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This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Before “AI” came to be synonymous with “agents,” there were far humbler AI projects with functional use cases. Grass was one such DePIN project on Solana. The Grass elevator pitch: Big Tech bad because it scrapes your data on the internet for their profit, Grass good because you can now use it to activate your idle internet bandwidth to sell that access. Rather than buying it from Big Tech, AI companies (or businesses that find it useful to track media sentiment) that want your textual data can…
Trump’s Crypto Czar David Sacks hints at an upcoming announcement related to digital assets. The SEC, CFTC, and Presidential Working Group collaborate to streamline crypto regulations. Industry executives and policymakers will discuss regulations on tokenized assets, staking at CFTC forum. President Trump’s Crypto Czar David Sacks, who oversees artificial intelligence and digital assets policy in the Trump administration, has Disclosed upcoming major announcements. This came in response to the Fox Business journalist Eleanor Terrett who recently brought out the insider news of ongoing inter-agency meetings. So, What could be coming next? David Sack: Something Big is Coming! In a recent…
According to the betting site Polymarket, Bitcoin is projected to reach new all-time highs above 108,000 dollars in 2025. Investors firmly believe that the cryptocurrency will surpass its ATH within the first six months of the year, subsequently entering a phase of price discovery. Let’s see everything in detail below. Bitcoin aims for new all-time highs in 2025: watch out for these price levels The Polymarket forecasts on Bitcoin’s ATH in 2025 Attention to the Bitcoin forecasts of the Deribit options market Bitcoin aims for new all-time highs in 2025: watch out for these price levels Bitcoin opened 2025 with…
A new amendment has been activated on XRP Ledger: NFTokenMintOffer, sparking excitement in the XRP community. Amendments indicate new features or changes to transaction processing. The amendment system employs the consensus method to ratify any changes that affect transaction processing on XRP Ledger. Fully functional transaction process changes are offered as amendments, and validators vote on them. If an amendment achieves more than 80% approval for two weeks, it passes and the change is permanent for all subsequent ledger versions. NFTokenMintOffer amendment got activated on the XRP Ledger.This amendment combines minting and offer creation in one transaction. Made to improve…
Arbitrum, the largest layer-2 network on top of Ethereum, has awarded its biggest-ever developer grant to Lotte Group, the multibillion-dollar South Korean conglomerate known for its vast portfolio of shopping malls, media companies and entertainment properties. According to Offchain Labs, the developer behind Arbitrum, the grant cements Arbitrum as the main blockchain infrastructure provider for Caliverse, Lotte’s metaverse gaming platform. Offchain Labs shared the news at CES 2025, the technology tradeshow happening this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. A representative for the company declined to disclose the exact size of the grant “at this stage.” It was technically awarded by…
Nasdaq is calling on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to create a “level playing field” for various crypto trading venues, including national stock exchanges, as the regulator works to overhaul rules for digital assets. According to a recent letter from Nasdaq, representatives from the exchange operator met with the SEC’s newly formed crypto task force last week to discuss regulatory parity. The company stated that all trading venues, whether exchanges, broker-dealers or alternative trading systems, should allow trading of both digital asset securities and non-securities digital assets. Nasdaq also called on the SEC to set a clear deadline…
Bybit, one of the most widely used exchanges in the past year, is migrating its options platform to Tether (USDT). Paolo Ardoino, the CEO of Tether, Inc., stated this would allow Bybit to gain access to unprecedented liquidity. Bybit will switch its options and linear expiry futures contracts to Tether (USDT). The platform will stop issuing new USDC-settled contracts after February 26, with the goal of increasing platform liquidity. Bybit’s move arrives at a time when USDC usage is growing on both centralized and decentralized markets, while USDT is being divested, especially from Euro area exchanges. Paolo Ardoino, CEO of…
A whale has grabbed market attention following his purchase of this under-recognized token, Arc (ARC). As reported by Onchain Lens, the whale has made significant thousands of dollars from the latest AI-focused token. Whale makes impressive earnings from Arc On January 7, Onchain Lens shared data showing that the whale spent $2 million USDC to buy 4.92 million Arc (ARC) tokens at an average price of $0.40. Since then, the coin has witnessed an incredible rise of 10.3%, currently trading at 0.0419, making the trader realize incredible gains from his initial and latest trades. Currently, the trade holds 10.19 million…
Reports claim that the US Senate Finance Committee is investigating Dan Morehead, the founder of Pantera Capital. The inquiry, led by Senator Ron Wyden, is trying to determine whether the venture capital founder/CEO is guilty of federal tax law violations following his move to Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has attracted the title of “tax haven” because of its Act 60, which promotes investment in Puerto Rico via tax incentives like zero tax on passive income and 2-4% corporate tax, making it a refuge for affluent Americans looking to escape the rigors of taxation. The Senate Finance Committee’s accusations In a…
Stablecoins are hitting the racing track. San Francisco-based Coinbase and the UK-based Formula One team Aston Martin Aramco announced Thursday a new partnership, making the U.S.’s top crypto exchange the team’s official partner. Coinbase’s branding will appear on Aston Martin’s AMR25 car and the racing suits of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll during the 75th Formula One World Championship season as part of the deal. The partnership is particularly notable because the undisclosed amount of the deal is being paid in USDC. “Aston Martin had the option, and when asked, they chose to be paid entirely in USDC because they…