Solana’s daily transaction fees reached a record high amid a large volume of trading activity surrounding memecoins, notably those linked to U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump. According to The Block's data dashboard, Solana’s network fees soared on S
Buying your first Bitcoin can be daunting, especially for South Africans who are new to crypto. You need to consider several factors and steps before making an investment. There are complex regulations, tax implications and security considerations be
While USDT continued to dominate the Tron network in 2024, there was a notable rise in decentralized trading and meme coin generation.TRX, the network’s native currency, as well as WTRX, its wrapped version, experienced significant adoption due to de
President-elect Donald Trump has taken credit for the surging stock market and bitcoin's recent all-time highs in his final speech ahead of his inauguration."You are already seeing results that nobody expected to see," Donald Trump said at the rally
Top Stories of The WeekCoinbase CEO calls on countries to establish Bitcoin reservesBrian Armstrong, CEO of US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, has endorsed plans for global leaders to create Bitcoin strategic reserves.In a Jan. 17 blog post o
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said "large changes" to the leadership structure of the Ethereum Foundation (EF), the Switzerland-based nonprofit established by the blockchain network's original creators to promote Ethereum's interests and coordi
2025 will be a year of crypto projects and tokens merging to maximize product-market fit, according to Dan Novaes, co-founder of EARN'M — a loyalty platform that rewards users for screen time on their mobile devices.In an interview with Cointelegraph
With Donald Trump scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term as US President on Jan. 20, many crypto industry insiders have said they expect the administration to strike a different tone on digital assets than it did before. The former Republican
PALO ALTO, CA – ChainOpera AI, the pioneering blockchain layer 1 (L1) and AI operating system (OS) for AI Agents, has announced the release of its comprehensive whitepaper (https://paper.chainopera.ai/) and the official launch of the CO-AI Alliance (
Bitcoin's dominance — or the percentage of total market capitalization bitcoin holds compared to other cryptocurrencies — is expected to continue into 2025, according to JPMorgan analysts. "We expect bitcoin's dominance over Ethereum and other altern
The XRP price has broken a new all-time high, having risen above its previous major rally in 2017. This comes on the back of rising open interest in derivatives markets.XRP’s price has surged to a multi-year high of $3.37, according to Coingecko data
Social stock and crypto trading platform eToro has confidentially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering in the United States, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.The company
As Donald Trump prepares to take office as the 47th president of the United States, rumors have emerged about a potential strategic reserve including US-based cryptocurrencies and not just Bitcoin.The New York Post, citing unidentified sources, repor
Startup 1Money announced on Wednesday that it has $20 million in seed funding to build a Layer 1 "exclusively designed" for stablecoin payments."The seed capital will power the launch of the 1Money Network, a next-generation payment network engineere
Coinbase has launched Bitcoin-backed onchain loans through Morpho, a decentralized lending protocol available on Ethereum and Coinbase-incubated Ethereum Layer 2 network Base.Customers can borrow up to $100,000 in the USDC stablecoin using their bitc
The U.S. government says over 94,000 bitcoin stolen in the 2016 hack of Bitfinex by Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan should go back to the exchange, in a court document filed this week. "For the foregoing reasons, there is no 'victim' for the spe
Boerse Stuttgart, one of Germany’s leading stock exchanges, has seen its cryptocurrency trading business explode in recent years to now account for approximately 25% of its overall revenue.While not revealing the exact cryptocurrency trading volume,
Top Republican leads at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are weighing whether to start a process that could lead to more clarity on how the agency views cryptocurrency and could decide to review pending enforcement cases, according to repo
Huione, the alleged operator of one of the largest illicit online marketplaces, has launched a stablecoin and chat service. This is the latest step the organization is taking to set up alternative payments and communications systems, according to blo
The crypto derivatives exchange Deribit obtained a financial adviser to "review opportunities" after attracting attention from possible acquirers, reported Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The firm tapped Financial Technology Partne