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Whenever the price of Ethereum approaches 0.03 per bitcoin (BTC), it usually means that something entertaining is happening or about to happen in crypto. The price level is notable for many reasons and somewhat storied in crypto history. From its debut in 2015 through the spring of 2016 — long before crypto was mainstream — Ethereum tried to gain listings on exchanges catering almost exclusively to BTC purists who scoffed at the fledgling project. Struggling to even attain a single-digit dollar price, ether (ETH) tried to breach the 0.03 per BTC ceiling on two, failed occasions in March and May.…
Maple Finance, a major institutional cryptocurrency lender, shared details of a recently completed pioneering loan deal with the XRP crypto as a collateral. The seven-figure USDC loan contract was facilitated by the Digital Wealth Partners asset manager. XRP as collateral for USDC: Massive loan deal completed on Maple Finance The platform’s first loan deal with the XRP cryptocurrency collateralized was completed by Maple Finance, an institutional-grade digital assets lender. Pledging the Ripple-linked large-cap coin, the client managed to obtain borrowed USDC, a Maple Finance statement said today, Jan. 18, 2025. Following $XRP collateral approval, Maple’s High Yield Secured Pool closed…
Trump’s tax-free crypto policy could boost U.S. projects, but risks disadvantaging global crypto competition. Foreign crypto projects may face a 30% capital gains tax, pushing investors to favor U.S.-based ventures. Ted Cruz plans to challenge the IRS rule on DeFi, citing privacy and innovation concerns in decentralized finance. According to Martyparty, Donald Trump intends to remove capital gains taxes on cryptocurrencies located in the United States. The goal of this program is to make the United States the premier global center for cryptocurrency development by bringing blockchain innovation to the country. Eric Trump has further confirmed that projects like XRP…
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The internal crisis within the Cardano ecosystem at the executive level might be playing out again. On X, founder Charles Hoskinson directly responded to a post from Cardano Foundation President Frederik Gregaard regarding the Layer-2 innovations built on the protocol. The callout comes as Gregaard boycotted the Midnight Network. Why Midnight Network boycott? According to Gregaard, the Layer-2 ecosystems on Cardano offer security, scalability and privacy preservation for users. Placing in the spotlight, the Cardano Foundation President mentioned four key innovations to watch out for. The first is State-channels, the Hydra Head, which brings scalability and throughput without sacrificing security.…
One of the former key White House Advisors to former President Biden shared some reactions to Trump’s new executive order on digital assets released last Thursday. Carole House, outgoing National Security Council Special Advisor for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure as well as the primary architect of former President Biden’s executive order on digital assets, saw similar objectives with Trump’s new policies as well as some deficiencies on critical issues impacting digital assets. “I’m glad to see similarities with many objectives in [Biden’s] first executive order, to include underscoring the importance of promoting technological innovation and competitiveness in digital assets to…
1- Bitcoin January 2025: Outlook of BTC Struggles A closer look at Bitcoin January 2025 performance to date shows that Bitcoin price momentum has taken a bearish turn, as BTC struggles to maintain key support levels. Bitcoin’s near-term trajectory remains uncertain with reduced network activity, declining capital inflows, and macroeconomic pressures weighing on the market. But to better understand what might be ahead, a deeper look into BTC levels and indicators is required for an accurate Bitcoin price analysis combined with key insights on the market, which would ultimately shed light on this week’s Bitcoin price prediction. By TradingView -…
Based on data gathered from Jan. 1 through Jan. 31, 2025, non-fungible token sales (NFT) experienced a 38.97% decline compared with the final month of 2024. Ethereum led in sales by amassing $340.47 million, although transactions on that particular chain registered a 36.58% decrease from the previous month. NFT Market Reels in January According to the latest metrics collected by cryptoslam.io, digital collectible sales during the first month of 2025 were significantly lower than in December. A total of $677.73 million was settled in sales across 5,428,020 NFT transactions. Ethereum led the pack with $340.47 million in sales, while Bitcoin…
This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Can you still be in crypto “for the tech?” The idealist in me would like to say yes — but it’s an increasingly tricky question to answer. Cryptocurrency and blockchain, in the most general sense, are money technologies. That’s quite different from something like media software, where being in it “for the tech” can be more easily expressed by keeping the software free to use. Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the creator of VLC media player, has over the years refused tens of millions of dollars from advertisers in order…
Cardano (ADA), one of the largest proof-of-stake (PoS) networks, inches closer to its next major milestone on its way to fully decentralized governance. Input Output Global (IOG), a Cardano (ADA) core tech development entity, signals its full support for the upcoming Plomin hard fork activation. Cardano’s IOG pledges support to Plomin upgrade The Cardano (ADA) blockchain hit a massive milestone on its Plomin hard fork schedule. Today, Jan. 18, 2025, Input Output Global (IOG) green-lit the activation of Plomin on the main network. As demonstrated by IOG, this means that all conditions for the governance action stated by Interim Constitution…