Iran Now Accepts Crypto Payments for Weapons Exports
Iran is now letting foreign buyers pay for advanced weapons using cryptocurrency, alongside barter and local currency. Officials from the Ministry of Defence Export Center, known as Mindex, confirmed that digital assets are being accepted as payment for overseas arms sales. Years of
Binance Exec Sees 2026 ‘Bullish Reset’ as Hype Coins Fade
Binance’s Asia-Pacific leadership predicts a “bullish reset” in 2026, where real-world crypto use beats meme-fuelled hype. The call comes as Binance reports strong institutional flows and a pivot toward regulation-first growth, even while many altcoins still chop sideways. This fits a wider 2024–2025
“Do More to Meet Stated Goals”: Vitalik Buterin’s 2026 Mandate for Ethereum Price
Is the Ethereum price inflated? .cwp-coin-chart svg path { stroke-width: 0.65 !important; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-graph-container.positive svg path:nth-of-type(2) { stroke: #008868 !important; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.positive { color: #008868 !important; background-color: transparent !important; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-popup-holder .cwp-coin-trend.positive { border: 1px solid #008868; border-radius: 3px; }
Bitcoin ‘$150K by 2026’ Bet Gets Just 26% Odds on Polymarket
Bettors on a prediction market, Polymarket, currently give Bitcoin only a 26% chance of trading above $150,000 at any point in 2026. Other related markets are more optimistic on lower milestones, with odds near 80% that Bitcoin touches $100,000 before 2027. As we
Crypto Market News Today, January 2: Bitcoin Price Closing $90K, Ethereum Blasts $3K as On-Chain Activity Hits Highs
Good morning!! Forget any crypto news for a while, because today, I woke up seeing news about MTV shutting down, as the play “Video Killed the Radio Star” music video. It got me thinking, we listened to the radio before TV became available,
Coinbase Says Stablecoin Interest Ban Gives China the Advantage
Coinbase is pushing back against efforts to limit interest on stablecoins in the United States, warning that such restrictions could end up helping China. The warning comes as lawmakers debate how to enforce the GENIUS Act, which became law in July and introduced a
Franklin Templeton Exec Says XRP Price Is Critical To Cross-Border Payments: $3 Inbound?
Silver is my old world bag. The XRP price is my new world bag. Either way we go, I’ve got a bag and a samurai NFT. And heading into 2026, XRP is primed to take on .cwp-coin-chart svg path { stroke-width: 0.65 !important;
Standard Chartered’s $8 XRP Call: Bullish Signal or Hype Risk?
Standard Chartered’s head of digital assets research, Geoffrey Kendrick, just raised his XRP price target to $8 by 2026, implying a +330% jump from its recent $1.86 price. XRP USD barely moved on the headline, which shows that many traders still treat bank
Crypto Market News Today, December 30: Bitcoin Price Struggles To Bounce as Year Ends | Expecting 2026, What’s Next?
Bitcoin is almost ending the year with chaotic and frustrating price actions. It now hovers at $20,000 below where it stood when Donald Trump officially became president, a gap that is sending BTC lower on a year-to-year basis for the 3rd time. Right
Real-World Asset (RWA) DeFi Protocols Overtake DEXs in TVL—Here’s Why It Matters
Real-world asset (RWA) protocols just passed decentralized exchanges (DEXs) to become the fifth-largest category in DeFi by total value locked (TVL), with around $17–30 billion now parked in tokenized Treasuries, private credit, and commodities. That means more money now sits in tokenized “real
