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The gaming ecosystem Versus has joined the Ice Open Network ecosystem by announcing its partnership with the blockchain network. Online+, the rapidly growing social ecosystem of Ice blockchain, will now be accessible to Versus as well. Through this strategic collaboration, the joint venture will transform the Web3 gaming and social integration. Versus disclosed this integration through its official social media platform, X account 🚀 We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with @ice_blockchain and their fast-growing social ecosystem – Online+! ❄️🌐Online+ is a dynamic Web3 hub for digital explorers of all kinds – and now, Versus is joining the party!🕹💬This partnership…

An XRP community researcher recently drew attention to dated statements from investment banking giant Morgan Stanley, which praised Ripple as a suitable alternative to SWIFT. This assessment was highlighted by @SMQKEDQG and was published in an academic review from Boston University’s Review of Banking & Financial Law (Vol. 36). Notably, Morgan Stanley’s original recognition came in its publication titled “Blockchain in Banking: Disruptive Threat or Tool?” A Faster, Safer, and Cheaper Path Forward According to the journal, Morgan Stanley noted that adopting a “Ripple-like payment system” could reduce settlement times, accelerate transactions, and lower fraud risks. These enhancements target long-standing…

Element, a Web3 marketplace for NFTs, is excited to announce its official launch on Abstract to take a remarkable step forward for decentralized tech. Abstract aims to enable high-performance, developer-friendly, and scalable decentralized applications (dApps). This partnership strives to expand the ecosystem of Element while empowering Abstract’s vision. 💚Element x Abstract💚🎉We’re excited to announce that Element Market is now officially live on Abstract!🟢@AbstractChain is a next-generation modular blockchain designed to power a new wave of decentralized applications.🙌Starting today, explore Abstract directly on… pic.twitter.com/qb0Tsb0HEa — Element NFT Marketplace (@Element_Market) May 6, 2025 Element Integrates with Abstract with Better Outreach The launch…

Bitcoin’s price seems to be on the verge of hitting the coveted $100K level ahead of this weekend’s meeting between representatives of the United States and China. BTC Eyes $100K At the time of this writing, BTC’s price is trading above $99,000, currently sitting in an area of considerable resistance, as seen in the chart below. The cryptocurrency is up almost 3% on the day and around 5% on the week. The derivatives market is also cooling down. Liquidations have decreased by more than 7% in the past 24 hours, currently standing just shy of $300 billion, predominently occupied by…

Jumper Exchange, a well-known decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, has announced a new partnership with SeamlessFi P2P lending platform and Morpho Labs decentralized lending firm. The collaboration aims to offer DeFi vaults that offer high-APY opportunity for a limited time. The platform revealed this development on its official social media account. We’ve teamed up with @MorphoLabs and @SeamlessFi to bring you a high-APY, limited-spot opportunity over the next 30 days that you won’t want to miss 🔥Here’s the breakdown: – Min deposit: $5K– Max cap: $10K per wallet to earn the boosted APY– Seamless WETH Vault (600… pic.twitter.com/lEElDHqTmJ — Jumper (@JumperExchange) May…

Crypto analyst van de Poppe sees strong buying interest returning at reclaimed support zone. Ethereum bounces back from key support, aims for $2,100 in coming weeks. Fidelity’s Ethereum ETF sees $17.9 million outflow, raising short-term liquidity concerns. Despite ETF outflows, Ethereum trades at $1,831 with recent 3.34% price increase. Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has started to rise after a long period of steady prices. Popular crypto expert Michael van de Poppe believes Ethereum is showing signs of recovery and could reach $2,100 in the next few weeks. But what’s behind this prediction, especially when Ethereum’s ETF saw…

U.S. stocks closed higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged and Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged growing uncertainty surrounding the economic outlook. The S&P 500 edged up 0.43%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.27% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 284 points, or 0.7%. Disney helped lift the Dow after reporting better-than-expected earnings and a surprise jump in Disney+ streaming subscribers. As expected, the Fed left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a range of 4.25%-4.5%, where it has been since December. However, the tone of the post-meeting statement and Powell’s press conference pointed to growing concerns…

This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. As Solana continues to cement itself as the most performant layer-1 blockchain by speed and cost, some crypto developers have gained an interest in using the technology underpinning Solana to launch new blockchains of their own. To wit, there are around two dozen of these Solana Virtual Machine chains — counting layer-1s, layer-2s built on various other blockchains, and application-specific chains. But for simplicity’s sake, here are the layer-1s trying to out-Solana Solana: Fogo Fogo is a forthcoming layer-1 that says it wants to push the SVM’s…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The recent crypto market pullback may have caught many off guard, but it also did something useful—it forced the DeFi community to talk about an important topic we usually ignore in a bull market hype: risk management. You might also like: DeFi needs more interoperability, not apps or infra | Opinion In March 2025, Hyperliquid—one of the most respected DeFi platforms—was rocked by two market manipulation events. One was a massive long position on Ethereum (ETH), the…

The New York State Attorney General asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to openly declare Ethereum’s ether (ETH) was a security, not a commodity, during the state’s prosecution of KuCoin in 2023, according to a document revealed by Coinbase Inc. in a trove of agency communications released on Wednesday. Shamiso Maswoswe, chief of the Investor Protection Bureau for the New York AG, hoped the federal watchdog would weigh in during the court dispute by filing a brief on its ETH view, according to a document produced through a Freedom of Information Act request Coinbase filed with the SEC. “We…