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Terminus, a popular payment gateway linking crypto and real-world transfers, has announced a unique collaboration with COBOX, a rapidly expanding platform powering advanced metaverse infrastructure. The partnership underscores a crucial move to enhance metaverse experiences. The platform took to social media to reveal this endeavor. Terminus and COBOX Collaborate to Advance Metaverse Experience The Terminus-COBOX collaboration focuses on redefining the metaverse technology with the provision of cutting-edge virtual experiences. COBOX is famous for offering a futuristic ecosystem and warp-speed development. It has a massive fully diluted valuation (FDV) of up to $49.5M, with an anticipation to reach the $67M milestone…
Bitcoin isn’t just something to hold anymore—it’s something to live on. That was the core message delivered by Miles Suter, Bitcoin Product Lead at Block Inc., during his keynote at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference today. Standing at the intersection of innovation and ideology, Suter laid out a vision where Bitcoin isn’t just a store of value—but the internet’s native currency. “Bitcoin is at a crossroads—on one hand it’s never been stronger: a trillion in market cap, millions of holders, and even talk of nation-state adoption,” Suter said. “We use Bitcoin to hold, to hedge, to opt out, but we rarely…
Plume, a blockchain network focused on real-world assets, announced on Thursday the launch of its hotly anticipated Genesis mainnet. The launch, according to a statement shared by the Plume team, marks the “next generation” of asset-backed DeFi — tokenizing traditional financial instruments, or real-world assets (RWA), so they can interact with blockchain-based financial tools. RWAs have taken over the world of blockchain, as they are viewed as a market that could be worth trillions of dollars with traditional financial institutions steadily dipping into crypto. At the time of launch, Plume shared that it has already integrated with financial titans like…
First Force is set to launch a new Telegram token collection inspired by the TAC community on June 17, marking one of the largest drops on the TON ecosystem. According to a press release sent to crypto.news, the First Force token collection consists of 10,000 unique Soulbound Tokens or SBTs inspired by the TAC community. TAC is a blockchain designed for EVM dApps to access the TON (TON) and Telegram ecosystem user base. Each NFT is valued at 30 TON each or approximately $100 according to current market prices. At press time, TON has gone up by more than 4%…
Bitwise data shows Ethereum now handles more institutional stablecoin flows than retail retail trades. Ethereum (ETH) isn’t just for non-fungible tokens or and decentralized finance degens anymore. According to a new analysis from Bitwise Europe, the network’s base layer is quietly transforming into a heavyweight settlement system for institutional money — while retail activity shifts elsewhere. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰🔎We see Ethereum evolving from a retail toll road to a freight terminal for institutional-grade use cases. The infrastructure is in place: blobspace, validator incentives, and governance upgrades.The challenge now? Activating demand.This chart breaks… pic.twitter.com/t2r27FCucE — Bitwise Europe (@Bitwise_Europe) May 28, 2025…
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. bashed the traditional finance system and championed the U.S.’ pro-crypto pivot and their own digital asset endeavors on Wednesday at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas—underscoring the Trumps’ growing enmeshment with the cryptocurrency community, despite critics’ concerns over conflicts of interest posed by the First Family’s embrace of the industry. The two eldest sons of U.S. President Donald Trump touted the U.S.’ foray into Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies during a roughly 30-minute talk in which they urged the audience to buy Bitcoin and touted the virtues of their decentralized finance platform World Liberty…
VivoPower International (VVPR), a Nasdaq-listed energy company, said on Wednesday it has secured $121 million in a private share placement to fund its pivot to digital asset treasury focusing on XRP XRP$2.26 , the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. The raise was led by Saudi Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Abdulaziz Al Saud, investing $100 million, a spokesperson to the company told CoinDesk. The company sold 20 million ordinary shares priced at $6.05 per share. Adam Traidman, a former Ripple executive who led the SBI Ripple Asia, is joining the company as chairman of the board of advisors, according to…
A former director of the collapsed Australian crypto exchange ACX.io is facing civil court action over what regulators allege are serious breaches tied to the disappearance of millions in customer funds. On Wednesday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission announced proceedings against Liang “Allan” Guo, accusing him of misusing user funds, failing to keep proper financial records, and making misleading statements while serving as a director at Blockchain Global Ltd. The company, now in liquidation, operated the ACX exchange, which froze withdrawals in late 2019 and ultimately left over $20 million in claims from former customers. The lawsuit is the…
With bitcoin’s price consolidating following the all-time high (ATH), the network’s computational power has reached an unprecedented zenith, touching a peak of 943 exahash per second (EH/s). Bitcoin Nears Zettahash Milestone Bitcoin’s global hashrate has reached a fresh pinnacle, with data reflecting a high of 943 EH/s based on the rolling seven-day simple moving average (SMA). This milestone was achieved on May 31, arriving just 22 days after the previous high of 929 EH/s, marking a 14 EH/s increase above the former peak in computational power. Source: hashrateindex.com Moreover, this milestone stands just 57 exahash shy of breaching the 1…
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, the Ethereum protocol reporter on CoinDesk’s Tech team. In this issue: The Solana Network Is Now Live on MetaMask Privacy Crypto Dero Targeted With New Self-Spreading Malware FIFA Teams Up With Avalanche to Build Its Own Blockchain, Expanding Web3 Ambition FIFA Teams Up With Avalanche to Build Its Own Blockchain, Expanding Web3 Ambition Network News SOLANA NOW ON METAMASK: MetaMask announced on Tuesday that its Solana integration was live, meaning that users can now transact on the second-largest smart-contract platform and…