The Stacks (STX) protocol has initiated the Nakamoto Upgrade, which introduces Bitcoin (BTC) finality to its network. Over the next 21 days, the ecosystem is set to experience a range of activities linked to this significant upgrade.
Stacks is one of the largest Bitcoin Layer-2 (L2) networks by market capitalization. Earlier this year, the STX community approved the Nakamoto upgrade, aiming to make the network faster and enhance block times.
Bitcoin L2 Stacks Initiates Nakamoto UpgradeThe Nakamoto Upgrade marks a new era of scalability for decentralized finance (DeFi) within the Bitcoin ecosystem and is one of the most significant changes to the Stacks network. Activated on Wednesday, this upgrade enhances transaction speeds and reduces settlement times.
Bitcoin’s standard settlement times previously ranged from 10 to 30 minutes or more. The Nakamoto Upgrade has slashed this to around five seconds—a 10X improvement that significantly boosts the Stacks network’s usability.
The upgrade received strong community support earlier this year and sets the stage for several key developments in the Stacks ecosystem. One of the major upcoming events is the introduction of sBTC, a decentralized asset backed 1:1 by Bitcoin.
Stacks is specifically designed to enable smart contracts and dApps to use Bitcoin as a secure base layer. By extending Bitcoin’s capabilities without altering it, Stacks unlocks billions in latent capital, allowing for a more dynamic and functional ecosystem.
Read more: A Beginner’s Guide to Layer-2 Scaling Solutions
The Nakamoto Upgrade comes as projects built atop the Stacks blockchain endured less-than-desirable speeds. These slow transaction times negatively impacted the user experience, making it challenging to support high-volume use cases and limiting developers from delivering complex DeFi products.
Despite the positive changes brought by the upgrade, which began on Wednesday, the total value locked (TVL) on the Stacks network has decreased by over $7 million, dropping from $98.10 million to $90.62 million. This decline in TVL suggests that the upgrade’s immediate impact on market confidence was mixed, even as the network undergoes notable improvements.
Stacks TVL. Source: DefiLlamaBeInCrypto data shows STX, the native token of the Stacks network, is trading for $1.59 at press time, down 8.5% since Thursday session openned.
Bitcoin L2s Could Initiate New WaveBitcoin L2 solutions are progressively gaining popularity, and have attracted significant investment. As BeInCrypto previously reported, VC funding towards Bitcoin L2s continues to grow, collectively raising an impressive $94.6 million in the second quarter of 2024.
This represents a substantial 174% increase quarter-over-quarter. Experts also revealed that at least 65 projects identified themselves as Bitcoin Layer-2.
“The crypto industry is catching on to the fact that much of what is done on alternative blockchains can be built on top of Bitcoin. Fortune 500 companies like MicroStrategy are tailoring their entire business towards Bitcoin’s Layer-2. Layer-2 faces no more regulations than other crypto platforms. The only challenges are technical, and the brightest minds are being pulled towards Bitcoin along with nation-states, etc,” Manuel Ferrari, Money On Chain Co-Founder, told BeInCrypto.
Read more: Beginner’s Tutorial to Start Using the Lightning Network
There is also speculation that L2s could spark a new bullish wave for Bitcoin, especially as the focus on scaling increases. This rising demand might lead to capital rotation, with overflow potentially moving into Layer-2 tokens like STX, Elastos (ELA), SatoshiVM (SVM), and BVM (BVM).
[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Asia, September 12th, 2024]
Since announcing their partnership at Bitcoin Nashville, Elastos and Particle Network have quickly reached a key milestone in simplifying user onboarding. Developers can now build dApps that make it easier for Web2 users to get started, expanding adoption. Elastos, a SmartWeb ecosystem provider, today announced that Particle Network, an L1 blockchain aggregator, has integrated the Elastos Smart Chain (ESC) Mainnet. This marks the first major milestone since their partnership announcement at Bitcoin Nashville 2024. The development allows users to interact with Elastos decentralized applications (dApps) using familiar Web2 logins, like Google, for a smoother onboarding experience. This step helps Elastos developers attract Web2 users to their dApps, opening new opportunities for revenue.
By simplifying the typically complex blockchain onboarding process , users can now engage with Elastos dApps without the need for crypto wallets, seed phrase management, or paying gas fees. For example, a user can log in with a Bitcoin wallet to take out a stablecoin loan using collateralized Bitcoin via Elastos’ BeL2. This funding can be used right away on the Elacity marketplace without needing ELA for gas, as those fees are covered automatically in the background. This makes the process more convenient while retaining the benefits of decentralization, including control over personal data, direct peer-to-peer interactions, and strong security and integrity.
The ability to hide complexity from users is a strategic driver for Elastos. By working with Particle Network, Elastos is able to simplify the process for users to interact with decentralized applications and BTC-backed services. This complements the work it has been doing with the BeL2 protocol to keep Bitcoin secure on its main network using zero-knowledge proofs to verify transactions and transfer collateral information across chains.
Pengyu Wang, Particle Network’s Founder, describes Particle Network’s effort toward simplifying the Web3 user experience as a major milestone in making Web3 experiences a part of everyday life.
“Web3 has introduced a wide array of blockchains and protocols that developers and users need to manage. Simplification is essential to improving this experience, enabling users to have a single, unified on-chain address and balance across various blockchains,” said Wang. “Our mainnet launch in collaboration with Elastos reflects our shared vision of making it easier for developers and users to build and experience Web3 services.”
Jonathan Hargreaves, Elastos’s Global Head of Growth, explained that, to truly rival Web2 in terms of adoption, one of the key milestones for Web3 is making it easy to interact with a dApp.
“The significance of this announcement is the simplicity that Particle Network brings to the table allowing multiple technologies to deliver a Web3 experience in an environment that will feel exactly the same as any current social media or sharing app, all assured by the World’s most ubiquitous, popular and integral decentralized currency through Elastos’ BeL2 protocol,” continued Jonathan.
Elastos’ BeL2 protocol enables users to operate easily using Bitcoin – as if they were operating in a purely native Bitcoin environment – without actually impacting the BTC layer.
“Building out a robust ecosystem around the BeL2 protocol with partners like Particle Network will be key to enabling a new economic model based around Native Bitcoin. At Token 2049, we will be hosting an event at RWA which will further demonstrate how working with our partners we will enable developers to build a whole new range of decentralized finance, music and entertainment applications.”
About Elastos
Elastos is a public blockchain project that integrates blockchain technology with a suite of reimagined platform components to produce a modern Internet infrastructure that provides intrinsic protection for privacy and digital asset ownership. The mission is to build accessible, open-source services for the world, so developers can build an internet where individuals own and control their data.
The Elastos SmartWeb platform enables organizations to recalibrate how the Internet works for them to better control their own data.
https://elastos.info
https://www.linkedin.com/company/elastosinfo/
About Particle Network
Particle Network is addressing Web3’s fragmentation of users and liquidity through Universal Accounts. Particle’s chain abstraction is powered by a Cosmos SDK L1 blockchain enabling the experience of a single account, balance, and address that can be used across all chains, allowing users to interact with any dApp and pay gas with any token.
For more information, users can go to: https://particle.network/
[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Asia, October 23rd, 2024]
Users can convert staked ELA and rewards into tradable NFTs, burn them anytime for Bitcoin-secured ELA APY rewards, and claim the staked ELA when the lock period ends. Anyone can stake ELA with a validator and earn 2–3% APR, with higher rewards for longer lock periods. Elastos continues to build momentum for a new decentralized finance model, offering flexible liquidity, Bitcoin-backed security, and simple wallet access. Elastos, a SmartWeb ecosystem provider, has expanded incentives for crypto users and validators with the launch of Bonded Proof of Stake (BPoS) NFTs. This new system offers users liquidity for staked assets by converting ELA and accumulated rewards into tradable NFT receipts, without interrupting rewards or waiting for the lock period to end. Through the Essentials Wallet, users can stake Bitcoin-secured ELA with a validator to earn 2–3% APR, with higher rewards for longer lock periods.
Today’s announcement underscores Elastos’ commitment to delivering value across the Smart Web ecosystem. Users can easily stake ELA tokens with BPoS validators on the Elastos Mainchain using the Essentials Wallet and issue BPoS NFTs. These NFTs can be freely traded or transferred on the Elastos Smart Chain (ESC), offering liquidity without affecting the staking period. Market participants can acquire NFTs to gain access to Mainchain rewards and the underlying staked asset. While the staked ELA remains locked until the staking period ends, NFT holders can burn their NFTs anytime to claim accumulated APY rewards.
“We are committed to delivering technologies that will create long-term value for our users and the ecosystem,” said Jonathan Hargreaves, Head of Global Growth at Elastos. “We are now in a position to deliver the tools and architecture that enable users to trade Bitcoin-backed value through ELA on Elastos without unstaking the underlying asset. This unlocks new market opportunities and sets the stage for BPoS NFTs to be used as collateral in BeL2’s upcoming Arbiter network. Ultimately, we aim to build a new model for decentralized finance backed by Bitcoin security, and we are entering a phase where users will increasingly benefit from these innovations.”
Backed by Bitcoin Security These NFTs represent receipts to claim ELA assets secured by Bitcoin’s hash power through Auxiliary Proof of Work (AuxPoW) and validators via the BPoS mechanism on the Elastos Mainchain. With 293.69 EH/s of Bitcoin’s total 580.74 EH/s hash rate, nearly half of Bitcoin’s security reinforces Elastos’ ELA, anchoring it in Bitcoin’s infrastructure without additional energy use and introducing new utility through mintable and burnable NFTs.
“With ELA’s fixed supply cap of 28.22 million, Bitcoin miner-shared security, and a 4-year halving cycle, ELA embodies Satoshi’s merge-mining BitDNS and Generalizing Bitcoin vision laid out on the Bitcoin forum in 2010,” added Sasha Mitchell, Head of BeL2. “Our roadmap continues to progress with the upcoming BeL2 arbiter network, which will support Native Bitcoin DeFi, allowing nodes to collateralize BPoS NFTs and unlock multiple revenue opportunities beyond ELA APY by supporting BTC-based services.”
Launching the BeL2 Arbiter Network Elastos plans to launch the BeL2 arbiter network by the end of 2024. This network will allow BPoS NFTs to be used as collateral for supporting time-based transactions such as loans and stablecoin pegs, including dispute resolution services. Arbiter nodes using these NFTs will earn Bitcoin and ELA rewards without moving Bitcoin from the mainnet. This approach combines security, liquidity, and financial innovation, positioning Elastos as a key player in the evolution of blockchain-based finance.
About Elastos Elastos is a public blockchain project that integrates blockchain technology with a suite of reimagined platform components to create a modern internet infrastructure that provides intrinsic protection for privacy and digital asset ownership. Its mission is to build accessible, open-source services that empower developers to create an internet where individuals own and control their data.
The Elastos SmartWeb platform allows organizations to recalibrate how the internet functions to better manage their data and privacy.
Majuro, Marshall Islands, January 30th, 2025, Chainwire
Funding accelerates the development of Elastos’ ELA token, Native Bitcoin DeFi protocol, and Web3 data economy – positioning Elastos as the utility layer for Bitcoin.
Elastos, a decentralized web infrastructure pioneer, today announced a $20 million strategic investment from Rollman Management to scale its Bitcoin-aligned ecosystem. Rollman Management, recognized for its high-profile investments in blockchain projects like Ripple, Ethereum, Solana, and Planck, now ranks Elastos among its top five holdings. The partnership will fuel the launch of Elastos’ Native Bitcoin DeFi protocol, BeL2, expand its merge-mined ELA token as a Bitcoin reserve asset, and accelerate Elacity—a Web3 data marketplace that enables creators to monetize content without intermediaries on top.
With Bitcoin’s market cap surpassing $2 trillion, Elastos solves critical gaps in Bitcoin’s ecosystem:
ELA as Bitcoin’s Merge-Mined Reserve Asset: ELA tokens have been secured by Bitcoin’s hash power through merge-mining since 2018, aligning with Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2010 vision for decentralized networks. With a total of 28,220,000 by 2105 and around 50% of Bitcoin’s hashrate, ELA gains security and decentralization, provides additional revenue for BTC miners at no extra cost, and creates a crypto economically sound reserve asset for Elastos’ Bitcoin-native DeFi system. BeL2: Bitcoin’s DeFi Breakthrough: Launching in Q2 2024, BeL2 allows Bitcoin holders to collateralize BTC in personal wallets and access Ethereum smart contract services. These include minting stablecoins, performing swaps, and borrowing assets peer-to-peer, unlocking its value all whilst eliminating reliance on synthetic BTC (e.g., WBTC) and centralized custodians. BeL2 combines locking scripts, zero-knowledge proofs, oracles, and an arbiter network where ELA stakeholders can stake ELA and earn BTC fees as decentralized nodes to support the protocol. Elacity: Web3’s Creator Revolution: Already proven in early tests, where one creator earned $5,600 in 24 hours through tokenized podcast access, Elacity v2 will launch in April with channels and subscription models. It enables influencers to encrypt, tokenize, and sell content/royalties on Elastos for audio and video markets, with plans to extend its technology to support the tokenization of AI markets. “Leveraging Bitcoin’s trillion-dollar consensus to empower Web3 users with scalable utilities—that’s where Elastos comes in,” said Rong Chen, Elastos Founder. “Merge-mining ties ELA’s security to Bitcoin’s, and BeL2, Elastos’ decentralized finance protocol, unlocks BTC-backed DeFi without compromises, whilst Elacity creates a decentralized digital goods economy on top. Rollman’s investment supports our role as Bitcoin’s utility layer”.
The $20M investment from Rollman will drive the advancement of Elastos technologies and also help Elastos reorient its branding, mature its technological stance, and go to market. This includes enhancing marketing efforts, which will further position Elastos as a leader in the growing Bitcoin-native DeFi space.
Elastos as a Pioneer in Bitcoin-secured Governance
Beyond its technological advancements, Elastos stands out for its Cyber Republic Consensus (CRC) governance model, formalized as a DAO LLC in the Marshall Islands, which signed this agreement with Rollman. This delegate-based system allows community members to stake Bitcoin merge-mined ELA, earn APY, and annually elect—or run as—one of 12 council members who vote on proposals, drive innovation, sign contracts, and validate Elastos’ Smart (EVM) and Identity (DID) sidechains. This ensures governance decisions reflect the community’s interests and demonstrates Elastos’ commitment to a truly decentralized and transparent ecosystem rooted in Bitcoin.
As Elastos enters its next phase of growth, participants can join the ecosystems CRC DAO by acquiring merge-mined ELA, which has a market cap of $48,542,586 and is secured by nearly 50% of Bitcoin’s hashrate (366.01 EH/s, equivalent to 244.008 Frontier Supercomputers). ELA offers 6+ years of proven security, a fixed cap of 28.22M tokens to be fully mined by 2105, and 3.29% emissions via its Essentials Wallet, ensuring scarcity and predictability for holders. Available on Centralized Exchanges (Coinbase, KuCoin, Gate.io, Huobi, Bitget, Crypto.com) and Decentralized Exchanges (Uniswap, Chainge Finance, Glide Finance), ELA empowers holders to shape Elastos’ future through CRC governance—driving innovation, reinforcing Bitcoin-level security, and building the next generation of decentralized applications.
Additional Information
ELA Merge Mining BeL2 Elacity Cyber Republic Consensus (CRC) Users can contact [email protected] for partnership inquiries or media requests. About Elastos
Elastos is a SmartWeb ecosystem builder focused on enabling decentralized application creation and cross-chain connectivity. Built on top of Bitcoin merge-mining, Elastos relies on the security of the world’s largest public blockchain and extends it with additional layers. The introduction of BeL2 and its Arbiter Network marks Elastos’ latest effort to advance a more open, clear, and trustless global financial system.
Website: Elastos.info
X/Twitter: @ElastosInfo
About Rollman Management Digital
Rollman Management Digital is a private investment and management consulting boutique that is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. The firm seeks to invest in talented teams and their blockchain protocols to further develop their technology and business while adding significant value to the future of the modern economy.
RMD is led by Victor R. Ch. Rollman, the founder of Rollman Capital, Rollman Mining, and Rollman Management. The Group offers a wide range of investment opportunities, financial services, and management consultancy to UHNWIs, entrepreneurs, developing governments, commodity trading firms, banks, family offices, and pension funds.
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Majuro, Marshall Islands, January 30th, 2025, Chainwire
Funding accelerates the development of Elastos’ ELA token, Native Bitcoin DeFi protocol, and Web3 data economy – positioning Elastos as the utility layer for Bitcoin.
Elastos, a decentralized web infrastructure pioneer, today announced a $20 million strategic investment from Rollman Management to scale its Bitcoin-aligned ecosystem. Rollman Management, recognized for its high-profile investments in blockchain projects like Ripple, Ethereum, Solana, and Planck, now ranks Elastos among its top five holdings. The partnership will fuel the launch of Elastos’ Native Bitcoin DeFi protocol, BeL2, expand its merge-mined ELA token as a Bitcoin reserve asset, and accelerate Elacity—a Web3 data marketplace that enables creators to monetize content without intermediaries on top.
With Bitcoin’s market cap surpassing $2 trillion, Elastos solves critical gaps in Bitcoin’s ecosystem:
ELA as Bitcoin’s Merge-Mined Reserve Asset: ELA tokens have been secured by Bitcoin’s hash power through merge-mining since 2018, aligning with Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2010 vision for decentralized networks. With a total of 28,220,000 by 2105 and around 50% of Bitcoin’s hashrate, ELA gains security and decentralization, provides additional revenue for BTC miners at no extra cost, and creates a crypto economically sound reserve asset for Elastos’ Bitcoin-native DeFi system. BeL2: Bitcoin’s DeFi Breakthrough: Launching in Q2 2024, BeL2 allows Bitcoin holders to collateralize BTC in personal wallets and access Ethereum smart contract services. These include minting stablecoins, performing swaps, and borrowing assets peer-to-peer, unlocking its value all whilst eliminating reliance on synthetic BTC (e.g., WBTC) and centralized custodians. BeL2 combines locking scripts, zero-knowledge proofs, oracles, and an arbiter network where ELA stakeholders can stake ELA and earn BTC fees as decentralized nodes to support the protocol. Elacity: Web3’s Creator Revolution: Already proven in early tests, where one creator earned $5,600 in 24 hours through tokenized podcast access, Elacity v2 will launch in April with channels and subscription models. It enables influencers to encrypt, tokenize, and sell content/royalties on Elastos for audio and video markets, with plans to extend its technology to support the tokenization of AI markets. “Leveraging Bitcoin’s trillion-dollar consensus to empower Web3 users with scalable utilities—that’s where Elastos comes in,” said Rong Chen, Elastos Founder. “Merge-mining ties ELA’s security to Bitcoin’s, and BeL2, Elastos’ decentralized finance protocol, unlocks BTC-backed DeFi without compromises, whilst Elacity creates a decentralized digital goods economy on top. Rollman’s investment supports our role as Bitcoin’s utility layer”.
The $20M investment from Rollman will drive the advancement of Elastos technologies and also help Elastos reorient its branding, mature its technological stance, and go to market. This includes enhancing marketing efforts, which will further position Elastos as a leader in the growing Bitcoin-native DeFi space.
Elastos as a Pioneer in Bitcoin-secured Governance
Beyond its technological advancements, Elastos stands out for its Cyber Republic Consensus (CRC) governance model, formalized as a DAO LLC in the Marshall Islands, which signed this agreement with Rollman. This delegate-based system allows community members to stake Bitcoin merge-mined ELA, earn APY, and annually elect—or run as—one of 12 council members who vote on proposals, drive innovation, sign contracts, and validate Elastos’ Smart (EVM) and Identity (DID) sidechains. This ensures governance decisions reflect the community’s interests and demonstrates Elastos’ commitment to a truly decentralized and transparent ecosystem rooted in Bitcoin.
As Elastos enters its next phase of growth, participants can join the ecosystems CRC DAO by acquiring merge-mined ELA, which has a market cap of $48,542,586 and is secured by nearly 50% of Bitcoin’s hashrate (366.01 EH/s, equivalent to 244.008 Frontier Supercomputers). ELA offers 6+ years of proven security, a fixed cap of 28.22M tokens to be fully mined by 2105, and 3.29% emissions via its Essentials Wallet, ensuring scarcity and predictability for holders. Available on Centralized Exchanges (Coinbase, KuCoin, Gate.io, Huobi, Bitget, Crypto.com) and Decentralized Exchanges (Uniswap, Chainge Finance, Glide Finance), ELA empowers holders to shape Elastos’ future through CRC governance—driving innovation, reinforcing Bitcoin-level security, and building the next generation of decentralized applications.
Additional Information
ELA Merge Mining BeL2 Elacity Cyber Republic Consensus (CRC) Users can contact [email protected] for partnership inquiries or media requests. About Elastos
Elastos is a SmartWeb ecosystem builder focused on enabling decentralized application creation and cross-chain connectivity. Built on top of Bitcoin merge-mining, Elastos relies on the security of the world’s largest public blockchain and extends it with additional layers. The introduction of BeL2 and its Arbiter Network marks Elastos’ latest effort to advance a more open, clear, and trustless global financial system.
Website: Elastos.info
X/Twitter: @ElastosInfo
About Rollman Management Digital
Rollman Management Digital is a private investment and management consulting boutique that is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. The firm seeks to invest in talented teams and their blockchain protocols to further develop their technology and business while adding significant value to the future of the modern economy.
RMD is led by Victor R. Ch. Rollman, the founder of Rollman Capital, Rollman Mining, and Rollman Management. The Group offers a wide range of investment opportunities, financial services, and management consultancy to UHNWIs, entrepreneurs, developing governments, commodity trading firms, banks, family offices, and pension funds.
[PRESS RELEASE – Majuro, Marshall Islands, January 30th, 2025]
Funding accelerates the development of Elastos’ ELA token, Native Bitcoin DeFi protocol, and Web3 data economy – positioning Elastos as the utility layer for Bitcoin.
Elastos, a decentralized web infrastructure pioneer, today announced a $20 million strategic investment from Rollman Management to scale its Bitcoin-aligned ecosystem. Rollman Management, recognized for its high-profile investments in blockchain projects like Ripple, Ethereum, Solana, and Planck, now ranks Elastos among its top five holdings. The partnership will fuel the launch of Elastos’ Native Bitcoin DeFi protocol, BeL2, expand its merge-mined ELA token as a Bitcoin reserve asset, and accelerate Elacity—a Web3 data marketplace that enables creators to monetize content without intermediaries on top.
With Bitcoin’s market cap surpassing $2 trillion, Elastos solves critical gaps in Bitcoin’s ecosystem:
ELA as Bitcoin’s Merge-Mined Reserve Asset: ELA tokens have been secured by Bitcoin’s hash power through merge-mining since 2018, aligning with Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2010 vision for decentralized networks. With a total of 28,220,000 by 2105 and around 50% of Bitcoin’s hashrate, ELA gains security and decentralization, provides additional revenue for BTC miners at no extra cost, and creates a crypto economically sound reserve asset for Elastos’ Bitcoin-native DeFi system. BeL2: Bitcoin’s DeFi Breakthrough: Launching in Q2 2024, BeL2 allows Bitcoin holders to collateralize BTC in personal wallets and access Ethereum smart contract services. These include minting stablecoins, performing swaps, and borrowing assets peer-to-peer, unlocking its value all whilst eliminating reliance on synthetic BTC (e.g., WBTC) and centralized custodians. BeL2 combines locking scripts, zero-knowledge proofs, oracles, and an arbiter network where ELA stakeholders can stake ELA and earn BTC fees as decentralized nodes to support the protocol. Elacity: Web3’s Creator Revolution: Already proven in early tests, where one creator earned $5,600 in 24 hours through tokenized podcast access, Elacity v2 will launch in April with channels and subscription models. It enables influencers to encrypt, tokenize, and sell content/royalties on Elastos for audio and video markets, with plans to extend its technology to support the tokenization of AI markets. “Leveraging Bitcoin’s trillion-dollar consensus to empower Web3 users with scalable utilities—that’s where Elastos comes in,” said Rong Chen, Elastos Founder. “Merge-mining ties ELA’s security to Bitcoin’s, and BeL2, Elastos’ decentralized finance protocol, unlocks BTC-backed DeFi without compromises, whilst Elacity creates a decentralized digital goods economy on top. Rollman’s investment supports our role as Bitcoin’s utility layer”.
The $20M investment from Rollman will drive the advancement of Elastos technologies and also help Elastos reorient its branding, mature its technological stance, and go to market. This includes enhancing marketing efforts, which will further position Elastos as a leader in the growing Bitcoin-native DeFi space.
Elastos as a Pioneer in Bitcoin-secured Governance
Beyond its technological advancements, Elastos stands out for its Cyber Republic Consensus (CRC) governance model, formalized as a DAO LLC in the Marshall Islands, which signed this agreement with Rollman. This delegate-based system allows community members to stake Bitcoin merge-mined ELA, earn APY, and annually elect—or run as—one of 12 council members who vote on proposals, drive innovation, sign contracts, and validate Elastos’ Smart (EVM) and Identity (DID) sidechains. This ensures governance decisions reflect the community’s interests and demonstrates Elastos’ commitment to a truly decentralized and transparent ecosystem rooted in Bitcoin.
As Elastos enters its next phase of growth, participants can join the ecosystems CRC DAO by acquiring merge-mined ELA, which has a market cap of $48,542,586 and is secured by nearly 50% of Bitcoin’s hashrate (366.01 EH/s, equivalent to 244.008 Frontier Supercomputers). ELA offers 6+ years of proven security, a fixed cap of 28.22M tokens to be fully mined by 2105, and 3.29% emissions via its Essentials Wallet, ensuring scarcity and predictability for holders. Available on Centralized Exchanges (Coinbase, KuCoin, Gate.io, Huobi, Bitget, Crypto.com) and Decentralized Exchanges (Uniswap, Chainge Finance, Glide Finance), ELA empowers holders to shape Elastos’ future through CRC governance—driving innovation, reinforcing Bitcoin-level security, and building the next generation of decentralized applications.
Additional Information
ELA Merge Mining BeL2 Elacity Cyber Republic Consensus (CRC) Users can contact [email protected] for partnership inquiries or media requests. About Elastos
Elastos is a SmartWeb ecosystem builder focused on enabling decentralized application creation and cross-chain connectivity. Built on top of Bitcoin merge-mining, Elastos relies on the security of the world’s largest public blockchain and extends it with additional layers. The introduction of BeL2 and its Arbiter Network marks Elastos’ latest effort to advance a more open, clear, and trustless global financial system.
Website: Elastos.info
X/Twitter: @ElastosInfo
About Rollman Management Digital
Rollman Management Digital is a private investment and management consulting boutique that is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. The firm seeks to invest in talented teams and their blockchain protocols to further develop their technology and business while adding significant value to the future of the modern economy.
RMD is led by Victor R. Ch. Rollman, the founder of Rollman Capital, Rollman Mining, and Rollman Management. The Group offers a wide range of investment opportunities, financial services, and management consultancy to UHNWIs, entrepreneurs, developing governments, commodity trading firms, banks, family offices, and pension funds.
Compound, the builders behind one of the most popular decentralized finance apps on Ethereum, just raised an impressive $25 million war chest in a Series A fundraising round that was backed by some of the cryptocurrency arena’s biggest investors.
Revealed on November 14th, the Series A raise saw venture capital firms like Andreesen Horowitz (a16z), Polychain Capital, Paradigm, and Bain Capital Ventures, throw a new round of chips behind the promise of the DeFi app’s future and growing ecosystem. a16z was the raise’s largest investor, although at an unspecified sum.
With the new funding secured, Compound chief executive officer Robert Leshner told Fortune that the name of the name going forward will be making the project’s crypto lending services readily usable by mainstream, non-tech users. As a step in that direction, Leshner said the DeFi protocol will be integrated with other major cryptocurrency companies, e.g. Coinbase, by the end of next year .
And while the Compound team is the main driving force behind its associated dApp, the company plans to continue phasing out their direct stewardship in favor of a more decentralized governance process. To that end, Leshner said:
“As with Bitcoin, we want to ensure that no one, including the company that built it, can exert undue influence on Compound’s protocol. Corporations come and go but we want to build a protocol that lasts forever.”
Of course, lasting forever is a big aim; but that Compound will last a long time already seems clear considering all the other rising Ethereum DeFi “money lego” projects that are currently relying on Compound’s open infrastructure.
Take the example of InstaDapp, which recently raised its own seed round of $2.4 million on the appeal of its automated “bridge” for crypto lenders wanting to move positions between Compound and Maker and vice versa. For context, both Maker and Compound are currently in the top three DeFi projects per value locked within their protocols according to tracker site DeFi Pulse.
a16z: a Big DeFi Believer Both in word and in deed, powerhouse private venture capital firm a16z has been betting big on DeFi.
First, the firm made waves last fall when its crypto arm conducted a “strategic purchase” of MakerDAO’s MKR governance token, which is used to guide the growth of the popular Dai stablecoin. In spending $15 million on the acquisition, a16z bought up six percent of the entire MKR supply at the time.
The VC firm also created a buzz last month when it bought up $235,000 worth of SNX, the associated token of Synthetix, another current top 3 DeFi project per DeFi Pulse that lets users create synthetic assets on Ethereum.
Now with a16z’s investment in the Compound team, the company has completed the “skin in the game” trifecta where decentralized finance’s biggest fledgling projects are concerned. On the news of Compound’s Series A raise, general partner Chris Dixon hailed the project as poised to achieve:
“Compound is a lending protocol that is open to anyone in the world, that disintermediates banks and allows anyone to earn interest on their money. We’ve worked with Robert [Leshner] and his team for over two years and think they are world class technologists and entrepreneurs.”
But a16z isn’t just content to back the promising DeFi projects of today, as the firm is also interested in fostering the next waves of innovation in the sector. Last week, the company unveiled its new Crypto Startup School (CSS), a seven week educational program for crypto startup founders.
“We think that sharing the most important lessons we’ve learned could accelerate the development of existing projects, and inspire more talented people to join the space,” Chris Dixon said of the program.
William M. Peaster
William M. Peaster is a professional writer and editor who specializes in the Ethereum, Dai, and Bitcoin beats in the cryptoeconomy. He's appeared in Blockonomi, Binance Academy, Bitsonline, and more. He enjoys tracking smart contracts, DAOs, dApps, and the Lightning Network. He's learning Solidity, too! Contact him on Telegram at @wmpeaster
In brief Thai police arrested Chinese national Tianwei at Don Mueang Airport on June 12 for allegedly stealing $6.15 million in Bitcoin. The arrest followed an April complaint and a May 16 warrant after Tianwei vanished from a business deal in Chiang Rai. It’s the latest in a series of Asian crypto fraud busts, including major cases in Vietnam and India. Thai immigration police arrested a Chinese fugitive at Don Mueang Airport Thursday morning as he attempted to flee to Singapore, ending a manhunt connected to millions in stolen Bitcoin.
The man, Tianwei, was arrested at 6 a.m. local time (7 p.m. ET) on Thursday at the international departure terminal as he attempted to board Lion Air flight SL100, according to a report by local news outlet Khaosod English.
The airport intercept ended a month-long manhunt that began when two Chinese victims reported losing $6.15 million (200 million baht) in Bitcoin to the suspect after a business meeting in Mae Sai district.
Chiang Rai Provincial Court issued the arrest warrant on May 16. Intelligence reports indicated Tianwei would attempt to flee the country, prompting authorities to alert Don Mueang immigration officers.
The suspect reportedly communicated in English during his arrest. Sergeant Suwaphan Utsaha, commander of the Don Mueang Immigration checkpoint, served as an interpreter to inform him of his rights and the charges against him.
Tianwei confirmed his identity and told officers he had never been arrested in this case before.
Thailand's notoriously tough stance on foreign fraud suspects means Tianwei faces a grim future, according to Archer Wolfe, founder of the crypto consultancy firm MohrWolfe and a former resident of Thailand.
"It's no surprise that Thai immigration continues cracking down on fraud amongst foreigners—they're famous for their hardcore measures," Wolfe told Decrypt. "However, once they're suspicious of you, and you get caught, they will dissect your entire life, starting with your smartphone and every conversation you have in it."
Wolfe predicted harsh consequences, saying that the suspect "is going to be extradited back to China" and "the Thai government is then going to keep that Bitcoin unless an exorbitant fee is paid and simply close the book."
Crypto crackdown in AsiaThe arrest comes amid a regional crackdown on crypto fraud that has netted hundreds of millions in seized assets across Asia.
India's Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Delhi resident Rahul Arora on Tuesday and seized over $327,000 in crypto from a cybercrime operation targeting U.S. and Canadian victims through caller ID spoofing and social engineering.
Last month, Vietnamese authorities dismantled the Matrix Chain pyramid scheme after a 200-day investigation, arresting five suspects accused of defrauding 185,000 victims out of nearly $400 million.
In February, Thai and Chinese police teamed up to arrest two Chinese nationals and seize $2.5 million worth of Tether's USDT stablecoin from a large-scale scam operation.
Edited by Sebastian Sinclair
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Bitcoin price has turned downward again, but exchanges seem optimistic and continue listings. The largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, continues the accelerated listings it started at the end of 2021. A recent announcement was made for a new altcoin. So, which cryptocurrency will be listed?
Last Minute Altcoin ListingCoinbase announced that it will support the Stader (SD) Token, an ERC20 token on the Ethereum network. The listing will be simultaneous on Coinbase and Coinbase Global. Deposits are already active for the listing expected on July 30. If the necessary liquidity conditions are met, the pair will go live at 1:00 PM (ET). For now, only the USD pair will be available.
The exchange is not adding an experimental label to this altcoin, which is positive for SD Token. Following the news, the SD Token price rose above $0.7. The token is already available on many cryptocurrency exchanges, and due to its recent popularity with upper wicks, investors are advised to be cautious about quick returns. The price increased by 40% just today.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) closed the first quarter of 2026 down 23%, driving exhausted traders to pivot capital into a surprising alternative asset class: physical Pokémon cards.
Prominent crypto analyst Trader Mayne and pseudonymous collectibles expert CBS discussed on Wednesday how the Trading Card Game (TCG) market is absorbing liquidity as digital assets continue to trade sideways.
The “Bitcoin” Of CollectiblesVintage Pokémon cards are exhibiting price resilience, with CBS highlighting the 1999 Base Set First Edition Charizard as the “Bitcoin of the TCG market.”
TCGs are attracting crypto capital thanks to their scarcity, liquidity, and decoupling from wider digital assets.
Unlike altcoins with constant token unlocks and inflationary supply, vintage cards have fixed, verifiable caps.
High-end graded cards operate with near-instant liquidity at trade shows and online marketplaces, allowing traders to flip $50,000 physical assets in minutes.
And while Bitcoin and equities dumped over the last four months, vintage trading cards largely held their value or appreciated.
CBS views the current environment as a “land grab,” noting that wealthy millennials in their 30s are aggressively replacing traditional antiques with nostalgic physical investments.
Markets Held Hostage By HeadlinesBack on the traditional charts, Mayne emphasized that technical analysis is currently taking a backseat to geopolitical “tape bombs.”
Mayne noted this instant risk-on bid reveals the market’s total desperation for a de-escalation catalyst.
Until a formal ceasefire occurs, Mayne expects violent volatility and warns against forcing leverage in the middle of a headline-driven range.
Prediction markets currently price the odds of U.S. “boots on the ground” in Iran by the end of April at greater than 50%.
Mayne also took aim at Strategy Inc (NASDAQ:MSTR) and its Chairman Michael Saylor over the aggressive marketing of the company’s new 11.5% yield product, STRCH.
Saylor recently deployed heavily criticized, AI-generated promotional videos to advertise the fixed-income product to retail investors.
Mayne compared the marketing tactics to the peak-euphoria days of the collapsed Terra/Luna Anchor Protocol, labeling the campaign “unbelievably cringe” and warning that such aggressive retail targeting damages the broader credibility of the Bitcoin ecosystem during an already fragile market structure.
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The Nasdaq is down 1.30% while the S&P 500 has shed 0.94%.
Bitcoin Depot Warns Of Going Concern RiskRecently, Bitcoin Depot said it may not be able to continue as a going concern after reporting a sharp revenue decline, rising litigation costs and ongoing regulatory pressure tied to its Bitcoin ATM business. The company disclosed the risks in an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The company filed a Form 12b-25 on May 12, stating it could not complete its quarterly Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2026, within the required deadline. Bitcoin Depot said it needed additional time to review financial statements related to a previously disclosed material weakness involving its cash-in-transit reconciliation process.
The company said state and municipal regulations restricting Bitcoin ATMs, transaction limits and fee caps, along with enhanced Know-Your-Customer compliance measures, significantly hurt transaction volume and revenue. Bitcoin Depot also disclosed more than $20 million in legal judgments accrued during the fourth quarter of 2025 and said ongoing litigation continues to strain resources.
Management concluded that "substantial doubt exists about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern."
Preliminary Q1 Results Show Sharp DeclineBitcoin Depot's preliminary first-quarter revenue fell $80.7 million, or 49.2% year over year, primarily due to lower transaction volume driven by regulatory changes and stricter compliance controls.
Gross profit dropped 85.5% to $4.5 million from $31.2 million a year earlier. The company reported a net loss of $9.5 million, compared with net income of $12.2 million in the prior-year quarter.
Operating expenses rose 32.3% year over year, mainly due to higher litigation costs. Cash and cash equivalents declined to $44 million as of March 31, down from $65.6 million at the end of 2025.
Bitcoin Depot said it is evaluating options including debt refinancing, asset sales, restructuring measures and other strategic transactions to address its financial challenges.
Technical AnalysisEven after Friday's jump, BTM is still in a longer-term downtrend: it's trading 45.8% below its 20-day SMA ($5.77) and 77.1% below its 200-day SMA ($13.69). That gap tells you the stock is trying to stabilize from a deeply damaged trend, but it hasn't reclaimed the moving-average "zones" that usually define healthier uptrends.
The bigger-picture trend signal remains heavy because the 50-day SMA is below the 200-day SMA (a death cross that occurred in November 2025). That said, the 20-day SMA is above the 50-day SMA, which can hint at a near-term basing attempt if price can start closing back above the shorter averages.
For momentum, MACD is the cleaner read right now: it's below its signal line and the histogram is negative, which points to fading upside pressure versus the prior upswing. In plain terms, when MACD is below its signal line, momentum is cooling unless buyers can push it back above that baseline.
From a structure standpoint, the stock is also coming off a recent swing low in March after a swing high in April, which frames the current move as a bounce inside a broader downtrend. With the 52-week range stretching from $48.16 to $1.91, BTM is still much closer to the low end of its yearly range than the high—another reminder that rallies may face overhead supply.
Key Resistance: $4.37 — aligns with the 50-day SMA, a common "first real test" area in rebound attempts Key Support: $1.91 — the 52-week low zone, where buyers previously defended the tape Company BackgroundBitcoin Depot operates one of the largest cryptocurrency ATM networks in North America, allowing users to buy and sell digital assets through physical kiosks and retail locations. The company went public through a SPAC merger and has since focused on scaling transaction volume while navigating regulatory and market pressures tied to the crypto sector.
Price ActionBTM Stock Price Activity: Bitcoin Depot shares were up 13.31% at $2.68 at the time of publication on Friday, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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Travala.com, a blockchain-based hotel booking platform, has announced that crypto users can now pay with the stablecoin Tether (USDT). Travelers can book a stay at any number of accommodations around the world on the online platform by using USDT.
Travala.com is an Amsterdam-based travel firm with over 17,000 employees around the world. The company’s platform offers crypto users access to over two million properties in more than 90,000 destinations across 230 territories.
In addition to Tether, Travala.com also accepts crypto payments in the form of Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Litecoin, Binance Coin, Bitcoin Cash, Stellar, and Cardano. The company touts that its prices are up to 40% cheaper than other travel booking platforms.
Says CEO Matt Luczynski,
“Part of our mission is to provide our users with a wide choice of the most well known and used cryptocurrencies so it made perfect sense for us to integrate USDT as a payment option on Travala.com.”
Tether is the most popular cryptocurrency in terms of trading volume. At time of writing, Tether’s 24-hour trading volume is over $26.6 billion compared to Bitcoin’s $22.1 billion. Ethereum is a far third at $8.47 billion.
The Breez SDK, continuing to fuel Bitcoin’s global adoption, announced today their Class of Q2, where another 12 apps added Lightning with the Breez SDK, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine.
“As their predecessors discovered before them, today’s SDK partners have learned how simple it is to implement and their users are rapidly learning to cherish the effortless UX,” Breez stated in the press release. “Each of these vibrant young apps reinforces bitcoin’s incomparable utility as universal money and the value of the Breez SDK as the easiest way for developers to give their users the power of bitcoin payments.“
The apps that integrated the Bitcoin Lightning Network via Breez SDK in Q2, 2025, include:
Bitmo: A Bitcoin app that lets users buy, sell, and send bitcoin with a three-step onboarding process.
Bitpost: A platform that lets bitcoiners post wish lists of purchases they’d like to make for other users to view, buy, and send back to the bitcoiners privately in exchange for bitcoin.
Brio: A frictionless gateway to bitcoin-based stokvels on Telegram, giving bitcoin beginners a way to introduce them to bitcoin’s benefits.
DIDx: Adds bitcoin payments to its digital identity platform for emerging markets.
Grimm App: A lightweight bitcoin wallet built for low-bandwidth environments in Africa, with fiat conversion and mobile top-ups.
Klever: A Bitcoin and crypto operator that gives users access to >1500 currencies in their hardware and software wallets.
Loom21: An app that lets merchants automatically manage their inventory, book sales, print receipts, and make and receive payments.
Mooze Labs: Built DePix, a stablecoin that enables frictionless transactions between reais, USDT, LBTC, and BTC, with the Breez SDK under the hood.
Ordermoon: A food delivery app that fosters bitcoin transactions among restaurants, drivers, and hordes of bitcoiners.
Sorted: A self-custodial bitcoin wallet that runs on feature phones.
Tokyo Bitcoin Base: Introduced an in-house photo app with bitcoin payments as part of a broader coworking and event space.
Yolat: Allows individual users and businesses to make cross-border bitcoin payments. focusing on transfers to and from Africa.Adoption of the Bitcoin Lighting Network has been increasing, as shown in this past quarter with 12 companies adopting Breez’s SDK in comparison to the 10 companies who integrated it in Q1. Those interested in also integrating the Breez SDK can find more information on it here.
Upheaval at the Ethereum Foundation has some of crypto’s biggest names feeling bullish
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at Ethereum's eventful week that started off with the launch of EthLabs, plus the layoffs at the Ethereum Foundation, and what this all means for the network.
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The crypto market is ending the week strong despite a four-day streak of U.S. spot ETF outflows and global tensions. Here’s a recap of what transpired in the space in the past 48 hours.
BTC hit with $1.68B ETF outflows Bitcoin [BTC] price held the $90k despite record weekly ETF outflows in 2026. The products saw four consecutive days of outflows, totalling $1.68 billion.
Source: Soso Value This week’s risk-off mode was triggered by Japan’s bond crisis, as investors feared the rout could spill over into U.S. markets. Additionally, the global tensions between the E.U. and the U.S. over Greenland further spooked the markets.
As of writing, these two risk factors were significantly neutralized. The E.U.-U.S. tensions, for example, had eased over a potential Greenland deal, prompting a relief rally in markets.
At press time, the Asian markets surged, with Shanghai’s SSE Composite (SSE) and Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 posting a 33 and 29 basis points surge, respectively.
However, India’s Nifty 50 retreated nearly 1%. The improved sentiment followed Japan’s rate pause after its policy rate decision on the 22nd of January.
Collectively, the shift in sentiment helped Bitcoin hover near $90k despite record ETF outflows earlier in the week.
BitGo joins the crypto IPO mania BitGo, a crypto custody and infrastructure firm, became the latest industry player to go public. The crypto IPO mania underscored the sector’s growth into the mainstream, but BitGo’s first day performance was volatile.
The stock (NYSE: BITGO) opened at $22, slightly above its $18 per share in the initial public offering (IPO).
It hit a high of $24.5 in intraday trading, about a 36% jump. But it later erased the gains and closed the intraday session at $18.49, translating to a 2.7% rally.
Source: Yahoo Finance Several crypto infrastructure firms, including custody provider Anchorage Digital, Kraken, and crypto payments giant Bitpanda, are planning IPOs.
This follows a successful Circle IPO last year. That said, BitGo raised $212 million from the IPO, putting its value above $2 billion.
Railgun to scale DeFi privacy The key final update was from the privacy sector. Ethereum-based Railgun unveiled Railgun_connect, a ‘plug and play’ DeFi integration that allows users to interact with on-chain platforms for staking, swaps, lending, and others, with their private, shielded wallets.
The project team said it successfully tested the feature on CowSwap on Polygon POS and plans to roll it out across the DeFi ecosystem. The team billed the new feature as,
“A first-of-its-kind tool for privacy and is a huge leap in making private addresses as functional as public ones.”
For the unfamiliar, the legacy privacy platforms like Zcash [ZEC] only allow shielded transfers (hiding the balance) and keep it, with no ability to deploy capital across DeFi at scale privately. Railgun’s new feature may change and disrupt the current privacy landscape.
The markets will now shift to next week’s U.S Fed rate decision, scheduled for the 28th of January. With market pricing a rate pause despite the Trump-Powell conflict, it remains to be seen whether it will be hawkish or dovish.
Source: CME FedWatch Tool Final Thoughts Bitcoin tried holding $90k despite a four-day streak of ETF outflows of over $1.6 billion Railgun unveils plan to aggressively scale DeFi privacy as market shifts focus to next week’s Fed rate decision.
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The Bitcoin price is once again at the center of attention as it continues its upward climb in what appears to be the final phase of the current bull cycle. Riding on the back of macroeconomic optimism and institutional interest, Bitcoin is showing renewed strength, with technical analysis forecasting a final pump to a new ATH above $120,000. Once the flagship cryptocurrency completes this move, its price is forecasted to crash down to $60,000, signaling the onset of the bear market.
Bitcoin Price To Surpass $120,000 In 2025 Xanrox, a crypto analyst, has shared a new Bitcoin price prediction on TradingView, forecasting a bullish run to a new all-time high and a subsequent crash to major lows. Expanding on his optimistic projection, the crypto analyst has confirmed that Bitcoin is in the final stages of this bullish cycle, meaning that the cryptocurrency is gearing up for its most explosive price surge yet.
The analyst shared an Elliott Wave technical chart, indicating that Bitcoin is currently in Wave 3 of a five-wave pattern forming an ending diagonal. This structure typically marks the final stage of a bullish cycle, just before a major correction.
Xanrox predicts that Bitcoin will eventually enter two final wave stages (Wave 4 and 5) before reaching a cycle peak. According to his analysis, the ideal range for this bull run lies between $120,000 and $125,000. More precisely, he highlights a Fibonacci Extension target of 1.618 at $122,069 as the potential top of this bull cycle.
Source: Xanrox on Tradingview The TradingView analyst also notes that this Fibonacci target is the best price to sell and prepare for the bear market that’s projected to follow. Notably, this price level aligns with a long-term trend line that stretches from Bitcoin’s 2017 peak to the 2021 top and the next forecasted 2025 ATH.
Strengthening the analyst’s conviction of a potential rally to $122,069, Bitcoin’s historical price behavior reveals a consistent relationship with the 50-week Simple Moving Average (SMA). The analysis highlights that the cryptocurrency has repeatedly bounced off or corrected to this moving average during key turning points in past cycles. This pattern adds further credibility to the bullish outlook.
Next Up: 50% Price Crash To $60,000 Despite Xanrox’s optimistic price projection for 2025, the analyst warns of an impending Bitcoin market crash in 2026. Once the cryptocurrency completes its final bullish wave and tops out, the analyst anticipates a steep correction, potentially dragging the price down to $60,000. This projected 50% drop mirrors past cycle declines, particularly the sharp correction seen in the 2018 and 2022 bear markets.
The analyst’s chart identifies this looming price crash as part of the natural end to Bitcoin’s 4-year cycle, emphasizing that buying at the projected peak of $122,069 could expose investors to significant downside risk. Instead, Xanrox recommends preparing for this bearish transition by exiting the market within the previously outlined sell zone and waiting for a re-entry opportunity during the expected 2026 dip.
BTC trading at $103,462 on the 1D chart | Source: BTCUSDT on Tradingview.com Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com
An analyst has reignited bullish expectations for XRP, pointing to a historical fractal pattern that could catapult the asset to more than 50 times its current price.
The analysis suggests XRP could reach as high as $123, a level not seen in any previous cycle.
Hints from XRP Historical Fractal In his commentary on XRP’s performance, analyst Javon Marks shared a chart comparing XRP’s recent breakout to a similar technical pattern from 2017. At that time, XRP broke out of a pennant formation that spanned about two years.
XRP rallied from consolidation lows, where it traded with two leading zeros, to above the 2.618 Fibonacci extension, translating to a peak above $2.10.
During this climb, XRP formed local tops at the $0.0364 price mark (the 1.00 Fibonacci level), consolidated briefly, and broke out to the 1.618 Fibonacci level, equivalent to $0.1726. It then consolidated for several weeks before completing the bull run. Ultimately, XRP surpassed the 2.618 Fibonacci level and reached highs above $3.
XRP chart by Javon Marks Meanwhile, XRP entered a more prolonged consolidation phase that lasted over seven years. Marks’ chart confirmed that XRP has now completed the breakout from the multi-year pennant pattern, which formed in 2018.
This breakout has already pushed XRP into the $2+ range, slightly above the 1.00 Fibonacci level. Interestingly, the pattern XRP is forming now mirrors the early stages of the 2017 price explosion.
In particular, XRP has slipped into a ranging phase following the initial momentum from its breakout, cooling off the frenzy. Marks believes the second phase of a full-scale bull run is about to take shape.
According to his chart, the next target before another period of consolidation is the 1.618 Fibonacci extension, equivalent to a price of $9.63.
Why $123 Is on the Radar By applying the same Fibonacci logic to the current structure, Marks forecasts that XRP could again climb to the 2.618 Fibonacci extension, which this time sits around $123, after surpassing the 1.618 level. According to his estimation, this would represent a more than 50X increase from current price levels.
If such a move were to materialize, it would not only mark XRP’s highest valuation in history but would also place it among the top contenders in market capitalization, rivaling Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Specifically, at a $123 price, XRP’s market cap based on the current circulating supply of 58.55 billion tokens would be approximately $7.2 trillion. This is larger than the current combined market caps of Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as the overall crypto market.
Caution Amid the Hype While the technical setup is compelling, other analysts have cautioned that history doesn’t always repeat itself. In particular, some members of the XRP community believe the 2017 fractal is no longer relevant for future projections.
Critics of the $123 price target argue that such an audacious valuation, and the implied $7 trillion market cap, represent an overestimation of XRP’s potential in the current cycle. As a result, they advise holders to take profits strategically rather than waiting for these extreme price levels to materialize.
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Despite failing to break out of its downtrend, ONDO could be preparing for a surge above the $2 barrier. Some analysts suggest it could repeat its 2024 playbook if it continues to hold its current levels.
ONDO Breakout Eyes $2 ONDO, the native token of the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) platform Ondo Finance, is attempting to reclaim a key area amid the market pullback. Notably, the cryptocurrency has struggled to hold the $1 mark since losing the area as support over three months ago.
In December, the RWA token hit its all-time high (ATH) of $2.14 after US President Donald Trump’s crypto venture, World Liberty Financial (WLFI), purchased 134,216 ONDO tokens for 250,000 USDC.
This propelled ONDO’s price above the $2 barrier for the first time, but the late 2024 and Q1 2025 corrections halted its bullish momentum, sending its price to the $0.60-$0.70 range.
Following the late April market recovery, ONDO’s price reclaimed the $0.85 area and broke out of its multi-month downtrend. The cryptocurrency then hovered between the $0.85-$1.10 levels throughout May, hitting a three-month high of $1.13 nearly a month ago.
Since then, the token has been in a one-month downtrend, dipping below its local range after the recent market pullback. However, the cryptocurrency has been attempting to reclaim this range for the past week, hitting a one-week high of $0.92 on Wednesday.
Crypto analyst World of Charts highlighted the token’s performance, affirming, “after a long correction, Finally Looking Good For Midterm.”
ONDO eyes 130% breakout. Source: World of Charts on X As ONDO attempts to reclaim the $0.90 area, the analyst anticipates that the cryptocurrency will soon break out of its current range and the downtrend line, forecasting a 130% rally toward the $2 barrier.
2024 ATH Repeat Coming? On Thursday, analyst Sjuul from AltCryptoGems noted ONDO’s performance over the past year, asserting, “Not sure there are many other charts looking as good on high time frames like ONDO.”
He explained that “The King of RWA” is “basically holding a bullish structure since its launch,” making a series of higher lows for over a year while maintaining its ascending support trendline.
Meanwhile, analyst Alex Clay suggested that ONDO could see a parabolic run based on its performance in 2024.
The market watcher noted that the token is currently accumulating at the bottom of a 15-month ascending channel, which previously served as a crucial bounce point for its rally toward its ATH.
As Clay explained, after reaching the channel’s upper boundary last year, ONDO saw a multi-month downtrend toward the lower boundary, before printing a higher low. This was followed by a massive rally toward the channel’s top.
This year, ONDO is “following the Bullish Fractal from the previous year” after falling to the channel’s lower boundary, breaking out of the downtrend line, and registering a higher low.
“These 2 reasons are more than enough to pump straight up to the channel’s top,” the analyst concluded. If history repeats, the cryptocurrency could surge toward the $2.8-$3 area.
At the time of writing, ONDO trades at $0.84, a 5.2% decline in the daily timeframe.
ONDO’s performance in the one-week chart. Source: ONDOUSDT on TradingView Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com
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Crypto analyst X Force has drawn the crypto community’s attention to a key fractal from 2023, which paints a bullish picture for the Bitcoin price. However, the analyst suggested that a drop to $90,000 could still be on the cards for BTC, although that won’t invalidate the macro setup.
Key Fractal Shows Bitcoin Price Is Still Bullish In an X post, X Force highlighted a key fractal from the early phase of the 2023 bull market and noted why it supports the view that the current trend remains bullish. He remarked that the price structure that was observed back then could offer insights relevant to the current analysis, as history often rhymes even though it might not repeat itself exactly.
X Force then noted that in 2023, a larger degree wave 1 terminated, followed by a shallow wave 2 that retraced only to the 23.6% to 38.2% Fibonacci levels. The analyst then declared that this interpretation wasn’t just hindsight but it was the only valid count even in real-time. He also raised the possibility of the Bitcoin price creating another low.
Source: XForce on X X Force explained that the context of the micro timeframes is losing weight as every bounce and dump is extremely sensitive to the overall creation of the wave structure. Meanwhile, the analyst indicated that the Bitcoin price could still drop to as low as $90,000 but noted that it is important that BTC remains above this critical support level.
In an X post, the crypto analyst stated that as long as the Bitcoin price stays above the $90,000 level, the implications of the shorter-term price action have zero impact on the overall macro trend. X Force added that pullbacks and choppiness are not only healthy but vital to any bull market.
A BTC Price Crash Imminent? Veteran trader Peter Brandt has raised the possibility of a Bitcoin price crash happening soon. In an X post, he questioned if November 2021 was happening all over again for the flagship crypto. His accompanying chart showed how that period formed the cycle peak for BTC, following a double top formation.
The Bitcoin price then crashed from its all-time high (ATH) of around $69,000 and consolidated for over two years before witnessing another breakout in 2024. The chart indicated that BTC may have formed a double top again following the recent rally to a new all-time high of $111,900. If so, this could mark the end of the cycle’s bull run, with a crash set to follow. However, the chart suggested that BTC could sustain this bull run if it holds above $104,612.
At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is trading at around $106,700, up in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.
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Amid the chaos that was sparked by Israel’s attack on Iran, Bitcoin has climbed again, shaking off the losses triggered by the conflict. Not only has the price seen an increase from its last week’s lows, but there has also been a notable change in the cryptocurrency’s daily trading volume. This points to continued interest despite global factors and could mean that the expectations of war are already getting priced in for the crypto market.
Bitcoin Sees Almost 100% Jump In Volume According to data from Coinglass, there has been a turn in the tide for the Bitcoin trading volume after starting out the new week in a slow trend. Sunday and Monday had seen the Bitcoin daily trading volume come out under $50 billion. However, as the Bitcoin price rose leading up to Tuesday, so did the trading volume.
At the time of writing, the Bitcoin daily trading volume had already crossed $88 billion for Tuesday, leading to an almost 100% increase in the trading volume during this time. This follows the trend of high volatility coming with increased volumes as the Bitcoin price swung wildly between $105,000 and $108,000.
Source: Coinglass The sharp jump in volume comes as the Bitcoin open interest remains high at near all-time highs while the rest of the market struggles. Coinglass data shows the current open interest at $71 billion, less than $10 billion away from the $80 billion all-time high recorded in May 2025.
In light of altcoins continuing to trend low while Bitcoin remains close to all-time highs, it suggests that most of the attention in the crypto market is now being focused on Bitcoin. As a result, the leading asset continues to dictate the direction of the market, with dominance remaining high above 64%.
How War Could Affect This Trend The positive developments surrounding Bitcoin are coming as there seems to be a cooldown in the conflict in the Middle East. But with so little time having passed, expectations are that the war may only be starting, with some calling it the start of ‘World War 3.’
The Kobeissi Letter has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to address these World War 3 predictions, revealing how the markets would react if there really was a possibility of this happening. The first thing was that a 50% chance of World War 3 would’ve seen the S&P crash not 2%, but more of a 30% crash. Gold would be $5,000/oz, and oil would go for $100/barrel.
Furthermore, a 90% chance of World War 3, as explained in the post, would likely cause the S&P to crash 50%, with the prices of gold and oil surging to $10,000/oz and $200/barrel, respectively. Given Bitcoin’s correlation with the stock market so far, there is no doubt that such a crash would have carried over, triggering disastrous losses for the crypto market.
Given these, The Kobeissi Letter explains that the markets are saying the chances of World War 3 are slim. At this time, they expect a resolution to the conflict. “Futures all around the board this morning saw de-escalation coming,” the post read.
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Bitcoin has continued to hover above the $100,000 mark over the past few days, and its price action has stabilized around $105,000 in the wake of recent market tensions and despite inflows into Spot Bitcoin ETFs.
A new analysis shared by crypto market commentator Gert van Lagen suggests that this current phase is going to precede an explosive move similar to those seen in previous market cycles. Backing his prediction with historical data and Glassnode’s AVIV Ratio chart, the analyst noted that the current on-chain structure echoes moments before Bitcoin’s major rallies in past bull markets.
AVIV Ratio Flashes Familiar Pattern Before Market Top Bitcoin’s price volatility has slightly cooled since the initial surge to a new all-time high above $111,800 in May, and the latest candlestick structure suggests it may be preparing for another leg higher.
Taking to the social media platform X, Gert van Lagen revealed a Bitcoin price prediction that centers around the true market Deviation metric known as the AVIV Ratio. This orange-colored line on the chart tracks a specific deviation in Bitcoin’s market behavior and has always crossed a red line denoting +3 standard deviations at or just before cycle tops.
Source: Gert Van Lagen on X The current AVIV behavior can be compared to previous price points before market tops in previous cycles. For instance, in 2013, the AVIV Ratio flagged a major rally when Bitcoin was trading near $200, shortly before the price pushed past $1,200. In 2017, the metric behaved similarly when Bitcoin was trading at $3,700 and later peaked near $20,000. The current AVIV Ratio can also be compared to when Bitcoin was priced at $13,000 in the 2021 bull market run, before its surge to an all-time high of $69,000.
According to the analyst, today’s AVIV ratio level is closely aligned with those previous mid-cycle breakouts. The current ratio has not yet crossed the red +3σ line, which the analyst refers to as the cycle top trigger. As such, its current reading suggests Bitcoin may be in the early phase of a major bull market expansion. If history repeats itself, a 3x move from today’s levels would be a standard price move in line with previous price action.
$300,000 Target Within Sight If AVIV Behavior Holds Crypto analyst van Lagen stops short of calling for an immediate top, but his analysis implies that Bitcoin could be preparing for a new parabolic surge to the upside. Using the AVIV model as a reference, a conservative 3x multiplier on the current Bitcoin price places a possible target around $300,000.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $104,997, having decreased by 1.4% in the past 24 hours. This decline has brought its price down from an intraday high of $106,795 back into its consolidation range around $105,000.
BTC trading at $104,728 on the 1D chart | Source: BTCUSDT on Tradingview.com Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
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Bitcoin’s recent pullback has sparked fresh debate over whether the rally has run its course. According to market watcher Titan of Crypto, the story isn’t over yet.
Bitcoin slipped just 6% from its all‑time high of $112,000, but some analysts pointed to a cooling relative strength index (RSI) and warned of a top. Titan’s take flips that view on its head, arguing that we’re still deep in the meat of the bull cycle.
Fractal Cycles Keep Running Titan pointed to a clear pattern in Bitcoin’s last two cycles. Each cycle began with roughly 13 monthly bars—about 396 days—of steep decline. In 2014–15, Bitcoin fell from $1,240 to $161 over that span.
Prices then rallied for 35 bars (1,065 days) to hit $19,800 in December 2017. The same 13‑bar slide followed by 35 bars of gains played out again after 2018, ending at $69,000 in 2021.
#Bitcoin Bull Market Entering Final Phase 🏁
As in previous cycles: ~1 year of bear market, followed by ~3 years of expansion.$BTC looks to be in the final leg but not done yet. pic.twitter.com/MGre5ahz3P
— Titan of Crypto (@Washigorira) June 18, 2025
Momentum And RSI In Focus Some analysts flagged a weakening RSI as a sign that Bitcoin has peaked. That metric can’t be ignored—when momentum wanes, price often takes a breather. Titan’s chart lays down the time‑based pattern, but RSI, trading volume, and on‑chain data give a live read on demand.
Bull Run Still Has Room Based on reports, the current cycle’s bullish phase kicked off in January 2023 and sits in the 29th bar this month. Bitcoin has climbed 530% since the start of that run.
If history holds, we’ve got at least five more monthly bars of uptrend before the rally tops out around November. Earlier studies even point to a wedge breakout that could send price to about $137,000 before any serious pullback.
BTC is currently trading at $104,664. Chart: TradingView Big Names See Higher Peaks Samson Mow, the CEO of Jan3, foresees Bitcoin tearing past the $1 million mark in a fierce upswing, powered by government rollouts, sovereign bond issuances, and an urgent surge in ‘hyperbitcoinization’ before seeing any real correction.
Raoul Pal (Real Vision), the former Goldman Sachs executive, shares a familiar bullish view. He has laid out scenarios where Bitcoin hits $1 million by 2030, based on monetary stimulus and limited supply.
Strategy’s Michael Saylor has also said Bitcoin could skyrocket to between $500,000 and $1 million before seeing any real correction.
These big names in the crypto industry highlight growing institutional inflows and a looming supply squeeze after the next halving as fuel for an even higher peak.
Source: CoinCodex This rally isn’t just a rerun of what we saw in 2017 or 2021. Bitcoin today moves with ETFs, big‑ticket corporate buys, and more traders watching on‑chain signals than ever before.
Meanwhile, the latest outlook by CoinCodex sees Bitcoin climbing 5.73% to hit roughly $110,732 by July 19, 2025. Right now, technical signals point to a Neutral mood, while the Fear & Greed Index sits at 57—squarely in Greed territory.
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PANews reported on May 3 that Alex Thorn, research director at Galaxy Digital, stated in an article published on the X platform that after in-depth discussions with several Bitcoin industry figures regarding the impact of quantum computing on Bitcoin, the industry has gradually reached two major consensuses.
First, the approximately 1.1 million BTC held by Satoshi Nakamoto (distributed across approximately 22,000 P2PK addresses) should not be used arbitrarily. Infringing on his property rights in order to deal with quantum risks would damage Bitcoin's core value proposition. Even if these BTC are transferred in extreme circumstances, the market has a strong absorption capacity and the risks can be mitigated through solutions such as "Hourglass".
Secondly, promoting research, testing, and signature compression of Bitcoin quantum-resistant (PQ) cryptography is a positive direction, and contingency plans should be prepared in advance. However, premature implementation of the protocol layer should be avoided to prevent consensus deadlock or the introduction of new risks. Even if the quantum threat has only a 1% chance of affecting Bitcoin, it is worthwhile to continue investing in research.
Despite the latest developments on the US/Iran war front, most cryptocurrencies have remained stable.
Bitcoin experienced some volatility on Sunday evening after the unsuccessful conclusion of the peace talks in Switzerland, but it rebounded from $63,300 and was stopped at $64,800.
Most larger-cap altcoins have remained stable as well, with ETH closing at $1,750 and SOL aiming at $75.
BTC Back at $64K It was a week ago when US President Donald Trump said his country and Iran had reached a deal that was supposed to be signed by June 19. Bitcoin rocketed on the news, going from under $64,000 to over $67,000 within a day. However, it couldn’t maintain its run and dipped to its starting point ahead of the latest FOMC meeting.
Before and after the Fed’s expected announcement of keeping the rates unchanged, the cryptocurrency went to $66,400 before it plunged by four grand, especially since the new Chairman of the central bank remained hawkish.
The bulls finally intervened at this point and helped BTC recover some ground. The asset climbed to $63,000-$64,000 over the weekend and remained there for the most part aside from a brief deviation to $63,200 and $64,800. That came after the new threats from Trump against Iran and the conclusion of the meeting between the two sides in Switzerland.
Nevertheless, BTC has returned to $64,000 as of press time. Its market cap is at $1.285 trillion, while its dominance over the alts is still at 56.2% on CG.
BTCUSD June 22. Source: TradingView Alts Stable Too Most larger-cap alts have produced little to no volatility in the past 24 hours. Ethereum is slightly in the green and sits close to $1,750. Binance Coin remains close to $600 after a minor increase. XRP is still below $1.15, while SOL has neared $75 after a 1.2% increase.
HYPE is down by 2% daily, while ZEC and CC have lost around 3% of value. In contrast, WLD has gained 6.5% in the past 24 hours and sits close to $0.65. Other notable gainers over the past day include VVV (8%), ADI (3.2%), and M (3%).
The cumulative market cap of all crypto assets has remained at essentially the same level as yesterday at $2.290 trillion.
Cryptocurrency Market Overview June 22. Source: QuantifyCrypto
