Bealls, a 110-year-old US retail chain with over 660 stores nationwide, has announced a new partnership with digital payments firm Flexa to enable in-store cryptocurrency payments. With this integration, Bealls becomes the first national retailer to accept digital currencies from any crypto wallet across more than a dozen blockchains at once. The announcement marks Bealls’ […]
Pseudonymous high-leverage crypto trader James Wynn has gained widespread notoriety for his volatile fortune, repeatedly making and losing hundreds of millions through leveraged bets on crypto perpetual futures markets. Market chaos appears to have struck him again as Wynn’s fresh PEPE bet collapses within hours, extending a brutal streak of crypto liquidations. Risky PEPE Bet […]
Solana’s revenue engine has matured at a pace few in the industry could have anticipated, and has now clearly surpassed Ethereum’s early growth trajectory. From meme coin mania, DeFi, AI, and RWAs, Solana has managed to capture several on-chain revenue streams that Ethereum couldn’t monetize early, a new report suggests. Solana’s Early Growth Curve According […]
Blockchain analytics firm Bubblemap highlighted fresh concerns around James Wynn’s activities in the meme coin market. Wynn’s history of turning small meme coin bets into massive profits may repeat with the latest YEPE meme coin. But insider dominance is evident. Bubblemap Reveals Pattern According to the analysis by Bubblemap, insiders currently hold roughly 60% of […]
Kanye West’s YZY token has created one of the most talked-about moments in the crypto market this year. Its ripple effects have been most visible in Solana’s decentralized exchange (DEX) ecosystem. Meteora in Spotlight According to DeFiLlama data, the launch of YZY injected so much liquidity and speculative frenzy into Solana that Meteora, a rising […]
Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko is once again at the center of a heated debate. This time for branding meme coins and NFTs as “digital slop” in a public back-and-forth with Base creator Jesse Pollak. The discussion, which unfolded on X over the weekend, revolved around the perceived value of meme coins and NFTs. Clash […]
The popular Solana-based meme coin launchpad, Pump.fun, is reportedly planning to raise $1 billion through a token sale that would value the company at $4 billion, according to Blockworks, citing sources familiar with the matter. The token sale will be offered to both public and private investors, with hints on social media suggesting it could […]
Solana-based decentralized exchange Meteora is facing a class-action lawsuit over pump-and-dump claims surrounding the M3M3 meme coin launch. The complaint alleges this led to losses of at least $69 million between December 2024 and February 2025. Rug Pull Allegations In the April 21 filing with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New […]
TL;DR Meme coin investing has turned sour for one anonymous cryptocurrency investor who stood at a massive unrealized profit just six months ago. However, this only goes to show the dangers of investing in the ever-volatile meme coin niche. From $5.2M Profit to $335K Loss – Diamond Hand Gets Wrecked! 6 months ago, he bought […]
Bob Bodily, co-founder of the Bitcoin-based trading platform Odin.fun, has revealed that a suspected hack compromised his account on the website, triggering a halt in trading and withdrawals. Following the incident, Odin’s Dog (ODINDOG), a meme coin native to the platform, saw its price crash by over 55% in the last six hours. The Hack […]