Chainlink prices have exploded by over 36% to an almost two-year high, topping $26 during late trading on Dec. 2. LINK has more than doubled in price over the past month, climbing from below $11 in early November to today’s peak, which is the highest it has been since January 2022. Most of those gains […]
SecondLane, a private markets trading platform, has listed a 1% equity stake in Pump.fun for $15 million. This puts Pump.fun’s fully diluted valuation (FDV) at $1.5 billion. Token Launch and New Trading Features The stake can be purchased on SecondLane’s web app and through its Telegram channel, where new offerings are regularly announced. Pump.fun, which […]
Total crypto market capitalization hit an all-time high of $3.65 trillion during early trading in Asia on Monday, Dec. 2. It is almost $600 billion higher than the previous peak of just under $3.1 trillion during the 2021 bull market three years ago. Moreover, a large portion of those gains have come over the past month, […]
Economists at the United States Treasury analyzed IRS data from households reporting cryptocurrency holdings on their annual tax returns and found that crypto ownership nearly tripled between 2020 and 2021, the most recent year with available tax data. The areas with the highest levels of crypto exposure in 2021 also experienced significant increases in both […]
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is holding specific imports of Antminer ASIC miners at various ports across the country. Seven US-based bitcoin mining companies, who spoke anonymously, claimed that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had directed the CBP to hold certain deliveries of Bitmain ASIC miners. Interestingly, other Chinese producers of ASIC mining […]
In November 2024, hacks accounted for an overwhelming 99.96% of total losses. During the same period, fraud and rug pulls fell significantly, contributing to just $25,300 in total losses across two incidents. According to the latest report by Immunefi shared with CryptoPotato, decentralized finance (DeFi) was the primary victim, with $71 million in total losses […]
With a current market cap of less than $200 billion, stablecoins represent a tiny fraction of global financial transactions – just 1% of US money supply and foreign exchange operations. However, a joint report by Standard Chartered and Zodia Markets research suggests significant growth potential, with experts projecting expansion to 10% of the US money […]
Cardano (ADA) has remained in the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap despite a brief slowdown this week. Over the past day alone, ADA gained over 7%, depicting its revival with the onset of the bull market. Furthermore, a crucial on-chain metric has reached heights last seen over two years ago, further validating the bullish […]
American crypto exchange Coinbase will stop offering rewards to holders of the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin located in the European Economic Area (EAA) on November 1. In a note to clients, the exchange explained that the move had been triggered by “new requirements for e-money tokens” that are expected to come into effect with the […]
Boyaa Interactive, a leading Chinese gaming firm on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, has reallocated a significant portion of its crypto assets from Ethereum to Bitcoin. As per a November 29 filing, the company reported converting 14,200 ETH into approximately 515 BTC in an open-market deal worth more than $49 million. The Ethereum had been […]