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The XRP Ledger (XRPL) community has long wondered what happened to the first 32,569 ledger entries. With permanent record-keeping only starting at ledger 32,570, those early blocks have been missing from public view for years — and critics have not let that go unnoticed. For some, the missing data has fueled claims that Ripple, a crypto company which leverages XRP in its operations, or the XRPL development team, may have deliberately wiped early transactions, possibly to hide activity or gain an advantage. It is often cited in arguments that XRP is not truly decentralized and that Ripple has too much…

Caroline Pham, the acting chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures and Trading Commission, has openly discussed an intention to leave the commission once she’s permanently replaced, people familiar with her plans have said, leaving significant questions about the future track of agency policy. If President Donald Trump’s nominee for the chairmanship, former Commissioner Brian Quintenz, is confirmed by the Senate to take the job, the departure of Republican Pham could coincide with the planned exit of fellow Republican Commissioner Summer Mersinger to run the Blockchain Association. Who’s left? The new Republican chairman — who served as a policy head for…

Several exchanges including Binance and Korean platform Coinone have listed NEXPACE (NXPC), leading to a 115% surge in the token’s value on the back of $1 billion in trading volume in the first three hours of trading. NEXPACE is a PC role-playing game that features on-chain item ownership. It is the the blockchain arm of South Korean video game developer Nexon. Binance Alpha users that have accumulated 187 Alpha points can claim 198 NXPC, worth $629 at current prices. Points are accrued by holding crypto tokens on the Binance exchange or in the Binance wallet. Binance’s Alpha product is a…

Over the past two weeks, bitcoin (BTC) has significantly outperformed gold (XAU), and the bullish trend could intensify further. This outlook is supported by bullish developments in the bitcoin-to-gold ratio, which measures BTC’s USD price against gold’s USD price per ounce and easing U.S.-China trade tensions. Recently, the ratio broke out of an inverse head-and-shoulders pattern, a classic bottoming formation characterized by a large trough flanked by two smaller ones, with a trendline connecting the recoveries between troughs. The breakout indicates bearish-to-bullish trend change, signaling further bitcoin outperformance. Last week, the ratio topped the trendline, and technical analysis suggests it…

Just days after DeGods founder Frank (aka Rohun Vora) said he was stepping away from the CEO role, a total of 16 DeGods NFTs from his Solana wallet were sold into open marketplace bids—a move he confirmed came from an attacker via a compromised trading laptop. The malicious actor was able to obtain more than 108 SOL, or nearly $19,000, for the stolen NFTs, which included a DeGod with a mythical helmet—one of the rarest traits in the collection.  Some traders on X (formerly Twitter) were quick to suspect that Frank was selling off his DeGods assets after announcing his…

Cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez (known on the X social media platform as @ali_charts) has shared recent on-chain data, showing an astounding cumulative movement of nearly 1,000,000 ETH coins over the past 30 days. Almost 1,000,000 ETH absorbed by whales The Glassnode chart shared by Ali in his tweet shows the overall ETH supply stored by centralized crypto exchanges. According to it, from April 6 to now, this overall Ethereum amount has seen a drastic decline from 18,015,519 ETH to 17,097,203. Thus, nearly one million coins have been withdrawn from exchanges. These withdrawals aligned with the Ethereum price gradually rising from…

IOTA will complete a major network transformation on May 5, 2025, launching the Rebased mainnet at an official launch ceremony. The event will mark the transition from the Stardust protocol to a delegated Proof-of-Stake (dPoS) structure. Thirteen Genesis validators will perform the initial steps to activate the new network, including validating and migrating all ledger data from the old system. The decision to migrate was made through a community vote and is being coordinated to minimize downtime and maintain full asset integrity during the migration. The launch of Rebased will mark a major change to IOTA’s architecture. The move toward…

Today, in New Hampshire, USA, the State Senate will meet to vote on the bill that prohibits the regulation of crypto mining. Proposed by Representative Keith Ammon, bill 639 is designed to protect individuals who can conduct cryptocurrency mining from home. New Hampshire and the bill that prohibits the regulation of crypto mining New Hampshire: the proposal on “free” crypto mining criticized by environmentalists The situation outside the USA New Hampshire and the bill that prohibits the regulation of crypto mining In the US State of New Hampshire, the Senate legislators are about to vote on the bill that prohibits…

Coinbase, the leading US crypto exchange valued at a little over $67 billion, is being roundly mocked online for its introduction of a four-hour trading candle on its price charts. The firm’s Coinbase Advanced branch announced the feature on Wednesday and teased that weekly and monthly price candles are in the works. “You asked, we shipped,” it said. However, the post quickly attracted backlash from X users unimpressed at the idea of a prominent exchange only just deciding to add what they regard as rather basic features. Read more: Coinbase claims the token Base just launched isn’t actually a token…

After a ferocious breakout from the $2,000 range, the Ethereum price is currently trading at $2,585, pulling back modestly after facing resistance around $2,710. On the 4-hour chart, ETH is consolidating inside a downward-sloping channel as bulls protect the $2,560-$2,570 zone, which coincides with the 20-EMA and the Bollinger midline. This area acts as dynamic support for now. ETHUSD price dynamics ( Source: TradingView) On higher timeframes, the breakout above $2,400 triggered a vertical rally, pushing prices above the 0.5 Fibonacci retracement at $2,745 (from the $4,100–$1,385 range). While Ethereum price today has slightly cooled, the upside structure remains intact…