More – Dec LM

1 In 5 Cross-Chain Crypto Investigations Involve More Than 10 Blockchains, Elliptic Finds

Crypto criminals are taking increasing pains to evade detection, moving assets between a multitude of blockchain ecosystems in an effort to throw investigators off their trail. A full 20%...

Private Equity Giant Apollo Invests in Real-World Asset Platform Plume

Plume, a blockchain platform focused on real-world assets (RWAs), said on Tuesday it secured an investment from funds managed by private equity giant Apollo Küresel Management as it looks...

Manufacturers Are Building ASICs That Look More Like Servers. Here’s Why

In the beginning, there were only CPUs, then GPUs, for bitcoin mining. Then came the mighty ASIC in 2013, and with it, the “shoebox” form factor that has become...

Sen. Gillibrand Warns Against a ‘Watered-Down’ Stablecoin Bill

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), one of the leading Democrats supporting crypto legislation, warned the industry against pushing for a “watered-down” version of the long-awaited stablecoin legislation currently moving...

XRP, DOGE Rise, Ether Burn Falls to Record Low as Traders Eye This Week’s U.S. Data

Bitcoin (BTC) topped $87,000 early Monday with solana (SOL), xrp (XRP) and dogecoin (DOGE) adding more than 4% to start the week in the green as traders eyed the...

The Protocol: Ethereum’s Pectra Goes Live on Testnet

Also: Avalanche Visa card launched; EF executive director leaving; hackers using fake GitHub to steal bitcoin.

XRP in Focus as Ripple Releases Institutional Roadmap for XRP Ledger

Fundamental investors tracking XRP have more reason to cheer as a planned set of features aims to make the XRP Ledger, the network underpinning that token, even more appealing...

The Protocol: Can Based Rollups Solve Ethereum’s Layer-2 Problem?

Also: Lido goes modular; Uniswap finally launches Unichain

XRP May Surge 40% as ‘Trump Effect’ Boosts Ripple Sentiment

A "descending triangle" pattern in technical analysis points to bigger gains for the top-performing major token.

XRP ETF Could Soon Be a Reality, Ripple President Says as RLUSD Gains Traction

“We think, especially with the administration change, the approvals of those filings will accelerate,” Ripple president Monica Long said.