Bitcoin Fork ECX Price Crashes 76% From Peak as Binance Hack Steals Spotlight – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways The $6.3 billion Binance hack overshadowed ECX’s debut, leaving its ambitious launch largely unnoticed. ECX commands a $639 million valuation, but its thin liquidity tells a more complicated story. Bitcoin forks face an uncomfortable reality in 2026, where market value matters more than technical pedigree. Paul Sztorc’s Ecash Fork Debuts Amid Market Turmoil […]

Crypto PACs Lose Key Races After Spending Millions in Midterms

The Digital Freedom Fund spent $7.5 million against Sherrod Brown, adding to the $56.5 million Fairshake put into the Ohio contest. Crypto-focused super PACs spent more than $176 million across 100+ races in the 2026 US midterms. However, their biggest campaign ended in defeat after Democrat Sherrod Brown defeated Republican Jon Husted to win […]

Mars volcanoes might just be playing dead, new detection suggests

Though Mars has the largest volcanoes in the solar system, many scientists have claimed they are long-extinct. No one has ever seen smoke or lava erupting from their towering summits. But new evidence from a European spacecraft may force researchers to rethink that assumption: Maybe these volcanoes are not dead after all — just dormant. […]

Congressional Democrats to Target Trump’s Lucrative Crypto Ventures: Report

Key Takeaways Bloomberg Government reporter Kate Ackley says Democrats’ congressional victories open the door to investigations of Trump’s cryptocurrency dealings. Reuters estimates Trump family crypto ventures generated at least $2.3 billion since January 2025. World Liberty Financial and its USD1 stablecoin face scrutiny over foreign investment and potential conflicts of interest. Democrats’ crypto investigations of […]

ApeChain picks Chainlink CCIP for APE and USDC migration

ApeChain has announced plans to replace LayerZero with Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, bringing APE, USDC, and other key assets into a new cross-chain setup across the Yuga Labs ecosystem. Summary ApeChain plans to replace LayerZero with Chainlink CCIP across the Yuga Labs ecosystem. APE, USDC and other key assets will adopt Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Token standard. […]

Google Pixel 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro XL Sale: Save Up to $350

New smartphones used to hold their value, and it was typically months before you’d see any real discounts. But with smartphone sales dwindling and budgets squeezed, some manufacturers are offering tasty discounts on their latest and greatest devices sooner than you might think. Google’s Pixel 11 range landed in August, with the slick Pixel 11, […]

Elon Musk Grok AI Predicts Best Privacy Coin: Monero (XMR) Vs. Zcash (ZEC)

We asked Elon Musk’s AI bot to break down the two premier privacy coins, Zcash and Monero. Grok AI predicts which token is best from an investment and technical perspective. Which of the two has the higher price upside in 2026, and which offers the best privacy technology? When comparing the two leading privacy cryptocurrencies, […]

Sequoia hits rewind, undoing 20 years of expansion

Sequoia Capital posted a memo to X on Wednesday morning titled “The Sequoia of Tomorrow” that’s full of surprises. The firm has raised roughly $10 billion in new funds, it says. It is also closing its London office, shutting down its Arc accelerator and its Scouts program, merging its early-stage and growth teams into one, […]