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Decentralized finance experts agree that collaboration is key to building a framework that addresses regulators’ concerns without undermining the potential of decentralized technologies. Bybit Hack Puts DeFi Regulation Debate in Spotlight Following the Lazarus Group’s Bybit hack, which is said to biggest crypto heist in history, initial industry-wide cooperation to block the outflow of over $1.4 billion in stolen funds was met with praise. However, disagreements quickly surfaced, with several platforms, particularly decentralized ones, facing accusations of aiding the hackers. Allegations of complicity grew louder as the value of the stolen digital assets increased. As reported by Bitcoin.com News and…
US President Donald Trump has reiterated his call on the Fed to lower interest rates, criticizing the central bank’s decision to keep the federal funds rate unchanged between 4.25% and 4.50%. The Fed’s two-day monetary policy meeting ended without any adjustments to interest rates, prompting Trump to voice his displeasure, arguing that the rate cut was necessary because the economic impact of U.S. tariffs was becoming increasingly evident. Meanwhile, Fed officials including Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic signaled a more cautious approach, noting that uncertainty about the direction of the economy remained even as concerns among households and businesses grew.…
Cryptocurrency analysis platform Messari has shared a new analysis on memecoins, one of the sectors most concentrated by investors. Among the memecoins examined are US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump’s own topkens, TRUMP and MELANI. Messari analysts, who discussed memecoins with the sharp declines they experienced, stated that five famous memecoins TRUMP, MELANIA, MOTHER, DADDY and JAILSTOOL experienced very sharp declines after their rapid rise. Messari noted that five popular memecoins have experienced an average drop of up to 80 percent since their ATHs. The most notable of these was undoubtedly Trump’s own token, TRUMP. After reaching…
South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has announced the listing of RedStone (RED) and Nillion (NIL) on the KRW market. Bithumb to List RedStone (RED) and Nillion (NIL) on KRW Market RedStone (RED) Listing Market: KRW Network: Ethereum (Deposit via other networks is not supported) Deposit/Withdrawal Start: Within three hours of this announcement Transaction Start: March 25, 2025, 16:00 Starting Price: 892 KRW Deposit Confirmation Requirement: 33 confirmations Nillion (NIL) Listing Market: KRW Network: Nillion (Deposit via other networks is not supported) Deposit/Withdrawal Start: Within three hours of this announcement Trading Start: March 25, 2025, 19:00 (depending on liquidity) Starting…
Data shared by the prominent blockchain sleuth Whale Alert shows that over the past ten hours, anonymous whales have exchanged more than a billion US dollars worth of the world’s leading cryptocurrency – Bitcoin. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has managed to recapture the $98,000 level but that did not last long. $1.26 billion in Bitcoin changes hands The data source mentioned above has spotted four gargantuan crypto transactions carrying 12,887 BTC cumulatively. The largest of those transfers comprised a whopping 7,300 Bitcoins worth $712,542,707 in fiat. The rest of the transactions moved 2,834 BTC ($278,847,109), 1,346 BTC, and 1,407 BTC. In total,…
A few days ago, Backed Finance announced the launch of the tokens Coinbase Stock (bCOIN) and S&P 500 (bCSPX) on the Avalanche C-Chain network. Thanks to these tokens, eligible DeFi users will be able to gain on-chain exposure to both the S&P500 and Coinbase. The new tokens from Backed Finance on Avalanche: bCOIN (Coinbase) and bCSPX (S&P 500) Backed Finance and the RWA revolution on Avalanche Avalanche: the network for the tokenization of RWAs The future of DeFi The new tokens from Backed Finance on Avalanche: bCOIN (Coinbase) and bCSPX (S&P 500) bCOIN is nothing more than a token that…
The tokenized real-world assets (RWA) sector surpassed $10 billion in total value locked (TVL) for the first time on March 18, registering an all-time high on March 21 at nearly $10.4 billion TVL. Along with the growth in TVL, the RWA sector has become the best-performing segment of the crypto market year-to-date. The TVL of RWA protocols jumped 30% in 2025 and almost 140% year-on-year. The leap is even more significant compared to March 2023, when RWA protocols had less than $1 billion in TVL, reaching 1,054% growth. Tokenization represents an asset from the real world in the blockchain’s digital…
It looks like the race to launch an XRP ETF is picking up speed. Big names in finance – Grayscale, Nasdaq and CBOE – are making moves, each one filing applications with the SEC to bring XRP-based ETFs to market. It is not just one or two firms either; the momentum is growing. Grayscale wants to turn its XRP Trust into an ETF. Nasdaq is pushing for listings of XRP and Litecoin ETFs from CoinShares. CBOE? It has multiple applications in, aiming to list an XRP ETF from four different asset managers: Canary, 21Shares, Bitwise and WisdomTree. The industry is…
The crypto ecosystem relies on centralized exchanges for trading volumes. The active centralized exchanges completed $251.46 billion worth of transactions during the past seven days. TOP CENTRALIZED EXCHANGES BY WEEKLY TRADING VOLUME #Binance #HTX #GateIo #MEXC #OKX #Coinbase #Bybit #Bitget #Upbit pic.twitter.com/2aZcYw2jhX — PHOENIX – Crypto News & Analytics (@pnxgrp) March 24, 2025 Binance Leading the Centralized Exchanges Charts, HTX Seconds Binance remains the top exchange based on its exceptional trading volume of $13.22 billion in one day and its extraordinary weekly trading volume which reached $80.4 billion. Binance stands at the top of the exchange market because its extensive…
The National Bank of Poland will not consider holding Bitcoin reserves “under any circumstances,” according to the central bank’s president, Adam Glapiński. Speaking at a press conference, Glapiński said that a given asset “must be absolutely secure” for the NBP to consider adding it to its reserves. Glapiński compared Bitcoin unfavourably to gold, which he says helped the bank’s reserves increase in value by 22% last year. However, the NBP’s president didn’t completely dismiss the cryptocurrency, noting that “there is a lot to be said about Bitcoin,” even if his bank doesn’t believe it could serve as a “permanent, safe…