A fresh XRP/BTC chart released on 12 June by the market technician known as Dr. Cat has injected new controversy into one of crypto’s most stubborn trading pairs. The analyst, posting to X, argues that despite a bruising six-week slide, conditions still favour an eventual breakout for XRP that would leave Bitcoin lagging. He assigns…
The Shiba Inu development crew has rolled out a new tech layer that could shift how people use SHIB. According to reports, the beta version of Shib Alpha Layer went live on June 12, 2025. It’s made in partnership with ElderLabs, and it got built without any VC backing. Now users can test it before…
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Layer 2: Statechains Statechains are an original second layer protocol originally developed by Ruben Somsen in 2018, depending on the eltoo (or LN Symmetry) proposal. In 2021 a variation of the original proposal, Mercury, was built by CommerceBlock. In 2024, a further iteration of the original Mercury scheme was built, Mercury Layer. …
After a volatile but bullish start to June, Solana (SOL) is now facing strong selling pressure amid rising global uncertainty. The sudden escalation in the Middle East—triggered by Israel’s recent strike on Iran—has sparked market-wide volatility, prompting a flight to safety and a pullback across risk assets. Solana, which had been showing momentum alongside Bitcoin…
Ethereum’s price action this week has been very notable, with the leading altcoin breaking above $2,800 again for the first time in four months. Ethereum managed to break above the $2,800 mark for the first time since February, briefly touching $2,870 before pulling back slightly. Two separate analyses by crypto strategist Crypto Patel on the…
“Men lie, women lie, but charts and numbers do not lie,” EGRAG CRYPTO stated in a recent post on X, as he highlighted the importance of the Fib 0.5 level in XRP Dominance. According to him, this level has historically served as a major resistance zone. It acted as a key barrier in October 2019…
Sui (SUI) SUI dropped 9.64% to $3.0211 on June 13, extending a steep overnight correction that saw the token fall from $3.34 to an intraday low of $2.9556. The breakdown at $3.20 — a previously firm support zone—unleashed heavy sell pressure and marked a turning point in short-term sentiment, with over 50 million tokens traded…
The crypto market is slightly bouncing back from early Friday’s jitters on escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. After slumping to the $102,600 mark, bitcoin BTC rebounded to around $106,000 before fading lower in the U.S. afternoon hours with reports about a fresh wave of airstrikes targeting Iran. The top cryptocurrency was down 1.6% in…
Bitcoin Magazine Pakistan’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve: A Step Toward Orange-Pilling a Nation? Pakistan’s relationship with Bitcoin has been marked by inconsistency and confusion over the past few years. Initially, the country outright banned bitcoin trading in 2018, citing concerns over fraud, money laundering and lack of regulation. However, over time, their stance softened and regulators…
Bitcoin Magazine The 30,000-Foot View of the Oslo Freedom Forum As I step onto the plane leaving Gardermoen Airport in Oslo, Norway, the weight and warmth of the past week settles into my chest. The Oslo Freedom Forum is not a conference. It’s not a summit. It’s something harder to name and even harder to…
