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The debate between the Bitcoin (BTC) and Zcash (ZEC) communities intensified on Sunday as the price of Zcash recovered to over $700, after falling to a low of $598 on Saturday.“The ‘Bitcoin only, everything else is a scam’ crowd is going to get really twisted trying to figure out what to say about Zcash,” the CEO of investment firm Bitwise, Hunter Horsley, said in an X post, which ignited a firestorm of responses.“No, we’re pretty comfortable calling this obviously coordinated pump and dump of a VC coin a scam,” Bit Paine said in response, referencing Zcash’s 1,500% rally since October.…

Your search for the best crypto exchange in 2025 has probably brought you to the OKX vs Coinbase comparison. Both platforms are prominent in the crypto market, but they cater to different trading styles. If you want lower fees, useful tools, or an easy setup for beginners, knowing their differences will help you choose the one that suits you best.In this OKX and Coinbase review, we will compare their features, fees, and security to help you decide which platform meets your trading needs. Read on to see how each exchange works and which one is the best match for your…

Gold investor Peter Schiff called Strategy’s business model, which hatched the biggest Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company in the world, a “fraud” on Sunday and challenged the company’s founder, Michael Saylor, to a debate. Schiff, who is one of crypto and Bitcoin’s harshest critics and a staunch gold advocate, challenged Saylor to a debate at Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), in December. In a separate X post, Schiff argued:“MSTR’s business model relies on income-oriented funds buying its ‘high-yield’ preferred shares. But those published yields will never actually be paid. Once fund managers realize this, they’ll dump the preferreds.”…

According to market reports, Bitcoin fell sharply this week and pushed the Crypto Fear & Greed Index down to 10, a level tied to extreme fear. Related Reading Investors and traders are asking whether this marks the bottom of the cycle or just another step lower in a run that has already seen a 25% correction. Extreme Fear Hits Crypto Markets Retail panic has been clear. Funding rates on some derivatives desks have turned negative, and newer entrants to the market are showing signs of stress. Based on reports, large parts of the investor base are worried. That worry is…

Harvard University’s endowment has disclosed a $443 million stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), making the fund’s largest known equity position a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund.According to the university’s latest 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the investment fund held 6.8 million shares of IBIT as of the third quarter of 2025. The position accounts for just over 20% of its reported U.S.-listed public equity holdings.Institutional investors, such as Harvard, typically avoid exchange-traded funds, instead favoring private equity, real estate, and direct investments. That makes this move into IBIT especially notable. For context, Harvard’s entire endowment…

On Nov. 14, Kevin McCordic of Monad and investor Nic Carter offered opposing reads on crypto’s 2025 slump, splitting over whether it’s routine consolidation or a catalyst-light grind.McCordic, director of growth at Monad Foundation who goes by “intern” on X, argued that today’s jitters are modest compared with 2022, when credit lenders failed, exchanges imploded and cascading liquidations hit tokens. He cast the drawdown as uncomfortable but typical consolidation after crisis and said crypto is embedded in global finance and “things are going to be ok.”Carter, a general partner at Castle Island Ventures and cofounder of Coin Metrics, countered that…

In brief Tristan Thompson sees prediction markets as an evolution of sports gambling. He thinks they will be increasingly integrated into sports broadcasts. Prediction markets have the potential to drive higher ratings, he added. Prediction markets emerged as a fixture of politics last year, but now they’re making a notable splash in the big leagues, according to NBA star Tristan Thompson.Amid a growing list of partnerships and acquisitions, it probably won’t be long before odds from platforms like Polymarket become a common way for people to gauge the pulse of their favorite teams and athletes in real-time, he said in…

Bitcoin has dropped below $100,000 for the second time in a week, losing 12% in a month. The overall crypto market has lost over $700 billion in the past month, as the Fear and Greed Index has fallen to ‘extreme fear’. So, do all of these market indicators signal a bear market? Let’s analyze the technical and historical data. Sentiment Signals Are at Bear-Market LevelsThe Fear & Greed Index at 10 reflects extreme fear comparable to early 2022 and June 2022, both confirmed bear-market phases. Yesterday: 16 Last week: 20 Last month: 28 Sponsored SponsoredThe trend shows accelerating fear, not stabilizing sentiment.…

Four days after Uniswap Labs and the Uniswap Foundation proposed merging their operations and activating the long-awaited fee switch, a X spat between the protocol’s founder and Gary Gensler’s former chief of staff reopened wounds that the crypto industry thought had healed.The exchange wasn’t just about a governance vote, it was a proxy war for how Washington and Web3 remember 2022, and whether decentralization was ever more than regulatory theater.Amanda Fischer, now at Better Markets after serving as SEC chief of staff under Gensler, fired first.On Nov. 14, she posted that Uniswap’s proposal of consolidating Foundation operations into the for-profit…

The Senate Agriculture Committee released its own discussion draft market structure bill, addressing digital commodities and how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission might oversee that sector of the crypto market.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions.The narrativeWe have a new draft crypto market structure bill! Are we any closer to seeing this bill pass through Congress? Sort of.Why it mattersThe Senate Agriculture Committee publishing a first draft bill text is a key step. The draft as released has a number of parts that…