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EVEN, the direct-to-fan music platform used by stars like J. Cole, 6LACK, Smino, and LaRussell, is taking its mission to the next level with the launch of a custom Avalanche Layer 1, built using AvaCloud.—The move marks a major leap in blockchain-based music distribution—and signals a growing shift toward creator-owned infrastructure that scales with real-world demand.From Streaming to OwnershipUnlike traditional platforms that pay artists cents per stream, EVEN flips the model: One fan = one sale.Where streaming services require over 1,250 paid streams (or 3,750 ad-supported ones) to earn the same amount, EVEN pays artists instantly when fans purchase music…

BlackRock’s $8.65M ETH buy is a major institutional signal. ETH shows bullish momentum with strong technical support. Trading volumes and on-chain metrics confirm increased interest. In a major signal of growing institutional trust in digital assets, BlackRock has purchased $8.65 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) through Coinbase, according to a tweet by Crypto Rover on May 19, 2025. This strategic buy, which took place when ETH was trading at about $3,100, gives Ethereum’s upward run some serious push. ETH is already up 2.3% over the past 24 hours, and volume is through the roof on exchanges. This is not an…

Japanese firm Metaplanet saw its stock price surge to three-month highs on Monday after announcing its latest Bitcoin (BTC) acquisition. The company added 1,004 BTC to its treasury, marking its third significant purchase this month. A week earlier, it had acquired 1,241 BTC, surpassing El Salvador’s reserves. Previously, on May 7, Metaplanet made a comparatively smaller purchase of 555 BTC. Metaplanet Stock Benefits From Bitcoin Purchases According to the official disclosure, the latest transaction was valued at 15.19 billion yen (approximately $104.3 million). Metaplanet’s average buying cost was 15.13 million yen, equivalent to $103,873 per BTC. “From July 1, 2024,…

TRON DAO has officially adopted Chainlink Data Feeds to improve data accuracy across its DeFi applications. This move replaces the previous oracle system, aiming to ensure stable and transparent on-chain transactions. TRON DAO has officially appointed Chainlink as the primary oracle provider for its blockchain ecosystem. The announcement came out on May 15, 2025, and since then, the attention of the DeFi community has been directed directly to the TRON network. With this decision, the previous oracle system, WINkLink, has been officially abandoned. Not without reason—Chainlink has long been considered the backbone of data reliability in the crypto sector, and…

At a time when the cryptocurrency industry is on the verge of its first major legal victory, the debate over stablecoin regulation in the US Congress is intensifying. But recent developments regarding the GENIUS bill have been overshadowed by harsh criticism from Democratic senators. Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee have released a highly critical analysis of the final version of the GENIUS bill ahead of a crucial vote tonight, crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett reports for Fox Business. The committee staff report accused the bill of paving the way for “Trump crypto corruption” and risking giving digital currencies a stranglehold…

This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Ember Sword, a crypto MMORPG in development, has been cancelled. They say it’s because the team couldn’t get more funding for the game. Ember Sword once used Polygon, then the Immutable X chain, then Mantle, asking early NFT buyers to migrate their assets from chain to chain over the years. “In today’s market,” the team wrote in a message, all that’s left of its now-wiped website, “we couldn’t find a path to keep building. Our journey, and the servers, will go offline.” So how much funding did…

For some days now, there have been several positive signals regarding the price of Bitcoin, which, however, is not rising today. In reality, several analysts did not expect a rise today, while things change if you look a little further ahead. It is therefore necessary to make a clear distinction if one wants to understand why, despite the positive signals, the price of Bitcoin is not rising today. The history of Bitcoin up to today The short term The medium term The history of Bitcoin up to today The key to understanding this apparent contradiction is the separation of the…

Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade, live since May 7, marks a major leap in staking, scalability, and smart wallet functionality. Pectra slashed blob fees and doubled blob capacity, significantly enhancing Ethereum’s scalability and rollup efficiency. ETH market cap soared 42% post-upgrade, fueled by investor confidence and rising futures market interest. Ethereum’s long-awaited Pectra upgrade has already made its mark on the Proof-of-Stake network. Pectra – a portmanteau of Prague (execution layer) and Electra (consensus layer) upgrades intended to deliver a raft of significant improvements – has occupied an oversized presence in the Ethereum mindshare since going live on May 7. And it’s…

Nvidia is building one of the world’s most powerful AI supercomputers in Taiwan, part of a wider plan unveiled Monday that also includes a new headquarters in Taipei. Speaking at the Computex trade show, CEO Jensen Huang revealed that Nvidia will work with Taiwan’s government and Foxconn’s Big Innovation Group to construct the new system, which will house over 10,000 of Nvidia’s next-generation Blackwell GPUs. The supercomputer will be deployed at the National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC) and support Taiwan’s leading academic institutions and Nvidia’s key chip partner, TSMC, as per a company statement on Monday. “We are growing…

NodeAI, a popular decentralized entity democratizing access to AI and GPU resources via blockchain technology, has started partnership with Fetch.ai, a prominent platform offering independent agent framework. The purpose of this collaboration is to revolutionize the AI computing in the decentralized setting while offering advanced AI agents. The platform revealed this mutual initiative on its official social media account. 🤝 New Partnership: @Fetch_ai x @NodeAIETHhttps://t.co/euTvhdiJC6’s cutting-edge autonomous-agent framework is integrating directly into the NodeAI platform, tapping our decentralized network of 100K+ GPUs for unstoppable scale ⚡️Deploy smarter agents, train faster models,… pic.twitter.com/ErPHAplOHw — Node AI | $GPU (@NodeAIETH) May 15,…