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MicroCloud Hologram, a Nasdaq-listed technology service provider, plans to buy up to $200 million of Bitcoin or other digital assets. Specifically, MicroCloud Hologram is eyeing Bitcoin (BTC), or its derivatives. It will also look at securities derivatives of other digital assets. The company announced the initiative on Feb. 10, revealing in a press release that its planned purchase is down to its bullish outlook for the crypto market. According to MicroCloud, the convergence of blockchain technology, computing and artificial intelligence offers a major opportunity for innovation. This also puts holographic AI quantum computing and digital assets at the forefront of…

A study by Atmos ranks the UAE as the world’s most crypto-obsessed country due mostly to its high crypto ownership and adoption rates. UAE Has Highest Crypto Ownership Rate Globally According to a study by Atmos, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the world’s most crypto-obsessed country, with a score of 98.4. The Middle Eastern country is marginally ahead of second-ranked Singapore (97.5) and more than ten points ahead of the United States, which claimed the third spot with a score of 85.4. The UAE’s top ranking comes against the backdrop of what the study report described as the country’s…

Just days after its mainnet launch and airdrop, the Berachain community is concerned about the project’s visible favoritism toward private investors. There are also allegations about the network’s lead developer swapping large amounts of airdropped BERA tokens. Despite this, however, Berachain does have a chance to rebuild public trust. If its Proof of Liquidity system gets implemented and becomes operational, it would be a truly novel project. Questionable Decisions from Berachain Developers Berachain, the new layer-1 blockchain network, has created notable engagement in the crypto space due to its airdrop and mainnet launch last week. Although the firm has a…

Massachusetts’ top securities regulator has reportedly launched a probe into Robinhood over the popular trading platform’s recent decision to launch an in-app prediction markets hub that allows customers to bet on the outcome of events, including March Madness match-ups. According to a Monday report from Reuters, Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin — a notoriously aggressive regulator — sent Robinhood a subpoena last week seeking information about the number of Robinhood’s users in Massachusetts that have requested to trade college sports events contracts, and seeking copies of Robinhood’s related marketing materials. “This is just another gimmick from a company that’s…

Role-playing game Forgotten Runiverse has launched in early access on the Ronin Network, allowing users to master spells and earn rewards as they explore the open fantasy world based on the Ethereum NFT collection, Forgotten Runes Wizard’s Cult. The launch is the culmination of three years of development work and more than 1 million hours of gameplay testing, according to a post by Ronin Network, the game’s new home after it opted to migrate from Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum last year. “We just launched the first true live service Web3 MMORPG. And it’s free,” posted Forgotten Runes pseudonymous co-founder and…

Lagrange, a crypto platform using verifiable computation and ZK proofs, has partnered with IQ AI, a popular platform developing tokenized AI agents. The collaboration targets to incorporate the latest zero-knowledge machine learning into the Agent Tokenization Platform of IQ AI. The platform announced this development in a recent X thread. 1/ Another partner joins the DeepProve army: @IQAICOM, a pioneer in the Agent Tokenization trench 🧵 pic.twitter.com/6cl0v5br0d — LAGRANGE (@lagrangedev) March 25, 2025 Lagrange Collaborates with IQ AI to Boost Tokenization of AI Agents Lagrange’s collaboration with IQ AI integrates the zero-knowledge machine learning capability of the former into the…

Ronin is finally live on OpenSea, letting users trade and launch Ronin-based NFTs more easily than ever. Developers can now build on an open Ronin network with tools that simplify game and NFT project creation. Ronin is finally live on OpenSea. After long being the exclusive home of collectibles like Axie Infinity, the blockchain network can now be used to trade and launch NFTs directly on the world’s largest marketplace. On OpenSea, users can now directly sell, buy, and create Ronin-based NFTs. The process is made quite friendly, even for those who have never coded before. Ronin is LIVE on…

U.S.-based asset manager Fidelity Investments has filed paperwork to register a blockchain-based, tokenized version of its U.S. dollar money market fund, aiming to join the tokenized asset race. According to a Friday filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company seeks to register an “OnChain” share class of its Fidelity Treasury Digital Fund (FYHXX) and use blockchains as transfer agent. FYHXX holds cash and U.S. Treasury securities and was launched late last year. The OnChain class of the fund currently uses the Ethereum (ETH) network, and the firm may expand to other blockchains in the future, the…

Pump.fun co-founder Alon Cohen dismissed reports that the Solana-based memecoin launchpad is preparing to issue its own native token, refuting claims made by crypto journalist Colin Wu. Wu reported that Pump.fun was working on a token and planned to distribute it via a Dutch auction system in collaboration with multiple centralized exchanges. He cited insider sources from these exchanges and claimed his team had obtained documents detailing the token issuance. However, Cohen dismissed the claims in a social media post, stating: “Seeing rumors about a potential Pump.fun token – these are wrong.” He emphasized that the company remains focused on…

Reports revealed that the boom in stablecoins like USDT and USDC has renewed fears about the looming risks these tokens bring to the crypto industry and the overall financial system. Ongoing debate has focused on how the coins could be vulnerable to the kind of bank runs that paralyzed the financial system during past financial crises. Bloomberg noted that the Trump administration and Congress were both pushing to cement the growing importance of stablecoins, with two bills designed to give stablecoins a bigger role in the global payments infrastructure already running through the House and Senate. Washington’s interest, including vocal…