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EPT, the native token of Balance, an AI-powered Web3 gaming and social platform, is set to debut on Binance’s Alpha and Futures platforms next week. Binance’s announcement comes ahead of the project’s long-awaited Token Generation Event, which is expected to take place shortly before the listings go live. While the exact timing hasn’t been confirmed, the Balance team hinted in an X post on April 14 that the TGE is “just around the corner.” As per Binance’s official announcement on April 18, EPT will go live on Binance Alpha on April 21 at 12:00 PM UTC. Binance Alpha is an…
China eased its grip on the yuan (CNY) on Tuesday, allowing it to depreciate beyond a key level, likely in response to President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs. Crypto analysts anticipate that the yuan’s depreciation could favor bitcoin (BTC), drawing parallels to similar events from a decade ago. Early Tuesday, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) set the so-called daily yuan fix at 7.2038 per dollar on Tuesday, the weakest since September. The yuan isn’t a free float currency like the USD, euro and other G-7 nations and is allowed to trade in a range of 2% on either side of…
Software company Janover announced Tuesday that it had acquired 80,567 Solana (SOL) for approximately $10.5 million. This marked the firm’s third SOL buy under its digital treasury plan, and it was revealed after its stock hit an all-time high of nearly $66 at market close Monday, per Yahoo Finance data. Shares edged lower ahead of the market open today, but they’re still up more than 1,200% so far this year. The new acquisition boosts Janover’s SOL stash to around 163,651 units, worth approximately $21 million. The purchase was funded through the company’s recently completed $42 million financing round. Janover plans…
Ethereum NFT and gaming project CyberKongz said Tuesday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ended its investigation into the project, adding to the growing list of concluded investigations from the regulator since the shift to a more crypto-friendly administration under President Donald Trump. The project, which said that it had been in contact with the Commission for at least two years, announced the receipt of a Wells notice from the regulator in December. A Wells notice informs recipients that the SEC is considering taking enforcement action against them, but now that investigation has ended without findings or…
A trader who nailed the Bitcoin market top earlier this year believes BTC will witness a period of falling prices in the coming months. Pseudonymous analyst Bluntz tells his 318,000 followers on the social media platform X that he thinks Bitcoin is already in a bear market that will last about two years. The trader shares a chart suggesting that he arrived at that time frame by measuring the length of the most recent Bitcoin bull market, which he says lasted from December 2022 to January 2025. “Time-wise will probably last into 2027 in my opinion, give or take 25%.”…
Tether, the global giant of digital assets and leading stablecoin issuer, announced a significant strategic investment in Fizen Limited, a fintech company at the forefront of self-custody crypto wallets and digital payments. The operation represents a significant step in the shared mission of the two companies: to make transactions in stablecoin more accessible, secure, and intuitive for users and businesses around the world. The collaboration between Tether and Fizen lays the foundation for a future in which cryptocurrencies are no longer niche instruments, but payment solutions integrated into daily life, capable of bridging the gap between blockchain technologies and the…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is resisting a request from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to gain read and write access to specific agency records. According to individuals familiar with the matter, DOGE member Eliezer Mishory asked Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda to let him review and modify internal staff emails, personnel files, contracts, and payment systems. Bloomberg reported that SEC leadership, including Uyeda, has pushed back on the request. It is not clear if Mishory or anyone on the DOGE team has been allowed to view or edit the data in question. As the country’s top securities…
Odious financial commentator Peter Schiff took a sarcastic jab at Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor after the latter tweeted that one Bitcoin equals one Bitcoin following the recent market crash. “Correct, and that’s all it equals,” Schiff quipped in response to the maximalist mantra. Schiff has long argued that the largest cryptocurrency has no intrinsic value. During the most recent stock market sell-off, Schiff repeatedly pointed out that the leading cryptocurrency cannot act as a store of value due to its correlation with stocks. “Gold can exist as a store of value, safe haven, and inflation hedge. Bitcoin can exist as…
The competition for stablecoin dominance is entering a third phase and companies such as Tether, issuer of the largest token, and Circle, the No. 2, are setting up their positions as the industry faces increased regulation in the form of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regime and U.S. legislation that is working its way through Congress, according to digital asset cryptography and custody specialists Fireblocks. This latest stage will feature banks, large and small, as well as incumbent payment firms that are weighing up the best way to integrate the tokens into their existing businesses, according to…
The popular line in D.C. these days is that 2025 is the most important year crypto policy will ever have. Federal agencies are reshaping their digital asset policies at a mile a minute; foundational crypto bills are sprinting through both chambers of Congress; meanwhile, the president continues to enact policies the industry has craved for years. In response, backers of the world’s biggest blockchains have rushed to set up specialized shops in Washington, to make the most of crypto’s big moment. At the start of the year, the Bitcoin Policy Institute—which previously had only three full-time staff members—tripled in size…