XRP slid to $1.80 on Jan. 25, its lowest level since mid-December, as tariff tensions and macro uncertainty drove a broad crypto sell-off. Bitcoin fell to $86,000 and XRP gave up nearly all of its gains for the month.
Rogo closes $160M Series D led by Kleiner Perkins, total funding exceeds $300M. Its AI agent platform Felix automates research for 35,000+ finance professionals. Plans to expand in Europe and Asia.
NEAR Protocol jumped ~50% to a six-month high of $2.34, outperforming most altcoins as Arthur Hayes's 'holy trinity' narrative drives concentrated rotation into NEAR, HYPE and ZEC.
zk-rollups move execution off-chain and post validity proofs on Ethereum, raising throughput while lowering fees. The article explains how they work, where they fall short, which projects use them, and how they compare with optimistic rollups and zkEVM efforts.
A Nevada judge ruled that Kalshi's event contracts are indistinguishable from sports betting, maintaining a ban until April 17. This marks the first court-enforced ban against Kalshi, deepening the clash between federal oversight and state gambling laws.
Iranian media says the proposed Hormuz Safe platform could use bitcoin for maritime insurance payments tied to the Strait of Hormuz, with revenue estimated at over $10 billion, though launch details and adoption remain unconfirmed.
Ripple’s institutional expansion kept growing in 2026, including JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, and SBI, but XRP failed to reflect those gains. The article argues that RLUSD, not XRP, is capturing much of the direct utility in major settlements.
A qualifying snapshot for the TRUMP meme coin closes on April 10, with the top 297 holders set to attend a Mar-a-Lago crypto event on April 25 where Trump is listed as a speaker.
