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Floki Launches $69000 Guerrilla Marketing Challenge With FlokiUltras3

Flokilaunched FlokiUltras3, the third installment of its high-energy guerrilla marketing competition, with a prize pool of $69,000 USDT. This event is a call to the Floki community to take creativity to the streets and claim their stake in crypto history. From July 14 through September 15, participants are invited to execute daring, original real-world marketing campaigns that will spread the Floki name far and wide. Image: Floki FlokiUltras3: Where Creativity Meets the Streets FlokiUltras3 invites community members to push the boundaries of traditional marketing. This is guerrilla marketing in its purest form—unexpected, attention-grabbing, and disruptive. Whether it’s a mural painted…

Altcoins

Explosive Volume Surge Recorded in 14 Altcoins on South Korean Exchanges – Here’s the List

South Korea's leading cryptocurrency exchanges Upbit and Bithumb have experienced a significant increase in trading volume for some altcoins in the last 24 hours. A notable rise was observed especially in altcoins such as XRP, Ethena (ENA) and Pudgy Penguins (PENGU). When data from various exchanges is combined, XRP is clearly at the top with a volume exceeding $430 million, while ENA and PENGU also reached a combined trading volume of over $220 million. Major coins like Ethereum (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE), and Bitcoin (BTC) were on the list with relatively lower volumes. Here are the altcoins that reached the highest…

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AI predicts Bitcoin price for August 1, 2025

Bitcoin (BTC) is likely to trade around $130,000 at the start of August, according to insights from two artificial intelligence (AI) models, driven by sustained institutional demand and supportive macroeconomic conditions. As of press time, Bitcoin was trading at $119,166, up over 2% in the past 24 hours and nearly 10% over the past week. After climbing to a record high above $123,000, the cryptocurrency slightly pulled back but is now pushing toward the $120,000 resistance level. ChatGPT predicts Bitcoin price For the outlook, both OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Grok agree the market remains firmly bullish, supported by strong inflows into…

Bitcoin

Why 'Expensive' Ethereum Will Dominate Institutional DeFi

With over 100 layer-2 (L2) blockchains, you’re excused for thinking Ethereum is too expensive and too slow. But ask any institution preparing to settle a $500 million interest rate swap where they'll build, and the answer is Ethereum. The reason reveals everything about how institutional DeFi is likely to develop. The metrics that matter for institutional adoption are entirely different to retail. While retail users flee Ethereum's transaction fees for cheaper chains, institutions will gladly pay that premium for security when moving hundreds of millions. The premium that people are willing to pay for a safe infrastructure is not an…

Ethereum

Coinbase bets on stablecoins and AI to transform global e-commerce

Coinbase is betting that stablecoins will power a new kind of economy, one where AI agents manage money, transact autonomously, and replace traditional credit and debit rails in the background. As these tools become more embedded in online commerce, consumers — and bots — may end up using them without even noticing, the exchange’s VP told crypto.news. Summary Coinbase VP Shan Aggarwal believes stablecoins will power a new economy where AI agents manage money autonomously, calling them “the native payment rails for AI agents.” The exchange is actively building tools like x402 and AgentKit to let AI agents send and…

Markets

Crypto Beast denies role in Altcoin (ALT) crash rug pull, blames snipers

The recent crash of Altcoin (ALT) showed that old-school rug pulls are still alive and well. Previously driven by influencers, the crash of ALT led the community to accuse Crypto Beast of creating hype for a risky token. Altcoin (ALT), a crypto token promoted by influencer Crypto Beast, suffered a rug pull, erasing up to 95% of holders’ value. The influencer later briefly erased the X account @cryptobeastreal. When the account came back, all the previous ALT promotions were gone without a trace. ALT launched on July 9, with a price of $0.018. Within days, the token appreciated by 10X,…

Altcoins

Bitcoin Exchange Binance Announces Listing of 4 New Altcoin Trading Pairs, Including TRY! Here Are the Details

Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced that it will add support for new trading pairs and trading bots to its platform on July 29, 2025, in an effort to enhance user experience and expand trading options. Binance Announces Support for New Trading Pairs and Trading Bots on July 29 New Trading Pairs Trading of the following trading pairs will be launched on the Binance Spot market on July 29, 2025 at 11:00 CEST: BANANAS31/TRY CVX/USDC FUN/USDC LISTA/USDC TRY is a fiat currency representing the Turkish lira and does not represent any digital asset. Trading Bots Support On the same date and…

Exchanges

Bitcoin’s minimum transaction fee just got cut by 90%

Yesterday, the stunning resolution of a prisoner’s dilemma-type impasse among bitcoin (BTC) miners suddenly slashed a standard BTC transaction minimum by 90%. It’s a staggering admission by miners and users that demand for Bitcoin blockspace has hit a new low. For years, Bitcoin Core and other node software defaulted to a minimum one satoshi per virtual byte (sat/vByte) transaction fee rate for broadcasting transactions. Although the minimum was technically user-configurable — including zero fee transactions through out-of-band payment portals like SlipStream — the one-sat threshold persisted for years as a “cheap enough” convention. Mining pool operators, happy to enforce the…

Bitcoin

BitMine puts SharpLink on notice with $2b Ether stash

BitMine accumulated $2 billion in ETH, flipping the script on SharpLink’s recent dominance, signaling an intensifying battle for Ethereum’s liquid supply. Summary BitMine has amassed 566,776 ETH worth over $2 billion, surpassing SharpLink as the top public holder of Ethereum. The rapid accumulation highlights a growing corporate race to control ETH supply and potentially influence Ethereum’s future governance. On July 24, NYSE-listed BitMine Immersion Technologies announced its Ethereum (ETH) holdings had surged past $2 billion, a staggering eightfold increase from its initial $250 million private placement just 16 days earlier. The company now controls 566,776 ETH, worth roughly $3,643 per…

Ethereum

$1.6 Billion XRP Surge: Here's What's Unfolding

XRP has recently achieved a significant milestone on the derivatives market, gaining market attention. CME-traded XRP and Micro XRP futures have crossed over $1.6 billion in total notional volume traded since their official launch, demonstrating growing demand for regulated XRP investment products. XRP futures started trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) derivatives platform in May, becoming the first regulated futures tracking the price of XRP in the U.S. $1.6b since launch. #XRP & micro XRP futures. https://t.co/PH6RZIW1tl — WrathofKahneman (@WKahneman) July 14, 2025 The launch began with two contract sizes for XRP: micro futures 2,500 XRP and standard futures…

Altcoins