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Azuki’s ANIME token surpasses $350 million market capitalization one day after launch

Azuki’s ANIME token surpasses $350 million market capitalization one day after launch

Animecoin (ANIME), a new token supporting the Azuki NFT project's ecosystem, garnered a market capitalization of over $350 million one day after its launch.Ā ANIME, which is current trading hands at $0.063, has a fully diluted value (FDV) of around $630 million with approximately 5.53 billion tokens …

Crypto executive order raises questions about a reserve versus Trump’s plans for a ā€˜digital asset stockpile’

Crypto executive order raises questions about a reserve versus Trump’s plans for a ā€˜digital asset stockpile’

President Donald Trump's move to gauge creating a potential crypto stockpile leaves open questions on what it is and what happens next.Ā On Thursday, Trump issued an executive order titled "Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology," which included a number of measures from cr…

Fogo raises $8 million at $100 million token valuation via Cobie’s Echo in ā€˜under two hours’

Fogo raises $8 million at $100 million token valuation via Cobie’s Echo in ā€˜under two hours’

Fogo Foundation, the core contributor to the Fogo Chain — a new Solana Virtual Machine (SVM)-based Layer 1 blockchain — raised $8 million via Echo, the angel investor platform founded by popular crypto trader Jordan Fish, better known as Cobie.Fogo raised the amount in "just under 2 hours" late Thur…

Pantera Capital leads $7 million seed round for rollup platform Radius

Pantera Capital leads $7 million seed round for rollup platform Radius

The rollup platform Radius raised $7 million in seed financing led by the crypto-focused venture firm Pantera Capital, according to a company release.Ā Radius is developing a decentralized network called Lighthouse. This tool aims to convert Maximum Extractable Value (MEV), a type of financial gain f…

BoJ’s rate hike sees bitcoin and stocks hold firm, avoiding last summer’s meltdown

BoJ’s rate hike sees bitcoin and stocks hold firm, avoiding last summer’s meltdown

Bitcoin, along with U.S. equity indices, has responded more measuredly this time compared to the fallout from the Bank of Japan’s rate hike in late July 2024.The BoJ’s latest decision to raise its short-term policy rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 0.5%, up from 0.25%, brings Japan’s benchmark rate t…

Crypto wallet Keplr raises $5 million seed round at $50 million valuation

Crypto wallet Keplr raises $5 million seed round at $50 million valuation

Keplr, a crypto wallet provider, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round after four years of operating as a bootstrapped company.The round was led by Nick Tomaino's 1confirmation, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, HashKey Capital, Chorus One Ventures, Skip Protocol, Binary Builders an…

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink can see a world where bitcoin hits $700,000

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink can see a world where bitcoin hits $700,000

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink may have made one of the most bullish cases for bitcoin on record.Fink, while giving a televised interview to Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos, began speculating about what might happen if investors, both big and small, decided to allocate 2% to 5% of their por…

Deribit saw trading volumes balloon above $1.1 trillion in 2024

Deribit saw trading volumes balloon above $1.1 trillion in 2024

Deribit, one of the world’s largest crypto derivatives exchanges, saw trading volumes balloon from $608 billion to over $1.1 trillion in 2024, according to a year-end report. This represents year-over-year growth of over 95%.ā€œDeribit saw an increase in activity throughout the year, particularly in Q…

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index Gained 2.48% to $106126.17 — Data Talk

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index Gained 2.48% to $106126.17 — Data Talk

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index is up $2571.40 today or 2.48% to $106126.17Up six of the past eight daysUp 13.61% month-to-dateUp 13.61% year-to-dateDown 0.57% from its all-time high of $106734.51 on Dec. 17, 2024 (based on 4 p.m. levels)Up 170.99% from 52 weeks ago (Jan. 23, 2024), when it traded at $…

Crypto.com to launch US institutional crypto investing platform

Crypto.com to launch US institutional crypto investing platform

Crypto.com has announced the launch of an institutional trading platform that will supplement its crypto retail trading mobile application.According to a Jan. 21 announcement, the new platform will feature over 300 trading pairs and enable advanced trading strategies for institutional firms, marking…

Donald Trump says ā€˜I don’t know much about’ the TRUMP memecoin

Donald Trump says ā€˜I don’t know much about’ the TRUMP memecoin

Speaking Tuesday afternoon to a group of reporters, President Donald Trump was asked about his official memecoin that debuted Friday night."I don't know much about it other than I launched it," Trump said. "I heard it was very successful. I haven't checked."When a reporter said TRUMP has generated s…

Incoming President Trump shows support for innovation, but makes no mention of crypto during inauguration speech

Incoming President Trump shows support for innovation, but makes no mention of crypto during inauguration speech

In his return to Washington D.C. on Monday, Donald Trump touted his support for innovation, though did not specifically mention crypto during his inauguration speech on Monday.Ā ā€œThere’s no nation like our nation,ā€ Trump said. ā€œAmericans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers…