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Omni Foundation has launched a $10 million incentive program aimed at powering the next adoption of crypto. In an announcement, the Omni Foundation said its $10 million rewards program, which goes live with support for Symbiotic, will power the future of crypto user experience and growth. The Omni Network team is taking this step via SolverNet, its cross-chain applications and user experience solution. The incentive program comes a week after Omni Foundation launched its “Hello, New World” campaign amid its integration with Symbiotic, a restaking protocol currently with over $1 billion in total value locked. Omni will use the campaign…

Bitcoin open interest rises by $3.1B in 24 hours, signaling increased leverage as the crypto asset surges to intra-month highs. Bitcoin (BTC) has observed a notable price surge in recent hours, climbing to over $87,600 after hovering around $84,500 for the past day. This marks the highest price since April 2 and signals a return of upward momentum in the market. At the time of reporting, Bitcoin stands at $87,681, reflecting a 3.63% increase in the last 24 hours and a 3.65% gain over the past seven days. The surge coincides with a significant uptick in open interest and derivatives…

Whale accumulation is officially underway, and Ethereum is displaying encouraging signs of recovery, which are confirmed by on-chain activity. A significant whale has taken out 3,844 ETH in total over the last two weeks (approximately $6.51 million) from Bitget, a centralized exchange. The most recent withdrawal was 1,897 ETH, or about $3 million, 10 hours ago. These significant fluctuations imply that powerful investors are lining up for a possible Ethereum rally. From a technical perspective, Ethereum is now trading above $1,700, indicating a robust daily gain of almost 4%. Recently the asset exited a short-term bullish pennant, which is a…

Over $235 million worth of tokens are set to hit the crypto market between April 21 and April 28. According to data by Tokenomist, the upcoming unlocks include both cliff-style and linear events. VENOM and ALT will lead the cliff-style unlocks with combined values exceeding $15 million, while Solana tops the linear unlocks with 465,770 SOL worth $66.03 million entering circulation. VENOM leads large token cliff unlocks Two major tokens are scheduled for cliff-style unlocks between April 21 and April 28. VENOM leads these unlocks with 59.26 million tokens set to be released, valued at approximately $8.25 million. This release…

This is a segment from the Supply Shock newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Reading back the official transcript of a secret five-hour meeting between Julian Assange and then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt — released 12 years ago this week — gives an equally eerie feeling. Along with veteran global affairs fixer Jared Cohen, who was head of internal think tank Google Ideas (now Jigsaw), Schmidt was co-writing a book, The New Digital Age, about the intersection of US global power and social media. It was set in the backdrop of the so-called “Twitter revolutions” of the Arab Spring in the…

We are never shy about holding ETH to account as crypto’s second largest asset and the DeFi intuition gateway for traditional investors. But mainstream adoption requires a growth story, and so far this year ETH is (put kindly) failing to lead. ETH sits in 16th place in the CoinDesk 20 YTD performance leaderboard, down 53%. Going back a year, the numbers look similar: 15th place and down 50%. Its market cap has dwindled so much relative to XRP that both are expected to be capped in the upcoming CoinDesk 20 reconstitution, a first. ETH versus the rest of the CoinDesk…

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…