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Horizen Labs, a zero-knowledge cryptography platform, is rolling out its dedicated layer-1 blockchain for private data verification. ZkVerify, a new L1 blockchain designed for zero-knowledge proof (ZK-proof) verification, announced its mainnet launch on Tuesday. “ZkVerify’s mission is to remove the economic and technical barriers to ZK adoption,” Horizen Labs CEO and zkVerify founder Rob Viglione told Cointelegraph. “Even though verification is typically seen as the ‘cheapest’ part of the ZK value chain, it is still far too costly and inefficient to support real-world scale,” Viglione said. What is ZKP verification? ZKP verification is a cryptographic method that allows one party…

Ethereum woke up spicy Sunday as spot markets and derivatives desks steered the tone while spot price hovered near $4,014 after a $3,971–$4,031 intraday jog. Calls Rule the Board, Puts Rule the Day: Inside Ethereum’s Derivatives Mix Futures positioning stayed lively. Coinglass figures show exchange ether open interest (OI) elevated versus early summer, peaking in August and easing into late September, even as price cooled from the recent push above $4,500 back toward the low $4,000s and below that range. Futures exchange leaderboards are crowded ahead of the upcoming week. CME shows 2.19 million ETH in open interest (~$8.76 billion),…

JPMorgan Asset Management Chief Global Strategist David Kelly said in an interview with CNBC that the slowdown in the US economy is becoming increasingly evident and that the Fed’s expected interest rate cuts will not change this picture. Kelly argued that the weak August employment report and other economic indicators pointed to further softening in the economy, saying, “The economy is not in recession, but it is slowing. All the data indicates that an economy that was already struggling is now nearing exhaustion.” Despite market optimism, Kelly argued that interest rate cuts won’t boost growth, saying, “I saw the stock…

BabyDoge has launched its perpetual futures platform, known as BabyDoge Perpetuals, allowing traders to speculate on the prices of major cryptocurrencies without owning the underlying assets. Available pairs include Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Toncoin (TON), Chainlink (LINK), and several others. The platform builds on BabyDoge’s decentralized exchange (DEX) on BNB Chain. BabyDoge PERPETUALS is LIVE NOW! 🔥👉 Start trade here: https://t.co/AiEBHAR7KyWhich pairs are available, you ask?👇$BTC $ETH $TON $SOL $LINK – AND MANY MORE!Always bringing the freshest degen move in web3 for OUR pups! 😎 pic.twitter.com/exzMQoFWpB — Baby Doge (@BabyDogeCoin) September 28, 2025 What Are Perpetual Futures? Perpetual…

TokenWorks’ NFT Strategy tokens have been launched on the NFT marketplace OpenSea after gaining widespread market success with the ‘flywheel’ affect that lets traders combine DeFi with NFT. Summary All eight NFT Strategy tokens by TokenWorks have been listed on the OpenSea NFT marketplace. NFT Strategy tokens combine NFTs and DeFi, managing assets related to specific NFT collections through automated trading strategies. On Sept. 30, OpenSea announced that all NFT Strategy tokens are now available to trade on their NFT marketplace. The latest listings include the original Punk Strategy token, PUNKSTR, as well as several other well-known NFT collections tied…

China Asset Management Company (ChinaAMC), one of China’s largest fund managers with more than $400 billion in assets under management, has launched a tokenized money market fund on Ethereum. According to data provider RWA.xyz, the new product, ChinaAMC USD Digital Money Market Fund Class I USD (CUMIU), invests in short-term deposits and high-quality money market instruments. Its objective is to deliver stable returns denominated in Hong Kong dollars. ChinaAMC’s Fund Signals Cautious Embrace of Tokenization in China ChinaAMC developed CUMIU through the Libeara tokenization platform. Each token has a net asset value of $100 and a management fee of just…

Crypto venture funding surged past $700 million last week, driven by a blockbuster $350 million M&A deal and a wave of AI- and infrastructure-focused projects. From Aug. 31 to Sept. 6, 13 crypto ventures collectively raised $709.6 million, with AlloyX Limited’s M&A transaction leading the pack. Infrastructure platforms and AI-powered startups, including Kite AI, Aria Protocol, and Everlyn, dominated funding rounds, highlighting investors’ growing appetite for scalable blockchain solutions and artificial intelligence applications. Summary Crypto VC funding hit $709.6m across 13 projects from Aug 31–Sept 6. AlloyX’s $350m M&A deal was the largest, driving infrastructure growth. AI-focused projects like Kite…

South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, announced new altcoin listings today. While both platforms offer investors access to different projects, Falcon Finance (FF), in particular, will start trading on both exchanges on the same day. Upbit launched three different projects to investors on the same day. The first, Orderly (ORDER), will begin trading on the Ethereum network for BTC and USDT pairs. Orderly offers an orderbook-based trading infrastructure that aims to aggregate cross-chain liquidity. The project’s native token, ORDER, will be used for staking, governance, and liquidity incentives within the ecosystem. The second listed product, SuperVerse (SUPER), will…

Ethereum layer-2 network Base’s non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem took center stage in September, recording the highest sales count among collections, according to DappRadar data. NFTs on Base captured five of the top 10 spots by sales count in September, with DX Terminal and BasePaint securing the first and second ranks. The strong showing highlighted Base’s rapid ascent as a hub for experimental NFT projects, edging into territory long dominated by Ethereum and Polygon. Despite a surge in sales of Base NFTs, DappRadar data showed that trading volumes remained concentrated on Polygon and Ethereum collections. Polygon-based Courtyard led the month with…

Ethereum is undergoing one of the most significant resets in over a year, caused by its price breaking below $4,000. This retest has been most visible in futures open interest, where billions of dollars in positions have been wiped out across major exchanges. This rapid unwinding comes as a correction move to weeks of excessive leverage during uptrends that had pushed derivatives activity to unsustainable levels. Massive Open Interest Wipeout Across Major Exchanges The most recent Ethereum price correction was a broader market reset rather than a mere dip, with leveraged traders facing the brunt of the losses. Data shows…