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Polygon has expanded its reach in India with a new alliance with Jio. The firm plans to add new Web3 capabilities to drive decentralized initiatives. Polygon Labs, the entity behind blockchain giant Polygon (POL), has announced a partnership with India-based Jio Platforms. Leveraging Polygon’s infrastructure, Jio, the telecom arm of Reliance Industries, will provide Web3 services to its over 450 million users. Jio Platforms Expanding Web3 Capabilities for Users As revealed in a blog post, Jio will work with Polygon to improve Web3 capabilities for some of the existing applications and services. This partnership marks a huge step forward for…

In a chilling signal for crypto investors, Bitcoin (BTC), the first and largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has completed its first major death cross of 2025, coinciding with bearish sentiment amid an ongoing market-wide sell-off that has triggered over $1.4 billion in liquidations. The death cross, a technical pattern in which the 50-day moving average falls below the 200-day moving average, is commonly seen as an indicator of protracted downward momentum. For Bitcoin, the daily SMA 50 has crossed below the daily SMA 200, indicating a death cross. The appearance of a death cross now marks a stark shift from…

Pump.fun, a platform central to Solana’s meme coin boom last year, continues to see sharp declines in protocol fee revenue and overall trading volume. Current data reveals a stark difference from its peak activity earlier in 2025. As of March 28, Pump.fun’s protocol fee revenue stands at $1.2 million, according to data from DefiLlama. This is a significant drop from January, when the revenue was $7.07 million. Specifically, this marks an 83% decline from the all-time high in just three months. While this marks a slight improvement from a low near $671k reported just last week, the steep decline highlights…

Velora plans to leverage the Across Protocol to enable users to perform cross-chain swaps in a single transaction. Cross-chain interoperability is one of the most important trends in crypto today. On Thursday, April 17, DEX platform Velora partnered with Across Protocol. In a press release shared with crypto.news, the company stated that the partnership will allow users to easily swap assets across multiple chains. The integration of the Across Protocol will enable Velora users to trade assets across more than 17 chains. Moreover, traders will be able to execute swaps between any of these chains in a single transaction. Velora…

Bitcoin and altcoins further extended their losses amid a sell-off triggered by US President Donald Trump’s escalating tariff war. While Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are reaching levels not seen for a long time, investors’ losses have also increased. While the CEO of CryptoQuant stated that the bull market in Bitcoin is over, investors who are in a state of anxious waiting are wondering whether the decline will continue. At this point, Peter Chung, Head of Research at Presto Research, said that amid the increasing caution regarding the speed and scope of the customs tariff applications announced by Trump on…

A Minecraft clone on the Somnia blockchain testnet called Chunked puts every in-game action on the blockchain—from a player’s movement to every block placed, mined, and crafted. Creator MSquared, a division of metaverse tech builder Improbable, says this is the first of a number of blockchain experiments as the firm looks to see how far it can push the boundaries of crypto gaming. Playing the game is a smooth experience, even with all the on-chain hooks, as there isn’t noticeable lag when placing or mining a block. That said, some issues can arise when crafting with blocks momentarily disappearing from…

NodeOps, the AI-powered decentralised physical infrastructure network (DePIN) orchestration layer has launched Staking Hub, a new feature that allows users to stake tokens across multiple proof-of-stake networks. The new feature debuts with support for $HYPE (Hyperliquid currently on testnet) and $BEAM (Beam currently on mainnet). As part of the launch campaign, NodeOps is also introducing Stakedrop, an incentivised staking program that rewards users with the native token of the network and stNODE (Node points) for staking through NodeOps. Node points can be converted into the Node token post-campaign. To commemorate the inaugural networks on the NodeOps Staking Hub, stakers will…

Bitcoin ETFs ended their two-week winning streak with a $173 million outflow. Ether ETFs remained under pressure, closing the week with nearly $50 million in net outflows, marking their sixth straight week in the red. Bitcoin ETFs Flows Turn Negative Again With Ether ETFs Logging 6th Straight Week of Outflows A wave of investor caution swept through crypto ETFs this past week, as bitcoin ETFs saw their two-week inflow streak snapped with a sharp $172.69 million net outflow. The brunt of the pullback came Tuesday, April 1, when fears around looming U.S. tariffs intensified, triggering a massive $157.64 million exit.…

Shiba Inu’s Layer-2 blockchain, Shibarium, is approaching a major milestone, nearing 1 billion total transactions. According to ShibariumScan, the Shibarium network has processed 992,561,156 transactions, leaving only about 8 million more to reach the 1 billion mark. The recent increase in daily transactions has accelerated Shibarium’s progress toward this landmark. In the last 24 hours alone, transactions surged to 3.84 million, signaling increased network usage and engagement. Other Shibarium measures are also reporting growth. According to ShibariumScan, total blocks have surpassed 10 million, with the latest count at 10,188,747 and total addresses at 191,626,796. Shibarium is expected to undergo a…

Stanford lab, focused on AI research, will use the decentralized cloud computing platform Theta EdgeCloud for its work on LLMs. The decentralized cloud could be the solution for AI’s vast computing needs. On April 17, Theta Labs revealed that Stanford University’s AI would use Theta (THETA) EdgeCloud in its work on large language models. The lab, led by Assistant Professor Ellen Vitercik, will use the platform for discrete optimization and algorithmic reasoning of LLMs. Stanford joins a growing list of academic institutions using the decentralized platform for research. According to Theta Labs, other adopters of EdgeCloud include Seoul National University,…