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$3.62B Already Sold in 2025

While non-fungible token (NFT) sales may not carry the same heat they once did, the NFT arena has still tallied $71.55 billion in lifetime sales since 2017. Metrics also reveal that 64.78% of those sales came from Ethereum-based NFTs. Digital Collectibles Still Command Sales Volume, but the Sector Is Morphing During the 2017 bull run, NFTs barely made a dent, with sales totaling just over $143,000, according to cryptoslam.io stats. The following year, 2018, brought $1.5 million. By 2019, sales doubled to $3.75 million, and in 2020 they climbed to a much higher $22.25 million. Then came 2021, when NFTs…

NFTAug 21

Ethereum (ETH) Price Prediction for August 14

Ethereum’s rally shows no sign of slowing as Ethereum price today trades around $4,674 after a sharp upside break this week. The move has pushed ETH to its highest point since early 2022, just below the $4,869 resistance zone that is seen on the weekly chart. Traders are keeping an eye on the bulls to see if they can keep this run going or if the rally will stop for a while to settle down. Ethereum Price Forecast Table: August 14, 2025 What’s Happening with Ethereum’s Price? ETH price dynamics (Source: TradingView) When Ethereum broke above the $4,092 resistance level…

EthereumAug 21

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific’s Third Largest Shareholder Opposes CoreWeave Deal

Two Seas Capital, the third largest shareholder in Core Scientific (CORZ) with a 6.3% stake, has come out against the bitcoin miner’s proposed all-stock acquisition by AI cloud provider CoreWeave (CRWV). In a letter published Thursday, Two Seas said it intends to vote against the deal, which was announced July 7, and plans to rally other shareholders to do the same unless significant changes are made. The opposition centers on the all-stock, uncollared nature of the transaction, which Two Seas argues unfairly favors CoreWeave and fails to reflect Core Scientific’s strategic position in high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. "The proposed sale…

RegulationAug 21

Wall Street Trade Groups Call for Rethink of Basel Crypto Standards

Major financial industry associations are demanding that global banking regulators pause sweeping crypto rules they warn will effectively bar banks from the $2.8 trillion digital asset market. Eight prominent trade groups, including the Global Financial Markets Association and the Institute of International Finance, sent a letter on Tuesday to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision demanding it "temporarily pause" implementation of crypto standards set to take effect in January 2026. The coalition warns the rules' "punitive capital treatments" will make crypto activities "uneconomical" for banks, forcing the sector to operate outside regulated financial institutions. The Basel standards, while non-binding, are…

LegalAug 21

TRL.CO Ties into Meme GoHome Token to Power Tokenized Real Estate Lending In DeFi

The Real Lifestyle (TRL), a Malaysian real estate company that tokenizes residential properties, today announced a strategic collaboration with GoHome Token, a meme coin cryptocurrency built on the Solana network. This partnership is proof that things are changing as meme coins, which traditionally lacked intrinsic value, are now being integrated into real-world assets (RWAs). Through this synergy, the two firms are powering advanced, seamless, and international access to superior real estate opportunities. By working together, TRL and GoHome Token are introducing a new approach in the decentralized finance environment by offering RWA-backed lending, concentrating on using real estate as collateral.…

DeFiAug 20

Whale holding $5.6B in ETH is selling, dumps $88M in 15 hours

The mysterious Ethereum whale collective known as “7 Siblings” has offloaded $88.2 million worth of Ether over the past 15 hours. Holding an estimated 1.21 million Ether (ETH), valued at roughly $5.6 billion, the group sold 19,461 ETH at an average price of $4,532, blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain revealed in a Wednesday post on X. Between Feb. 3 and April 7, 7 Siblings acquired 103,543 ETH for $229.7 million at an average price of $2,219. The haul included a $42.2 million purchase of 24,817 ETH at $1,700 in early April, according to data accumulated by Lookonchain. Transaction records show the…

EthereumAug 20

Robinhood sues New Jersey, Nevada over sports contract threats

The derivatives arm of trading platform Robinhood has sued regulators in Nevada and New Jersey in a bid to head off any potential enforcement action from the states over its sports event contracts. In a pair of complaints on Tuesday against Nevada and New Jersey gaming regulators and their attorneys general, Robinhood Derivatives said it started offering the event contracts in the states after federal courts earlier this year allowed prediction market Kalshi to offer the contracts. Robinhood claimed in separate lawsuits that after those rulings, Nevada and New Jersey continued trying to stop the company from offering the contracts…

LegalAug 20

Tradefi.bot Raises $20M to Deploy AI Trading Agents on Blockchain

Tradefi.bot, the AI-powered decentralized trading infrastructure, has successfully closed a $20 million funding round led by Rollman Management, marking an important milestone in its global expansion. Tradefi.bot is a non-custodial AI-powered ecosystem that allows anyone to deploy AI Trading Agents (decentralized bots) capable of executing automated strategies 24/7 on major CEXs and DEXs (including OKX, Binance, Bybit, and Bitget). The project, which is preparing its Token Generation Event (TGE) for late August or September, aims to revolutionize the way investors participate in crypto markets by merging AI, DeFi, and Web3, creating a new era of secure, automated, and scalable passive…

DeFiAug 20

Ethereum Now Bigger Than Netflix and Mastercard

Ethereum (ETH), the leading altcoin, has now surpassed leading streaming behemoth Netflix (NFLX) and payments giant Mastercard (MA) by market capitalization. It is now on the cusp of topping American multinational pharmaceutical juggernaut Eli Lilly. Ethereum's relentless rally On Tuesday, the price of ETH topped the $4,600 level for the first time since December 2021. It has now extended its rally, reaching an intraday high of $4,682 on Wednesday. The altcoin is now just inches away from reaching a new record high for the first time since November 2021. It would need to rally by roughly 5% in order to…

EthereumAug 20

CFTC Wins Summary Judgment in $228M Crypto Ponzi Case

A federal judge has ordered Eddy Alexandre and his company EminiFX to pay $228.5 million in restitution to investors who lost money in what authorities called a ‘brazen’ crypto Ponzi scheme that bilked over 25,000 people out of more than $248 million. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni granted summary judgment Tuesday in favor of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in its civil enforcement action against Alexandre. The ruling comes after Alexandre was already sentenced to nine years in federal prison last July for his role in operating the fraudulent EminiFX trading platform. Alexandre, who represented himself, opposed the CFTC's motion…

LegalAug 20