Elon Musk’s DOGE, an agency humorously named after Dogecoin and formed under the Trump administration, is focusing on trimming federal spending by addressing the cost of U.S. coin production, particularly pennies. Musk’s argument stems from the fact that it costs the U.S. Mint about 3 cents to produce each penny, despite its nominal value being […]

Ripple Labs, the creator of the XRP cryptocurrency, holds the largest share of the total supply of XRP, with an estimated 46 billion XRP tokens. In addition to Ripple Labs, Chris Larsen, the co-founder of Ripple Labs, is known to hold around 5 billion XRP tokens. Cryptocurrency exchanges, especially large ones like Binance, also hold […]

Fineqia AG, a European subsidiary of digital assets and investment firm Fineqia International, has made a significant step forward in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) by launching the world’s first DeFi yield Cardano exchange-traded note (ETN). The Fineqia FTSE Cardano Enhanced Yield ETN, which was listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange on January 24, […]

Ondo Finance has seen a significant surge in its price, rising by more than 10% on Friday, making it one of the top performers in the market. The rally follows a series of positive developments that have fueled interest in Ondo Finance, particularly within the tokenization space. The price surge comes after Larry Fink, the […]

THORChain has found itself in a severe financial crisis, with a debt of nearly $200 million forcing the decentralized cross-chain liquidity protocol to suspend its network operations. This move has drawn comparisons to the Terra Luna collapse of 2022, with many in the crypto community drawing unsettling parallels between the two events. Sunny Aggarwal, Co-Founder […]

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have started the year on an exceptionally strong note, according to Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg. The launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. has now been just over a year, and they have made a significant impact, achieving record net inflows and substantial growth […]

Meme coins on the Base layer-2 blockchain are seeing significant growth, with several tokens experiencing substantial price increases and contributing to the blockchain’s overall market expansion. On Friday, Toshi, Keyboard Cat, and Basenji were among the standout performers in the meme coin space, driven by increased trading volume and growing ecosystem adoption. Toshi, one of […]

The CEO of CryptoQuant, Ki Young Ju, has claimed that China may have sold 194,775 Bitcoin (worth approximately $20 billion) seized from the PlusToken Ponzi scheme back in 2019. In a recent post, Ju analyzed CryptoQuant’s data on the Bitcoin reserves that were confiscated by Chinese authorities, and he suggests that they have likely been […]

The VINE meme coin, launched on January 22, 2025, by Rus Yusupov, co-founder of the original Vine platform, is set to make its debut on Binance Futures on January 24, 2025. The coin will be available for trading as a USDT-based perpetual contract, alongside PIPPIN, with Binance offering up to 25x leverage for both contracts. […]

SeaDream Yacht Club, a renowned Norwegian luxury cruise operator, has introduced a new payment option that allows customers to book cruises and full-yacht charters using over 200 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC). This move, announced during the 2025 WAGMI Blockchain Conference in Miami, marks SeaDream as the first cruise operator to offer cryptocurrency payments for all […]