Ripple Switches US On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) Clients from XRP to USDT Following Last Year's Court Order

coinspeaker.com The debate on whether Ethereum should be classified as a security or not holds significant implications for the potential approval of an Ethereum ETF

Ethereum Price Faces Rejection, Is This A Fresh Bearish Signal?

newsbtc.com Ethereum price failed to clear the $3,280 resistance zone. ETH declined below the $3,200 support and is now consolidating losses above $3,100. Ethereum struggled to clear…

Solana: WIF & BONK Meme Coins Surge as SOL Surges 10%

watcher.guru Solana has been having an up-and-down Tuesday, with its market cap surpassing $70B this morning but since dropping back to $67B. However, the network’s native token is…

BlackRock’s Tokenized Fund News Sends Hedera (HBAR) Soaring 100%, The Reason May Surprise You

newsbtc.com In a surprising turn of events, the native token of the decentralized ledger platform Hedera, HBAR, experienced a significant price surge of over 100% during the early hours…

Ethereum Price Surge Turns a Bankrupt into Crypto Whale, Analysts Forecast Similar Gains for BlockDAG Early Investors with 30,000x ROI

coinpedia.org The post Ethereum Price Surge Turns a Bankrupt into Crypto Whale, Analysts Forecast Similar Gains for BlockDAG Early Investors with 30,000x ROI appeared first on Coinpedia…

Feds Arrest Samourai Wallet Founders on Money Laundering Charges

thedefiant.io The government alleges the founders knowingly facilitated $2 billion of unlawful transactions and the laundering of $100 million from Silk Road and other black market…

Uniswap Raises Swap Fees Days After SEC Warning

thedefiant.io The platform has hiked transaction costs to 0.25% from 0.15%. Uniswap Labs, the company behind the biggest decentralized exchange by trading volume of the same name, raised…

Feds Arrest Founders of Bitcoin Mixer Samourai Wallet

decrypt.co U.S. authorities on Wednesday arrested and charged the founders of Bitcoin mixer Samourai Wallet, accusing them of conspiracy to commit money laundering. The U.S. Attorney’s…

Ethereum Ecosystem Hits 10 Million Active Wallets Weekly: Will It 10X In The Next Bull Run?

bitcoinist.com There has been a noticeable uptick in network activity in the broader Ethereum ecosystem. According to Dune Analytics, excluding Ordinals-related addresses, there are over…

Cryptocurrency: 3 Top Coins To Buy For 70x Profits This Bull Season

watcher.guru The cryptocurrency market is surging and introducing new valuable coins each day. According to Santiment, a set of altcoins are constantly revamping their ecosystem, poised…

Australia Now Has Over 1,000 Bitcoin ATMs: Report

cryptonews.com Australia achieved a new milestone by becoming the third-largest host for Bitcoin ATMs, joining the United States and Canada as the countries with over 1,000 active…

Points farming comes for Bitcoin as Merlin becomes 9th-largest chain

blockworks.co No blockchain ecosystem is seemingly safe from speculative points farming, and the trend has now come to Bitcoin. Less than a month ago, Merlin was an also-ran in terms of…

Solana Hold Steady Above $155: Can SOL Hit New ATH In May?

watcher.guru Solana has experienced notable growth in the DeFi, NFT, and Web3 markets since its inception in April 2019. Numerous projects are currently being developed on the Solana…

Polygon Underperforming Massively: Can MATIC Hit $1 By April-End?

watcher.guru a popular Layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, has been underperforming massively in the cryptocurrency market, according to a recent tweet by prominent crypto analyst…

DOJ takes action against Samourai Wallet founders

cryptobriefing.com The US Department of Justice has arrested the CEO and CTO of Samourai Wallet, alleging that the company operated an unlicensed cryptocurrency mixing service that facilitated…

Pyth Network boosts Morph DeFi ecosystem with real-time price feeds

cryptobriefing.com Blockchain infrastructure provider Pyth Network announced the implementation of its price feed into Morph testnet. The collaboration introduces over 500 real-time price…

KPMG survey reveals significant uptick in institutional adoption of crypto in Canada

cryptoslate.com The Canadian financial sector witnessed a significant uptick in crypto adoption in 2023, according to a recent survey by KPMG in Canada. Financial firms offering crypto…

Uniswap says ‘it’s ready to fight’ as SEC ramps up investigation

dlnews.com Uniswap Labs, one of the biggest entities in the world of decentralised finance, said it is “ready to fight” Wednesday after receiving notice that the US Securities and…

Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin Criticizes Misuse of “ZK” in ZKasino Scandal

coingape.com Vitalik Buterin, a co-founder of Ethereum, has addressed vital issues around ZKasino fraud. He also addressed the incorrect use of the term “Zero-knowledge” (ZK) in…

Can EigenLayer Live Up to Expectations? on Bankless

bankless.com With nearly 5 million ETH restaked, can EigenLayer keep the party going post-airdrop? EigenLayer is undeniably the most anticipated airdrop opportunity in the history of…

Will Solana’s Rough April Turn Around? on Bankless

bankless.com Solana's April has certainly been... turbulent thus far. But despite a SOL price plateau and some severe congestion issues that have caused widespread transaction failures,…

Renzo leans into layer 2s to boost market share, with more integrations on the way

dlnews.com Renzo’s ezETH, a liquid restaking, or LRT, token, added 30% to its total supply in the last seven days to gain market share in the competitive LRT sector. Restaking is a…

Restaking Overtakes Liquid Staking In Monthly Inflows

thedefiant.io The biggest winner is EtherFi, while Lido sees $1B+ worth of ETH. Restaking protocols are eating liquid staking’s lunch the past month, as per data from a Dune Analytics…

Bitcoin, Ethereum Trade Lower As Whales Show Signs Of FOMO

thedefiant.io Santiment reports that wallets containing 1,000 to 10,000 BTC have accumulated $17 billion worth of Bitcoin in 2024. Crypto markets turned sharply lower on Wednesday,…

Renzo’s Restaked ETH Depegs to $700 As Season 1 of Airdrop Ends

thedefiant.io The de-peg led to liquidations across DeFi protocols Gearbox and Morpho Labs. The Ethereum re-staking token issued by Renzo, the second-largest restaking protocol by assets,…

Grayscale Seeks SEC Nod To Introduce ‘Mini’ Ethereum ETF

thedefiant.io If approved, Grayscale's Ethereum Mini Trust would be seeded with Ether from the Grayscale Ethereum Trust. Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest cryptocurrency asset…

Ethereum Ecosystem Activity Soars to All-time High

thedefiant.io Weekly active wallets have surpassed 10 million, driven by Base and Polygon. The Ethereum ecosystem has been on a tear in 2024, enjoying near-vertical growth across wallet…

Bitcoin, Ethereum Stage Relief Rally Ahead of U.S. Economic Data

thedefiant.io Key economic indicators this week include GDP and PCE numbers, set for release on Thursday. Crypto markets recovered on Tuesday, with Bitcoin edging closer to the $67,000…

Safe Token Trades at $1.2B Market Cap After Community Votes to Unpause Transfers

thedefiant.io A 99% majority vote resulted in the unfreezing of the SAFE token contract for transfers. After a two-year wait, the SAFE token is now open for trading. Safe, the largest…

Millions In ‘Forgotten’ Crypto Lies Dormant On Bridges

thedefiant.io Data from Arkham Intelligence shows wallets associated with Vitalik Buterin and Coinbase among the owners of seemingly forgotten bridged assets. Millions of dollars are…

PayPal and Energy Web Team Up To Incentivize Green Bitcoin Mining

thedefiant.io PayPal is working with partners to provide incentives for Bitcoin miners to reduce their environmental impact. In an April 22 blog post published on Mirror, a…

Gambling Platform ZKasino Sends $33M To Lido Instead Of Returning Assets To Investors

thedefiant.io Controversy swirls as the project claims hitmen were hired to target the team, which has a dubious past. DeFi investors are seething after gambling platform ZKasino took…

DeFi Protocol Hedgey Finance Suffers $44M Hack

thedefiant.io The platform suffered two parallel attacks on Arbitrum and Ethereum. It looks like Hedgey Finance didn’t hedge itself. DeFi platform Hedgey Finance suffered two attacks…

Bitcoin Network Fees Soar as Runes Launch Nears

thedefiant.io The hype around the new fungible token standard has reached a fever pitch ahead of the imminent Bitcoin halving. Transaction fees on the Bitcoin network have quadrupled,…

CoreDAO Brings Native Staking To Bitcoin

thedefiant.io The Bitcoin-powered EVM-compatible blockchain enables non-custodial native Bitcoin staking, with rewards paid out in CORE tokens. Bitcoin holders can finally put their idle…

Worldcoin Launches Optimism-powered Layer 2 Network

thedefiant.io World Chain will leverage the OP stack and offer special perks to verified Worldcoin users. Controversial eye-ball scanning company Worldcoin is launching its own…

Layer 2 Scroll zkEVM Introduces Points Program

thedefiant.io Users can now earn Scroll Marks by bridging assets to the network. Ethereum Layer 2 solution Scroll has kicked off a loyalty program dubbed Scroll Sessions with the goal…

Ordinals Explorer Ord.io Raises $2M Round Led By Bitcoin Frontier Fund

thedefiant.io The funding will go towards expanding the platform’s feature set. Bitcoin Ordinals explorer Ord.io has closed a $2 million pre-seed round aimed to accelerate the already…

Lido Finance Implements Simple DVT to Increase Ethereum Node Operators

thedefiant.io DVT implementation helps ease worries about Lido controlling too much staked ETH. Ethereum staking protocol Lido Finance has implemented technology designed to boost the…

Ordinals Lending Market Heats Up on Ethereum

thedefiant.io An $80,000 loan was taken out against a rare Nodemonke last week. Last Thursday, Cirrus, an NFT trader and founder of the ArcadeXYZ lending platform, provided the largest…

EigenLayer Removes Deposit Caps On Liquid Staking Tokens

thedefiant.io The move marks the culmination of the Ethereum restaking protocol’s rollout phase. Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer has ended its rollout phase today by removing caps…

Nearly 70% of Base Is Used By Project of ‘Questionable’ Utility

thedefiant.io XEN is monopolizing most of the network’s resources, as it did in October 2022 on Ethereum. Storm Slivkoff, data associate for Paradigm Capital, reported the findings on…

Hong Kong Could Approve Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Next Week

thedefiant.io Bitcoin ETFs are headed to Asia after their successful U.S. debut, although the territory is likely to approve Ethereum ETFs as well. Regulators in Hong Kong are gearing up…

Ethereum Upgrade To Improve Wallets But Unlock New Attacks

thedefiant.io EIP-3074 will introduce smart contract functionality for regular Ethereum wallets as part of the Pectra upgrade. Ethereum core developers have locked in EIP-3074 for…

Hot New Restaking Project Karak Faces Backlash Over Team’s Past

thedefiant.io Karak has been outed as the second reincarnation of Risk Harbor, a protocol accused of running off with millions earmarked as insurance for Terra’s failed UST stablecoin.…

EigenLayer Launches Six Actively Validated Services

thedefiant.io The restaking protocol aims to accelerate rollups, real-world data integration, and co-processors. Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer continues an active week,…

Pantera-Backed Rollup Omni Network Announces Airdrop

thedefiant.io 3% of OMNI’s total supply will be airdropped to EigenLayer restakers, ETH stakers, various NFT holders, and Omni community members. Ethereum re-staking rollup Omni Network…

Avalanche vs. The World: Emin Gün Sirer Saw It Coming

thedefiant.io Avalanche vs. The World: Emin Gün Sirer Saw It Coming Emin Gün Sirer is the founder and CEO of Ava Labs. In our discussion, we explored the blockchain landscape, focusing on…

Chainlink Launches Cross-Chain Bridging App ‘Transporter’

thedefiant.io Transporter leverages Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), which is enjoying a recent surge in adoption. Chainlink is entering the competitive…

First 24 Hours of EigenLayer Brings $500M In Delegated Stake As TVL Hits All-Time High

thedefiant.io Some major operators have opted in, including Coinbase and Google Cloud. Restaking protocol EigenLayer had a successful 24-hour debut of its new functionality, bringing in…

NFT Volumes Climb to 12-Month High Driven by Once Stagnant Bitcoin

thedefiant.io Runestones recently flipped Bored Apes to become the second most valuable NFT collection after CryptoPunks. Bitcoin’s Runestones recently flipped Bored Apes to become the…

Analysts Remain Bearish On Ether ETF Prospects Despite SEC Meetings

thedefiant.io The SEC met with Ether ETF hopefuls, but discussions reportedly lacked meaningful feedback. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has finally initiated meetings with…

EigenLayer Launches on Ethereum Mainnet

thedefiant.io There is over 4.1 million ETH re-staked on the platform. Restaking protocol EigenLayer is now live on the Ethereum mainnet in what's probably one of the most awaited project…

Monad Labs Raises $225M in This Year’s Biggest Funding Round

thedefiant.io The round was led by Paradigm, and includes MakerDAO’s Rune Christensen and Coinbase Ventures. Crypto VCs are still vying to back the leading Layer 1 chain , as Monad Labs…

Stacks To Integrate Portal DeFi For Bitcoin To Layer 2 Atomic Swaps

thedefiant.io Stacks’ sBTC will support non-custodial cross-chain swaps by integrating with the Portal DEX Network. Portal DeFi, a protocol facilitating cross-chain atomic swaps on Layer…

"Really Crazy Stuff Will Happen With AVSs", ether.fi Founder Mike Silagadze

thedefiant.io "Really Crazy Stuff Will Happen With AVSs", ether.fi Founder Mike Silagadze In today's podcast we host Mike Silagadze, founder of ether.fi, an Ethereum restaking protocol,…

SEC Asks For Public Comments On Ethereum ETFs But Experts Say It’s Not Bullish

thedefiant.io According to Bloomberg's James Seyffart, asking for public comments on ETFs is standard procedure. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) set off a short-lived…