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The Pudgy Penguins NFT project will debut an animated Youtube series titled “Lil Pudgys” in Spring 2025, produced in collaboration with digital content studio Thesoul Publishing. Pudgy Penguins NFT Project Launches Animated Youtube Series The series, announced Tuesday, follows four penguin characters—Atlas, Eureka, Snofia and Springer—living in UnderBerg, a fictional iceberg world. Aimed at children and families, the announcement shared with Bitcoin.com News says Lil Pudgys will blend humor and adventure, marking Pudgy Penguins’ first foray into long-form animation. Episodes will premiere exclusively on the Pudgy Penguins Youtube channel, with two new installments weekly after a special debut episode. Presently,…

The Shiba Inu ecosystem is accelerating its growth by strengthening its integration with Chainlink technology. The latest step forward sees SHIB: The Metaverse adopting Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), setting the stage for a more interconnected and versatile blockchain experience. SHIB: The Metaverse Launches Cross-Chain Transactions Using Chainlink CCIP Earlier this month, Shibarium, Shiba Inu’s Layer-2 blockchain, partnered with Chainlink to enhance cross-chain interoperability and integrate advanced data solutions. This partnership positions the ecosystem for groundbreaking multi-chain applications, making it more accessible and robust for users and developers. By utilizing Chainlink’s CCIP and Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard, Shiba Inu’s native…

Leading financial industry groups have urged President Donald Trump’s administration to roll back federal policies they say have restricted US banks from engaging in digital asset markets and warned that regulatory overreach is hampering American leadership in financial innovation. In a letter sent to David Sacks, Special Advisor for Artificial Intelligence and Crypto and chair of the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, the groups called for the immediate rescission or revision of policies imposed by federal banking agencies under the previous administration. According to the letter: “These policies have made it exceedingly difficult for banks to engage in…

The Mystery Society, a Web3 game that pairs the casual-friendly gameplay of Among Us with a murder mystery vibe, has suspended development after developer Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow said it struggled to find funding to continue supporting the game. The web-based game debuted in early 2024 as the studio raised $3 million in a funding round led by Shima Capital. Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow was founded by game industry veterans and led by CEO Chris Heatherly, who previously oversaw Disney’s Club Penguin gaming platforms and later NBCUniversal’s gaming division. Mystery Society initially launched on Ethereum scaling network Polygon and then…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) prolonged range play above $90K has concluded bearishly this week, and how? The 12.6% drop observed in the first three days of the week (per UTC hours) marks the largest decline since the FTX bankruptcy in November 2022, according to data from TradingView. The sell-off is consistent with CoinDesk’s analysis earlier this month, which noted investor disappointment over the lack of swift action from President Donald Trump’s administration on creating the promised national BTC reserve and tightening fiat liquidity conditions. Institutional demand for the largest cryptocurrency and its second-largest peer, ether (ETH), weakened, pushing the CME futures market…

DraftKings Inc. has agreed to a $10 million settlement in response to a class-action lawsuit alleging that its sale of non-fungible tokens violated state and federal securities laws. The lawsuit, initiated in 2023, argued that DraftKings’ NFTs should have been registered as securities, and the failure to do so constituted a legal violation. The proposed settlement aims to compensate individuals who purchased, held, or sold DraftKings non-fungible tokens from Aug. 11, 2021, until the date the judgment is entered. In a brief supporting the settlement’s approval, the plaintiffs described the agreement as the result of “vigorous litigation and serious, arm’s-length…

After a week of general decline, the cryptocurrency market is preparing for a large amount of token unlocking in many altcoins in the new week. Here is the token unlock calendar that we, as Bitcoinsistemi.com, have prepared specially for you. (All times are stated as UTC+3 Türkiye time) Sui (SUI) Market Value: $11.95 billion Amount of Tokens to Unlock: $1.54 million (0.01% of Market Value) Date: December 30, 2024, 03:00 Near (NEAR) Market Value: $5.99 billion Amount of Tokens to Unlock: $1.31 million (0.02% of Market Value) Date: December 30, 2024, 03:00 Worldcoin (WLD) Market Value: $1.78 billion Amount of…

Crypto leaders and TradFi bigwigs are pushing the SEC to rewrite its ETF rules—and allow all manner of altcoin and meme coin-related products to flood Wall Street. During a closed-door meeting with the SEC’s new crypto task force on Friday, representatives of several digital assets-involved firms—including Coinbase, Andreessen Horowitz, and the financial services giant Fidelity—pressed the regulator to overhaul its ETF policies, according to publicly filed meeting notes. The companies, all members of the Crypto Council for Innovation, an industry lobbying group, have asked the SEC to expand its current ETF-related standards. At the moment, only crypto assets traded in…

ZIGChain’s native token, ZIG, has surged nearly 20% since mid-January, marking a 200% gain over the past year, as per the reports shared with Finbold on Tuesday, February 25. While the overall crypto industry has plunged by 12.4% in the same period, ZIG remained resilient thanks to a series of strategic moves, partnerships, and an expanding network of ZIGChain validators. The growth of the ZIGChain’s validator network As mentioned, ZIGChain’s success was largely made possible by a growing network of high-profile validators, most importantly DWF Labs, a leading crypto venture capital firm staking 3,000,000 ZIG tokens to bolster network operations.…

Top digital asset Bitcoin (BTC) fell to the $82,000 price level yesterday, but buyers jumped in, stopping the cryptocurrency from going under $80,000. Right now, BTC is trading at $85,747.56, a decrease of more than 3% since yesterday, CoinMarketCap data shows. This negative feeling was made stronger by the Fear and Greed Index falling to 10 Market leading digital asset Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to the $82,000 price level in the past 24 hours but buyers stepped in, preventing the cryptocurrency from falling below $80,000. At press time, BTC trades at $85,747.56, down more than 3% in the past 24 hours,…