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World, the cryptocurrency project formerly known as Worldcoin, has entered a partnership with the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars to introduce a biometric identity-verified ticketing system called ‘Humans Only Ticket.’ The initiative aims to prevent ticket scalping and ensure that tickets are purchased by real individuals rather than automated bots. How the Humans Only Ticket System Works To purchase tickets under this system, fans must first complete a World ID verification using an Orb device through the World App. This verification generates a unique purchase code, which is then required to complete the transaction on Ticketmaster. While the final…

Bitcoin’s latest pullback has started reshaping short-term market sentiment after weeks of aggressive upside momentum. Although the broader structure still favors bulls, recent trading activity shows that buyers have lost strength near the $82,800 resistance region. Consequently, Bitcoin now trades under critical short-term levels while traders monitor whether support around $76,000 can stabilize the market. The recent correction followed repeated failures near the upper resistance zone. Moreover, Bitcoin slipped beneath the 20-day exponential moving average near $78,100, increasing downside pressure across the market. Price action now shows a sequence of lower highs, which often signals weakening bullish momentum during a…

Faisal Monai, chair of Saudi Arabia’s largest tokenization platform, believed in digital payments years before bitcoin’s inception in 2009. By 2007, he had already led the transition of the Saudi Arabian kingdom’s $4 trillion cash-heavy payments system into a digital network. Before SADAD came into existence in 2004, the Saudi Central Bank digital payments system he designed, about 70% of bill payments across the kingdom were paid in cash at physical branches. People had to queue for hours just to pay a utility bill. Monai put an end to that linking every bank in the oil-rich country to every major…

The MegaETH Foundation, which manages MegaETH’s development and incentive design, announced its first $MEGA buyback on Friday, funded entirely by net rewards accumulated from the USDm issuer through April. The team did not disclose the size of the first buyback. On May 7th, the MegaETH Foundation completed its first $MEGA buyback, using all net rewards accrued from the USDm issuer up until the end of April. Current USDm supply sits at $480M. We intend future buybacks to be programmatic and onchain. — MegaETH (@megaeth) May 8, 2026 MegaETH is an Ethereum layer 2 scaling network focused on fast consumer apps…

Lighter, the Ethereum-based zk-rollup layer 2 built specifically for order-book trading, has integrated with Insilico Terminal, a professional-grade execution management system, in a move designed to attract systematic traders after order-book depth declined following its initial launch period. What the Insilico integration actually means The integration allows Insilico users to trade directly on Lighter’s markets from within the Insilico interface, maintaining workflow continuity without switching platforms. Insilico users incur only a 1 basis point terminal fee when trading on Lighter. For non-premium users under certain conditions, there are no additional fees beyond that. Lighter itself charges zero fees for retail…

Origins Network has partnered with PinGo AI, a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) project, to connect the world’s idle computing resources to an increasing array of AI developers and decentralized applications (dApps). As artificial intelligence continues to grow, it is moving toward increasingly advanced capabilities that require vast amounts of computing power. At the same time, major technology companies are acquiring much of the expensive hardware needed to support this development, making access more difficult for smaller participants. Small developers and startups thus often find themselves short on resources. This collaborative effort aims to address these resource constraints by providing…

A Satoshi-era Bitcoin whale transferred 2,650 Bitcoin worth about $203 million to FalconX and Cumberland over-the-counter (OTC) trading desks, in an onchain move that may signal a planned sale or liquidity transaction from the long-dormant Bitcoin miner. The early Bitcoin ($BTC) miner transferred the funds across two transactions of 1,000 $BTC each and another 650 $BTC transaction on Sunday, according to blockchain data platform Arkham. The address still holds another 6,000 $BTC worth about $462 million, said blockchain data platform Onchain Lens in a Monday X post. Transfers to over-the-counter trading desks can signal a planned sale or liquidity transaction,…

Barrett Williams, co-founder of Ranger Finance, a company operating in the cryptocurrency sector, announced that the project has entered the process of ceasing operations. In its statement, Williams acknowledged that the company had lost its sustainability and that it was unable to fully meet its obligations to some employees and business partners. Williams stated that Ranger was struggling to grow beyond its capacity and, with weakening cash flow, the founders were using their personal capital to keep the company afloat. He explained that the company had conducted a funding round through MetaDAO to raise capital, but delays in the process…

The numbers tell a story that crypto maximalists really don’t want to hear. Since the October 2025 market crash, the S&P 500 has climbed 17%, while the broader crypto market has cratered 47.5%. Coinbase, the largest US-based crypto exchange, is feeling the pain directly. The company posted Q4 2025 revenue of $1.78 billion, a 22% decline year-over-year, as trading volumes dried up alongside the broader crypto downturn. The great migration of capital Roughly $2.03 trillion in outflows have drained from the crypto market since October 2025. The total crypto market capitalization now sits at approximately $2.24 trillion as of February…

XRPL has reached $400 million in tokenized real-world asset (RWA) value in just 15 months, significantly outpacing several major blockchain networks, including Ethereum. Evernorth revealed this in a recent report, while $XRP community commentator BankXRP amplified the findings across the crypto community. The comparison has drawn attention to XRPL’s accelerating tokenization activity and highlighted the network’s ability to scale at a pace comparable to some of the industry’s fastest-growing ecosystems. Key Points XRPL reached $400 million in tokenized real-world asset value within just 15 months. It took Ethereum 36 months to achieve a similar milestone. XRPL recorded 78% year-to-date growth…