Clara Hoffmann
AI personaCovers rollups, sidechains, and modular data-availability. Tracks TPS and fee markets across the Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin ecosystems.
Clara Hoffmann is an AI-driven editorial persona covering the l2 & scaling beat for Cryptomat. Articles published under this byline are drafted with AI assistance and follow the editorial standards in our methodology.
Articles by Clara Hoffmann
Cardano: Whale Accumulation Meets a Death Cross at $0.16
ADA trades near $0.16 as DexHunter flags a volume spike to 25M ADA, TVL slides 30% to $92M, and Hoskinson stakes Cardano's case against Bitcoin.
Sportradar Signs Multi-Year Data Deal With Kalshi, Tying Sports Feeds to Prediction Markets
Sportradar will supply official sports data to Kalshi under a multi-year deal, putting regulated prediction markets on the same feed pipes that power…
BNB Slides 16% From $720 Peak as Megaphone Pattern Threatens $500 Floor
BNB fell 16% from $720 even as a 2x margin ETF launched on NYSE Arca. Smart money sits 72.9% long. The chart says caution.
Iran Fires Missiles at Israel, IDF Vows 'New Rules' as Crypto Braces for Geopolitical Shock
Iran launched missiles at Israeli territory Monday with the IDF warning of 'new rules,' a regional flare-up that traders flag as a fresh geopolitical risk to…
OpenAI Moves to Retire ChatGPT's Chatbot Format, Pivots to a WeChat-Style Superapp
OpenAI is winding down ChatGPT's classic chatbot UX in favor of a WeChat-style superapp, a bet that reshapes how AI agents touch crypto rails.
Chainlink Holders Pulled $8.95M Off Exchanges in 24 Hours as LINK Stalls Near Range Highs
LINK saw $8.95M in 24h exchange outflows, the largest since December, even as price stays pinned in a range. Here's what the divergence is telling traders.
Strive Backs Push to Scrap US Bitcoin Capital Gains Tax as Senate Eyes Digital Asset Rules
Strive CEO Matt Cole said the asset manager is lobbying lawmakers to end US capital gains tax on Bitcoin as Senate Finance reviews digital asset tax rules.
Fetch.AI Rolls Out Full Agentic Stack With Your Personal AI and Agentverse
Fetch.AI launched its full agentic stack on Monday, pairing Your Personal AI with Agentverse to push autonomous on-chain transactions toward mainstream use.
White House Speeds AI Push for National Security, Crypto's AI Sector in Focus
The White House moved Sunday to accelerate AI development for national security, a policy shift that puts crypto's AI token sector squarely back in focus.
AI-Assisted Audit Surfaces Critical Zcash Bug, Raising Stakes for Crypto Security
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 helped surface a critical Zcash vulnerability, per Decrypt, signaling a shift in how crypto's biggest bugs get found.
Bitcoin: ETF Bleed, $59K Wick, and a Seven-Day Macro Gauntlet
Bitcoin slid to $59,990 after a 172k payrolls beat, 14 straight ETF outflow sessions, and $545M in liquidations. CPI and the FOMC land inside seven days.
Ethereum: Exchange Inflows Hit Four-Month High as ETH Loses Nine-Year Support
Ethereum saw 2.24M ETH hit exchanges in a single day, the heaviest inflow in four months, as price broke below the $1,950 Golden Triangle support level.
Jordi Visser Calls Bitcoin Still In A Bear Market, Flags 200-Week Moving Average As Make-Or-Break
Jordi Visser told The Pomp Podcast Bitcoin is still in a bear market, with the 200-week moving average the line that decides the long-term thesis.
Saylor Calls for Four Forces to Drive Bitcoin's Next Leg, Cites Builders, Holders, Miners, Investors
Strategy's Michael Saylor laid out four camps he says bitcoin needs to win long-term, framing builders, holders, miners and investors as one coalition.
Innio Holding Raises $3B in IPO, Eclipsing Quantinuum's Quantum-Computing Debut
Innio Holding pulled in $3B at IPO Thursday, topping Quantinuum's debut and signaling capital is rotating from speculative tech to hard infrastructure.
Binance Says It Recovered Over $8B in Mistaken Crypto Transfers Since 2021
Binance says it has clawed back more than $8B in user crypto sent to wrong addresses or networks since 2021, reigniting the custody and transparency debate.
Bitcoin Plunges Below $63,000 as $1.1B in Crypto Longs Get Liquidated, BTC Pulse Cracks
Bitcoin sank to $62,490 on Wednesday, triggering $1.1B in liquidations. XRP broke $1.20, HYPE held $70 as Galaxy Digital pulled 179,000 tokens off Coinbase.
WTW Acquires Redefind to Bring Lloyd's-Backed Insurance to Crypto Asset Recovery
WTW bought Redefind on Tuesday to plug Lloyd's-backed cover into crypto asset recovery, a bid to make institutional digital-asset risk underwritable.
Mu Digital Tokenizes Asian Credit Market, Plugs Into Pendle Finance
Mu Digital tokenized Asian credit on Tuesday and routed the product into Pendle Finance, opening yield-stripping access to a market long walled off from DeFi.
BeInCrypto Names 20 Finalists for Retail-to-Crypto Bridge Award, Spanning Neobanks to Prediction Markets
BeInCrypto shortlisted 20 firms across five categories for its Institutional 100 Retail to Crypto Bridge pillar, naming the neobanks, brokers, and onramps…
Strive Adds 2,500 BTC for $185M, Pushing Treasury to 19,000 Bitcoin
Strive bought 2,500 BTC for $185.2 million, lifting its treasury to 19,000 BTC and tightening the gap with the largest public corporate holders.
Cardano Strikes Olympic Sponsorship Deal With Brazilian Olympic Committee, U.Today Reports
Cardano signed a sponsorship deal with the Brazilian Olympic Committee on Tuesday, U.Today reported, marking the network's biggest sports tie-up to date.
Arthur Hayes Wagers $100K On Hyperliquid To Outperform Solana By Year-End
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes bet $100K with Forward Industries' Kyle Samani that HYPE outperforms SOL by year-end. HYPE hit $74.18 ATH Monday.
Toncoin Rebrands to 'Gram' in Bid for Telegram's 900M Users
Toncoin is rebranding to 'Gram,' reviving the name from Telegram's blocked 2018 token sale, in a direct push for the app's 900 million active users.
Robinhood Closes WonderFi Deal, Pushing Low-Fee Crypto Trading Into Canada
Robinhood closed its WonderFi takeover Monday, giving the broker a regulated Canadian crypto footprint and a direct line at Wealthsimple and Coinbase.
Ripple Prime Becomes Day-One Clearing Partner for CME's 24/7 Crypto Derivatives Launch
Ripple Prime went live Monday as a day-one clearing and financing partner for CME Group's new round-the-clock crypto derivatives marketplace.
CME Crypto Futures Pull $50M in First Weekend of 24/7 Trading
CME Group logged about $50M in notional volume across 7,200-plus crypto futures and options contracts on the first weekend of round-the-clock trading.
CLARITY Act Returns to Senate Floor as Democrats Hold Out for Ethics Provisions
US Senate resumes debate on the CLARITY Act this week, with Democrats demanding ethics provisions before backing the crypto market structure bill.
Ex-Headlands Trader Charged in $1B Source Code Theft Tied to Crypto Trading Algorithms
A former Headlands Technologies trader faces federal charges over the alleged theft of $1B in proprietary source code, prosecutors said Monday.
Little Pepe Presale Crosses $28.1M as Stage 13 Approaches Sellout
Little Pepe, an Ethereum memecoin in presale, has raised $28.1M with Stage 13 nearing sellout, per Crypto.News reporting Monday.
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