Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade will go live on the Holesky testnet today at 9:55 pm UTC, allowing developers to test new improvements before they hit the Ethereum mainnet. The Ethereum Foundation said Pectra will go live on Holesky at epoch 115,968, and then on Sepolia at epoch 222,464 on March 5 at 7:29 am UTC. The organization said…

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes says tha tBitcoin could potentially fall to $70,000 if large hedge funds unwind their positions in US Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. Bitcoin “goblin town” is incoming, Hayes said on X on Feb. 24, positing that there could be large outflows from spot BTC ETFs such as the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT)….

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has officially approved Circle’s stablecoins USD Coin and EURC (EURC) as recognized tokens under the authority’s crypto regime — the first stablecoins approved under the regime. Due to this new status, companies in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) can now integrate the two stablecoins into a range of digital…