Evans Karanja

Amid sweeping protests against Iran’s theocratic regime, the country’s crypto ecosystem has spiked to $7.8 billion, according to Chainalysis. The protests, which began in late December 2025, over economic hardships, have grown into a broader challenge to the Islamic Republic’s rule. At the time, the Iranian rial hit record lows against the US dollar. As […]

As of mid-January 2026, XRP is trading within the $2.05-$2.3 level, up nicely from late 2025’s disastrous finish below $1.85, with strong early-year gains that outpaced BTC and ETH in some stretches, driven by exchange-traded funds (ETFs), regulatory tailwinds, and institutional positioning. Institutional interest has stayed consistent, supported by inflows into exchange-traded products and relatively […]

After a disastrous close to 2025, marked by a 35% in the fourth quarter of the year, XRP and the rest of the crypto market engineered a recovery at the start of the year, with the Ripple token up 15.2% in the last two weeks. The new year surge saw the price of XRP rise […]

The Senate Banking Committee has delayed markup of its crypto market structure bill, after crypto exchange Coinbase publicly withdrew its support for the legislation on Wednesday and other rifts in the negotiation which had already put it on a shaking footing. The delay also follows earlier postponement by the Agricultural Committee and extending uncertainty around […]

The Ethereum price has once again surged to $3,300, remaining steady above $3,000, as the crypto market rose 3.3% to a $3.32 trillion market capitalization. ETH soared 7% in the last 24 hours to trade at $3,331 as of 1:57 a.m. EST on trading volume that rose 93% to $36.3 billion, signaling a recent rise […]