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Solana is ratcheting up testing of Firedancer, the highly anticipated software upgrade that promises to vastly increase the blockchain’s processing speed. By the end of this week, Solana’s core developers want a “super majority” of processing power on the chain’s low-stakes test network to run through Frankendancer, an early version of Firedancer, according to messages in Solana’s technical Discord server. The call-to-action to Solana’s validators — those who run computers that power the network — marks Firedancer’s biggest test yet. The upgrade has been in the works since 2022, when the chain frequently faltered, and is seen as a boost…
BNB Chain has announced an upgrade for 2025, aiming to enhance transaction speed, streamline user experience, and refine developer tools. The blockchain network also plans to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) across various aspects of its ecosystem. Faster Transactions and Gasless Payments Changpeng Zhao, co-founder and former CEO of Binance, confirmed the plans in a February 11 X post highlighting that it will introduce faster block times, gasless transactions, and new AI integration. According to an accompanying blog post, the 2025 upgrade aims to reduce transaction latency by lowering block times from three seconds to sub-second speeds while maintaining high throughput.…
The United States could acquire up to 400,000 Bitcoins in 2025, according to Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group. Green, known for his bullish crypto predictions, believes this Strategic Bitcoin Reserve would cement Bitcoin (BTC) as a cornerstone of U.S. financial policy and drive an unprecedented bull market, according to a note shared with crypto.news. Green’s forecast follows Senator Cynthia Lummis’ Bitcoin Act of 2024, which proposes acquiring one million Bitcoins over five years. While political negotiations may scale back the initial target, Green says it is “likely” the govenment will acquire between 300,000 and 400,000 Bitcoins. “This is more…
As Bitcoin takes a sudden dive to the $95,000 mark, Ethereum is back at $2,600 while the underlying demand holds Ethereum and projects a potential bounce back. Further, the rising demand for Ethereum at the institutional level is projecting a massive impending rally. Will short-term stability in the crypto market drive Ethereum back to the $3,000 mark? Let’s find out. Ethereum Analysis Hints At Triangle Breakout Rally In the 4-hour chart, ETH price action reveals a symmetrical triangle pattern. Currently, the negative cycle within the triangle pattern, with two consecutive bearish candles, tests the local support trendline. Ethereum price chart…
In an exciting day for cryptocurrency markets, several tokens recorded significant price jumps on January 8, 2025. These daily gainers, highlighted by the Phoenix Group’s detailed chart, reflect strong market momentum and investor confidence in a variety of altcoins. Among the leaders, $COAI saw the highest price surge, up 63.8%, followed by $EDGE, which rose 45.1%. These gains, alongside impressive increases for other projects, signify a promising outlook for certain cryptocurrencies. DAILY GAINERS$COAI +63.8% $EDGE +45.1% $POLS +26.6% $FIRO +22.9% $XPRT +20.8% $LFT +17.5% $IQ +15.3% $ESE +12.5% $ORA +10.9% $FLIP +8.0%#dailygainers pic.twitter.com/Jiler0kVxp — PHOENIX – Crypto News & Analytics…
DePIN Union is excited to announce its strategic collaboration with Voltix, redefining the future of decentralized computing. This partnership aims to create an ecosystem full of efficient and decentralized computing. It further strives to give individuals and businesses opportunities to leverage underutilized computational resources. 🚀 DePIN Union x Voltix: Powering Decentralized Computing!Excited to announce our partnership with @VoltixAI, a next-gen decentralized computing platform transforming idle CPU power into valuable resources for AI training & high-performance computing. Built on Solana, #Voltix… pic.twitter.com/5RnuoQs02I — DePIN Union (@DePIN_Union) February 12, 2025 DePIN Union, a decentralized physical infrastructure network, witnesses the alliance through its…
The long-running Bitcoin price bull run faces a major risk as U.S. Treasury yields climb to their highest levels in months. Bitcoin (BTC) has enjoyed a strong rally over the past few years, surging from its 2022 lows to a record high of $108,000 in December. The cryptocurrency has benefited from multiple tailwinds, including rising ETF inflows, which now total over $35 billion. Companies like Semler Scientific, MicroStrategy, and Marathon have continued accumulating more Bitcoin. At the same time, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty and hash rate have reached record highs. Balances on exchanges have fallen to multi-year lows, creating favorable supply…
The Ethereum community has been in turmoil over the past few weeks, with members raising the alarm that the chain will lose its competitive edge if it doesn’t address some core design issues. A key focus of the outrage has been layer-2 fragmentation. In recent years, Ethereum has embraced a layer-2 scaling roadmap—a plan that encouraged the development of third-party auxiliary networks called “layer-2 rollups”—to help scale the base Ethereum ecosystem. Offloading activity to these upstart networks has helped bring down fees and improve speeds for end-users, but it has led to a massive, deeply fragmented ecosystem of layer 2s.…
The dominance of Pump.fun shows no signs of slowing down. The leading token launch platform is now responsible for over 50% of new token launches. Pump.fun remains the dominant path of creating tokens. What looked like a fad in 2024 turned into a fixture for the 2025 crypto market. In the past weeks, Pump.fun once again surpassed other token creation hubs, including platforms for AI agent tokens. The launchpad is being used for multiple new trends, including the launch of official celebrity tokens or even allegedly official country tokens. Pump.fun retained its dominance, producing over 50% of newly launched tokens…
Only three categories of tokens stood out with total gains in the past 30 days – AI agents, AI memes, and tokens from the Pump.fun ecosystem. Data from Alphanomics shows that despite the accumulation of other tokens, they are still underperforming as attention shifted to the hottest trends. AI agent tokens are the best performers for the past 30 days of trading, marking the peak of a trend that only started at the end of 2024. The collection of AI agent tokens grew by 71.7% on average, driven by the top projects that gained the biggest share of attention. The…