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American investment manager VanEck has officially filed a registration statement with the US SEC to launch the VanEck BNB ETF, an exchange-traded product designed to directly track the price of BNB, the native asset of the BNB Chain. Filed on May 2 under Form S-1, the VanEck BNB ETF would be the first US-registered ETF to offer exposure to BNB via direct token holdings, should it receive regulatory approval. The fund’s ticker symbol hasn’t been disclosed. The preliminary prospectus also indicates that, pending regulatory approval from the listing exchange, the ETF may feature staking to allow investors to earn additional…
Summer Mersinger, one of the Republican commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will soon take over the Blockchain Association as its incoming chief executive, a top official at the association confirmed on Wednesday. The organization, one of the leading crypto lobbying voices in Washington, will be absent a leader when longtime CEO Kristin Smith steps down this week and officially becomes president at the Solana Research Policy Institute. That vacuum at one of the largest U.S. advocacy groups will be filled by Mersinger at the start of next month, according to Marta Belcher, the president and chair of the…
Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, shared an interesting announcement about four major altcoins in its latest statement. The exchange announced the upcoming launch of cbADA, cbDOGE, cbLTC, and cbXRP, which are bridged versions of Cardano (ADA), Dogecoin (DOGE), Litecoin (LTC), and Ripple (XRP) coins to the Base network. The Base network is known as an Ethereum Layer-2 network powered by Coinbase. A similar Bitcoin equivalent was recently launched by Coinbase in the form of cbBTC. This token worked on the logic that Bitcoins were locked with a smart contract and minted in equal amounts on the…
B2 Network, a well-known infrastructure protocol anchored into Bitcoin ($BTC), has announced a unique project named Signal-Driven Agentic AI (DSN-AI). DSN-AI is an advanced project with which B2 Network intends to revolutionize how independent agents execute on-chain tasks and carry out collaborations while leveraging Bitcoin ($BTC). The platform took to social media to announce the launch of DSN-AI. 🔥B² Network officially launches Signal-Driven Agentic AI — a blockchain-native infrastructure protocol designed for AI agent collaboration.🤖️It enables AI Agents to truly achieve modular cooperation, autonomous execution, asynchronous interaction, and native on-chain… pic.twitter.com/bnbGmzOF8N — B² Network | Scaling Bitcoin (@BSquaredNetwork) May 15,…
Bitcoin’s recent rally has captured investor attention as its price inches closer to $105,000. The leading cryptocurrency has gained momentum throughout the past month, fueled by strong institutional interest and renewed market optimism. However, conflicting market conditions may hold Bitcoin back from reaching a new all-time high. Bitcoin Holders Heavily Accumulate Investor activity has been overwhelmingly bullish. Over the past week alone, more than 30,072 BTC, valued at over $3.13 billion, were purchased. This surge in buying activity has driven the exchange net position to its lowest level in four months. The metric indicates that more coins are being withdrawn…
A staunch Ethereum supporter has forcefully argued against the notion that the Ethereum blockchain network is struggling by trying to do too many things at once and subsequently “failing on all fronts.” The Ethereum supporter’s argument, detailed in an X post, revolved around debunking the points highlighted by a critic who cited three areas where Ethereum lagged. 1. Respectfully, BTC is completely screwed because of its security budget. It would only cost $8B to 51% attack BTC today. When this gets down to $2B (AKA, BTC’s security market cap becomes 0.1% of its asset market cap), a 51% attack is…
IOTA co-founder has described today as the most exciting day in IOTA’s history as the Rebased Protocol upgrade kicks off. IOTA is expected to achieve a Transaction Per Second (TPS) of 50,000 while introducing staking with an Annual Percentage Yield (APY) of 10-15%. The much anticipated IOTA Rebased mainnet upgrade officially starts today, May 5, as the network migrates from the original stardust mainnet to the new IOTA network. Immediately after the kickoff, IOTA co-founder Dominik Schiener took to X to express his excitement, claiming, “This is the most exciting day in IOTA’s history”. According to him, he has been…
HONG KONG, May 14 (Reuters) – Crypto prime broker FalconX and global bank Standard Chartered (STAN.L), opens new tab said on Wednesday they had formed a strategic partnership to serve institutional crypto investors. The partnership marks FalconX’s first collaboration with a global traditional bank and suggests growing institutional demand for digital assets through traditional finance channels. FalconX will leverage Standard Chartered’s banking and foreign exchange services – including its access to a wide range of currencies – to support its institutional clients, said Matt Long, FalconX’s general manager of APAC & Middle East. “Our clients will be able to engage…
Web3 can give more power to online creators, enabling them to experiment without the fear of deplatforming, says new Lukso COO. Creators have long been on the mercy of centalized online platforms, like Google, Meta and Spotify. These platforms can change the rules however they see fit, impacting a creator’s reach, and earnings. Lukso (LYX) is one of the companies that hopes to use Web3 to give more power to creators. The company has recently announced appointing Jan-Oliver Sell as the new Chief Operating Officer. Sell, the former Managing Director at Coinbase Germany, shared his insights on the potentials of…
Ethereum price prediction is turning bullish after a 95% rebound, but can ETH really hold above $2,600, or is this just post-truce momentum? Table of Contents Ethereum finally back in play Bernstein’s thesis and ETH’s shifting role Upgrades, blobs, and long-term roadmap Ethereum price prediction and technical signals Ethereum finally back in play Ethereum (ETH) is making a quiet but strong recovery. After weeks of staying relatively muted, the second-largest crypto by market cap has climbed more than 6% in the past 24 hours and is now trading around $2,613 as of May 14. ETH Price Chart | Source: crypto.news…