Crypto investment firm Paradigm is seeking to raise $1.5 billion for a new fund that will invest in companies in AI, robotics and other frontier technologies, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Paradigm will continue to invest in crypto companies, according to sources familiar with the situation, but it will use its existing technical investment team to look at deals in frontier tech companies, they said.
San Francisco–based Paradigm has $12.7 billion in assets under management, according to the latest regulatory filings.
It launched its flagship $2.5 billion fund in November 2021, which was the largest crypto fund in history at the time. It publicly announced its third fund in 2024 — an $850 million venture fund focused on early-stage crypto projects.
According to the WSJ’s sources, the firm’s managers decided they didn’t want to be restricted in ways that could cause them to miss out on attractive deals.
There is also overlap between crypto and AI, such as agentic payments, or transactions made by autonomous AI agents, the person said.
Paradigm exploring AI as early as 2023
Paradigm acknowledged it had been “tinkering” with AI and its convergence with crypto as early as three years ago.
In 2023, Paradigm was seen removing Web3 and crypto-specific language from its website, prompting some speculators to suggest it was already pivoting from crypto to AI.
Matt Huang, the co-founder and managing partner of Paradigm, denied at the time that the website changes reflected a shift away from crypto, but acknowledged that the team had been exploring AI.
Source: Matt Huang
In a lengthier tweet weeks later, Huang said that while “we’ve never been more excited about crypto and continue to invest across all stages,” the “developments in AI are too interesting to ignore.”
“It seems trendy to frame crypto vs AI as a zero-sum competition. But we don’t buy it. Both are interesting and will have plenty of overlap. We’re excited to continue exploring,” he said.
Earlier this month, Paradigm and OpenAI released EVMbench, a new benchmark evaluating how different AI models can detect and patch security vulnerabilities found in smart contracts.
AI made up more than half of all VC funding in 2025
In 2025, venture capital investments in AI firms amounted to $258.7 billion, accounting for 61% of all VC investment and doubling its share from 2022, according to OECD.
VC funding for generative AI firms made up 14% of all AI venture capital investments, with firms in the United States attracting the largest share of VC funding.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum have been bouncing hard lately, but the bounces keep getting sold. BTC briefly pushed above $68,000 yesterday before whales dumped it right back to $65,800. The same pattern keeps repeating. A sharp rally draws in retail buyers, then large wallets sell into the strength and push the price back down. ETH followed the same script, touching $2,000 before falling to $1,900. But here is the part most people miss. While whales are dumping BTC and ETH on retail traders, those same wallets are quietly accumulating low cap presale tokens. And the one name showing up more than any other is Pepeto ($PEPETO), going viral across crypto communities with numbers impossible to ignore.
Bitcoin at $65,800 and Ethereum Below $2,000: Why Whales Are Playing a Different Game
But here is what the headlines didn’t tell you. Those same institutional wallets that pushed BTC above $68,000 sold the top. They let retail chase the pump, then dumped their positions back to $65,800 within hours. This is not random. Whales crash the market, accumulate what they actually want at the bottom, and wait for the real bull run. Right now, those wallets are showing up in Pepeto’s presale. They know where the real returns live.
Ethereum sits at $1,900. ETH could push toward $3,000 if things hold through Q2. That represents about a 50% gain. But nobody is becoming a millionaire off a 50% move on $10,000.
Why Pepeto at Six Zeros Is Where the Real Money Gets Made
Pepeto is doing something BTC and ETH cannot. It is giving investors access to six zero pricing with three real products approaching launch. That is the combination that turned $8,000 into $5.7 billion during SHIB’s run. The presale sits at $0.000000186 per token with over $7.35 million raised. Stages are selling out ahead of schedule. More details are available at the Pepeto official website.
The 211% staking rewards pay you to hold while you wait. A $20,000 position generates $115.60 per day. That is $3,515 a month. But the staking yield is the safety net underneath a presale that could deliver 100x to 300x based on what comparable meme coins achieved from similar entry points.
Pepeto’s Viral Community Is the Catalyst Nobody Predicted
PepetoSwap is approaching launch as the first cross chain trading layer built for meme coins. The Pepeto Bridge connects blockchains that currently trap billions in isolated liquidity. The Pepeto Exchange offers a dedicated meme coin trading hub with zero percent tax. SolidProof and Coinsult audited everything. A Pepe original cofounder built the entire ecosystem. This is not an ordinary meme coin. This is infrastructure disguised as a meme.
The team posted on X this week from “The God of Frogs,” rallying holders and confirming products are being finalized. That message spread through meme coin channels with massive engagement.
The whales dumping Bitcoin on your head at $68,000 are not panicking. They are repositioning. They know BTC at $1.32 trillion cannot deliver 100x. They know ETH at $1,900 is a 2x play at best. And they know generational wealth this cycle comes from the same place it always has. A presale at six zeros with real products and a community that refuses to stop growing. Pepeto at $0.000000186 with three products and a presale 70% filled is where the asymmetry lives. The same wallets shaking you out of Bitcoin are loading up here. Visit the Pepeto official website before the presale closes.
Click To Visit Pepeto Website To Enter The Presale
FAQs:
Is Pepeto the next big crypto in 2026? With $7.35 million raised, three products approaching launch, dual audits, and a Pepe cofounder, Pepeto is positioned as the highest upside meme coin presale in the current market.
How does Pepeto compare to Bitcoin and Ethereum? BTC and ETH offer 2x to 4x potential from current levels. Pepeto at $0.000000186 offers 100x to 300x if it follows the path of SHIB and DOGE from similar stages.
What is Pepeto staking? 211% APY. A $20,000 position earns $115.60 per day. Staking is the bonus on top of presale price appreciation.
Where can I buy Pepeto? Only at the Pepeto official website. The token is not on any exchange. Fake tokens exist. Verify the official site before purchasing.
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has dropped a 376‑page proposal to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act that looks to settle the ongoing stablecoin yield fight.
The proposal is open to public comment for 60 days from Wednesday’s publication date, and sets out detailed rules for permitted payment stablecoin issuers under the OCC’s jurisdiction.
Supervised entities would be barred from paying any form of interest or yield, whether in cash, tokens or other consideration, “solely in connection with the holding, use, or retention” of a payment stablecoin, consistent with section 4(a)(11) of the GENIUS Act.
Thania Charmani, partner at global law firm Winston & Strawn, commented on X that the OCC proposed to “resolve the debate on stablecoin yield through rulemaking,” potentially clearing the way for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (CLARITY) to “proceed without that provision.”
How the OCC proposal implements GENIUS on yield
GENIUS, enacted in July 2025, created a federal framework for payment stablecoins and restricted issuance in the US to licensed permitted issuers such as bank subsidiaries, new federal stablecoin issuers, and certain large state‑regulated firms.
OCC Requests Comments on Proposal to Implement GENIUS Act. Source: OCC
The OCC’s draft rule translates that statutory framework into operational constraints, including tight limits on how GENIUS‑regulated issuers can structure economics around their stablecoins.
The proposal goes a step further, adding a rebuttable presumption that an issuer is violating the ban on paying yield if it has an arrangement to pay yield to an affiliate or “related third party” and that entity then pays yield to holders of the issuer’s payment stablecoin.
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Issuers can try to rebut the presumption by submitting written materials to the OCC, but the agency stresses the “close nexus” between issuer payments and end‑holder yield and frames such structures as “highly likely” attempts to evade the statute.
The proposal also draws two explicit carve‑outs. It “is not intended to prevent” merchants from independently offering discounts for using payment stablecoins, and it does not bar an issuer from sharing profits from the stablecoin with a non‑affiliate partner in a whitelabel arrangement.
What the proposal means for CLARITY and Coinbase
If the OCC’s proposed rule is finalized as drafted, it would have direct implications for the separate CLARITY Act debate over stablecoin rewards.
CLARITY drafts have focused on whether digital asset service providers should be allowed to pay yield or rewards on payment stablecoin balances, a point of contention that has already caused friction from industry stakeholders, including Coinbase.
By using GENIUS implementation to prohibit yield at the issuer level, the banking side of the framework effectively establishes a no‑yield baseline for GENIUS‑compliant payment stablecoins.
For Coinbase and similar companies that have argued they should be able to offer yield on stablecoin balances while operating within a fully regulated US framework, the message is clear:
Stablecoin yield and GENIUS‑compliant, OCC‑supervised payment stablecoins are being put on opposite sides of a regulatory line.
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The taxman cometh. In February, the tax authorities of four countries began to reconsider how they tax crypto.
In the US, the number of crypto ATMs hit nearly 40,000, returning to 2021 levels of interest in crypto kiosks. The number of installations had dipped significantly after the crypto crash of 2022.
Japan’s inflation dipped below 2% in February, less than in the United States. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett said earlier this year that dollar investments were looking less attractive as the yen is providing a more stable currency.
Bitcoin (BTC) was stuck below $70,000 this month. Many crypto observers have noted that US tariffs are putting pressure on the asset. US President Donald Trump’s new 10% levy has done nothing to alleviate this.
Here’s February by the numbers:
Four countries consider changes to crypto tax laws in February
The Netherlands’ House of Representatives, the lower house of the country’s parliament, advanced a tax proposal on Feb. 12. The draft law would introduce a 36% capital gains tax on unrealized gains on savings and liquid investments, including crypto.
Critics say the tax, which is supported by 93 of the 150 representatives, will chase money out of the country.
Detractors appear to have won out. The new Dutch cabinet said that it will reconsider the measure.
“There is a lot of criticism of the Actual Return Act. We are not deaf to that … The bill needs to be amended. The Minister and State Secretary will discuss this with the Senate and parliament,” a cabinet spokesperson said.
In Israel, the Israeli Crypto Blockchain & Web 3.0 Companies Forum launched a lobbying effort to reform the country’s crypto tax laws. Forum leader Nir Hirshmann-Rub said there is broad public support to relax laws on stablecoins and tokenization, as well as simplify compliance.
He noted that many Israelis already own and invest in crypto. “More than 25% of the public already has had crypto dealings in the last five years and more than 20% currently hold digital assets,” he said.
In Hong Kong, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said that the special administrative region is tweaking its tax laws. He said the Inland Revenue Ordinance will implement the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF).
The CARF is a global tax exchange standard for crypto that aims to tackle tax evasion. It requires crypto service providers to report on client activity.
Vietnam has proposed a crypto transaction tax. Crypto transfers and trading would be exempt from the usual value-added tax. But transferring crypto assets through licensed service providers would incur a 0.1% personal income tax on the transaction value.
In India, which imposes a flat 30% tax on crypto gains and doesn’t allow users to offset losses, calls to reform the law have fallen on deaf ears. Despite intense lobbying, the proposed 2026 Union Budget did nothing to reform crypto tax.
Bitcoin has had a rough past couple of months, and in February, it struggled to breach the $70,000 mark.
Analysts have cited several macro pressures on Bitcoin’s price. One is the lack of progress on the CLARITY Act, the US’ proposed framework for cryptocurrency markets. Lawmakers can’t agree on ethics provisions or possible bailout provisions, and prominent lobbies, namely the crypto and banking lobbies, are at loggerheads over stablecoin interest.
Related: When will crypto’s CLARITY Act framework pass in the US Senate?
Chris Waller, a governor of the United States Federal Reserve, said, “The lack of passing of the CLARITY Act I think has kind of put people off on this.”
Another issue is tariffs. The US Supreme Court invalidated the tariffs Trump implemented using the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Trump responded by hiking global tariffs 10% using the Trade Act of 1974 as a legal foundation.
Crypto analysts and observers have noted the negative effect Bitcoin has on markets. Swan CEO Cory Klippsten said, “The biggest drag on Bitcoin price the past year has been tariffs … That’s the drag on risk assets in general, and in particular [with] Bitcoin, there’s just uncertainty around what’s gonna happen.”
Japan’s inflation dips below 2%, and Takaishi takes elections
The inflation rate of the Japanese yen has dipped below that of the dollar, falling below 2%, its lowest in three years.
The new inflation low for the yen comes after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called for snap elections. The gamble hoped to restore the majority of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to a parliamentary majority.
The gambit paid off, and now the LDP dominates the Japanese House of Representatives, the National Diet’s lower house, with a 316-member two-thirds majority.
Stock markets in Japan responded well. The Nikkei 225 (JP225) increased 10% on the month, spiking significantly after the Feb. 9 election.
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Japanese JP225 is up over 10% in February.
This could spell short-term trouble for Bitcoin, which tends to correlate with US equities, according to XWIN Research Japan. The increasing attractiveness of Japanese bonds could slow into US equity exchange-traded funds.
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Buffett said that his company will increase its investments in Japanese trading houses. These include five major “sogo shosha,” or wholesale companies: Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo.
Crypto ATMs number 40,000 as companies add new requirements
The number of cryptocurrency kiosks worldwide grew by 290 in February, bringing the total number up to nearly 40,000, according to data from Coin ATM Radar.
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290 crypto ATMs opened globally in February.
The number of cryptocurrency kiosks has fluctuated over the years. The total number dropped significantly after the crypto crash of 2022.
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Crypto ATMs globally now number nearly 40,000.
Regulators worldwide have raised concerns over crypto ATMs and the possibility of their use in money laundering, as well as scams. Some companies have taken strides to allay these concerns.
In February, the biggest Bitcoin ATM operator in the US, Bitcoin Depot, began phasing in user ID requirements for its terminals in the United States. The move followed pressure from regulators and lawmakers nationwide.
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Morgan Stanley has applied for a de novo national trust bank charter, allowing the bank to hold digital assets on behalf of its clients — a move in rhythm with its recent crypto expansion.
A public filing with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) shows the application for a bank trust charter was received on Feb. 18 under the name “Morgan Stanley Digital Trust, National Association.”
More details of the business plan were released on Friday, according to reports from Bloomberg and Forbes, revealing that the Morgan Stanley subsidiary will custody certain digital assets and execute purchases, sales, swaps and transfers to support client investment activities, along with crypto staking.
Source: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
A national bank trust charter authorizes a financial institution to engage in fiduciary activities such as trust services, custody and asset safekeeping. “De novo” is a Latin term for “anew,” meaning it is a newly created entity rather than an acquired one.
This is Morgan Stanley’s first trust charter with a specific focus on crypto and follows 14 de novo bank charter applications in 2025. There are approximately 60 national trust banks supervised by the OCC in the US.
Rush for crypto bank charters
In December, the OCC conditionally approved five applications for crypto-related national trust banks, including First National Digital Currency Bank, Ripple, BitGo, Fidelity Digital Assets and Paxos.
Stablecoin platform Bridge, owned by payments processor Stripe, said it received conditional approval for a national trust bank earlier this month, which was followed by Crypto.com on Monday.
Related: OCC proposal seeks to settle stablecoin yield debate, clearing way for CLARITY
Days later, Payoneer, a global financial services firm, said it had filed for a national trust bank charter in the US, which could enable it to issue a stablecoin and provide various crypto services.
Morgan Stanley doubling down on crypto
Morgan Stanley has accelerated its moves toward crypto in recent months. In January, the Wall Street bank tapped equity markets executive Amy Oldenburg to lead its new crypto unit.
Job listings on LinkedIn show the $2 trillion investment bank is also looking to expand its crypto team, advertising positions for digital assets strategy director, digital assets strategist and digital assets product lead.
Morgan Stanley also filed to launch spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL) exchange-traded funds in January, and later filed for a staked Ether (ETH) ETF.
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MoonPay and M0 have introduced PYUSDx, a platform aimed at simplifying the creation and management of application-specific stablecoins backed by Paypal’s PYUSD.
MoonPay and M0 have officially launched PYUSDx, a platform designed to simplify the creation and management of application-specific stablecoins.
PYUSDx leverages PYUSD, the stablecoin developed by PayPal and issued by Paxos Trust Company. The token recently surpassed $4 billion in market capitalization.
PYUSDx promises several key features, including branded stablecoins backed by PYUSD, fast time-to-market, cross-chain compatibility, and transparent reserve reporting. The platform combines M0’s universal stablecoin capabilities with MoonPay’s distribution infrastructure.
“The next phase of stablecoin adoption is happening at the application layer,” said May Zabaneh, SVP & GM of Crypto at PayPal. “Developers want to build differentiated experiences, but they shouldn’t have to rebuild trusted monetary infrastructure from scratch.”
Luca Prosperi, CEO of M0, emphasized the platform’s role in fostering innovation. “Developers of crypto applications have been early adopters of custom stablecoin-backed technology, but they still don’t have a trusted platform they can use to quickly bootstrap solutions,” Prosperi stated. “PYUSDx will allow developers to iterate much more quickly within an interoperable solution and with built-in liquidity.”
The first developer to utilize PYUSDx is USD.ai, which is building an application-specific stablecoin for AI infrastructure.
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U.K. autonomous vehicle company Wayve is now valued at $8.6 billion after a fresh round of funding, making it one of Europe’s valuable AI startups.
The London-base vendor, which has emerged as the leading advocate of embodied AI for autonomous driving, closed a Series D round of $1.2 billion this week as it plans to accelerate the rollout of its tech over the next couple of years.
This round was led by a trio of established investment outfits, Eclipse, Balderton and SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2, with a supporting cast of participants that includes automakers Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis (owner of Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler and a host of European car brands).
Alongside them were major big tech names such as Microsoft and Nvidia, plus Uber, which is ready to commit a further $300 million based on milestone performance, bringing the new funding to $1.5 billion.
According to a statement from Wayve, the investment will help to accelerate the company’s “shift from AI research leadership to scaled commercial deployment of its end-to-end platform.”
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In the field of robotaxis, Wayve is on course to launch commercial trials later this year, including in London in partnership with Uber, as per a roadmap originally unveiled.
More international markets will follow, according to Wayve, with more than ten already targeted. The robotaxis will deliver Level 4 automation, as defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers, meaning the vehicle is in control of driving under specific conditions.
The second element of Wayve’s program is the introduction of its automated tech into consumer vehicles — cars that private individuals can own or lease.
Wayve promised this from 2027 onwards, starting with Level 2 ‘hands-off’ assisted automation and ultimately progressing to levels 3 and 4.
Because Wayve’s foundation model is trained on globally diverse data from more than 70 countries and a host of different vehicle platforms, it has created what the company claims is “unmatched diversity”, allowing automated functionality to be applied to all sorts of cars from different brands in different locations.
Nissan is set to be the first automaker to use the technology, having signed an agreement to integrate Wayve’s tech in December of last year, following successful trials in Tokyo.
Since 2017, Wayve has been a leading advocate for delivering autonomous functionality using an end-to-end deep learning approach, with models trained on large amounts of data and video that the vendor says enables cars to drive like a human.
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Wayve’s AI Driver system is licensed directly to automakers, with the system running on onboard compute and embedded sensors, and not reliant on high-definition maps or location-specific engineering (as is the case with most leading robotaxi operators). This approach, Wayve argues, allows for cost-effective global scaling.
Wayve CEO Alex Kendall, in a release, hailed the latest funding, saying: “With $1.5 billion secured, we are building for a total addressable market that spans every vehicle that moves.
“Autonomy will not scale through city-by-city robotaxi deployments alone. It will scale through a trusted platform that automakers and fleets can deploy globally and improve continuously,” he said.
Wayve, whose AI systems use Nvidia chips running on the Azure cloud, was “pushing the frontier of embodied AI for autonomous driving,” Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said in the release.
Bitcoin continues to face selling on minor rallies, indicating a negative sentiment.
Several altcoins have turned down from the overhead resistance levels, indicating the bears are active at higher levels.
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to face selling on rallies, with bears attempting to sink the price below $66,000. However, some analysts believe the downside may be limited.
Analyst Willy Woo said in a post on X that the selling may have exhausted and BTC is likely to enter a period of consolidation. He expects the rebound to be rejected in the mid $70,000 level. Woo anticipates the bearish trend to end in Q4 of this year and the bullish momentum to begin in Q1 or Q2 2027.
Another positive sign in favor of the bulls is that BTC exchange-traded funds have started attracting investors. The BTC ETFs have recorded $1.01 billion in inflows since Tuesday, according to SoSoValue data.
Crypto market data daily view. Source: TradingView
Analysts also expect Ether (ETH) to remain sideways for some time. Swyftx lead analyst Pav Hundal told Cointelegraph on Thursday that ETH may remain “subdued over the next few weeks” and in the medium term may test even “the most experienced investors.”
Could BTC and select major altcoins hold on to their support levels? Let’s analyze the charts of the top 10 cryptocurrencies to find out.
Bitcoin price prediction
BTC’s relief rally is facing selling at the 20-day exponential moving average (EMA) ($68,895), indicating a negative sentiment.
The BTC/USDT pair has formed a symmetrical triangle, which usually acts as a continuation pattern. If the Bitcoin price continues lower and breaks below the support line, it puts the $60,000 level at risk of breaking down. If that happens, the pair may plunge to the next major support at $52,500.
The first sign of strength will be a close above the resistance line. The pair may then rally to the breakdown level of $74,508. This is a crucial level for the bears to defend, as a close above $74,508 suggests that the price may have bottomed out at $60,000.
Ether price prediction
Buyers pushed ETH above the $2,111 resistance on Wednesday but could not sustain the breakout.
The Ether price has turned down sharply from the $2,111 resistance, indicating that the bears are vigorously defending the level. That suggests the ETH/USDT pair may extend its stay inside the $1,750 to $2,111 range for a while.
The next trending move is expected to begin on a close above $2,111 or below $1,750. If the $1,750 level cracks, the next stop is likely to be $1,537. Alternatively, a close above $2,111 might thrust the pair toward the 50-day simple moving average (SMA) ($2,494).
XRP price prediction
XRP (XRP) remains stuck between the 20-day EMA ($1.44) and the support line of the descending channel pattern.
Sellers will attempt to sink the XRP price below the support line, but are likely to encounter solid resistance from the bulls. If the price bounces off the support line with strength, the bulls will again try to push the XRP/USDT pair above the 20-day EMA. If they succeed, the pair may rally to the 50-day SMA ($1.67) and then to the downtrend line.
Contrarily, a break and close below the support line puts the Feb. 6 low of $1.11 at risk of breaking down. The pair may then tumble to the psychological support at $1.
BNB price prediction
Sellers are attempting to halt BNB’s (BNB) recovery at the 20-day EMA ($638), but the bulls have kept up the pressure.
That shows a greater potential for a possible breakout above the 20-day EMA in the near term. The BNB/USDT pair may rally to $669 and subsequently to the breakdown level of $730.
This bullish view will be negated in the near term if the price turns down sharply from the 20-day EMA and breaks below the $570 support. That signals the resumption of the downtrend toward the psychological support at $500.
Solana price prediction
Solana (SOL) rose above the 20-day EMA ($86) on Wednesday, but the bears halted the recovery at the $95 level.
Sellers have pulled the price below the 20-day EMA, opening the gates for a drop to the $75 level. If the price rebounds off the $75 level with strength, it suggests that the bulls are trying to form a higher low. The SOL/USDT pair may then consolidate between $75 and $95 for a few days.
Contrary to this assumption, a close below the $75 level suggests that the bears remain in control. The Solana price may then plummet to the Feb. 6 low of $67.
Dogecoin price prediction
Dogecoin (DOGE) broke above the 20-day EMA ($0.10) on Wednesday, but the bulls could not sustain the higher levels.
Sellers will attempt to pull the Dogecoin price below the $0.09 support. If they can pull it off, the DOGE/USDT pair may retest the Feb. 6 low of $0.08. A strong rebound off the $0.08 level signals a possible range formation. The pair may swing between $0.08 and $0.12 for some time.
The bulls will be back in the driver’s seat after they thrust the price above the $0.12 resistance. That opens the doors for a rally to $0.16.
Bitcoin Cash price prediction
Buyers pushed Bitcoin Cash (BCH) above the $500 level on Wednesday and Thursday, but the long wick on the candlesticks shows selling at higher levels.
Sellers will attempt to sink the Bitcoin Cash price to the solid support at $443, which is a critical support to watch out for. If the price closes below $443, the BCH/USDT pair will complete a bearish head-and-shoulders pattern. That may start a new downtrend toward $380.
Buyers will have to swiftly push the price above the moving averages to prevent the downside. If they do that, the pair may march toward $580.
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Hyperliquid price prediction
Hyperliquid (HYPE) has been trading inside a large range of $20.82 to $36.77 for the past few days.
The flattening moving averages and the relative strength index (RSI) near the midpoint do not give a clear advantage either to the bulls or the bears. If the price sustains above the 20-day EMA ($29.07), the HYPE/USDT pair may rise to $32.50 and later to the stiff overhead resistance of $36.77.
On the downside, the bears will have to tug the Hyperliquid price below the $25.62 support to gain the upper hand. That clears the path for a drop to the solid support at $20.82. A break above $36.77 or below $20.82 is likely to start the next trending move.
Cardano price prediction
Cardano (ADA) cleared the 20-day EMA ($0.28) hurdle on Wednesday, but the bulls could not pierce the 50-day SMA ($0.31).
A positive sign in favor of the bulls is that they are attempting to arrest the pullback at the 20-day EMA. If the price turns up from the 20-day EMA, buyers will make another attempt to overcome the barrier at the downtrend line. If they succeed, the ADA/USDT pair may rally toward $0.44. Such a move suggests a short-term trend change.
Instead, if the Cardano price breaks and closes below the 20-day EMA, it indicates that the bears are active at higher levels. That may keep the pair inside the descending channel for some more time.
Chainlink price prediction
Chainlink (LINK) broke above the 20-day EMA ($9) on Wednesday, but the bulls are struggling to sustain the higher levels.
Sellers will attempt to pull the Chainlink price to the solid support at $8. Buyers are expected to defend the $8 level with all their might, as a close below it might sink the LINK/USDT pair to the Feb. 6 low of $7.15.
This negative view will be invalidated in the near term if the price turns up and closes above the 20-day EMA. The bulls will then attempt to propel the pair to the $10.94 to $11.61 overhead resistance zone.
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Barclays has requested information from technology providers regarding a potential push into blockchain, according to Bloomberg.
The banking giant is said to be considering tokenized deposits and stablecoin payments.
Earlier this year, the firm made an investment in stablecoin settlement firm, Ubyx.
Publicly traded banking institution Barclays (BCS) is reportedly gathering information for a potential push into blockchain, according to a Friday report from Bloomberg.
Sources familiar with the matter said the firm has requested information from “technology suppliers” while it considers a path forward. Its utilization of blockchain may include tokenized deposits and stablecoins, the report said.
The U.K.-based banking institution appears to be warming to crypto, investing in stablecoin settlement startup Ubyx after being named as one of a number of leading international banks exploring the joint issuance of a stablecoin last fall.
“Specialist technology will play a pivotal role in delivering connectivity and infrastructure to enable regulated financial institutions to interact seamlessly,” Barclays Head of Digital Assets Ryan Hayward said at the time of the Ubyx investment.
Now the firm is further investigating those technologies and could ultimately decide on a provider by April, according to Bloomberg.
If the firm ultimately decides to offer tokenized deposits or experiment with stablecoins, it would join a list of major banking institutions that have already entered the crypto space.
Last year, JPMorgan launched its tokenized deposit token—JPMD—to the Coinbase-incubated Ethereum scaling network, Base, letting institutional clients make payments using a digital representation of their JPMorgan deposits. The firm expanded the token to the Canton Network earlier this year.
That decision followed a report that JPMorgan was working on a framework to allow its clients to use Bitcoin and Ethereum as collateral for loans. Plus, publicly traded US Bank began testing its own stablecoin on the Stellar Network, while Citi and Bank of America have registered their own interest as well.
Barclays’ potential involvement in the space has not made a splash with shareholders on Friday, as shares in the firm are trading down nearly 4% as the broader market slides. Nevertheless, shares have risen around 54% in the last year of trading.
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Barclays is exploring a new platform integrating stablecoins and tokenized deposits.
Barclays is evaluating technology providers for a new platform to integrate stablecoins and tokenized deposits, according to a report from Bloomberg.
The British banking giant is exploring blockchain-based settlement systems in response to growing demand, and could pick a vendor as soon as April, according to people familiar with the matter.
Barclays’ recent activities signify a shift from its previously cautious stance to active investment in blockchain infrastructure. This change aligns with the evolving financial landscape, influenced by regulatory developments like the US GENIUS Act, which established a framework for dollar-backed tokens, and has encouraged institutions to explore blockchain and digital currencies more aggressively.
Moreover, Barclays has joined a bank-led consortium to explore a reserve-backed digital currency using public blockchain technology. This initiative focuses on G7-pegged assets to enhance cross-border settlements, as highlighted by the Financial Times.
Barclays’ potential embrace of blockchain is part of a broader trend among major financial institutions, including JPMorgan and HSBC, who are also investing in digital infrastructure. This strategic direction by Barclays underscores the growing importance of blockchain technology in traditional finance, with stablecoins playing a crucial role in future payment systems.
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