How does Google’s Willow quantum chip threaten cryptocurrencies?
Remember that recent market correction? We broke down the reasons and analysts’ forecasts. Well, one of the triggers for the crypto crash was the hype around the capabilities of the new Willow chip by Google. How is this related to cryptocurrency? Directly. The latest quantum processor can perform calculations in 5 minutes that would take the…
Crypto slaughterhouse: what did the latest crash teach us, and what will happen to the market next?
Another crash in the cryptocurrency market has turned into a real crypto slaughterhouse: overnight, investors lost $1.7 billion, and 560,000 traders were affected by liquidations. Experts attribute this drop to a number of interesting factors, from Google’s breakthrough in quantum computing to political processes in the United States. Was it…
Bitwise: bitcoin will surpass gold in value by 2029
Cryptocurrency ETF issuer Bitwise predicts that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) could reach $200k by the end of 2025, and if the US adopts a strategy to create a strategic Bitcoin reserve, it could exceed $500k. Experts also believe that by 2029, Bitcoin could surpass gold in market capitalization, which currently stands at about $17 trillion. Read more…
Ripple enters the final stage of launching RLUSD stablecoin — USDT’s main competitor
Ripple’s stablecoin, RLUSD, has received the final approval from the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), announced CEO Brad Garlinghouse.
Top crypto trends in 2025 from BlackRock
One of the world’s largest asset managers, BlackRock, which manages $10.5 trillion in assets, analyzed the main trends of the coming year in its report “Global Outlook for 2025”.
Stablecoins capitalization exceeded $204 billion with Ethena USDe becoming a leader
Stablecoin markets have hit a record level, surpassing the $204 billion mark, according to data from CoinGecko. This 13% growth over the past month is linked to higher yields in on-chain lending, currently outperforming traditional financial metrics. This is evidenced by the rise in total value locked (TVL) in decentralized lending protocols to $54…
Bitcoin received the status of «digital gold» from the US Treasury
The US Treasury Department has officially recognized bitcoin as “digital gold” in its latest report.
Blockchain in space: Spacecoin to create global 5G network — first satellite to be launched on December 21
The Spacecoin project is launching the world’s first decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN), using nanosatellites to provide high-speed internet access in remote regions. This aims to bridge the digital divide and bring global network access to 2.9 billion people. The project is built on the Creditcoin blockchain and is…
Trump’s «crypto tsar» has invested in 12 crypto projects. Let’s analyze each of them
On December 6, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of David Sacks, co-founder of PayPal, as the “crypto czar” and overseer of artificial intelligence initiatives in the White House. Sacks will be developing legal regulations for the cryptocurrency industry and will also head the Presidential Council on Science…
Meme girl Hawk Tuah launches her own token, bankrupting hundreds of people in a few hours
Hey, Haliey Welch, better known as Hawk Tuah Girl, decided to cash in on cryptocurrency too. On December 4th, she launched her own memecoin $HAWK. And it turned out to be a really bad move, which might land her in court.
Is $100,000 just the beginning? How about a $13M per bitcoin
Despite constant criticism and doubts, Bitcoin indeed managed to break through the $100,000 mark by the end of 2024, as forecasted by analyst under the pseudonym PlanB. He also believes that BTC will reach $1 million in July-December 2025.
Rise of the dead: Forbes-«zombie» tokens revived and showed an average yield of 68%
In March 2024, Forbes identified 21 token-“zombies” with XRP at the forefront, referring to assets that were barely used in practice, except for speculative trading. However, the recent surge in the market value of these quasi-dead tokens forced the crypto community to recall this Forbes publication.
Bitcoin price breaks the $100k barrier for the first time – the cost of the legendary pizza reaches $1 billion
Tonight, at approximately 04:39 Kyiv time, the price of bitcoin reached the six-figure mark for the first time in its almost 16-year history, breaking the $100,000 mark.
Miss the scrum 2.0 in crypto? BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes predicts the second coming of ICOs
Arthur Hayes, the former head of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX and a well-known entrepreneur, published a new essay titled “The Cure,” where he discusses the key problems of “venture” coins and proposes his vision for the revival of the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) as a way to bring back true decentralization and super…
Grayscale wants to turn the Solana trust into an exchange-traded fund. XRP next?
Grayscale Investments applied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to create a Spot Solana ETF. This is an exchange-traded fund that tracks the price of the Solana cryptocurrency (SOL), which will allow investors to access this token through traditional stock markets.
Will XRP succeed in becoming the leader of the 2024 altcoin season? Analysts’ predictions
The cryptocurrency market is once again in full swing as the altcoin season returns, opening up new prospects for traders and investors. XRP is hitting multi-year highs, and projected updates and rumors of ETFs are further fueling interest in the token. However, will XRP holders finally be able to seize the moment and make money? […]
Nike unexpectedly closes RTFKT NFT studio: what awaits token holders?
NFT studio RTFKT, owned by Nike, will cease its operations in January 2025 after 5 years in the market. Officially, the project will end after the release of the final collection titled BLADE DROP. According to the team, this collection symbolizes the transformation into a “cultural revolution artifact.”
«How Libra» was destroyed: the former Meta crypto project head reveals the reasons behind the collapse
David Marcus, the former head of Meta’s Libra stablecoin project, said that the reason for the failure was not economic or technical problems but political pressure from regulators. In a post titled «How Libra was destroyed», he described how the company had to cancel its ambitious plans due to problems at the highest level.
From MicroStrategy to Tesla: which companies hold the largest bitcoin reserves?
Bitcoin has become a powerful financial instrument for both private investors and large corporations. Some public companies are actively investing in this cryptocurrency, seeing it as a promising asset. For example, MicroStrategy made its fourth consecutive weekly purchase of 15,400 bitcoins, spending $1.5 billion. This brought the amount of…
Ripple becomes the main competitor of Tether and USDC with RLUSD stablecoin
Ripple Labs has announced the launch of Ripple USD (RLUSD), a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. It is expected that this cryptocurrency will receive approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) and will become available on December 4. The launch of RLUSD comes amid Ripple’s long-running battle with the U.S.…
Cryptocurrency bull market 2024: how not to fall victim to your own greed during «euphoria»
The cryptocurrency market finally entered a bull phase at the end of 2024. This offers many opportunities, but inexperienced users can easily get confused and fall victim to their lack of knowledge or greed. Therefore, investing in the middle of a «green» sea requires a competent approach. By following the rules of diversification, project…
E-hryvnia in 2025 — NBU plans to openly test the electronic currency
The e-hryvnia will be available for open test access next year. It is a digital currency (CBDC) based on distributed data, like blockchain. Everyone interested will be able to participate in the test.
Bleap: a blockchain startup from former Revolut employees offers Mastercard payments without fees and cashback up to 2%
A team of former Revolut employees — João Alves and Guilherme Gomes — has raised $2.3 million in pre-seed investment to create the Bleap app. The developers call it a «bank account on the» blockchain. The leader of this round of funding was Ethereal Ventures, founded by Joe Lubin, the creator of Consensys. The investors also include Maven11,…
Why are analysts betting on Solana in 2025?
In November 2024, the price of the Solana (SOL) blockchain token exceeded its previous all-time high of $259.96, set in 2021. At the time of writing, the token is trading at $250, demonstrating a growth of 34.88% over the last month and 290.99% over the year.
AI cryptocurrency market hits a historic high after Nvidia report
The total market capitalization of AI-related cryptocurrencies has reached an all-time high of almost $50 billion. This happened against the backdrop of Nvidia’s financial report on earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2025, which exceeded even the most daring expectations of analysts.
Scientific blockchain platform Pump Science «lost» key, which immediately fell into the hands of hackers
The decentralized science (DeSci) platform Pump Science has reported about the creation of fake tokens from its Pump.fun account due to a private key leak on GitHub. According to the team, the attacker used this opportunity to create fraudulent coins, including Urolithin from B to E (URO) and Cocaine (COKE).
$740,000 for bitcoin? Pantera Capital has made an impressive forecast
Recently, the bitcoin fund Pantera Capital marked an important milestone: its returns exceeded 1,000x, representing an incredible 131,165% net profit over the entire period of operation. In this regard, the founder of the fund, Dan Morehead, published a blockchain letter. The CEO of Pantera Capital believes that bitcoin is still far from its…
How influencers profit from «dead» memecoins: CoinWire research
Hype Around Memecoins has led many influencers on social network X (formerly Twitter) to promote these tokens among their followers as a quick way to earn money. However, how truly profitable is this for investors? The truth will be quite unpleasant. A new study analyzed over 1,500 tokens promoted by 377 bloggers on social network X with over…
Trump’s crypto platform has received an unexpected $30 million in investment, but will it save it?
What is $30 million for a person who can afford to buy a banana for $6.24 million? Recently, Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI) received funding from the crypto-billionaire and TRON blockchain founder Justin Sun. He purchased WLFI tokens worth $30 million and is now its largest investor.
Decentralized science and its 10 leaders: from «living» digital organism on the blockchain to DNA databases
While the crypto community is captivated by meme coins, science is not standing still. Blockchain is capable of much more. For example, in combination with medicine and biotechnologies. A new direction called DeSci (short for Decentralized Science) has emerged to transform scientific research, funding, and knowledge management based on blockchain.…
The bull market is in full swing: how to trade safely and profitably
Bitcoin’s price is updating historical highs daily, investors are caught in a wave of optimism, and capital is confidently flowing into the digital asset space. The mood in the community resembles euphoria. However, it is important to remember the potential risks. In the growing cryptocurrency market (often called a bull market), it is…
Crypto critic Gary Gensler to leave the SEC: who will replace him?
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially said announced that its 33rd chairman, Gary Gensler, will step down on January 20, 2025. Gensler took over as SEC chairman on April 17, 2021, following the events, associated with GameStophas implemented important reforms aimed at improving the efficiency, resilience and integrity of…
Elon Musk was offered a banana for a rocket
Sotheby’s auction house sold a banana glued to the wall with tape for $6.24 million. The work of the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan titled Comedian («Comedian») acquired by Tron blockchain founder Justin Sun. On Wednesday, he beat out six competitors and planned to eat the art in the coming days. But he also hinted that he was ready to…
The Chill Guy meme went from a TikTok trend to a viral token with a $500 million capitalization in a few days
A new meme token called Just a chill guy (CHILLGUY) has appeared on the Solana blockchain, which has rapidly gained popularity among the crypto community. The main character that inspired the creation of the Just a chill guy token is a relaxed anthropomorphic hero in a gray sweater, blue jeans, and red sneakers. He represents serenity and calmness.
MacOS vulnerabilities could lead to cryptocurrency theft
Former Binance CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) drew attention to vulnerabilities of the macOS operating system. They put users of laptops based on Intel chips at risk of cryptocurrency theft.
Cryptocurrency with a taste of madness: what is behind the popularity of memecoins
Recently, well-known analysts and experts have been almost unanimously shouting that the altcoin trend is about to end, and they will be replaced by memoCoins. At least due to a rather long period of stagnation, which made investors pay more attention to risky projects with high potential returns. However, it is believed that meme coins […]
MemeFI: another failed «tap» game of the year?
MemeFI — Tap-to-Earn game, which claims to be even worse than Hamster Kombat. The listing will take place on November 22 on the exchanges Bybit, Bitget, OKX, Gate.io, Kucoin, MEXC. It was preceded by a long wait and several postponements. The project was officially launched in May 2023.
Legendary basketball player Shaquille O’Neal will pay $11 million to settle NFT scandal
American professional basketball player Shaquille O’Neal has agreed to pay $11 million in compensation to settle a lawsuit filed by the owners of the Astrals NFT collection on the Solana blockchain.
The crypto market is approaching the «euphoria» phase: what to expect?
The cryptocurrency market is on the verge of transitioning from the «enthusiasm» phase to the «euphoria» phase. This forecast analysts from Glassnode and Fasanara Digital made in their report on the state and prospects in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Trump wants his own crypto exchange — FT
US President-elect Donald Trump has made a big bet on cryptocurrencies. Now, in addition to his own crypto lending and credit platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI)The politician dreams of a cryptocurrency exchange. Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the media company that owns Truth Social, is in talks to acquire cryptocurrency exchange…
Polish Trump? Presidential candidate Sławomir Mentzen promises to create a national bitcoin reserve
Polish right-wing politician and presidential candidate Sławomir Mentzen from the far-right party «Confederation» (Konfederacja) has announced his intention to make Poland a world leader in the cryptocurrency sphere.
Cardano founder held mysterious talks with SpaceX
On November 14, Charles Hoskinson, the Cardano blockchain founder, visited SpaceX headquarters, which is more said in his video blog on YouTube. Hoskinson had the opportunity to talk to Elon Musk’s team and see the company’s work from the inside, and was greatly impressed.
Donald Trump’s WLFI crypto project returns — with Chainlink support
Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) crypto platform not only did it not bend after a failed launch but has announced a partnership with Chainlink to expand its decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Chainlink — is a decentralized blockchain-based oracle network that allows smart contracts to connect to external data sources.…
Bitcoin may reach $180,000 by 2025, — VanEck forecast
The price of bitcoin (BTC) may reach $180 thousand in the current growth cycle, which is likely to last until 2025. This opinion was expressed by Matthew Siegel, Head of Digital Asset Research at VanEck, in an interview with CNBC Squawk Box. He compared the current post-election rally in cryptocurrencies to the same period after the 2020 US…
Buyers of JENNER memoin sue Caitlyn Jenner — the world’s most famous transgender
A group of investors in the JENNER memecoin has filed a class action lawsuit against Caitlyn Jenner, accusing her of making «false and misleading statements» about the token. Caitlyn Jenner — is a transgender woman and is considered the world’s most famous transgender person. Birth name — William Bruce Jenner, a successful track and…
Trump, Bitcoin, and the New Order: What Changes Are Ahead for Crypto Markets in 2025?
Despite the fact that the old man of bitcoin is steadily approaching the $90,000 mark and there is a significant excitement in the market, experts disagree on the impact of Donald Trump’s presidency on the cryptocurrency. Turned 180 degrees Donald Trump was elected President of the United States for the second time. But he cannot […]
Apple and A24 are working on a movie about Sam Bankman-Fried — the destroyer of the FTX crypto exchange
Apple and the independent film company A24 («Everything always and at the same time», «Heredity», «Moonlight», «Love, lies and bloodshed») have started working together on a movie about crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and destroyer of FTX exchange. Pros data According to Variety, the script for the film will be written by…
Three reasons why bitcoin is actually growing (and Trump has nothing to do with it)
The growth of the bitcoin price over the past month is staggering. The cost of digital gold is already $92 thousand, and if nothing extraordinary happens on the market, BTC can easily cross the $100 thousand mark in November. However, this upward movement of bitcoin is not only due to Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election and…
Elon Musk heads DOGE in Donald Trump’s new administration
President-elect Donald Trump has announced that billionaire Elon Musk and pro-russian entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will head a new Department of Government Efficiency (D. O. G. E.) under his administration.
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