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Major news from the crypto world: Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange globally, announced on Wednesday a significant milestone. They’ve secured a whopping $2 billion investment from MGX, a tech and AI investment firm based in Abu Dhabi. Binance revealed that the entire transaction was completed using stablecoins. What makes this deal even more noteworthy? It

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Get ready to celebrate! Tech giant Sony is marking 25 years of its iconic robot dog, Aibo, in a very modern way. They’re launching an officially licensed soulbound NFT collection called “Entertainment Robot Aibo” on the Soneium blockchain.  Here’s the cool part: this special NFT collection, designed to be unique to you (it’s soulbound, meaning

Remember last Sunday? Crypto markets were buzzing! President Trump’s announcement about a “crypto reserve,” envisioned as a formal digital asset stockpile via executive order, sent prices soaring. But after a rollercoaster week, it appears much of that excitement has faded, and many top cryptocurrencies have not only surrendered their gains, but actually dipped below their

BTC Holdings: Fold Adds $41M to Reserve Big news from Bitcoin services company Fold this Friday: they’ve just boosted their Bitcoin holdings by a significant 475 BTC. That’s roughly $41 million at current prices! This latest purchase pushes their total Bitcoin treasury to over 1,485 BTC, which is nearly $130 million in today’s market. To

Bitwise Selects Maple Finance for ‘Battle-Tested’ DeFi Lending Exciting news from the world of crypto lending: Maple Finance, the institutional lending platform, announced this Thursday that major crypto asset manager Bitwise has started utilizing their platform to extend loans to other institutions. Maple’s co-founder and CEO, Sidney Powell, shared with Decrypt that this decentralized finance

Get ready for a major moment for Ethereum! The blockchain’s next big evolution, the “Pectra” upgrade—the most substantial since 2022’s game-changing “The Merge”—officially began its journey today, launching on the Sepolia testnet. Think of testnets as dress rehearsals for the Ethereum world. It’s where the community rigorously tests and evaluates significant technical updates like Pectra,

Dogecoin (DOGE), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL) have all experienced significant double-digit drops in the last 24 hours, following a surge after President Trump’s announcement of a federal crypto reserve last Friday. Ethereum (ETH) has taken a hit, dropping 11.4% in the past day and 13.9% over the week, according to CoinGecko. This downturn comes

Football legend Ronaldinho Gaúcho’s grand entrance into the crypto world with his new official token didn’t exactly go as smoothly as planned this Sunday. The launch hit an early snag, sparking worries about potential “early snipers” and a “serious security risk” right out of the gate. Ronaldinho Coin (STAR10), launched exclusively on the BNB chain

Even though crypto has grown into a massive, multi-trillion dollar market, it’s still facing a persistent problem: hacks and scams. And get this, the biggest crypto hack ever just hit. Unfortunately, there’s plenty of opportunity for bad actors looking to exploit new crypto users or vulnerable systems. In fact, these malicious folks have managed to