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A California federal judge has certified an investor class in a securities lawsuit accusing Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang of misleading shareholders about how much of the company’s gaming revenue during the 2017-2018 crypto mining boom came from GPU sales to cryptocurrency miners. US District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. ruled in a March 25 order that investors can pursue their claims as a group, while stressing that class certification is a procedural step and does not resolve the question of whether Nvidia’s statements were fraudulent. The order defines the class as investors who bought Nvidia stock between Aug. 10,…

Ethereum, Ripple, Solana, Circle, TON, TRON and PayPal are among 21 organizations that have teamed up to back the launch of the Open Wallet Standard (OWS). OWS was open-sourced by MoonPay for local wallet storage and signing, and it’s designed to enable AI agents to capitalize on agentic payments systems like x402. Some of the largest digital asset organizations, led by the Ethereum, Solana and TRON Foundations, have partnered to launch a new wallet standard for agentic AI payments. Known as the Open Wallet Standard (OWS), it was developed by the crypto payments company MoonPay and open-sourced. It serves as…

Slide.Fun, a Web3 gamified Telegram mini app that allows users to interact with blockchain-based games and manage assets, today announced a strategic partnership with HyperSui, a non-custodial DEX platform built on the Sui blockchain, providing users with rapid swaps, predictable executions, and a strong user experience in volatile markets. Based on this collaboration, Slide.Fun takes another crucial step towards widening its ecosystem while providing its users with another sought-after DeFi platform: HyperSui’s DEX. Slide.Fun is a Telegram mini app built on the $TON blockchain, which integrates Web3 gaming products with in-game assets. The app allows players to play Web3 games…

Ethereum ($ETH) price trades near $2,130, up 3.6% today and 8.2% over the past month. The intraday bounce has drawn in whales and heavy long positioning. Yet the 8-hour chart is quietly building a pattern that could erase those gains and more. The disconnect between on-chain optimism and technical risk is the story here. Ethereum whales and leveraged traders see upside. The chart structure sees a potential 17% drop. One side will be proven wrong, and the EMA cluster sitting right at the current price will likely decide which. Whales and Derivatives Positioning Lean Heavily Bullish Ethereum whales have moved…

Investors into the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange have been busy accumulating Dogecoin ($DOGE) in the last 12 hours. As per CoinGlass data, traders have bought up to 4.5 million $DOGE worth $407,450 within this time frame. Key support keeps $DOGE’s bullish hopes alive The move suggests that Kraken traders are interested in leveraging Dogecoin’s crash in price to increase their portfolios. Notably, Dogecoin dipped as a result of forced selling from leveraged positions as long traders exited their positions. This triggered a rapid downward movement in price for traders betting bullish on the meme coin. Additionally, the broader crypto market pullback…

In a significant move that underscores growing institutional confidence in digital asset infrastructure, BlackRock has transferred 7,552 Ethereum ($ETH) valued at $16.31 million to Coinbase Prime, according to blockchain intelligence platform Arkham. This transaction, detected on March 15, 2025, represents a strategic deployment of capital through one of the cryptocurrency industry’s most established institutional gateways. The deposit follows BlackRock’s expanding involvement in digital assets, particularly through its successful iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and ongoing exploration of Ethereum-based financial products. This action provides concrete evidence of how traditional financial giants are increasingly utilizing specialized crypto-native platforms for asset management and custody.…

Clearer rules and improved technology are accelerating the convergence of traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized markets, driving established institutions into areas such as crypto derivatives, according to panelists at Consensus Hong Kong. “Regulation is really important. It gives you the rails that you need to operate in,” said Jason Urban, global co-head of digital assets at Galaxy Digital (GLXY), who took part in the “Ultimate Deriving Machine” panel. Other speakers, including executives from exchange operator ICE Futures U.S., crypto prime brokerage FalconX and investment company ARK Invest highlighted how developments in the U.S., such as the 2024 approval of spot…

Hyperliquid is generating $14M in weekly fees and leading DeFi growth, but analysts say $HYPE still trades at a discount to its fee run‑rate and CEX-style positioning. Summary Hyperliquid generated $14 million in protocol fees over seven days, up 56% week‑on‑week, while HyperEVM’s transactions grew 55% and active users 25%, making it the fastest‑growing chain by proportional activity.​ $HYPE has surged more than 600% since launch and recently jumped 17.1% in a single day to about $31.86, even as it trades roughly 44% below its all‑time high with around $6.2 billion in TVL and over $1.23 billion in open interest.…

Apex Group, the fund services giant with over $3.5 trillion in assets under administrative care, extended its tokenization range with a structured product offering institutions exposure to bitcoin BTC$71,199.87 mining, to be issued and managed on U.S. exchange Coinbase’s Ethereum overlay platform, Base. Since buying real-world asset (RWA) specialist Tokeny last May, Apex has been steamrolling into the tokenization industry, and on Tuesday said it will tokenize the Omnes Mining Note, OMN, an institutional-grade structured note backed by bitcoin hashrate. The OMN provides professional non-U.S. investors with direct economic exposure to new bitcoin production measured in hashrate, which is the…

Cryptocurrency analytics company MakroVision has shared its latest technical analysis of Ethereum. According to the company’s analysis, Ethereum managed to retest the $2,130 level, continuing its short-term recovery process for some time. However, strong selling pressure encountered after reaching this level made it difficult for the price to maintain its position above this region. MacroVision notes that while a short-term recovery is technically still valid in the current market structure, momentum has weakened recently. The analysis adds that the failure of attempts to break above $2,130 indicates continued selling pressure on upward movements. This situation, it is stated, makes price…