[PRESS RELEASE – New York, United States, January 3rd, 2025] Plume, the leading layer-1 blockchain for real world asset finance (RWAfi), today announced its partnership with PinLink, the first RWA-Tokenized DePIN platform, to bring tokenized computing infrastructure to its rapidly growing ecosystem and unlock market-leading yield opportunities for users. The tokenization of Real World Assets...Read More
The bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network has filed an appeal challenging a court ruling that dismissed its $444 million claim against the defunct crypto exchange FTX. The appeal, which is currently awaiting review in the District Court, comes as part of Celsius’ ongoing litigation efforts to recover funds from FTX. Celsius’ Initial Claim According to...Read More
The CEO of Metaplanet says the US is touching off an international race for BTC reserves. Crypto analysts have dubbed the Japanese venture capital fund the “MicroStrategy of Japan” for its voracious Bitcoin purchases. In an interview at Michael Saylor’s New Year’s Eve Party in Miami on Tuesday, Gerovich said Japan would be sure to...Read More
As 2025 begins, XRP, the native token of Ripple Labs, has started on a strong note with impressive performance. However, some question whether this performance is driven by bullish price action or a shift in market sentiment. In this article, we will explore the factors behind XRP’s recent rally and determine whether this is an...Read More
The Swiss Federal Chancellery registered a new initiative on December 31, proposing that the Swiss National Bank hold Bitcoin as part of its reserves, potentially setting the stage for a public referendum. The initiative, spearheaded by a group of 10 Bitcoin advocates, including Giw Zanganeh, who happens to be Tether’s vice president of energy and...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Halifax, Canada, January 2nd, 2025] The world’s largest community-powered computing network launches with over 100,000 nodes processing 185.1 TB of data daily Koii Network, in a watershed moment for distributed computing, has activated its mainnet, transforming 100,000+ personal computers into the world’s most powerful community-owned supercomputer. This milestone marks the first time...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, January 2nd, 2025] Aptis Analytics: Empowering Businesses to Build Trust with Regulators and Users Aptis Analytics, a leader in AML compliance solutions for cryptocurrency, has successfully raised $3.8 million in its latest Series B funding round. This new investment underscores investor confidence in Aptis Analytics’ proven capabilities in crypto...Read More
With their explosive gains, meme coins have transformed the fortunes of many investors virtually overnight. However, their dominance in the market is under threat. According to Dragonfly Capital managing partner Haseeb Qureshi, meme coins will lose market share to “AI agent” coins. Qureshi described this shift as a migration from “financial nihilism to financial over-optimism.”...Read More
The positive seasonality known to affect the bitcoin market during the last quarters of every halving year is wearing off, as seen in BTC\’s price movements over the past two weeks. This trend is often driven by high demand from investors; however, recent data shows that these market participants have slowed down in their acquisition...Read More
The on-chain data analysis platform Glassnode has identified several price levels that hold the key to bitcoin’s (BTC) price trajectory in the coming weeks. Depending on which direction the leading digital asset goes, there could be a massive correction or strong resilience that could enable positive price movement. According to Glassnode’s tweet, these price levels...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Lyon, France, January 2nd, 2025] iExec, a platform to build, own, and monetize digital assets in Web3, announces strategic collaborations with leading venture capital firms and foundations, including CV Labs. As a leader in Decentralized Confidential Computing (DeCC) and a key innovator in the DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks) space, iExec provides...Read More
A savvy cryptocurrency trader generated a staggering return of 45,906x by capitalizing on a fleeting trend linked to Elon Musk’s brief name change on X. Blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain reported that the trader invested 0.017 Ether (approximately $66) to acquire 10.17 million Kekius Maximus (KEKIUS) meme coins on December 14. Over the next 18 days,...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Wilmington, USA, January 2nd, 2025] Silencio Network, the world’s largest noise intelligence platform, has set a historic benchmark for the Web3 and Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN’s). Through its strategic partnership with Legion (legion.cc), Silencio generated an unprecedented $112 million in allocation requests, surpassing its $500,000 raise target by over 220x. This...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 2nd, 2025] Pump AI aims to be a major driving force for adopting Meteora via its advanced AI-powered token generation ecosystem. The protocol enables anyone to create, manage, and issue tokens with a few AI prompts. This approach eliminates technical roadblocks like coding and blockchain adoption. Similar...Read More
Ethereum’s performance in 2024 has been lackluster, with the asset gaining just 47% and failing to notch a new peak price or spend much time trading above $4,000. Meanwhile, Bitcoin surged more than 120% to a new six-figure all-time high in mid-December. However, analysts believe that Ethereum will outperform Bitcoin, which has been consolidating for the...Read More
The Ripple cross-border payment token has climbed almost 15% over the past 24 hours, hitting an intraday high of $2.44 during early trading in Asia on Jan. 2. It is the highest XRP has been since mid-December, as payment coins lead the way into the new year. The Ripple token exploded to top $2.90 in...Read More
The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has introduced a temporary relief measure to address potential tax challenges for cryptocurrency holders using centralized finance (CeFi) brokers in 2025. As explained by Shehan Chandrasekera, Head of Tax Strategy at CoinTracker, the relief mitigates complications stemming from the implementation of Section 6045 custodial broker regulations, which take...Read More
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has made a contribution to the legal defense fund for Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev. Buterin gave 50 ETH, valued at approximately $170,000 at writing time, to aid the developers as they navigate mounting legal challenges. The Donation The news was shared through a Dec. 31 post on...Read More
The Syrian Center for Economic Research (SCER) has presented a proposal for the transitional government to legalize Bitcoin and digitize the Syrian pound in a bold strategy to address the country’s economic crisis. This proposal aims to build a strong digital economy and develop both centralized and decentralized banking infrastructures across the country. SCER’s Vision...Read More
Despite ongoing market uncertainty, XLM, Stellar Lumen’s native token, is making its own mark by defying the overall crypto market, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL). As of today, January 1, 2025, XLM has led the market with an 11% gain in the past 24 hours. Why is the XLM Price Increasing? With...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Miami, Florida, December 31st, 2024] The Floki DAO has voted decisively in favor of allocating liquidity to facilitate the creation of a Floki Exchange-Traded Product (ETP). The proposal passed on Dec. 27 without a single opposing vote – a first for the Floki DAO – highlighting the community’s overwhelming support for expanding...Read More
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, urged Elon Musk to adopt a more measured tone in discussions surrounding the H1B visa program. The latest exchange comes amidst accusations of censorship and heated debates on X. Vitalik Buterin Weighs in on Musk’s Comments Buterin’s comments were in response to a tweet by Musk defending the H1B visa...Read More
According to CryptoQuant’s latest data, Binance has reached a new milestone in its stablecoin reserves as it hit an all-time high of $31 billion recently. This marks a significant recovery and growth, as the reserves stood at just $7 billion in June 2023. Therefore, the latest figure reflects a nearly fivefold increase over six months....Read More
Tron’s (TRX) price reached an all-time high of $0.44 in the first week of December 2024, smashing previous records amid a crypto-wide bull run that gained steam after Donald Trump’s presidential win. TRX’s return to the 10th position by market capitalization has brought a sense of revival to the community, yet its price continues to...Read More
Artificial intelligence platform ai16z is contemplating launching a layer-1 (L1) blockchain network as part of a strategic overhaul of its tokenomics model. The proposed blockchain would position its native AI16Z token as the base currency for an interconnected ecosystem centered on artificial intelligence. A governance forum post shows that the AI platform is exploring the...Read More
After a brief hiatus, the notorious “Blockchain Bandit” has re-emerged as the year ends, consolidating a staggering 51,000 ETH, valued at approximately $172 million, into a single multisig wallet. This transfer was made on December 30. “Blockchain Bandit” Returns In the latest update, prominent blockchain investigator ZachXBT revealed that the consolidation originated from 10 wallets, which...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Miami, Florida, December 31st, 2024] Floki has partnered with the Kings World Cup Nations, a football tournament set to merge traditional football with Esports. This collaboration expands Floki’s presence on the global stage, following its success with Kings League Infojobs in Spain last year. The Kings World Cup Nations, created by Gerard...Read More
Despite the recent pullback in the crypto market, experts suggest Bitcoin will remain the leader in the coming year. The latest Franklin Templeton’s 2025 crypto outlook report, for one, predicted its continued dominance. Bitcoin is expected to solidify its position as a global financial asset, increasingly viewed as a digital store of value. Bitcoin Dominance...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) is consolidating between $94,000 and $92,000, but investors are moving their assets out of exchanges. The asset has plunged in the last two weeks and was hovering around $93,750 at the time of writing. Analysis by CryptoQuant official AxelAdlerJr revealed that crypto exchanges are recording very low levels of BTC deposits while investors...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – San Francisco, California, December 31st, 2024] Open (also known as webisOpen on X, collective includes RSS3) is transforming virological research and decentralized science (DeSci) through its innovative Open Virtual Machine (OVM). This technology, integrated with the Compute Wormhole, facilitates the on-chain analysis of genetic similarities between two viruses: SARS-CoV-2 (sequenced in Wuhan, 2019)...Read More
