BitcoinWorld Blast to shut down Layer 2 as costs top revenue, sets Oct. 26 deadline Blast will shut down its Ethereum Layer 2 network after determining that the cost of running the chain exceeds what it earns, the project said in an Oct. 2 announcement on X. Users have until Oct. 26, 2026 to withdraw …
BitcoinWorld Kraken parent Payward in talks with BNY over crypto partnership Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, has entered talks with BNY about a potential partnership spanning six business lines, including crypto custody, trading and payments, according to Crypto.news. Two people familiar with the discussions, who spoke anonymously because the negotiations are private, …
BitcoinWorld Ethereum Tests $2.8K Resistance as RENDER Retests $2 Ethereum is trading around $2.75K, pressing into a $2.8K resistance zone after holding a multi-week consolidation above $2.4K, according to a technical and on-chain review published by Cryptopotato. The same week, a separate report from AMBCrypto notes that the AI-linked token RENDER has returned to the …
BitcoinWorld Fiserv Goes Live With Roughrider Coin on Solana Fiserv said on Oct. 1, 2026 that its digital asset platform is now live, and the first production workload is Roughrider Coin — a dollar-backed stablecoin built for the Bank of North Dakota that processes its transactions on Solana. According to Bitcoinist, the deployment puts a …
BitcoinWorld 10 Best Crypto APIs in 2026, Compared by Use Case No single crypto API covers every job a product needs. Market data prices the coins, and wallet data shows what an address holds. Swap APIs move assets, while node providers talk to the chain directly. DeFi analytics, onchain metrics, exchange trading, and oracles fill …
BitcoinWorld Illinois Publishes Draft Rules for 0.2% Crypto Tax Illinois has published draft rules spelling out how its 0.2% digital asset transaction tax would apply to stablecoins, exchange withdrawals and some paid DeFi services when the levy takes effect on January 1, 2027, according to Ambcrypto. The tax is already law under the Digital Asset …
BitcoinWorld Arthur Hayes Predicts Ethereum at $10,000 by End of 2026 Arthur Hayes, co-founder of the defunct BitMEX exchange, said at the KBW2026 with Upbit event that Ethereum will reach $10,000 by the end of the year, according to PANews. The prediction came as Spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a net outflow of approximately $2.81 million …
BitcoinWorld Bybit Expands TradFi Perp Options with Tesla, QQQ, SOXL and More, Launches Trading Challenge with Up to 70,000 USDT in Prizes DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the New Financial Platform trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, expanded its Perp Options offerings with six new underlying assets and announced the Wall …
BitcoinWorld AFTER 2049 Confirms Headliners Claptone and Crusy for Singapore Grand Prix Weekend Kickoff Closing out TOKEN2049, the world’s largest digital assets conference series, AFTER 2049 takes over the 57th floor of the iconic Marina Bay Sands SkyPark Observation Deck. SINGAPORE, 10 September 2026 – TOKEN2049, the world’s largest digital assets conference series, announced the …
BitcoinWorld Buterin: Hegotá to Be Ethereum’s Last ‘Normal’ Fork Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the network’s next upgrade, Hegotá — planned for 2027 — is likely to be its last “normal” fork, with more advanced cryptography taking over from there. Writing on Sunday, according to reports from Cryptopotato, Buterin argued the network is moving toward …
