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Throughout 2025, one of the most visible trends in the crypto market has been the rapid decline in performance of newly listed Binance tokens. This is especially true for those labeled with the Seed Tag, which marks early-stage, high-risk assets. Once viewed as a launchpad for the next generation of breakout projects, the Seed Tag segment has instead become one of the worst-performing categories on the exchange, leading people to question the quality of the tokens, investor trust, and how Binance picks its listings. Using the combination of recent data, community research, and Binance’s own delisting waves, it seems that…
SoftBank, a Japanese investment holding company, has fully backed out of its Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stake, selling 32.1 million shares for $5.83 billion. The proceeds will reportedly be used to fund new investments in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, with $22.5 billion going to OpenAI. What’s more, CEO Masayoshi Son is also courting TSMC (NYSE: TSM) and others to join a proposed $1 trillion AI manufacturing hub in Arizona. Nvidia started this week on a positive note, closing 5.79% in the green on Monday, November 10. However, it is down 1.66% in pre-market on Tuesday, November 11, trading at $195.74…
UAE — Crypto.com and LuLu Financial Holdings (LuLuFin) have partnered to develop regulated digital asset services across global markets, starting in the UAE. The collaboration combines Crypto.com’s crypto infrastructure with LuLuFin’s financial network to deliver secure, compliant digital asset access at scale.—A Partnership That Begins in the UAE — and Scales WorldwideAs the region cements its status as a global hub for compliant crypto innovation, Crypto.com will equip LuLuFin with institutional-grade tools—including deep liquidity, advanced execution, and secure custody through the Crypto.com Exchange. LuLuFin, which operates over 370 financial service centers across the Middle East, India, and APAC, will explore…
Key Highlights: MANTRA challenges OKX to disclose how many OM tokens are held by users and the exchange. OKX sent a formal letter questioning this request, demanding clarity on OM migration and warning it may pursue legal options if harmed. This conflict shifts the OM migration into a public standoff. A public clash has broken out between crypto exchange OKX and MANTRA, the blockchain project behind the OM/SOM token migration. The issue started when MANTRA council member JP Mullin posted a two-page legal style letter from OKX on social media platform X. The letter, dated December 10, 2025, questions Mullin’s…
Chainlink is a decentralized oracle network that acts as a secure bridge between blockchains and the real world. Chainlink has announced its strategic integration with Gearbox protocol, a generalized, composable leverage protocol for lending assets across various decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystems. The main purpose of this integration is to ensure accurate pricing for Gearbox’s AUSD, MON, and USDC markets on Monad. Gearbox is now powered by Chainlink, live on @monad.With $175M+ TVL, @GearboxProtocol is now using Chainlink Price Feeds to power AUSD, earnAUSD, and MON markets, including the largest USDC pool on Monad. pic.twitter.com/hliakJoH2Q — Chainlink (@chainlink) December 19, 2025…
A new international survey from Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) Institute reveals a growing global divide in public sentiment toward AI. While interest in AI technologies continues to surge across Asia, Western countries show more restrained confidence in their benefits. A ‘Great Divide’: Asia Leads, West Lags in AI Optimism According to the findings, 83% of respondents in China view AI products and services as more beneficial than harmful. This represents the highest level of optimism globally. Similar sentiment is seen in Indonesia (80%) and Thailand (77%), where majorities express confidence in AI’s positive impact. AI Optimism — defined…
Bitnomial Clearinghouse LLC received approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to clear fully collateralized swaps, enabling its parent company, Bitnomial, to launch prediction markets and offer clearing services to other platforms. According to Friday’s announcement, Bitnomial’s prediction market will cover crypto and economic events, alongside its existing Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto derivatives products. The contracts are designed to allow traders to take positions on outcomes, such as token price levels and macroeconomic data. The approval expands the umbrella of the trading products offered by Bitnomial. Based in Chicago, the company’s exchange and clearing arms offer perpetuals, futures,…
DEIN, a decentralized insurance marketplace that protects crypto users against smart contract exploits, exchange hacks, rug-pulls, and other uncertainties in the DeFi landscape, today announced a strategic partnership with Arbitrum, a Layer-2 scaling solution built on Ethereum. With the collaboration, DEIN is expanding its on-chain insurance products to Arbitrum to take advantage of Arbitrum’s advanced L2 scaling solution to power more rapid, cost-effective, and seamless transactions for global customers. DEIN is a multi-chain protocol that offers decentralized coverage for risks in DeFi to cover against uncertainties like rug pulls, hacks, smart contract exploits, and losses in decentralized platforms. The omni-chain…
A Canadian-Based Giant Company Announces the Altcoins in Its Portfolio in Its Financial Report! Here Are the Details
DevvStream, a publicly traded Canadian company, has disclosed its significant digital asset holdings in its 2025 fiscal year report. Canada’s DevvStream Reveals Solana and Bitcoin Assets in 2025 Report The company reportedly holds 12,185 Solana (SOL) tokens, equivalent to approximately 22.23 Bitcoin (BTC). DevvStream’s entire holdings of Solana are being staking. According to the company’s statement, its total Bitcoin holdings are worth approximately $2.7 million. DevvStream stated that it has not sold any of its digital assets to date and is pursuing a long-term investment strategy. The report sheds light not only on DevvStream’s cryptocurrency investments but also on its…
Bybit has rolled out a new product called BYUSDT that lets eligible VIP customers turn their USDT Flexible Easy Earn balances into trading margin without giving up the yield those balances generate. The token, developed entirely in-house by the exchange, represents a direct 1-to-1 claim on the USDT sitting in users’ Flexible Easy Earn accounts and is treated with a 100 percent collateral value ratio inside Bybit’s Unified Trading Account, meaning VIP traders can keep earning while using the same funds to support their trades. Unlike many synthetic margin solutions, BYUSDT can be swapped back and forth with USDT Flexible…