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29th April 2025 – (New York) A staggering transfer of 29,532,534 XRP tokens, worth approximately $68.7 million, was detected today by Whale Alert, leaving many speculating about its purpose. Contrary to initial assumptions of a potential large-scale sell-off, XRPWallets revealed that the transfer originated from Coinbase itself, moving tokens between internal wallets. This marks the
Home33ProShares Wins SEC Nod to Launch Three XRP ETFs Ripple’s XRP rose over 2% to $2.26 following CoinDesk’s report that ProShares will launch three XRP-tracked ETFs (Ultra XRP with 2x leverage, Short XRP, and Ultra Short XRP with -2x leverage) on April 30, after tacit SEC approval, while Teucrium’s 2x XRP ETF saw $5 million
Many polls and betting platforms favor Liberal Party candidate Mark Carney over the Conservative Party’s Pierre Poilievre in the snap election for Canada’s next Prime Minister. Crypto users betting on the outcome of the snap election to determine the next Prime Minister of Canada appear to be favoring a Liberal Party victory as residents head
What to know: Altcoins have lagged Bitcoin year-to-date, but BNB price shows relative resilience, trading only 10% lower than the previous cycle’s all-time high. BNB Chain shows a robust activity, consistently ranking third in daily transactions, active addresses, and TVL, while leading in the number of DApps. The blockchain’s weakest point is its revenue, which
Opinion by: Steven Smith, head of protocol and applied research, Tools for Humanity Blockchains were designed as systems of trust that are transparent, decentralized and accessible. The age of AI has, however, introduced significant new challenges. Nearly half of all internet traffic is generated by bots, with up to 80% of blockchain transactions now automated
Ethereum’s Fusaka hard fork is expected to take place in the third or fourth quarter of this year, according to an Ethereum Foundation official. In an April 28 X post, Ethereum Foundation co-executive director Tomasz Kajetan Stańczak said that the organization is aiming to deploy the Fusaka Ethereum network upgrade in Q3 or Q4 2025.
Peter Chung, head of research at quantitative trading firm Presto, has repeated his prediction that Bitcoin (BTC) will reach $210,000 by the end of 2025. In an April 28 interview with CNBC, Chung cited institutional adoption and global liquidity expansion as the primary drivers behind his long-term bullish outlook. The analyst acknowledged that market conditions
When Donald Trump was running for president, he pledged to build 10 new US cities, dubbed “freedom cities,” from scratch, designed to improve the quality of life for Americans. These new high-tech communities were to be created on public land, and they were going to be free of the “nightmare of red tape,” including lengthy
Michael Saylor’s Strategy added to its massive Bitcoin stash last week as the cryptocurrency surged above $90,000. In an April 28 announcement, Strategy reported acquiring 15,355 Bitcoin (BTC) between April 21 and 27. The latest purchases cost Strategy $1.42 billion at an average price of $92,737 per BTC, increasing the company’s aggregate BTC holdings by
sUSD depeg, explained: Why Synthetix’s stablecoin fell below $0.70 In a significant and concerning event in the cryptocurrency space, sUSD, the native stablecoin of the Synthetix protocol, saw its value plummet to $0.68 on April 18, 2025. This drop represents a dramatic 31% deviation from its intended peg of 1:1 with the US dollar, a