintains the remaining 10% in USDC to provide immediate liquidity through a secondary Meteora pool.

The products offer regulated exposure to companies building payment rails and RWA platforms as adoption accelerates.