Author: 行政
The price of Near Protocol’s NEAR holds $1.00 support after the recent pullback. The next target zone for NEAR price is at $1.40–$1.44. Momentum appears to be building quietly with strong fundamentals. NEAR Protocol (NEAR) price is showing signs of stabilisation after a modest pullback to the $1.00 level. The altcoins recently broke out of a rectangle consolidation pattern, surging to a high of $1.24, but the price is now retesting the breakout area. This level, often referred to as the Resistance-Becomes-Support (RBS) zone, is now acting as a critical support point, and how NEAR behaves here could determine the…
Bitcoin pioneer Jack Dorsey wants 50% staff cut to feel “awkwardly human” as AI-era reset begins at Block
Block shares jumped more than 20% in premarket trading after CEO Jack Dorsey told employees the company will cut more than 4,000 roles and reorganize around an “AI-era” operating model.The reduction takes Block from more than 10,000 employees to just under 6,000 (“nearly half,” in Dorsey’s wording), while the company’s 8-K describes a “Workforce Plan” that will reduce headcount by more than 40%.Block stock price jump (Source: Yahoo Finance)Dorsey pitches “AI-era” reset as investors weigh cost cuts and growth targetsBlock reported 10,205 full-time employees worldwide as of Dec. 31, 2025, in its annual filing. The company expects $450 million to…
Bitcoin stalls near $67,000 after partial recovery from all-time highs. On-chain data shows half of BTC is held at a loss, hinting at market fatigue. Analyst warns deeper correction possible, with bottom around $45,000. Bitcoin’s recent recovery attempt has stalled just below $70,000, with the cryptocurrency slipping back to around $67,250 at press time. The drop comes as the broader crypto market struggles to maintain upward momentum following a few months of volatility. After reaching an all-time high of $126,080 in October 2025, Bitcoin (BTC) has now retraced nearly half of its value. All eyes are now on the cryptocurrency…
MARA Holdings shares rose 17% following a partnership with Starwood Capital Group to convert mining sites into 1 gigawatt of data center capacity for AI and cloud customers. Despite a 6% revenue drop in the fourth quarter, CEO Fred Thiel affirmed that Bitcoin remains a core strategy while the company pivots to monetise its existing power infrastructure. The move reflects a broader trend among miners like Bitfarms and Cango, who are repurposing energy-connected sites for high-performance computing to secure steadier revenue post-halving. MARA Holdings shares jumped 17% after the Bitcoin miner said it will work with Starwood Capital Group to…
Starknet is launching strkBTC, a Bitcoin-backed token that enables private balances and confidential transfers within its DeFi ecosystem. The system automatically mints tokens based on verifiable deposits to remove discretionary control, using protocol-level privacy rather than third-party custodians. The initiative aims to attract institutional users by allowing them to shield transaction data while maintaining eligibility for Bitcoin staking and yield products. Layer-2 network Starknet is preparing to launch strkBTC, a Bitcoin-backed token designed to enable private balances and confidential transfers inside Starknet DeFi. StarkWare (the parent company) and the Starknet Foundation said strkBTC is minted automatically when users deposit BTC,…
Bitcoin rallies on Nvidia’s monster quarter but its tech beta means the next AI scare hits harder
Nvidia printed a monster quarter, with $68.1 billion in revenue and its Data Center business alone delivering $62.3 billion. The company is expected to have roughly $78 billion in revenue next quarter.The crypto angle is mechanical, not mystical: Bitcoin has been behaving like a leveraged expression of tech risk appetite, so when AI “risk-on” sentiment returns, BTC often catches the same bid. When it cracks, BTC can drop with it.Nvidia reported Q4 revenue of $68.1 billion with Data Center at $62.3 billion, representing 91.5% of total revenue, and guided approximately $78 billion next quarter.The question isn’t whether Bitcoin cares about…
Industry groups warned the Australian government that the AUD risks losing global relevance without a clear legal framework for blockchain-based settlement. Coinbase Australia recommended allowing AUD stablecoins to pay interest to compete with USD options and increase demand for Australian government bonds. Organisations like DECA and the Australian Bitcoin Industry Body called for clearer definitions for digital wallets and modest regulatory changes to support low-cost payment systems. Australia’s stablecoin policy is being shaped now, with industry groups warning that decisions over the next 12 months could determine whether the Australian dollar is meaningfully used in future tokenised payments markets. The…
A bipartisan group of US House lawmakers has co-sponsored a bill designed to prevent criminal prosecution of software developers who code blockchain apps but do not control users’ crypto assets. The bill clarifies that breaches of the federal criminal code related to unlicensed money transmission operations would only apply to developers with custody of digital assets. The move has long been called for in the crypto industry and has drawn support from major crypto advocacy groups A new bipartisan bill introduced into the US House of Representatives aims to protect American blockchain software developers from criminal prosecution. The ‘Promoting Innovation…
Large XRP balances previously excluded from DeFi can now be deployed through a simplified wallet-native process. Flare infrastructure abstracts cross-chain complexity while preserving XRPL-based authorisation. Existing FXRP growth suggests holders are beginning to experiment with yield strategies. More than 2 billion XRP tokens, valued at about US$3 billion (AU$4.2 billion), have remained outside decentralised finance despite representing roughly 3.5% of the circulating supply. Much of this liquidity sits in Xaman wallets and has historically been excluded from DeFi due to technical hurdles such as bridging, managing gas tokens and setting up additional wallets. Flare and Xaman have now launched an…
Bloomberg and Kaiko will deliver licensed financial reference data directly into blockchain-based markets. The rollout targets tokenised US Treasurys and repo workflows on an institutional-grade network. The initiative aims to reduce reconciliation risk by embedding a single authorised dataset on-chain. Bloomberg is partnering with Paris-based digital asset data firm Kaiko to make its licensed financial datasets available directly on blockchain infrastructure, beginning with tokenised US Treasurys and repo markets on the Canton Network. The initiative seeks to transition Bloomberg’s Data License products from traditional off-chain databases into on-chain environments through Kaiko’s infrastructure. The companies said fragmented and inconsistent data sources…