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SentismAI Taps AGIX to Advance DeFi and AI Integration

DeFiSep 24

SentismAI, a popular Web3 platform merging DeFi and AI, has collaborated with AGIX, a renowned AI agent marketplace. The partnership is aimed at combining the AI and DeFi applications for the establishment of more efficient and smarter on-chain solutions. As per SentismAI’s official social media announcement, the development is set to deliver a next-gen, inclusive forum to redefine the decentralized financial experience. Hence, the users can expect access to cutting-edge AI-led tools, enhanced opportunities for token holders and communities, and seamless integration. 🚀 SentismAI 🤝 AGIX We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with @0xAgix! This collaboration marks a big step…

Ethereum Top Holders Slash Holdings, Sparking $4,000 Breakdown Fears

EthereumSep 24

Leading altcoin Ethereum has struggled over the past week, shedding nearly 10% of its value as bearish sentiment grips the market. On-chain data shows that the top investors have reduced their holdings as the coin battles a lackluster performance. With this trend, ETH faces mounting headwinds that could drag its price below the critical $4,000 level. Top Investors Dump ETH, Raising Short-Term Breakdown Fears Data from Nansen shows that the ETH balance of the top 100 largest wallets has dipped by 10% in the past week. For token TA and market updates: Want more token insights like this? Sign up…

Stay Away from Saylor's Strategy as Far Away as Possible

RegulationSep 24

Prominent angel investor Jason Calacanis has recommended that investors stay as far away as possible from Michael Saylor’s Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy). Calacanis claims that investors should simply get exposure to Bitcoin instead. Vocal Strategy bear The latest bearish statement, with his earlier criticism of the biggest Bitcoin treasury firm. As reported by U.Today, Calacanis previously opined that Strategy is supposed to be trading at a discount relative to its net asset value (NAV). Moreover, the early Uber investor previously argued that Saylor’s aggressive Bitcoin accumulation is actually damaging for the Bitcoin brand. In his most recent social media post, Calacanis…

Bithumb and WLFI sign global DeFi MOU: retail and stablecoin

DeFiSep 24

Bithumb and WLFI, the crypto enterprise linked to the Trump family (Reuters), announce the signing of an MOU to explore cross-border DeFi products, focusing on retail adoption, interoperability, and stablecoin integration, alongside talks with Circle. Recent market analyses indicate the central role of stablecoins in cross-border flows and digital payments, with volumes, depending on the token and period, measured in trillions of dollars monthly Chainalysis. The partnership between Bithumb and World Liberty Financial (WLFI) takes shape with a DeFi MOU designed to explore cross-border products and strengthen retail crypto adoption. The agreement, signed in Seoul, aims to combine exchange infrastructure…

Cracking Ethereum’s networking bottleneck

EthereumSep 24

Optimum’s new propagation layer promises to reshape Ethereum’s validator economics, starting with better performance and higher staking yield, but pointing toward future protocol upgrades like shorter slot times. Powered by Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC), the system — called mumP2P — is already showing major gains on Ethereum’s Hoodi testnet. Early tests by validator giant Everstake confirm a 5–6x speedup over today’s standard Gossipsub relay. Running mumP2P, “right now an average block propagation time is like 150 milliseconds,” Everstake CEO Bohdan “Bo” Opryshko told Blockworks. For large validator sets, Opryshko emphasized, those speed gains aren’t cosmetic: “If somebody can transfer…

The future of African finance isn’t banks, it’s tokenization

RegulationSep 24

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. 360 million adults in Sub-Saharan Africa don’t have access to any bank account — roughly 17% of the global unbanked population concentrated in a single continent. What’s more, Africa’s top ten banks averaged $867 million in profit in 2024 — yet, they only served the elite, while the rest of the population remained completely locked out. Summary Banks failed Africa — chasing profits while leaving 360M people unbanked. Mobile money has already proved that Africans adopt digital…

Bybit Taps DMZ Finance and QNB Group to Accept Collateral in $QCDT

ExchangesSep 24

Bybit, a prominent centralized crypto exchange, has collaborated with DMZ Finance, a popular fintech platform, and QNB Group, a Qatar-based financial institution. As a part of this collaboration, Bybit intends to accept $QCDT in the form of collateral. As the official social media announcement from Bybit reveals, the partnership attempts to incorporate $QCDT. $QCDT is the earliest DFSA-authorized tokenized money market fund (MMF). Keeping this in view, the development is poised to bridge conventional finance with digital assets. Bybit Accepts $QCDT as Collateral Asset in Partnership with DMZ Finance and QNB Group In partnership with DMZ Finance and QNB Group,…

Liquidium launches native liquid staking framework for Bitcoin Runes protocol tokens

DeFiSep 24

The Liquidium Foundation has released a liquid staking framework for Rune-based tokens operating on Bitcoin’s layer-1 network. The protocol enables users to stake tokens while maintaining their native Bitcoin format, using Internet Computer’s chain fusion technology for wallet security. The framework initially supports staking of Liquidium’s LIQ tokens, which follow the Runes standard developed for Bitcoin. Users receive liquid sLIQ tokens representing their staked positions, allowing them to continue trading while earning rewards. The open-source protocol design permits third-party developers to integrate additional Runes-based assets. Staking rewards derive from protocol revenue rather than token inflation. Liquidium allocates 30% of daily…

Buy the Dip? ETH Hits Key Support as Q4 Rally Looms

EthereumSep 24

TL;DR Ethereum holds $4,100 support while falling wedge and Wyckoff setup hint at strong upside potential. Price compression near 20-week MA builds, with eyes on $3,550–$3,750 as key dip zone. ETH Q4 rallies in 2017 and 2020 suggest seasonal strength may repeat in late 2025. Pullback Tests Support as Compression Builds Ethereum (ETH) is trading near $4,200 after a sharp decline from recent highs close to $4,950. The correction puts the asset down nearly 20% from its peak. Despite the drop, some market participants are watching key price levels as potential areas of interest. Michaël van de Poppe, a market…

The Fed's Critical Interest Rate Decision Is Just Around the Corner! 107 Top Economists Reveal Their Predictions for How Much the Fed Will Cut...

RegulationSep 24

The FED has been pausing the interest rate cuts it started with 50 basis points in September of last year, since January 2025. The Fed, which left interest rates unchanged until 2025, citing tariff tensions fueled by US President Donald Trump, is expected to begin cutting interest rates again in September. At this point, with only a few days left until the FED announces its September interest rate decision, it is almost certain that it will cut interest rates. At this point, a 25 basis point cut by the FED is priced in at 92.7%, while a 50 basis point…