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According to new data from Santiment, Ethereum ($ETH) has gained significant dominance over other cryptocurrencies in terms of the number of active users. The Ethereum network is showing parabolic growth not only in the number of holders; in numerical terms, $ETH currently has 182.74 million nonzero wallets. For comparison, Bitcoin (BTC) and Tether (USDT) have 58.51 million and 12.96 million, respectively, nonzero wallets. It can therefore be said that Ethereum now has more than 3.12 times as many holders as Bitcoin and 14.1 times more than the most popular stablecoin. Surge in nonzero wallets widens Ethereum’s lead over Bitcoin Interestingly,…

Maya, a Philippine digital bank whose platform includes a regulated crypto trading arm, is reportedly exploring a U.S. initial public offering of up to $1 billion. The company is currently working with advisers on the deal, according to a Bloomberg report on Monday. A U.S. venue could provide access to deeper pools of capital and broaden its institutional investor base more than local markets, particularly as regional exchanges have seen limited large-scale tech listings in recent years. Maya operates under a digital banking license from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and offers savings accounts, consumer loans, payments, and merchant services…

Regulated, on-chain asset management moves forward as amundi tokenized fund SAFO, backed by Chainlink, targets institutional use. Europe’s biggest asset manager is pushing deeper into blockchain with an Amundi tokenized fund that aims to bring traditional finance on-chain in a regulated way. Amundi and Spiko unveil SAFO with $100 million in assets Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, has launched a new tokenized product called the Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund (SAFO), in partnership with Spiko. The fund debuts with $100 million in committed assets, targeting institutional use cases such as corporate treasury and collateral management. The vehicle is structured as…

Key Takeaways Market neutral DeFi yield strategies aim to earn yield without being affected by price direction. Building a business on a market neutral foundation is crucial due to crypto’s inherent volatility. In the early days of DeFi, stablecoins could yield significantly high returns. The unique risk-return profile in crypto is based on software platform hacks, uncorrelated with traditional assets. Diversification in DeFi is insufficient alone to effectively manage risks. DeFi risk is likened to selling a put option, earning returns until a catastrophic event. A framework can categorize blockchain attack vectors to assess risk and diversify investments. DeFi’s annual…

Ethereum price continues to move sideways even as its on-chain activity surges, highlighting a growing divergence between network fundamentals and short-term market performance. Summary Data from CryptoQuant shows Ethereum’s active addresses reaching near-record levels, signaling growing participation across DeFi, stablecoins and smart-contract interactions. Rising on-chain usage suggests strengthening fundamentals for Ethereum despite mixed price performance in recent weeks. $ETH is trading around $2,020, with $2,207 (50-day SMA) acting as the next resistance while $1,950–$2,000 remains a crucial support zone for traders. According to analysis from CryptoQuant, the number of active Ethereum ($ETH) addresses has climbed to some of the highest…

Crypto exchange Kraken has become the latest company to heed calls from US President Donald Trump to support his “Trump Accounts,” a savings plan aimed at American children under the age of 18. The move was first announced by Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis on Monday, with the Republican official stating that Kraken would provide funding toward all Trump Accounts created for newborns in the state of Wyoming. “Grateful to Kraken for their commitment to Wyoming’s next generation and to the Cowboy State’s economic future,” she said. Kraken’s co-CEO Dave Ripley said the firm chose to support Trump Accounts in Wyoming…

Apex Group’s Tokeny and Polygon Labs are launching T-REX Ledger, a compliance-focused blockchain designed to help regulated tokenized assets move across networks without repeating investor checks and transfer restrictions. In a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph, the project said it targets a key friction point in tokenized markets. ERC-3643 is an Ethereum-based token standard for permissioned tokens representing real-world assets that can support compliant issuance of RWAs, but identity checks, eligibility rules and transfer restrictions often remain fragmented when the same asset is distributed across multiple blockchains. T-REX Ledger is being pitched as a shared compliance layer that other chains…

Arkham reveals that a mysterious whale has made a large Ethereum bet by purchasing a staggering amount of $ETH on Kraken. By its size, the purchase is comparable to the recent acquisition of Ethereum made by Tom Lee’s treasury company, Bitmine. Meanwhile, Ethereum has somewhat moved down, still struggling to hold above the psychologically important $2,000 line. The good news is that Ethereum has hit a peak of on-chain activity, reaching new all-time highs and surpassing even those seen in 2021. However, it does not help to lift the price. Ethereum whale scoops up $100 million $ETH According to Arkham,…

Jake Claver, CEO of Digital Ascension Group, has explained how wealthy investors use assets like $XRP not for sale, but as collateral to unlock liquidity while preserving long-term upside. In a recent post on X, Claver stated: “The wealthy don’t usually sell their assets; they borrow against them instead.” He argued that the same strategy commonly used with real estate and equities can also apply to digital assets such as Bitcoin and $XRP. Key Points Wealthy investors use $XRP as collateral to unlock cash without selling and losing future upside. Borrowing against crypto avoids taxes and keeps investors exposed to…

A new Bitcoin-based finance protocol called Hashi has been introduced on the Sui blockchain, with early participation commitments from crypto institutions including BitGo, Bullish and FalconX ahead of its planned launch later this year. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Hashi is designed to let Bitcoin holders earn yield on native Bitcoin ($BTC) through onchain lending and borrowing, targeting a segment that currently represents a small share of Bitcoin’s overall market. The protocol, developed primarily by Mysten Labs, the core contributor to the Sui blockchain, will initially focus on $BTC-backed lending, allowing users to borrow stablecoins against their holdings…