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Nicolas Julia, CEO of fantasy sports crypto platform Sorare, said he hasn’t lost faith in Ethereum despite its plan to migrate to Solana — a move he has described as an “upgrade.” Last Thursday, Sorare announced that it would migrate from Ethereum after six years, capitalizing on Solana’s scalability and consumer-focused user base. The company will move over 10 sports games and their trading cards to Solana. “It’s not a replacement, it’s an upgrade,” Sorare said at the time. Julia later explained to Cointelegraph that Solana is the most viable chain as it leads the fantasy sports crypto vertical in…

The US market looks like a crypto powerhouse, but in reality, only a small fraction of American investors have material crypto exposure. Recent data shows most investments still go toward traditional assets. American investors have limited crypto exposure, when it comes to material allocations. A new Bank of America survey, cited by the Kobeissi Letter, notes over 75% of investors have no exposure to crypto. The USA is a powerhouse of transactions and institutional activity, but crypto ownership is comparatively low | Source: Triple-A The data matches a previous Gallup survey, showing only 14% of American investors held crypto, and…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has long been a key player in regulating the financial markets, and its recent push for an “innovation exemption” signals a new direction for the digital asset sector. Confirmed by a CoinDesk report, SEC Chair Paul Atkins has outlined plans to formalize this exemption by the end of 2025, aiming to provide more regulatory clarity for crypto firms. Innovation Exemption: A Step Towards Supporting Crypto Innovation In his remarks, SEC Chair Paul Atkins has expressed a commitment to creating an “innovation exemption” that would enable firms in the crypto space to experiment more…

The biggest liquidation event in crypto history took place on Friday, with over $19 billion worth of positions getting rekt in just 24 hours, according to CoinGlass. In the days since, industry experts have undertaken a postmortem on the chaos—and the rise in leverage has been highlighted as a potential risk to the crypto market’s long-term health.  The surge in popularity in Hyperliquid, a decentralized exchange that specializes in perpetual futures trading, has made leverage in crypto more accessible than ever before, leading to rival exchanges competing over their leverage offerings. Some experts believe this is creating systemic risk, with…

Kadena, the scalable Layer-1 Proof-of-Work blockchain, today announced a partnership with tokenization specialist Brickken to bring institutional-grade real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure to its Chainweb EVM network. The collaboration combines Kadena’s technical scalability with Brickken’s compliance-driven tokenization tools to accelerate enterprise blockchain adoption. Building compliant tokenization for institutional use Under the collaboration, Kadena and Brickken plan to tokenize an initial $10 million in real-world assets as part of the testnet launch, with a full mainnet rollout expected in 2026. The initiative comes amid forecasts that as much as $16 trillion in assets could be tokenized by the end of the decade.…

For years, XRP has been one of the most traded cryptocurrencies in the world. But it’s remained stuck mostly outside of DeFi. While tokens like Ethereum and Solana built entire ecosystems of decentralized lending, staking, and yield farming, XRP holders weren’t so lucky. That’s because the XRP Ledger (XRPL), though fast and efficient for payments, doesn’t support smart contracts. Flare Network wants to close that gap. Built as an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, Flare brings programmability to non-smart-contract assets like XRP, Bitcoin, and Dogecoin. And at the heart of this new connection is FXRP. It’s a token that mirrors XRP…

The price of Ether has nowhere to go but up, according to an analyst, with 40% of Ether now out of circulation amid record institutional demand. “Ethereum has never experienced a market cycle with all three supply vacuums active at once,” said analyst “Crypto Gucci” on Tuesday. Crypto Gucci noted that digital asset treasuries (DATs) did not exist in the last market cycle. Over the past few months, DATs have amassed a whopping 5.9 million ETH, worth around $24 billion and equivalent to 4.9% of the total supply, according to StrategicEthReserve. These entities will hold the asset for long-term yields.…

Key Takeaways The European Central Bank (ECB) is targeting a mid-2029 timeline for potentially launching the digital euro, their proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC). The digital euro is intended to function as an electronic equivalent to cash for daily transactions throughout the eurozone. The European Central Bank, the central bank responsible for monetary policy in the 20 eurozone countries, is targeting mid-2029 for a potential release of its digital euro, according to Executive Board member Piero Cipollone. The timeline represents a concrete milestone for the proposed central bank digital currency that would serve as an electronic version of euro…

Estonia has recently adopted an unprecedented strategy to counter financial support for Russian military operations in Ukraine. A cryptocurrency investor was forced to donate a sum of 1,638 euros to a Ukrainian organization, after sending 54 euros to a pro-Russian group.The decision, made by the State Prosecutor’s Office, represents an example of how the Baltic country is refining its legal tools to respond to the challenges posed by the current international scenario. The Case: Crypto Donations and the Reaction of Estonian Authorities Transfers Under the Lens The Intervention of the Prosecutor and the Choice of Opportunity An Exemplary Penalty: Donation…

In a passive-aggressive social media exchange, the leaders of Coinbase and Binance seized the opportunity to critique each other’s distinct approaches to token listing standards. The core of the dispute involved Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak, who criticized Binance’s high listing fees, and Binance’s Changpeng Zhao, who fired back by questioning Coinbase’s failure to list BNB. Ironically, Coinbase announced the listing of BNB today. Listing Fees and Ecosystem Rivalry Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak and Binance’s Changpeng Zhao (CZ) publicly clashed on social media today, trading indirect jabs over their respective exchanges’ token listing standards. It all started when a Base developer turned to…