Ethereum Names Its Post-Glamsterdam 2026 Upgrade: Hegota

Ethereum developers have officially named the network’s post-Glamsterdam 2026 upgrade Hegota. The name merges two parallel tracks into a single release: Bogota for the execution layer and Heze for the consensus layer. This isn’t just branding. It reflects how Ethereum now ships upgrades, coordinated, predictable, and incremental. Hegota will land later in 2026, following Glamsterdam, … Read more

TRON Integrates With Kalshi, Bringing TRX and USDT to the World’s Largest Prediction Market

TRON is pushing deeper into real-world financial infrastructure. TRON has announced that Kalshi, the world’s largest regulated prediction market, has integrated the TRON blockchain network. The update enables seamless deposits and withdrawals using TRX, TRON’s native utility token, alongside USDT issued on TRON. https://twitter.com/trondao/status/2001713040925036692 While the announcement may look like a routine infrastructure upgrade, the … Read more

Former Pump.fun Developer Sentenced to Six Years After $2M SOL Heist

The “crypto Robin Hood” story has reached its legal end. A London court has sentenced former Pump.fun developer Jarett Dunn to six years in prison after he stole roughly $2 million worth of Solana from his employer and dispersed the funds to thousands of random wallets. The ruling, first reported by Decrypt, closes one of … Read more

NEAR Goes Live on Solana as Cross-Chain Trading and AI Ambitions Accelerate

$NEAR is now live on Solana. And the implications go far beyond a simple token listing. The NEAR Protocol token has officially launched on the Solana network, powered by NEAR Intents in collaboration with Orb Markets. The move marks a major step in NEAR’s push toward universal trading, seamless cross-chain liquidity, and its broader vision … Read more

Bitcoin Rips to $90K, Then Slips as Leverage and Supply Collide

Bitcoin moved fast. Then it pulled back just as quickly. A sudden surge pushed BTC to roughly $90,087 on Coinbase a few hours ago. The rally looked decisive at first. It wasn’t. Price faded soon after, sliding back toward the $86,580 zone where it now trades. The move reignited debate around leverage, supply pressure, and … Read more

Draftkings Taps CFTC Framework to Launch Predictions Marketplace App

On Friday, Draftkings launched a standalone predictions app regulated under federal commodities law, formally entering the growing U.S. prediction markets sector and expanding beyond traditional sports betting into event-based contract trading. Draftkings Brings Event Contracts to U.S. Users via New Predictions Platform Draftkings announced the debut of Draftkings Predictions on Dec. 19, introducing a mobile … Read more

Rip Higher or Roll Over? Prediction Market Wagers Suggest a Slower Climb Ahead for Bitcoin

With bitcoin off 5.5% for the month of December on a returns basis, plenty of eyes are squinting at the chart and asking what comes next. To size things up, we leaned into the wisdom of the crowd and peeked at what today’s most active prediction markets are betting on. Myriad Bettors Still Favor $100K, … Read more

MicroBT Enters the Petahash Club, Taking Bitcoin Mining Rigs to a New Extreme

Over the past year, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technology has advanced substantially, and this month, Shenzhen, China-based MicroBT introduced its newest mining machine, boasting an unprecedented hashrate of 1,035 terahash per second (TH/s), equivalent to 1.35 petahash per second (PH/s) of raw computing power. MicroBT Crosses the Petahash Rubicon With a New Whatsminer At the … Read more

Bloomberg’s Mike McGlone Warns of Market ‘Hurricane’ in 2026

Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, warned that a broad market downturn may be approaching in 2026, arguing that stretched valuations, falling crypto prices, and deflationary pressures are flashing familiar pre-crisis signals. Mike McGlone: Crypto Is Leading a Broader Market Rollback McGlone made the comments in a wide-ranging interview with David Lin on … Read more

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