Two crypto analysts predict Bitcoin will experience another crash to around $59,000-$62,000 despite recent recovery to $63,000. The analysts cite an expanding ending diagonal pattern and bearish momentum as indicators of one final flush before establishing strong support.

Ripple's CTO Emeritus has highlighted significant news regarding DTCC developments, suggesting an important breakthrough in connecting traditional finance with decentralized systems. This development represents progress in Ripple's ongoing efforts to bridge conventional financial infrastructure with blockchain technology.

Bitcoin's recent decline is showing signs of slowing according to analysts, though the overall bear market trend remains intact. 10x Research notes that compressed volatility, strengthening ETF flows, and reduced Coinbase discount suggest the market may not be accelerating into further losses.

Hidden Road, now rebranded as Ripple Prime, has been officially added to the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) directory according to a DTCC notice. This development represents a significant milestone for XRP Ledger's institutional adoption and has generated optimism within the XRP community.

Circle's stock continues to post double-digit gains following earnings, driven by USDC stablecoin growth and favorable policy developments. The rally coincides with broader cryptocurrency market momentum amid macroeconomic volatility.

ClickFix hackers are using new tactics to target crypto users by impersonating venture capitalists and compromising the QuickLens platform. This technique has been gaining popularity among crypto attackers since 2024, expanding beyond cryptocurrency to target multiple industries.

South Korean financial authorities are revising their cryptocurrency custody practices after losing nearly $30 million in seized digital assets over recent months. The move comes following public scrutiny over multiple incidents involving mismanagement of confiscated crypto holdings.

TraderBench introduces a new benchmark for evaluating AI agents in financial markets, combining expert-verified static tasks with adversarial trading simulations. The study found that 8 of 13 tested AI models showed minimal variation across market conditions, indicating they rely on fixed strategies rather than adaptive market behavior.

Researchers have developed the Agent Economic Sovereignty Protocol (AESP), a new framework that allows AI agents to conduct autonomous financial transactions at machine speed while maintaining human control and governance boundaries. The protocol uses five key mechanisms including policy engines, human oversight, dual-signed commitments, privacy preservation, and cryptographic substrates to ensure agents remain economically capable but never fully sovereign.

Researchers present a novel quantum federated learning framework for large-scale wireless networks that combines quantum computing with privacy-preserving federated learning. The study introduces a sum-rate maximization approach using quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) that achieves over 100% improvement in performance compared to conventional methods.

NEAR Protocol's token surged 17% following the launch of 'Confidential Intents', a privacy-focused execution layer designed to prevent MEV and front-running attacks. The token has now gained 40% over the week, outperforming other privacy-focused cryptocurrencies despite modest on-chain revenue generation.

A federal judge has remanded Nevada's legal cases against prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket back to state court. This ruling enables Nevada regulators to pursue temporary injunctions that could potentially halt trading operations for both platforms in the state.

Iran's cryptocurrency trading volume has dropped 80% following military strikes, according to TRM Labs analysis. Despite the sharp contraction, the country's crypto ecosystem remains structurally intact as it shifts into risk management mode.

Crypto investment funds saw a massive $1 billion weekly inflow according to CoinShares, ending a five-week streak of $4 billion in outflows. The turnaround was primarily driven by renewed Bitcoin buying and increased investor appetite across major markets.

OpenZeppelin discovered significant flaws in OpenAI's EVMbench dataset, including data contamination from training leaks and at least four incorrectly classified high-severity vulnerabilities. This finding raises concerns about the reliability of AI tools used for blockchain security auditing.