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World Liberty Financial has proposed testing its onchain airdrop system by distributing small amounts of its USD1 stablecoin to holders of its native WLFI token. Trump’s DeFi Project Eyes Airdrop to Validate Stablecoin Infrastructure The proposal, outlined in a recent advisory document, recommends sending a fixed amount of USD1 to all eligible WLFI token holders … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) danced around $80,000 at the April 8 Wall Street open as US stock markets staged a fresh recovery, but unresolved tensions between China and the US continue to put a damper on BTC’s upside. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Hayes: Bitcoin can repeat historic China inflows Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView … Read more
Bitcoin ETFs kicked off the week deep in the red, logging a $109 million outflow and extending the bleed to a third straight trading day. Meanwhile, Ether ETFs recorded no activity, marking a rare day of total trading silence. Bitcoin ETF Outflows Stretch to Day Three as Ether Funds Go Silent The new week began … Read more
Ripple’s $1.25 billion acquisition of prime broker Hidden Road is a “defining moment” for the blockchain payments company, potentially unlocking more use cases for the XRP Ledger among institutions, said David Schwartz, Ripple’s chief technology officer. “Ripple’s acquisition of Hidden Road is a defining moment for the XRP Ledger and XRP,” Schwartz said on social … Read more
Opinion by: Jay Jog, co-founder of Sei Labs When CryptoKitties crashed the Ethereum network in 2017, the industry learned a hard lesson about blockchain scalability. Today, with over $100 billion locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) and millions of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) being traded, that lesson is more relevant than ever. The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) … Read more
Despite the ongoing market meltdown on US trade tariffs, executives at major cryptocurrency firms Messari and Sygnum are bullish on institutional Bitcoin adoption later in 2025. Speaking on a panel at Paris Blockchain Week on April 8, Messari CEO Eric Turner and Sygnum Bank co-founder Thomas Eichenberger said they expect a significant shift in the … Read more
On Monday, ethereum’s value plummeted to its lowest point since March 2023, slipping to $1,409 per token. The past month has proven particularly challenging for the cryptocurrency sector’s second-largest asset by market capitalization, which has contracted by 29.6% over the preceding 30-day period. Ethereum’s BTC Ratio Hits 2020 Low At press time, the broader cryptocurrency … Read more
Starting this week with a sell-off, Avax found support and recovered after registering a double-digit loss in a week. This brought a slight break in the bloodbath as it currently posts gains daily. Following months of consistent price reductions, Avax appears highly bearish on the mid-term scale as it continues to flip through several key … Read more
Ripple has announced a $1.25 billion acquisition of crypto prime broker Hidden Road, aiming to scale institutional offerings and integrate its blockchain ecosystem. The deal includes capital infusion, use of Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin, and settlement via the XRP Ledger. Ripple Bets Big on Institutional Crypto with Hidden Road Acquisition Ripple is making a major play … Read more
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) has announced the launch of a new Bitcoin futures derivative product. According to an April 7 announcement, Cboe plans to launch the FTSE Bitcoin Index futures on April 28, which is based on the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF (XBTF), if approved by regulators. The new product will be cash-settled, … Read more
