Rising costs and shrinking revenue push payback periods beyond 1,000 days, amplifying stress across the sector Bitcoin miners are confronting an unusually severe profitability crunch as revenue per unit of compute power sinks to historic lows and operating expenses continue to rise. Industry analysts warn that the current squeeze is testing even the most established companies. Fresh data indicates that miners are navigating the harshest margin environment the sector has seen, marked by a sharp drop in hashprice, the metric that reflects earnings per petahash of computing power. Average revenue, which hovered near $55 per PH/s earlier this year, has…
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New reserve aims to safeguard dividend obligations as firm strengthens balance sheet during volatility Strategy — the publicly traded firm led by Michael Saylor — has set up a $1.44 billion U.S. dollar reserve to ensure it can meet dividend and debt obligations even amid market turbulence. At the same time, the company boosted its Bitcoin holdings, bringing the total to 650,000 BTC. The reserve was established using proceeds from the sale of Strategy’s Class A common shares under its at-the-market offering program. According to the firm, the cash pool is intended to cover at least 12 months of dividend…
XRP Slides 7% as Technical Breakdown Targets $1.80 Support XRP extended its weekly decline with a sharp 7% intraday pullback, marking another setback for the altcoin after repeated failures to hold its key resistance zones. The move reflects shifting short-term sentiment, even as broader institutional support for XRP continues to grow across global payment and custody platforms. Bearish Flows Contrast With Institutional Progress While the development of new payment rails and enterprise-level integrations has strengthened XRP’s long-term infrastructure, recent data shows that short-term liquidity has turned decisively bearish. Analysts note that despite long-standing institutional interest in the XRP ecosystem, immediate…
Sharp rise in domestic yields threatens long-standing flows into global risk assets, including crypto A rapid climb in Japanese government bond yields is drawing renewed attention to the fragility of global liquidity conditions, with analysts warning that the shift could reverberate across equities, emerging-market debt, and digital assets. Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield reached 1.86% on Monday — its highest level since 2008 — marking a stark departure from the country’s long-standing low-rate environment. Yields have nearly doubled in the past year, while the two-year yield crossed 1% for the first time in more than a decade. Although the…
Expanded permissions strengthen the company’s institutional services across Asia-Pacific Ripple Labs has secured regulatory approval to widen its payment activities in Singapore, marking another step in the company’s ongoing expansion across the Asia-Pacific region. The approval arrives as Ripple continues to scale its institutional offerings through a series of acquisitions and product developments. Ripple’s regional arm, Ripple Markets APAC, received authorization from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to extend the scope of services covered under its Major Payment Institution license. While the MAS website still lists Ripple under digital payment token services, the firm says the updated license allows…
Dogecoin Slumps as Institutional Demand Disappoints Dogecoin has entered another phase of weakness after a sharp daily drop, extending its multi-week decline against broader crypto market softness. The latest downturn comes amid muted institutional demand, raising concerns that the meme-coin may face deeper downside pressure unless market conditions stabilize. Weak ETF Inflows Raise Concerns The recently launched DOGE exchange-traded products from Grayscale and Bitwise failed to generate the enthusiasm many analysts expected. Combined, these products recorded just $2.16 million in inflows, a figure significantly lower than projections for a high-profile meme-asset with a large retail following. This disappointing response has…
Launch expected this week as competition in crypto-linked funds intensifies Grayscale is preparing to introduce the United States’ first spot Chainlink (LINK) exchange-traded fund, with the launch anticipated this week following the conversion of the firm’s existing LINK trust. The move positions the asset manager at the forefront of a new wave of crypto-focused ETFs entering the market. Industry observers expect the fund to go live on Tuesday, aligning with projections from multiple ETF analysts. The product will mirror the spot price of LINK and capture additional returns generated through staking, offering investors direct exposure to the Chainlink network’s underlying…
ADA retests a long-standing support area after repeated structure breaks Cardano has fallen 6%, extending its multi-week decline and pushing the price toward a critical demand zone around $0.38–$0.40. The chart signals a continuation of bearish market structure, driven by successive breaks of structure (BOS) and repeated failures to reclaim upper supply zones. Why Cardano Dropped 6% The maket highlights a clear sequence of downward structure breaks, beginning after ADA’s rejection from the strong supply cluster between $0.90 and $1.00. Each recovery attempt since late October has been met with aggressive selling, creating a chain of lower highs and confirming…
Incident drains liquidity from liquid-staking index token; Yearn says vaults remain unaffected Yearn Finance is examining an apparent exploit involving its yETH product after an attacker drained a significant portion of the pool’s liquid staking token reserves. Early blockchain traces indicate that a portion of the proceeds — roughly 1,000 ETH, or about $3 million — was moved through the privacy tool Tornado Cash. The incident centers on yETH, a Yearn product that bundles multiple liquid staking tokens into a single asset. According to on-chain activity, the attacker deployed a sequence of new smart contracts to create an effectively unlimited…
Analysts remain divided as competing frameworks produce sharply different fair-value estimates A new analysis comparing a dozen valuation models suggests that Ether (ETH) may be priced below its long-term fair value. Yet one influential framework offers a stark counterpoint, reinforcing the debate over how to measure the economic fundamentals of a decentralized network. According to Ki Young Ju, who examined 12 commonly referenced models, nine indicate that ETH is undervalued at current levels near $3,000. A composite average places “fair value” around $4,836, implying substantial upside under traditional network-activity assumptions. Most of the models — eight in total — also…