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RedStone said that the next wave of growth for Solana centers on tokenized real-world assets and institutional capital deployment.

ERCOT reported a record surge in large-load requests, with AI data centers surpassing Bitcoin miners and reshaping Texas’s grid planning and reliability outlook. Texas is rapidly emerging as an epicenter of artificial intelligence-driven energy demand, with an unprecedented surge in large-load power requests, a wave now dominated by AI data centers rather than Bitcoin miners. The figures, highlighted in The Miner Mag’s latest newsletter and drawn from ERCOT’s new System Planning and Weatherization Update, point to a grid facing a fundamentally different kind of growth. ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state’s independent power grid and oversees reliable electric service for about 90% of Texans, reported that its large-load interconnection queue has ballooned to 226 gigawatts of new requests, roughly 73% tied to AI facilities. Read more

New blockchain analysis has raised doubts over PEPE’s fair launch, suggesting that one entity controlled a large share of the genesis supply and has sold early, as PEPE has faced price swings, security concerns, and renewed scrutiny of meme coin trading risks. The post Did One Entity Kill PEPE’s Fair Launch? Bubblemaps Flags 30% Genesis Hoard, $2M Dump appeared first on Cryptonews.

Disney says Google’s AI used its characters without permission, as it signed a new deal with OpenAI to allow character generation with Sora.

Trading volumes jumped 38% above monthly averages as institutional players repositioned ahead of a scheduled token unlock.

Bitcoin has stayed above $90,000 while the Fear and Greed Index has remained in the fear zone and the Altcoin Season Index has inched higher, as MYX, Tezos and UNUS SED LEO have recorded cautious gains on stable liquidity and steady network activity. The post Altcoin Season Shows Flickers As Bitcoin Tests Support Near $90,000 appeared first on Cryptonews.

The token is consolidating below resistance at $1.65, with support forming above $1.59, and traders are watching for a breakout above $1.70 to regain momentum.

Caroline Crenshaw, the financial agency’s sole remaining Democratic commissioner, is expected to depart in January, 18 months after her official term ended. SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw, expected to leave the agency in less than a month, used one of her final public speaking engagements to address the regulator’s response to digital assets. Speaking at a Brookings Institution event on Thursday, Crenshaw said standards at the SEC had “eroded” in the last year, with “markets [starting] to look like casinos,” and “chaos” as the agency dismissed many years-long enforcement cases, reduced civil penalties and filed fewer actions overall. The commissioner, expected to depart in January after her term officially ended in June 2024, also criticized many crypto users and the agency’s response to the markets. Read more

ICP slid 4.28% as a sharp reversal from early highs pushed the token below short-term support, with volume surging during key inflection points.

Belarus blocked major crypto exchange domains the same day Russia signaled it may ease regulated crypto access requirements while clamping down on the gray market. The Belarusian Ministry of Information has blocked access to crypto exchanges Bybit, OKX, Bitget, Gate, Bingx and Weex, it said on Thursday. According to a government announcement, the ministry has restricted access to the global domains of several crypto exchanges, citing “inappropriate advertising” under Article 511 of the Law on Mass Media. Cointelegraph reached out to the blocked exchanges but had not received responses at the time of publication. Read more

After weeks of sluggish price action, XRP continues to bleed slowly across both its USDT and BTC pairs. There is no sign of bullish momentum or a meaningful shift in structure, and price remains trapped below key moving averages. Attempts at recovery have lacked follow-through, with each bounce getting rejected at lower levels. Until something […]

The token is now trading in a tight range, with buyers defending the $864-$867 zone and sellers capping gains near $868.50.

New fund enables Save the Children to hold bitcoin, pilot digital wallets, and speed up emergency aid delivery.

The Berlin-based bridging and swap infrastructure provider has now raised $51.7M in total funding and processed more than $60B in onchain volume.

The U.S. dollar, along with precious metals and bond yields, is reacting as expected to easier financial conditions, but crypto remains in a bearish trend.

Bitcoin remains trapped within a corrective structure as sellers continue to defend major resistance zones. Despite temporary recoveries, the market has not yet shown the strength required for a sustained reversal, and recent order-flow data indicate that downside risk may not be fully exhausted. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart Bitcoin continues to trade […]

The most unusual trend in the crypto market this month is not Bitcoin’s price action, but the mechanics of XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows. For 18 consecutive trading sessions, the four products have absorbed steady demand, accumulating roughly $954 million in inflows without a single outflow since launch. The streak stands out amid the volatile […] The post XRP ETFs absorbed nearly $1 billion in 18 days, yet the price is flashing a major warning signal appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A report found that most Bitcoin-stacking firms sit on unrealized losses, with a handful selling the asset as its price fell last month.

The Federal Reserve delivered a third consecutive quarter-point rate cut amid inflation concerns, while prominent crypto analysts including Raoul Pal and Tom Lee forecast a 2026 supercycle with Bitcoin's Power Curve projecting a $250,000 peak despite near-term technical weakness. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: US Fed Cuts Rates for the Third Time – Is This the Trigger for a 2026 Crypto Supercycle? appeared first on Cryptonews.

BONK fell 4.5% as resistance near $0.00001010 capped early strength, sending the token into a tight consolidation band around $0.00000910.