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JPMorgan (JPM) has added support for British pound-denominated accounts to its blockchain-based payments network Kinexys, as the bank targets a gap left by the stablecoin market’s overwhelming focus on the U.S. dollar. Launched in 2019 under the name JPM Coin, Kinexys allows corporate clients to move funds between JPMorgan accounts and settle foreign exchange trades at any hour. The addition of the pound comes less than a year after the service expanded to handle euro transactions. Naveen Mallela, global co-head of the Onyx platform running the network,said 80% of Kinexys volume remains dollar-based, but the demand for pound transfers is…

Bitcoin has bounced back from its latest low as on-chain data shows the Whale Transaction Count has witnessed a spike on the network. Bitcoin Whale Transaction Count Has Just Seen A Large Spike As pointed out by analyst Ali Martinez in a new post on X, whales notably upped their activity during the recent price surge. The indicator of relevance here is the “Whale Transaction Count” from the on-chain analytics firm Santiment, which measures the total number of transfers occurring on the Bitcoin blockchain that are carrying a value of more than $1 million. Only the whale entities are capable…

When it comes to commenting on cryptocurrency, perhaps only a few people are allowed to not hold back on something without causing a public dispute. One of those people is definitely Peter Brandt, an expert trader who is considered a legend of the financial market, as he has been operating in it since the 1970s. It just so happens that after almost 50 years of trading and probably seeing everything in the financial world – crashes, hype, crises, scams, Ponzi schemes, the creation of giants such as Apple and Nvidia – Brandt’s opinion definitely carries colossal weight. It just so…

MANTRA is planning to launch a $108,888,888 Ecosystem Fund to drive RWA innovation over the next four years and help accelerate projects in MANTRA’s blockchain ecosystem. MANTRA’s native token OM has shown significant resilience in the current market downturn. OM is currently the only altcoin among the top 30 tokens to have posted positive gains over the past 24 hours. MANTRA’s RWA Ecosystem Fund MANTRA, a Layer-1 blockchain for asset tokenization, is heavily invested in the RWA market. Since its mainnet launch in 2024, it has carried out major partnerships and planned to tokenize huge volumes of assets. Today, it…

Alchemy Pay, a leading platform offering gateways for fiat-to-crypto payments, has announced an exclusive collaboration with Ethena, a prominent synthetic dollar protocol on Ethereum. The partnership unveils simplified on-ramp support for the native assets of Ethena, including $ENA governance token and $USDe synthetic dollar stablecoin. The platform revealed this collaboration in a recent X post. 🤝Alchemy Pay and @ethena_labs have partnered to simplify crypto access!Get $USDe & $ENA tokens with ease, directly from fiat, via popular payment methods like Visa & Mastercard. Hop into the #Ethena ecosystem with smooth crypto on-ramps powered by #AlchemyPay!… pic.twitter.com/GIIVIiTj4i — Alchemy Pay|$ACH: Fiat-Crypto Payment…

GPU AI has officially announced its exciting partnership with StarAI to redefine the future of AI-generated content. The collaboration further aims to revolutionize the integration of AI-generated content into the decentralized world. Through this alliance, the two innovative forces put their efforts together to expand the boundaries of Web3. Both FinTech firms strive to empower creators to convert AI-generated assets into on-chain tokens and NFTs. The AI-generated content includes images, videos, and digital agents. By joining hands, GPU AI and StarAI are set to unleash AI’s true potential in DeFi, gaming, and social ecosystems. GPU AI to Solidify its Footprint…

Widely followed crypto commentator Alex Becker has asserted that an Ethereum rally to new peaks could ignite a dramatic surge for altcoins like Cardano, XRP, and Dogecoin. Becker expressed this sentiment in a recent live video, where he commented on Ethereum’s price performance and the broader altcoin market. His commentary focused on how Ethereum could kickstart the long-awaited “altcoin season,” rewarding investors after a challenging period. Notably, Ethereum is up 4.2% today, trading at $1,670, a 10% gain over the past week. This positive momentum comes after Ethereum recently touched a multi-year low of $1,386. However, Ethereum appears to be…

Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney called a Fortnite inspired Solana meme coin a scam. But even negative attention was enough to pump the price 2,700% for a while. Still, some degens believe that this is all part of the Fortnite-related gag, even suggesting that Sweeney launched the tokens himself—which he denies. This comes after iconic battle royale Fortnite added a blockchain-themed storyline into the game, with a pickle antagonist called Big Dill that is on the run for his involvement in a crypto rug pull. The in-game currency Dill Bits can be spent on high-value items at “black…

Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange OKX is expanding to the U.S., establishing a new regional headquarters in San Jose, California and rolling out access to its platform and its native OKX Wallet to U.S.-based crypto traders. In a Tuesday evening announcement, newly-appointed CEO Roshan Robert said the expansion was “a commitment to responsible growth.” Robert was most recently an executive at institutional crypto lending platform CLST, and was a founding team member of crypto prime broker Hidden Road, which was recently acquired by Ripple for $1.25 billion. “As regulations evolve, OKX is working closely with US regulators and policymakers to ensure we…

This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Bitcoin is a dumb base layer. In its native scripting environment, computation is stateless, meaning each transaction is validated independently — with no built-in memory of prior events or intermediate results. This limits Bitcoin to simple, one-off logic like multisig, timelocks or a basic inheritance contract. True Bitcoin layer-2 (L2) networks will need stateful computation on Bitcoin, which is where StarkWare’s newly proposed ColliderVM comes in. The idea is to let Bitcoin validate complex computation across transactions, something which not long ago was thought to require a…