Ethereum(ETH)

Ether (ETH) recently rose by 17% to nearly $2,470 after easing geopolitical tensions, but institutional traders remain cautious with weak demand for leveraged long positions. Despite ETF inflows and price gains, market indicators show a neutral sentiment and a disconnect between Ethereum’s valuation and its network fundamentals.

Meta Pool reported that its early detection system identified the exploit in real time, enabling the team to swiftly pause the compromised smart contract and contain the damage before further losses could occur.

Korean low-cap altcoins, such as Kimchi coins, have experienced a rapid surge in value over the past few days after the Korean government announced plans to launch a won-backed stablecoin.

BSC has seen renewed sandwich attacks affecting 120,000+ DEX traders over two weeks. Still, volume remains steady as it leads in DEX activity and surpasses Solana in meme coin trading.

Ethereum staking has hit a new record, with nearly 29% of all ETH now locked as the price climbs above $2,700. The rise comes as investors show more confidence and hopes grow for spot ETH ETFs that include staking.

Société Générale's crypto arm has launched a new US dollar stablecoin, USDCV, on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains, with BNY Mellon safeguarding its reserves. This strategic move expands their digital asset offerings beyond Europe and aims to support instant settlements and liquidity access for institutional and retail investors.

South Korean entertainment powerhouse K Wave Media has entered an agreement to raise up to $500 million by selling ordinary shares, with a significant portioned channeled to building a Bitcoin-focused treasury.

A crypto project linked to Donald Trump quietly airdropped 47 USD1 stablecoins to thousands of WLFI token holders without any formal announcement. Some wallets quickly sent the tokens back, raising questions about the purpose and fairness of the distribution.

In response to the growing criticism around its leadership and strategic direction, Ethereum Foundation has announced a massive shakedown.

BCP Technologies has launched the Tokenised GBP (tGBP), a pound-backed stablecoin on its BCP Markets platform. Fully backed by UK government bonds, tGBP aims to align with future FCA regulations and serve as a “live proof-of-concept” for compliant digital assets in traditional finance.