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Top Pump.fun trader’s profits near $40 million as Solana memecoin volumes shrink

Top Pump.fun trader’s profits near $40 million as Solana memecoin volumes shrink

Pump.fun's top trader is about to eclipse $40 million in profits despite the memecoin market appearing to dry up.According to a Dune Analytics dashboard that tracks the top-performing Pump.fun wallets, the top-ranked trader's accumulated profit was $39,826,672 at the time of writing.This is occurrin…

Crypto reputation scores and onchain trust mechanisms with Ethos CEO Trevor Thompson

Crypto reputation scores and onchain trust mechanisms with Ethos CEO Trevor Thompson

Episode 18 of The Crypto Beat was recorded with The Block's Editor-In-Chief Tim Copeland and Ethos Co-Founder & CEO Trevor Thompson.Listen below, and subscribe to The Crypto Beat on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Twitch, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please send feedback and revision requests to pod…

Blockchain oracle RedStone launches RED token, enabling staking and paving the way for multi-asset rewards

Blockchain oracle RedStone launches RED token, enabling staking and paving the way for multi-asset rewards

Blockchain oracle solution provider RedStone has officially launched its RED token on Ethereum, designed to help secure and decentralize RedStone's oracle data delivery infrastructure by enabling staking.Under RedStone's Community and Genesis allocation, 10% of RED's total 1 billion supply will be d…

Russian official says sanctions won’t prevent country’s access to the cryptocurrency market

Russian official says sanctions won’t prevent country’s access to the cryptocurrency market

A senior Russian official has stated that sanctions will not fully prevent Russians from accessing the cryptocurrency market or using it to bypass sanctions.Deputy Head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Anton Gorelkin stated that it is impossible to completely block the cryptocurrenc…

Bitwise partners with Maple Finance to give institutional clients DeFi and onchain credit investment opportunities

Bitwise partners with Maple Finance to give institutional clients DeFi and onchain credit investment opportunities

Bitwise, the cryptocurrency index fund manager, has made its first DeFi allocation via Maple Finance, the onchain credit platform. According to an announcement on Thursday, the partnership will provide Bitwise’s institutional clients access to compliant, onchain investment opportunities. The partner…

Japan’s ruling party proposes capping crypto tax rate at 20%, matching stocks

Japan’s ruling party proposes capping crypto tax rate at 20%, matching stocks

Japan's ruling party has drafted a proposal to reduce the crypto tax rate from the current maximum of 55% to 20% and is currently soliciting feedback.The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) published on Thursday the draft of a regulatory reform proposal seeking to position cryptocurrency as a new asset c…

Bitcoin failing as safe haven asset as gold soars amid Trump tariff trade tensions, analysts say

Bitcoin failing as safe haven asset as gold soars amid Trump tariff trade tensions, analysts say

Bitcoin has seen a notable decline in recent market movements, coinciding with a broader sell-off in equities triggered by the Trump administration's announcement of new tariffs on major trading partners. Meanwhile, gold has reaffirmed its status as a traditional safe-haven asset. As of Tuesday, gol…

With Trump’s backing, Senate to vote on overturning controversial crypto tax rule

With Trump’s backing, Senate to vote on overturning controversial crypto tax rule

The U.S. Senate will debate and later vote on whether to overturn a controversial tax rule that requires "custodial brokers" to collect and report user data to the Internal Revenue Service — and is set to get President Donald Trump's sign-off.Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced the resolution earlier…

SEC agrees to drop case against crypto exchange Kraken, firm says

SEC agrees to drop case against crypto exchange Kraken, firm says

The staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission agreed in principle to drop its lawsuit against the crypto exchange Kraken.The agreement to dismiss the lawsuit comes without admission of wrongdoing, penalties paid or alterations to Kraken's business model, the company wrote in a Monday rele…

China’s Intchains scrambling to fill Dogecoin rig orders after Trump, Musk boost

China’s Intchains scrambling to fill Dogecoin rig orders after Trump, Musk boost

The rise in the price of dogecoin following the November U.S. elections was so strong that a mining product provider couldn't keep up with demand.China-based Intchains Group, which provides altcoin mining products and acquires Ethereum-based cryptocurrencies, reported full-year earnings results Thur…

Ether options traders brace for March slump, hedge against deeper losses

Ether options traders brace for March slump, hedge against deeper losses

Ether's volatility surged this week, catching crypto-native options traders off guard and forcing many to adjust their positions for further downside risk.The shift in the market’s volatility structure, particularly the rapid rise in implied volatility (IV), has significantly altered the landscape f…

Foundations of Digital Assets Market Making: An In-Depth Introduction

Foundations of Digital Assets Market Making: An In-Depth Introduction

Below is a summarized version of The Block Research's Foundations of Digital Assets Market Making: An In-Depth Introduction report. The full PDF version of this report is accessible here.This report, the first in a series dedicated to exploring the complexities of market making in the digital assets…