Brave is taking a bold and unconventional approach to Web3 gaming adoption, betting that mainstream users are more likely to engage with interactive social competition than complex DeFi dashboards. The privacy-focused browser company has announced Brave Games, a multi-week, reality-TV-inspired vault heist competition designed to play out across the Brave browser, X, and Discord. Announced on Tuesday, Brave Games aims to lower the barrier to entry for Web3 by removing the need for technical expertise, crypto wallets, or traditional gaming skills. According to Luke Mulks, Vice President of...

Putting a security on a blockchain does not change its legal status, according to a new joint staff statement issued Wednesday by three divisions of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Divisions of Corporation Finance, Trading and Markets, and Investment Management emphasized that tokenized securities are still subject to the same federal securities laws and registration requirements as traditional financial instruments. In the statement, the SEC made clear that the technological format of a securitywhether issued or recorded on-chain or off-chaindoes not alter how securities...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has indicated that future interest rate cuts will largely depend on developments in the U.S. labor market, reinforcing the Feds current wait-and-see stance. Speaking during the latest FOMC press conference, Powell emphasized that the central bank is not inclined to cut rates further unless labor market conditions weaken again. This guidance comes as markets, including crypto traders, increasingly expect interest rates to remain unchanged at least until the June FOMC meeting. At the recent policy meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to keep...

Hyperliquid (HYPE) has recorded a powerful price rally, emerging as one of the top-performing cryptocurrencies in the market. Over the past 24 hours, HYPE jumped nearly 20%, while its weekly gains exceeded 60%, significantly outperforming major assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. This surge comes as the broader crypto market also shows signs of recovery, with total market capitalization rising by more than 2%. At the time of writing, HYPE is trading around $34.57, marking a weekly increase of over 50%. This price improvement is largely attributed to the rapid expansion of the Hyperliquid...

Ethereum (ETH) is showing clear signs of stabilization after weeks of volatile and erratic price action, suggesting an early-stage recovery may be underway. Following multiple defensive rebounds from the critical $2,800 support zone, Ethereum has begun forming higher lows and reclaiming short-term momentum. While the broader trend is still in a recovery phase rather than a full reversal, the near-term market structure has turned cautiously bullish. One of the most notable shifts in Ethereum price behavior is the change in seller dynamics. Previous relief rallies were aggressively sold, often...

XRP is once again approaching the psychologically important $2 level, a price zone that has quietly become a major turning point for market sentiment. After months of persistent downward pressure, XRP is now stabilizing just below this threshold, raising a critical question for traders and investors: can XRP reclaim $2, hold above it, and push higher, or will this level once again act as firm resistance? From a technical analysis perspective, the outlook for XRP is mixed but gradually improving. The price continues to trade below the 100-day and 200-day exponential moving averages, which...

Shares of bitcoin mining companies that pivoted toward artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure emerged as major winners throughout 2025, and the rally has continued into the start of 2026. As big tech companies double down on AI investment, the outlook for these diversified crypto miners remains increasingly optimistic. Strong earnings reports and forward guidance from major technology firms suggest that AI spending is far from slowing. Meta and Microsoft both reinforced this narrative in their latest quarterly results, emphasizing AI as a core driver of long-term growth. Microsoft CEO...

World Network, formerly known as Worldcoin, saw its native WLD token surge more than 27% on Wednesday following a Forbes report that linked the controversial crypto project to OpenAIs broader strategy to combat bots and AI-generated accounts online. The sudden price spike pushed WLD into the spotlight, briefly allowing it to outperform many major cryptocurrencies, according to CoinDesk data. The report revealed that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is exploring the idea of building a biometric social network aimed at helping digital platforms verify real human users and reduce the spread of automated or...

Gold prices exploded higher on Wednesday, accelerating an already powerful bull market as the precious metal surged more than 6% to break above $5,400 per ounce for the first time in history. The rally cemented golds status as one of the top-performing assets of the past year, with gains now exceeding 90% on a 12-month basis. While silver and platinum recorded even larger percentage jumps, golds sheer size with an estimated market capitalization near $40 trillion made it the undeniable standout. A significant catalyst for the move came after comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell...

Tesla (TSLA) maintained its bitcoin holdings unchanged during the fourth quarter of 2025, keeping a total of 11,509 BTC on its balance sheet. While the number of coins remained steady, the value of Teslas bitcoin investment dropped sharply as the cryptocurrency market weakened toward the end of the year. Bitcoins price fell from around $114,000 at the start of the quarter to approximately $88,000 by year-end, significantly reducing the market value of Teslas digital asset holdings. As a result of the bitcoin price decline, Tesla recorded an after-tax impairment loss of roughly $239 million...