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Hold onto your hats, crypto enthusiasts! The always-turbulent world of digital assets has just thrown us another curveball. In a development that has the crypto community buzzing, a wallet reportedly linked to none other than Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the founder of the global crypto exchange giant Binance, has received a whopping 90 million GROK tokens. This news, first flagged by blockchain security firm PeckShield on X (formerly Twitter) just about 20 minutes ago, is sending ripples through the market. Let’s dive into what this could mean and why it has everyone talking. Why is a CZ Wallet Receiving GROK Tokens…
Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) are to crypto what TCP/IP is to the internet: integral and yet a complete mystery to ordinary users. If you’ve been in crypto for a while, you probably know the basics, such as that ZKPs have the ability to verify information without revealing the underlying data. But beyond that, once we start getting into SNARKs, STARKs, FHE, and other abbreviations, it all become pretty complex pretty quick.—Well you can relax, cos we’re not here to talk zero-knowledge theory: we’re here to talk practice by examining three blockchain projects that are leveraging ZK proofs to solve real-world problems.…
Bitcoin ($BTC) has gone through a notable shift in the case of online trends. As per Axel Adler Jr., Google Trends index has plunged to its lowest level for Bitcoin while keeping in view the performance throughout 2025, indicating a declining investor interest in the top crypto asset. The popular crypto analyst took to social media to discuss Bitcoin’s waning level on Google Trends index. Since January 2025, the Google Trends index for the search query ‘Bitcoin’ has fluctuated between approximately 30 and 100 points. The average ‘support line’ is around 30 points – this background level reflects consistent interest…
Ethena Labs and Securitize unveiled Converge, a new blockchain that promises to bridge the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and DeFi. This collaboration seeks to bring institutional-grade offerings to the DeFi space, alongside standard applications for retail investors, offering a new dimension of tokenization and financial infrastructure. Introducing Converge: The Future of Institutional DeFi & TokenizationToday at Tokenize NYC, Securitize & @ethena_labs announced @convergeonchain, a new institutional-grade blockchain built to bridge DeFi and traditional finance.Converge will:🔹 Serve as the settlement layer… pic.twitter.com/F6UPvBzr3I — Securitize (@Securitize) March 17, 2025 What is Converge and How Will It Work? Converge is a blockchain…
A few signs of recovery have started to be seen in the crypto market, with Ethereum‘s present price of $1,648.6 showing a 1.8% increase over the past 24 hours. Even while Bitcoin rose above the $84,000 threshold, Ethereum has been caught within a descending channel since December 2024. The price of Ethereum plummeted by more than 65% from around $4,000 at its peak, as it stands today. Ethereum Price Analysis According to the daily chart, Ethereum prices have been under strong bearish trend since December 2024. The crypto asset has developed a descending channel. However, recent price actions indicate ETH…
The Ripple SVP of Strategic Initiatives, Eric van Miltenburg, recently discussed the company’s efforts to revolutionize global financial infrastructure. Specifically, Miltenburg noted that Ripple is setting itself up as an alternative to SWIFT. He shared this perspective while speaking at a panel during the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos. XRP community figure Crypto Eri recently drew attention to Miltenburg’s statement in a tweet. This follows ongoing debate in the community about Ripple’s expanding role in global payments amid the company’s new acquisition. Ripple’s Infrastructure: A Modernized Alternative to SWIFT During the panel discussion, Eric van Miltenburg emphasized Ripple’s role…
UXLINK is excited to announce its strategic partnership with Solv Protocol to unite traditional finance with decentralized technologies. The collaboration primarily leverages an investment from UXLINK’s ecosystem fund, UFLY Labs. This alliance is a significant step in introducing institutional Bitcoin ($BTC) capital into the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. It further represents a massive leap for the adoption of mass crypto. 🚀 We are happy to announces the strategic partnership with @SolvProtocol and the investment from #UXLINK ecosystem fund @UFLY_Labs .Solv is a leading protocol enabling institutional Bitcoin capital to enter DeFi, managing $2B+ $BTC assets and serving as a critical…
Taking to social media platform X, Ethereum Foundation (EF) Co-Executive Director Tomasz Stanczak has highlighted Vitalik Buterin’s role in the nonprofit organization. Vitalik Buterin, an Ethereum cofounder, generally contributes to the growth and development of the network. Buterin’s leadership position at EF In his post, Stanczak explained Buterin’s role at the Ethereum Foundation following the recent leadership overhaul. According to Stanczak, the EF wants Vitalik to stop concentrating on day‑to‑day coordination or crisis response. They think this would free up more time for him to perform research and exploration. Our discussions about the Layer 1 scaling roadmap have been extensive,…
This is a segment from the Supply Shock newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Overanalyzing every crumb in Satoshi Nakamoto’s long-cold trail isn’t exactly useful these days. Not to mention that Satoshi left for a reason and deserves his privacy. But there’s hardly a better excuse to lean into the Nakamoto mystery than a cryptic fake birth date. It’s generally assumed that Satoshi listed April 5, 1975 as his birthday as a reference to President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 6102, which on that day in 1933 made it illegal for US citizens to hold physical gold — forcing them to give…
ECB President Christine Lagarde is pushing for the digital Euro to become a reality by October 2025. A European central bank digital currency could soon become a reality. In a press conference on April 17, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde stated that the digital Euro could be launched by October 2025. Lagarde called the digital Euro, a CBDC to be issued by the EU’s central bank, “critically important” and “more imperative now than ever before.” The deadline for us is going to be October of ’25, and we are getting ready for that deadline. But we will not be…