[ad_1] Looking to trade, earn, or play inDeFi? PancakeSwap offers token swaps, liquidity farming, staking, and lotteries on BNB Chain, Ethereum, and more. This guide breaks down its core features as of March 28, 2025, so you can start exploring in minutes and swap tokens or earn CAKE rewards right away! What is PancakeSwap? PancakeSwap is a multi chain DEX with an AMM model—no order books, just liquidity pools where users trade against pre-funded token pairs. Launched in 2020 on BNB Chain, it now spans multiple networks for more options and lower fees: BNB Chain Ethereum Arbitrum Polygon zkSync Era…
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[ad_1] Marion Laboure, managing director and macro strategist at Deutsche Bank, stated that she viewed Trump’s bitcoin reserve move as nothing new, just a continuation of the crypto evolution that started last year. She also noted that many cryptocurrencies were destined to crash. Deutsche Bank Strategist Disregards Trump’s Admin Bitcoin Reserve: ‘Nothing New’ The policy pivot towards the cryptocurrency industry and the recent enactment of a strategic bitcoin reserve and a crypto stockpile in the U.S. are still generating buzz from the financial community. Marion Laboure, managing director and macro strategist at Deutsche Bank, recently gave his take on this…
[ad_1] On February 5, the Aptos Labs team announced that the sharded execution engine has enabled the Aptos Layer 1 blockchain to achieve horizontal scalability. This milestone allows Aptos to handle up to 1 million TPS for non-conflicting transactions and over 500,000 TPS for conflicting transactions. The ability to achieve infinite horizontal scalability is in line with the crypto industry’s desire for solutions that improve execution speed. Shardines is expected to accelerate the growth of Web3 by separating consensus from storage, allowing for independent scaling. This allows the network to maximize throughput and fully utilize horizontal scalability. According to Aptos…
[ad_1] Breez, in partnership with 1A1z, has released a new report investigating the use of Bitcoin as a payments system and transactional currency. Bitcoin has always been painted as digital gold, that is one of the longest running narratives at this point in terms of what Bitcoin actually is. It does capture the use as a long-term investment or speculative asset, and has been a very helpful aid in getting people over the first hump of basic understanding, but it is by no means a comprehensive explanation of what Bitcoin is. The report dives into multiple factors of Bitcoin’s use…
[ad_1] A potential collaboration between Cardano (ADA) and Chainlink (LINK) is in the works. Both blockchain projects are exploring how they can enhance the development of decentralized finance (DeFi) based on the UTXO model. Charles Hoskinson, the creator of Cardano, discussed these developments in a recent interview on David Gokhshtein’s podcast. According to Hoskinson, the Cardano and Chainlink teams are in talks to build a DeFi oracle solution beyond a single blockchain. The project aims to connect a wider range of UTXO-based networks such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Dogecoin. The goal of this partnership is to create an oracle system…
[ad_1] This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. As I chatted with execs about the future of crypto ETFs at the Exchange conference in Las Vegas, it came out that Trump Media and Technology Group was linking up with Crypto.com to launch the same such funds.Crypto.com initially wrote on its X account that there would be three ETFs in particular: one ETF holding bitcoin, one investing in both BTC and ETH, and another ETF holding BTC, ETH, solana, cronos (CRO), and XRP. It appears the post was later modified to just mention “a…
[ad_1] New York, NY — Ondo Finance, the second-largest tokenized Treasuries issuer, said it plans to start its own layer-1 blockchain designed for tokenized real-world assets in a bid to connect traditional capital markets with decentralized finance, the company announced on Thursday at its inaugural Ondo Summit. Ondo Chain was crafted to meet institutional compliance standards while maintaining the transparency and accessibility of public blockchains like Ethereum, the company said. The network will rely on permissioned validators to verify transactions and ensure accurate financial data, such as asset prices and token backing. It will also support staking of tokenized real-world…
[ad_1] Archax, a U.K.-regulated crypto exchange and custodian focusing on tokenized assets, has acquired a U.S. broker-dealer in an effort to enter the booming institutional market in the country after recent positive changes on the regulatory environment. Globacap Private Markets Inc, a broker-dealer and alternative trading system (ATS) regulated by FINRA and the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), is being bought by Archax and being renamed to Archax Markets US. The new entity will serve as the company’s foothold on American soil and serve the institutions and professional investors in the country, two Archax executives told CoinDesk. Asset tokenization is…
[ad_1] The Bitcoin mining industry is becoming increasingly competitive as the network’s hashrate reaches an all-time high (ATH). At the end of March 2025, Bitcoin’s hashrate hit 850 million TH/s. However, alongside this impressive growth, the industry is struggling with rising production costs and new tariff barriers, particularly in the US. These factors are putting significant pressure on mining companies and could reshape the sector’s future. Hashrate Surges, Mining Costs Soar Bitcoin’s hashrate measures the total computing power used by miners to secure the network and validate transactions. It is expressed in terahashes per second (TH/s), representing the number of…
[ad_1] MN Consultancy founder Michaël van de Poppe sees Bitcoin and the broader crypto market running significantly higher this cycle. Amid stalling prices and recent market uncertainty, speculation continues to grow that Bitcoin and the broader crypto market have peaked or are near their cycle peak. According to one prominent analyst, however, there may not be a better time to be in the market. “The Perfect Storm” MN Consultancy founder Michaël van de Poppe sees Bitcoin and the broader crypto market running significantly higher this cycle. In an X post on Wednesday, February 5, the analyst asserted that current market…