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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 11, 2025 – 1inch, a leading DeFi aggregator that connects users to the best trading rates across multiple blockchains, has unveiled a new version of its price route discovery algorithm, Pathfinder. Through this, 1inch offers users and integrators up to 6.5% better swap rates, making the process faster and more seamless than ever before. The new algorithm finds more efficient paths and does it much faster, making classic swaps even more efficient and profitable. By consolidating certain swap steps and maximizing the use of concentrated liquidity, the new Pathfinder offers better gas cost efficiency. In…

This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. By the end of the day today, a stablecoin issuer will be public on the New York Stock Exchange. Last night, the stock priced at $31, well above the initial range of $24 to $26, so clearly there’s excitement for the IPO. Not to mention, it once again upsized its share offering. We’re now at 34 million shares, and it looks like the IPO is on track to raise over $1.1 billion. I’d expect the first trade to happen mid-morning if not a bit after, taking the…

XRP’s price dipped 5.3% in the last 30 days, but analysts say long-term catalysts like ETFs and global adoption signal a bullish future. With a possible SEC settlement on June 16, rising institutional interest, and RLUSD launch, XRP could see a major turnaround soon. 2025 has been a rollercoaster year for XRP. While the token surged by 46% in January, the momentum didn’t last. February and March saw declines of 29.3% and 2.52%, respectively. April brought a small rebound of 4.98%, but May slipped again by 0.80%. Now, in the last 30 days, XRP is down another 5.3%. But should…

A South African judge has slammed the South African central bank for using outdated exchange control laws from the apartheid era to regulate cryptocurrencies. Judge: Apartheid-Era Laws Unfit for Cryptocurrency Regulation A High Court judge has criticized the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) for its continued reliance on outdated exchange control laws to regulate cryptocurrencies. In a recent ruling, Judge Mandlenkosi Motha suggested the SARB has no excuse for using apartheid-era laws to govern cryptocurrencies, which have existed for 15 years. According to the South African judge, the Exchange Control Regulations (Excon) were enacted in 1961 by the apartheid regime…

Fastex, a Dubai-based crypto exchange, is expanding its presence in the U.S., building out an office in Los Angeles, California. According to a Thursday announcement, Fastex will offer spot crypto trading services of tokens including bitcoin BTC$106,167.75, ether ETH$2,638.29, Cardano ADA$0.71197, Solana SOL$165.60 and its native utility token, Fasttoken , to both retail and institutional investors in the U.S.Fastex’s American expansion comes as the U.S. continues to overhaul its approach to crypto regulation under President Donald Trump’s administration. Since Trump took office in January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has retreated from the so-called regulation-by-enforcement approach to crypto…

Today, WalletConnect announced that its native token, WCT, is now available on the Solana blockchain. This launch, facilitated by Wormhole’s Native Token Transfers (NTT), is the token’s first expansion outside of Optimism and Ethereum blockchain networks. Since its launch in 2018, WalletConnect was initially integrated into the Ethereum network. The protocol has grown to be an interoperable blockchain, and as a result, its recent expansion to Optimism and now to Solana, makes WCT truly multi-chain. $WCT by @walletconnect is now natively multichain on @solana with Wormhole NTTWith NTT, tokens advance by cutting liquidity fragmentation while maintaining control over token ownership,…

Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap, has now spent more than 30 consecutive days above the make-or-break $100,000 level for the first time, CNBC reports. The top cryptocurrency reached the much-coveted level for the first time on Dec. 5. During the same month, Bitcoin experienced a substantial correction, retracing to a local low of $92,188 on Dec. 20. In January, Bitcoin reached a new record high of $109,356, which remained untouched for several months. During the following months, the top coin experienced a substantial correction, plunging to a 2025 low of $76,600 on March 11. As reported by U.Today,…

The Ethereum price action is raising red flags among analysts, with technical indicators pointing toward a potential crash to the $2,000 level. Despite experiencing a significant uptick recently following Bitcoin’s price surge, concerns continue to grow that a deeper correction may be unfolding. Ethereum Price Crash To $2,000 Imminent Based on a new report by Master Ananda, a TradingView crypto analyst, the Ethereum market is flashing warning signs as its price struggles below the critical resistance zone. At press time, Ethereum is trading at approximately $2,605 after being rejected from a local high of around $2,788. Ethereum’s 4-hour chart presented…

The official Shiba Inu marketing lead, known to the community under the pseudonym Lucie, has returned to X with an important announcement for the SHIB community. She stated that the SHIB DeFi toolkit has just been improved after a total upgrade made by the developer team. This upgrade includes an important new feature which improves the token burn mechanism, making SHIB burns easier, faster, and seamless. “Not cosmetic refresh” but “total upgrade to the engine” Lucie’s tweet is titled: “Shib DeFi Toolkit just leveled up.” In it, the SHIB executive revealed the major updates that this key upgrade brings to…

The South Korean National Assembly is preparing to take an important step towards the legalization of tokenized securities (Security Tokens, ST). The bill, which is expected to pass after the election, has caused great activity in the financial sector. The country’s leading financial institutions are rapidly establishing collaborations and continuing technical infrastructure preparations in order to be pioneers in this new market. Tokenized securities are known as digital securities supported by blockchain technology. Thanks to the security and ease of transaction offered by this technology, it is possible to divide low-liquid assets such as real estate, works of art, and…