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Coinbase Will Be $1 Trillion Company, Says Bitwise CIO
9.5.2025
Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management, believes crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) will be a $1 trillion company in the future, following its acquisition of Deribit. In a statement on X, Hougan signaled strong confidence in Coinbase’s strategic direction, stating:...
Celsius Boss Falls: Alex Mashinsky Sentenced to 12 Years for $7B Fraud
8.5.2025
Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO of cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for defrauding customers and manipulating the price of the platform’s native token, CEL. In December 2024, Mashinsky pleaded guilty to one count of commodities fraud and one count...
Bitcoin Blasts Past $100K as Trump Hints at Global Trade Deals
8.5.2025
Bitcoin cracked the $100,000 ceiling on Thursday for the first time since February, notching a high-water mark that had traders buzzing. During the morning stretch, it floated near $99,800 before catapulting to an intraday top of $101,454. The breakout rides the wave of buoyancy in U.S. equities...
Revolut to Enhance Bitcoin Lightning Infrastructure in Europe via Lightspark
8.5.2025
Lightspark has announced a new partnership with Revolut to enhance payment infrastructure using the bitcoin network in the UK and select European countries. This collaboration aims to eliminate delays and high network fees associated with traditional payment systems, enabling seamless transactions...
Fill up Your Car With Crypto at Dubai Gas Stations Through New Crypto.com and Emarat Partnership
8.5.2025
Emirates Petroleum Company (Emarat) has announced a partnership with Crypto.com to introduce cryptocurrency services at its service stations, pending regulatory approval. The collaboration will initially integrate Crypto.com services at 10 Emarat stations, with plans for further expansion across...
Early Morning Market Moves: Bitcoin Edges Closer to $100K, Ether Overcomes $1,900
8.5.2025
The cryptocurrency market is booming during Thursday’s early morning hours, with bitcoin poised to recover price levels not seen since February. The leading cryptocurrency experienced an upswing of nearly 3%, reaching prices of over $99,000 on several exchanges. Similarly, ether also rose...
Strike Launches Bitcoin-Backed Loans, Allowing Users to Borrow Against Their Bitcoin Holdings
7.5.2025
Strike CEO Jack Mallers announced the launch of bitcoin-backed loans, allowing eligible customers to borrow against their bitcoin holdings without the need to sell. This new feature enables users to access cash using their bitcoin as collateral, with loan amounts ranging from $75,000 to $2 million...
Small Group of Traders Reportedly Made $99.6M From Pre-Launch Purchases of Melania Trump Memecoin
7.5.2025
A Financial Times report has revealed that a small group of traders profited approximately $99.6 million by purchasing the Melania Trump memecoin, MELANIA, just minutes before its public announcement on January 19. In the two and a half minutes leading up to the launch, around two dozen digital...
KULR Acquires Additional 42 Bitcoin for $4 Million, Reports 197.5% Year-to-Date Yield
7.5.2025
KULR Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: KULR), a Houston-based energy management firm, has announced the acquisition of 42 bitcoin ( BTC) for approximately $4 million, at an average price of about $94,403 per bitcoin. The company reported a year-to-date bitcoin yield of 197.5%. As of May 6, 2025, KULR...
Chainlink Launches Rewards Program to Incentivize Community Participation and Token Claims
7.5.2025
Chainlink has announced the launch of Chainlink Rewards, a new community engagement program aimed at incentivizing participation. In collaboration with Space and Time, a member of the Chainlink Build program, the initiative will make 4% of Space and Time’s total SXT token supply, amounting...
Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas: Investing in Real Estate Is ‘Bullshit,’ Buy Bitcoin Instead
6.5.2025
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, the fifth-largest billionaire in Mexico, has offered major investment advice to his followers on X, which unsurprisingly includes bitcoin. Salinas, who owns TV Azteca and Grupo Electra, advised against real estate investments and encouraged considering bitcoin instead....
Uniswap Goes Live on Soneium, Enabling Onchain Entertainment Transactions and NFTs
6.5.2025
Uniswap is now live on Soneium, Sony’s entertainment-focused Layer 2 platform, allowing users to swap, provide liquidity, and bridge across networks. This integration supports seamless value exchange for various digital assets, including collectibles and tokenized intellectual property....
Etoro Launches Roadshow for Initial Public Offering Valued up to $500 Million
6.5.2025
Etoro Group Ltd has officially launched the roadshow for its initial public offering (IPO) of 10,000,000 Class A common shares, with 5,000,000 shares being offered by the company and 5,000,000 shares by certain existing stockholders. The company anticipates granting underwriters a 30-day option...
‘Quick-Money’ Nigerian Crypto Platform’s Withdrawal Plan Met With Suspicion
6.5.2025
The troubled Nigerian digital asset platform Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) recently announced new withdrawal options in an effort to restore investor confidence. Sources revealed that the company made this announcement after facing claims of collapse. Under the new rules, investors with up...
Tether Unveils ‘Tether AI’ for Decentralized Open-Source Intelligence
5.5.2025
Tether has announced the launch of Tether AI, a fully open-source, modular AI runtime designed to run on any device without API keys or central control. Revealed by CEO Paolo Ardoino on X, the new platform aims to power a peer-to-peer network of AI agents, with built-in support for USDT and bitcoin...
OKX DEX Relaunches With Enhanced Security Features
5.5.2025
OKX DEX restarted operations on May 5, 2025, introducing a real-time abuse detection system, as announced by OKX founder and CEO Star Xu in an X post. This restart comes following a March 17 suspension due to misuse by the North Korean Lazarus Group, which laundered $100 million in ether after...
Charlie Shrem Wants to Bring Back the Bitcoin Faucet
5.5.2025
Bitcoin pioneer Charlie Shrem announced plans to relaunch a bitcoin faucet on May 4, 2025, aiming to distribute free bitcoin like the original faucet created by Gavin Andresen in 2010, which gave away five bitcoin per claim to promote adoption, according to his X post. Shrem, who served two years...
Crypto Czar David Sacks Estimates AI Will Evolve a Million Times in the Next Four Years
5.5.2025
Davis Sacks, the cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence (AI) czar of the Trump administration, has predicted that AI will evolve by one million times in the next four years. He supports this forecast based on performance jumps in three areas: the models, which he sees improving by 3 to 4 times...
Nigeria Customs Pilots Electronic Currency Declaration at Abuja Airport
4.5.2025
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has successfully piloted its Electronic Currency Declaration Form (E-CDF) at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, as part of its digital transformation efforts to enhance border security and financial disclosure transparency. The pilot, which began...
Kyrgyzstan Partners With Binance to Advance Digital Asset Sector and Enhance Financial Literacy
4.5.2025
Binance has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Agency for Investments under the President of Kyrgyzstan to foster collaboration in advancing the digital-asset sector in the country. The signing took place during the inaugural meeting of the Council for the Development...