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Folks Finance, a notable non-custodial DeFi platform delivering financial tools regarding digital assets, has announced the adoption of Chainlink CCIP. By integrating Chainlink CCIP, Folks Finance endeavors to handle liquidity fragmentation and offer unified liquidity for cross-chain operations. The platform took to social media to reveal this integration. Folks Finance has adopted the @chainlink standard to solve DeFi’s most significant challenges: liquidity & UX fragmentation.CCIP enables users on Folks to deposit on one chain and borrow on another—all from a single account with unified liquidity.Folks Finance is now one of… https://t.co/Pp3TyTPFun pic.twitter.com/nQuaoWCDIV — Folks Finance (@FolksFinance) April 22, 2025 Folks…
Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest smart contracts platform, is set to undergo a crucial tech design upgrade. With EIP 7907, “Meter Contract Code Size And Increase Limit” now being considered for implementation, Ethereum (ETH) becomes more developer friendly than ever before. Ethereum (ETH) approves EIP 7907: Why is this crucial for developer experience? Ethereum Improvement Proposal 7907, which radically increases the limit of smart contract size in Ethereum (ETH), is being considered for inclusion in the Fusaka hardfork. It means that as soon as this year, Ethereum’s (ETH) contract size might be pushed to 256 kB. EIP-7907 was just approvedIt…
While bitcoin and ether recorded modest gains on Saturday, the meme coin sector climbed 2% over the past 24 hours, led by official trump (TRUMP), which gained 8.8%. TRUMP, WZRD, and AIC Shine Money has poured into the meme coin sector this weekend, propelling its aggregate market cap 2% higher to $49 billion. The two largest meme coins by market capitalization, dogecoin (DOGE) and shiba inu (SHIB), slipped 0.6% and 0.2%, respectively. By contrast, Pepe (PEPE) gained 1.5%, and official trump (TRUMP) added 8.6%. Official melania (MELANIA) coin, however, registered only a 0.12% uptick over the past day, far less…
Crypto exchange KuCoin will list the ZORA token (ZORA) on its Spot Trading platform on April 23. Trading for the ZORA/USDT pair will begin tomorrow at 13:00 UTC. Deposits for the token are already live via the Base network (as an ERC-20 compatible token), allowing KuCoin users to prepare before trading starts. Withdrawals will open the following day. Zora Launch Time and Trading Details Preceding the open trading, ZORA will undergo a call auction period on April 23 from 12:00 to 13:00 UTC. This process helps establish a fair opening market price by matching buy and sell orders before continuous…
Crypto Analyst Issues Urgent Bitcoin Alert, Says BTC ‘Definitely’ Primed To Go Lower – Here Are His Targets
A widely followed cryptocurrency analyst and trader believes that Bitcoin (BTC) is not yet out of the woods despite rising from a 2025 low of around $74,000. The analyst, pseudonymously known as the Flow Horse, tells his 267,200 followers on the social media platform X that he believes Bitcoin will revisit price levels below $80,000. But the trader says the current Bitcoin bounce could take BTC above $90,000 before his expected leg down ensues. “Think BTC definitely visit $70,000s again. Think a good trade that I would almost certainly sell is if price can remain bid at $88,000. That probably…
Telegram is fast becoming one of the world’s most effective crypto onboarding tools. With its mini-app ecosystem, wallet integrations, and large user base of 1 billion people, it turns even casual users into crypto participants without the friction commonly seen on traditional platforms. Much of this growing activity is powered by The Open Network (TON), which supports the network’s decentralized operations. Within this growing ecosystem, STON.fi stands out as one of TON’s most active and impactful DeFi projects. This detailed guide explores STON.fi’s features, ecosystem impact, and how it’s playing a key role in the growth of DeFi. In this…
Ethereum has responded to a critical daily support level with a strong bounce, offering a glimmer of hope for bulls. However, price action remains within a larger range, and the path to recovery depends on structural confirmation and volume support. Ethereum recently found support at the key daily level of $1,550 after undergoing a steep and aggressive sell-off. This level has historically acted as a strong area of interest, and price reacted accordingly, printing a sharp 10% bounce to the upside. While this move looks promising in isolation, it’s important to note that it occurred within a broader bearish market…
Ripple (XRP) Network Activity Declines, Whales Withdraw XRP from Exchanges – What Does It Mean? Analyst Shares Expected Price Movement
Cryptocurrency analytics firm CryptoQuant has released a remarkable assessment of Ripple (XRP). According to the firm’s data, activity on the XRP Ledger has fallen by 80% since its peak in December, reaching unprecedented lows in recent months. This decline is not limited to on-chain data. A similar decline is also observed in the XRP futures market. There has been a decrease of approximately 70% in open interest, with these levels last seen in November 2023. In addition, funding rates are also in a downward trend and have turned negative at times. According to CryptoQuant’s assessment, XRP’s estimated leverage ratio is…
Hyperlane launched on April 22 and identified the highest average user revenue of 200 without sharing participants’ data. PumpBTC and StakeStone were top performers in early April TGEs both in terms of participation and the achieved market caps. Binance Wallet has postponed the implementation of a unified upgrade and its $5 million airdrop for enhancement. Recent Binance Wallet Token Generation Events (TGEs) paint a picture of the massive acceptance of multiple Web3 projects despite the delay in the Binance wallet’s relaunch. As reported by Phoenix Group, PumpBTC ($PUMP) took the most active part, with 406,000 BNB invested and more than…
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) was declining as it is rejected at the high of $86,000. Now BTC is making another attempt. Previously buyers failed to sustain the positive momentum above the moving averages. Bitcoin price long-term prediction: bullish Bitcoin price would have reached a high of $95,000 if the buyers had been successful. The bears are about to break below the 50-day SMA today. However, Bitcoin will fall to the low of $80,000 if it breaks below the moving average lines. The downtrend will continue until it reaches the $78,000 level. If the downtrend continues today, the price of…