Here is why Bitcoin price is stuck below $105K

Key takeaways: Bitcoin price consolidates as resistance at $105,000 prevents rally to new all-time highs. Traders are slightly bearish, but historical data suggests that a sudden bullish move should not be ruled out. Bitcoin (BTC) price has been consolidating within a roughly $3,500 range over the past seven days as the $105,000 level remains the … Read more

Onchain student loans could supercharge DeFi: Animoca’s Yat Siu

Bringing student loans onchain could increase the decentralized finance (DeFi) total value locked (TVL) by more than four times, supercharging the industry, according to Yat Siu, chairman of Animoca Brands. Speaking at Consensus 2025 in Toronto, Siu pointed to the $3 trillion global student loan market as an untapped opportunity for the crypto industry. He … Read more

Lyft to Leverage Solana DePIN Project Hivemapper Through Bee Maps

Lyft, a ride-sharing company with over 2 million drivers, will leverage Hivemapper, a Solana-based DePIN application, as a low-level, street-focused mapping solution. Lyft will implement solutions provided by Bee Maps, a company that utilizes Hivemapper-based software. Lyft Partners With Bee Maps to Capture Street-Level Mapping Data Lyft, a ridesharing company with over 2 million drivers … Read more

Tether AI: What it is and why it matters for crypto and AI

What is Tether AI? Tether AI is an open-source, decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) platform launched by Tether, the company behind the Tether USDt (USDT) stablecoin. Unlike traditional AI services that depend on centralized servers and require application programming interface (API) keys, Tether AI runs on a distributed peer-to-peer (P2P) network, offering enhanced privacy, autonomy and … Read more

A1 Abraaj Becomes First Middle Eastern Public Firm to Adopt Bitcoin Treasury Strategy

A1 Abraaj Restaurants Group has become the first publicly traded company in the Middle East to adopt bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset, signaling a major shift in regional finance. Bahrain’s A1 Abraaj Embraces Bitcoin for Crypto Treasury In a regional first, Bahrain-based A1 Abraaj Restaurants Group (Bahrain Bourse: ABRAAJ) has officially adopted bitcoin as … Read more

Crypto gaming interest drops in April, overall ecosystem healthier: DappRadar

Blockchain gaming user activity dipped and funding slowed in April, but the overall ecosystem is healthier and maturing, according to blockchain analytics platform DappRadar. User activity dropped 10% over April, with blockchain gaming reaching a 2025 low of 4.8 million daily Unique Active Wallets, DappRadar analyst Sara Gherghelas said in the platform’s April Games Report. … Read more

Starknet hits ‘Stage 1’ decentralization, tops ZK-rollups for value locked

Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform Starknet has reached a decentralization milestone laid out by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and is now the largest zero-knowledge rollup-based network by total value locked. Starknet said in a press release shared with Cointelegraph that it has hit “Stage 1” decentralization, according to a framework Buterin laid out in 2022, which … Read more

Sonic Labs Wins Court Order to Liquidate Multichain Foundation

Sonic Labs CEO Michael Kong announced that the Singapore High Court has approved the liquidation of Multichain Foundation, appointing KPMG’s Singapore branch as liquidators. Multichain’s Refusal to Cooperate Forced Sonic Labs’ Hand Sonic Labs CEO Michael Kong said the Singapore High Court has approved his firm’s application to liquidate Multichain Foundation. Kong revealed that the … Read more

Stablecoin bill passes in Northern Marianas as House overrides veto

The Pacific US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands has passed a bill allowing its small constituent island of Tinian to launch a stablecoin, overriding an earlier veto by the territory’s governor. The 20-member Northern Mariana Islands House voted 14-2 to undo Governor Arnold Palacios’ April 11 veto of the bill, which allows the Tinian … Read more