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Crypto was awash with free money this year, as projects doled out hefty sums of tokens to intrepid users and devoted communities via airdrops. With animal spirits returning to the crypto market alongside Bitcoin’s record-setting climb, some handouts dwarfed those that turned heads in 2023. Tallying up just this year’s top five airdrops, users and communities walked away with over $19 billion worth of free internet moolah. These are some of airdrops that made a sizable splash in 2024, based on their associated token’s peak value. They range from decentralized finance (DeFi) fledglings to established NFT brands, along with everything…

XRP lawyer John Deaton has accused the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of targeting legitimate crypto companies while ignoring actual fraudsters like Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and Do Kwon in a post on X today. “The SEC missed actual fraud being committed in crypto because it had a bureaucratic hack in Gary Gensler hyper focused on implementing a political agenda set by his master Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Let’s not forget Gensler met with the Bernie Madoff of crypto – SBF – multiple times,” Deaton wrote. “SBF met with Rep. Maxine Waters, former CFTC Chair Rostin Benham, and was allowed to…

A user vote initiated for Pi Coin (PI), one of the most talked about cryptocurrencies of recent days, to be listed on Binance is about to end. As is known, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, recently launched a vote on whether PI will be listed on the exchange. However, exchange officials warned that even if the voting result is positive, it does not mean that PI will definitely be listed on the exchange. According to the voting results, which were last updated 10 hours ago, a total of 226 thousand people participated in the voting. 86.8% of them, or…

Bitcoin price is struggling to initiate a recovery rally as it faces increasing bearish domination below $90K. As a result, BTC price might soon aim for a retest of immediate support channels. Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin’s trading volume has increased by more than 200%, totaling $79.4 billion. In a broader perspective, Bitcoin fell below $100,000 on January 7 and showed a downward trend. It reached a low of approximately $89,397 on January 13. On Feb 3, Bitcoin again crashed and reached a low near $91K. On 24 Feb, the price again declined, reaching a new low since November…

Permissionless liquidity layer Orderly has announced the integration of its omnichain infrastructure with Berachain. Berachain, which launched its BERA token recently, is a Layer-1 (L1) blockchain powered by a novel Proof-of-Liquidity consensus mechanism. Orderly Teams Up with Berachain to Enhance Cross-Chain Liquidity Integrating with Berachain indicates Orderly’s move to support high-performance blockchains at an early stage. Notably, Orderly currently supports a broad range of Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and non-EVM chains, including Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Mantle, and Solana. The latest development builds on this synergy, pushing toward ensuring DeFi builders and traders can seamlessly access cross-chain liquidity. Specifically,…

It’s been a pivotal year for the Ripple ecosystem, marked by significant launches and renewed regulatory optimism. That optimism comes despite an ongoing battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that will soon stretch into its fifth year. Nevertheless, XRP, a Ripple-linked asset, achieved prices not seen since 2018. In the process, it climbed back into the top three crypto assets by market cap—and now multiple asset managers have submitted filings to kick-start the regulatory process on an XRP ETF. Dig into that and more in the year in XRP and Ripple. Ripple and SEC keep sparring It’s been…

The SEC recently made big moves by dropping its case against Coinbase and halting the case against Binance, signaling a shift in the agency’s approach. Coinbase confirmed the case dismissal, and the SEC also decided to drop its case against the OpenSea NFT platform. However, the agency still has ongoing cases against Kraken Exchange, Uniswap, and Robinhood, with Wells notices already issued. The market is anticipating positive updates from the SEC, as any resolution would remove uncertainty and help stabilize the crypto market. Ripple Case and SEC’s Future Plans While the market eagerly awaits the conclusion of the Ripple case,…

HashKey Exchange supports Hong Kong’s SFC roadmap, aligning with its growth strategy. The roadmap could boost virtual asset derivatives trading by 30% to 40%, per HashKey. HashKey sees regulatory updates easing compliance while enhancing security and liquidity. Hong Kong’s government recently unveiled the “A-S-P-I-Re” roadmap, a strategic plan to advance the virtual asset industry over the next three years. The roadmap features five key pillars and twelve initiatives, targeting areas like staking services, global liquidity, and derivatives trading. HashKey Exchange, the region’s largest licensed virtual asset platform, has shared its interpretation of this forward-looking framework. HashKey Exchange Managing Director Terence…

Bitcoin ($BTC), the top crypto token, has recently seen an enormous decline. As per the data from Glassnode, Bitcoin’s price has plunged by -16% from the all-time high price level thereof, exceeding the current cycle’s average dip of -8.54%. The blockchain analytics platform took to social media to provide insights into Bitcoin’s current slump in comparison with the historical statistics. Yesterday’s price drop took $BTC price -16% below ATH, placing the correction above this cycle’s avg. drawdown of -8.54% but still below the max drawdown of -26.25%: https://t.co/0nYH7vme1B pic.twitter.com/NiYAwE0ZG2 — glassnode (@glassnode) February 26, 2025 Bitcoin’s Current Bull Cycle Shows…

Phoenix, a crypto news and analytics platform, reveals this weekly report of CoinGecko. In this report, top crypto projects are discussed that are gaining attraction in the crypto community around the globe. The report highlights the remarkable shift in traders’ interest and market sentiment. $AI16Z, with a $1.21 current price, has a market cap of 1.3B and a $155.3M trading volume. Further, this report underscores the community’s traction and significant price shifts of the top projects along with their trading volume. TOP TRENDING SEARCHES BY #COINGECKO#AI16Z #VIRTUAL $PHA $PENGU $BGB $HYPE $SUPRA $JUP $PEPE $AIXBT pic.twitter.com/s4PlNDidRV — PHOENIX – Crypto…