Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov stated this Tuesday that the current bear market demonstrates the maturity reached by the crypto industry on a global scale. According to the executive, the current resilience is due to the absence of massive institutional collapses and the steady growth of tokenized real-world assets despite volatility.
Author: Chloe Adams
Chloe Adams
Chloe Adams writes about the infrastructure layer of crypto: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Layer 1 networks, stablecoins, DeFi and the regulation shaping how these systems are used. At BlockchainJournal, she pays close attention to protocol upgrades, network activity and adoption claims, separating meaningful ecosystem progress from technical noise or premature conclusions.When relevant, she also tracks regulatory developments and market reactions tied to core blockchain systems.
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The digital asset Solana has staged a dizzying 12% bounce from its recent lows, reaching the support zone between 85 and 90 dollars. However, a worrying Solana technical signal has raised alarms among financial analysts, who suggest that the lack of accumulation by large holders could invalidate this recovery in the short term.
After a staggering nine-day drop that took the price to yearly lows, the Ethereum network has managed to stabilize near 2,150 dollars this Monday. However, according to data from specialized platforms and statements by Vitalik Buterin, the ETH derivatives markets maintain a skeptical stance due to the lack of optimism from the majority of institutional investors.
Morgan Stanley initiated coverage of three US bitcoin miners, assigning Overweight ratings to Cipher Mining (CIFR) and TeraWulf (WULF) and an Underweight rating to Marathon Digital (MARA). The bank framed the recommendations around a shift in valuation towards miners as data center infrastructure rather than pure bitcoin bets.
XRP plummeted to its lowest level in 15 months, prompting whales to buy nearly $2.24 billion worth of the token. This significantly reduced the supply and triggered a price rebound, pushing XRP above a key support level.
BitGet and security firm BlockSec have published the Security Standard, a framework designed to codify different levels of protection within universal exchanges. The standard establishes five benchmarks intended to provide ongoing, auditable assurance for platforms that combine cryptocurrencies, tokenized instruments, and real-world assets.
The exchange platform Binance injected an additional 300 million dollars in Bitcoin into its Binance emergency reserves this Monday. According to data provided by the analysis firm Arkham, this acquisition of 4,225 BTC seeks to strengthen the SAFU fund, which acts as a critical backup for users in the face of serious incidents.
Santiment reported last Saturday that retail investors are attempting to meta-analyze the current collapse to detect an imminent market capitulation. According to the social analysis platform, this behavior arises as traders look for signs of surrender in other participants, thus trying to identify the lowest point to execute their buy orders.
A wallet linked to the 50 million dollar Infini exploit has become active again after nearly a year of operational silence. According to Arkham data, the attacker took advantage of the recent market downturn to execute an Ether investment valued at 13.3 million dollars, subsequently sending the assets to the Tornado Cash mixing protocol this Monday.
The TON Foundation has officially introduced TON Pay, a new software development kit (SDK) designed to transform Telegram into a financial settlement layer. According to the release issued this Monday, the tool will allow merchants and Mini App developers to accept digital assets natively, facilitating cryptocurrency payments for over 1.1 billion monthly active users worldwide.
