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The crypto market braces for significant movements as more than $3 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum options expire today. With substantial contracts and maximum pain points identified, how will these expiring options affect the market’s volatility? Crypto Markets Brace for $3 Billion Options Expiry According to Deribit data, approximately $2.65 billion in Bitcoin options are set to expire today. The maximum pain point for these options is $94,000, accompanied by a put-to-call ratio of 1.05. This expiration includes 25,925 contracts, slightly fewer than last week’s 26,949 contracts. Expiring Bitcoin Options. Source: Deribit Ethereum also sees the expiration of 164,591 contracts,…
8 May, 2025 – Tether, the largest company in the digital asset industry, has reinforced its commitment to the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement with another $100,000 grant to the BTCPay Server Foundation. This marks the second consecutive year Tether has extended direct support to the Foundation, reaffirming its strategic mission to champion developers building the infrastructure for financial freedom. The BTCPay Server is a self-hosted, open-source cryptocurrency payment processor that empowers thousands of businesses, projects, and communities worldwide to accept Bitcoin and USD₮ payments. The development of this software keeps the system up-to-date and compatible with cutting-edge…
Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, has officially joined the Starstream Working Group, describing the project as a potential core element of Cardano’s future. His involvement underscores a growing institutional focus on enhancing blockchain performance through new execution environments. The working group has recently experienced rapid growth, expanding by approximately 50% in just two weeks, according to Sebastien Guillemot, co-founder of Paima Studios and an early driver of the Starstream initiative. Starstream has the potential to become a core component of Cardano’s future https://t.co/d7IR5VjYyv — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) May 7, 2025 New Virtual Machine Targets UTXO Scalability Starstream introduces a UTXO-based…
The latest Crypto-and-Congress news is all about the Senate Democrats getting cold feet on the stablecoin bill (the GENIUS Act). The same bill they voted for just two months ago. Why the flip-flop? Because they don’t like Trump and they think the bill will help him profit. Why the Democrats keep hitting “replay” on this losing message is beyond me. Hating on Trump does not win elections. Just refer to the electoral bloodbath of 2024. But here’s the kicker: Crypto isn’t the threat, it’s the opportunity. If Democrats dropped their losing soundbites long enough to really learn crypto, they wouldn’t…
BabyDoge, originally a meme-driven cryptocurrency on BNB Chain, has now entered real estate with the launch of BabyDoge Properties. The project allows users to directly buy apartments in Dubai using cryptocurrency. It’s the first crypto project of its kind to enable property purchases along with eligibility for the UAE Golden Visa—if the purchase value crosses AED 2 million. Launched on properties(.)babydoge(.)com, this real estate venture aims to bridge crypto and tangible assets like never before. Image: BabyDoge Properties What Is BabyDoge Properties? BabyDoge Properties is a blockchain-based platform that lets crypto users purchase real estate in Dubai with various tokens…
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies soared Thursday along with other risk-on assets buoyed by a U.S.-U.K. trade deal, and despite President Donald Trump’s latest attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates. The largest cryptocurrency by market value cracked $100,000 for the first time since February on Thursday morning New York time. BTC was recently trading over $101,289 after jumping more than 5% over the past 24 hours, crypto markets data provider CoinGecko shows. On Wednesday, the Fed decided to keep interest rates unchanged, angering Trump, who for weeks has been pressuring Powell to lower the cost of…
Berachain officially ended its Boyco prelaunch phase, shifting focus to new Proof-of-Liquidity strategies. Users could access early withdrawals via the Boyco rollover page before the official exit options opened. Berachain has officially closed its Boyco phase, a pre-launch program that attracted attention for raising over $2.5 billion in liquidity. This is not a small amount, and what’s even more surprising is that all of it was locked before the mainnet actually went live. Users deposited assets like ETH, wBTC, and stablecoins into vaults linked to several partners—including StakeStone, Concrete, Lombard, and others—during Boyco. Imagine someone putting money into a bank…
A federal judge in Florida has tossed out most of the legal claims brought against high-profile celebrities and YouTubers who helped promote the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, according to a Wednesday court filing. The decision lets people like Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Steph Curry, and Kevin O’Leary off the hook in a lawsuit that accused them of helping advertise a company that stole billions from customers before its crash in November 2022. The judge, K. Michael Moore, ruled that the investors behind the lawsuit didn’t provide enough proof that these celebrities actually knew about the fraud going on inside FTX…
Superstate, the tokenized asset management firm behind the $650 million USTB token, is moving into stock tokenization with a new blockchain-based marketplace for public equities, first available on Solana (SOL).The platform, called Opening Bell and unveiled on Wednesday, allows companies to create tokenized versions of SEC-registered shares—not derivatives or synthetic assets—and trade directly on blockchain rails. Unlike current practices that rely on centralized stock exchanges and multi-day settlements, Opening Bell supports real-time, around-the-clock trading and programmable securities. The platform targets both already public firms on traditional stock exchanges and late-stage private companies seeking access to liquidity. Canadian investment firm SOL…
Bitcoin collateralized lending platform Strike has reached $10 million in loans just two days after its launch. As Bitcoin (BTC) becomes more mainstream, the market for lending against BTC is expanding rapidly. On Wednesday, May 7, Jack Mallers, the founder and CEO of Zap, Strike’s parent company, announced that the platform has issued over $10 million in loans just days after its launch. Saw some questions about pricing, partners, and future plans for our new #Bitcoin-backed lending product at @Strike.Recorded a quick video to break it all down, including how we plan to drive rates lower, enable proof-of-reserves, and more.…