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New York, NY — JOGOJOGO, a prediction market game powered by Solana, has announced the launch of the first Blink implementation on Atomic SVM via Sonic. This innovative feature coincides with the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament, offering a $10,000 prize pool for winning participants.—JOGOJOGO is a dynamic platform where users are rewarded for their predictions, enhanced by social elements that enrich the player experience. Players can forecast outcomes and earn rewards by competing with friends and other users. Leveraging Solana’s latest “Blink” feature, short for “blockchain link,” JOGOJOGO allows seamless blockchain transactions directly from within familiar websites and social platforms.…
Bitcoin price started a fresh decline from the $62,000 resistance zone. BTC is declining and remains at a risk of more losses below the $60,000 level. Bitcoin started a fresh decline after it failed near $62,000. The price is trading below $61,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There was a break below a bearish flag pattern with support near $60,950 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair could gain bearish momentum if there is a close below the $60,000 level. Bitcoin Price Signals Breakdown Bitcoin price found support near the $60,250…
Key Points: Ethereum futures long positions grew from 2.7M to 3.1M ETH since May 20. Traders anticipate Ethereum ETF approval, which is reflected in the surge of future positions and signal confidence in regulatory developments. Matrixport published an earlier today highlighting an unprecedented bull trend in ETH futures positions. ETH Futures Skyrocket to 3.1M, Hinting at Ethereum ETF Approval! 3 Despite the recent price correction, ETH futures long positioning surged from 2.7 million ETH to 3.1 million ETH after the market recovered since May 20. This means that futures traders have become very optimistic about a potential Ethereum ETF approval…
Crypto venture capital giant Polychain has accused Niraj Pant, a former employee, of making a backroom deal with portfolio company Eclipse Labs that broke the fund’s policies. According to three sources close to the situation and internal Eclipse documents reviewed by CoinDesk, Neel Somani, the former CEO of Eclipse Labs, quietly allocated Pant 5% of a forthcoming Eclipse crypto token in September 2022 – just days after Pant directed Polychain to lead the company’s $6 million pre-seed funding round. The allocation was eventually reduced to 1.33%, worth $13.3 million at the token’s most recent fully diluted valuation in a private…
Popular play-to-earn token Notcoin (NOT) continues to attract investors with its impressive price performance. With the overall crypto market staying steady, NOT’s massive surge has caught the eye of traders, showing strong buying interest. Notcoin Surpasses $2 Billion Market Cap The NOT token officially launched on May 16. After the release, it dropped by over 60%, falling from $0.012 to as low as $0.0050. However, in the last week, the token has made a stunning recovery, rising by over 335% to reach an all-time high of $0.028. NOT’s market cap has grown to about $2.3 billion, pushing it close to…
Instruxi has announced its canonical entry into the ChainlinkBUILD program marking a key milestone for the two projects. By utilizing Chainlink’s Oracle program, this collaboration aims to accelerate the growth and adoption of tokenized assets. Intruxi has joined Chainlink’s BUILD program with the sole aim of enhancing the growth and adoption of tokenized assets by utilizing Chainlink’s Oracle services and technical support. 🏗️ #ChainlinkBUILD 🏗️ .@instruxi is joining Chainlink BUILD to gain enhanced access to Chainlink’s industry-leading oracle services and technical support, which helps support the security and use of their tokenized assets platform. In return, Instruxi will make 4%…
El Salvador, a Latin American country famous for adopting Bitcoin (BTC) as its legal tender, recently made a significant move in its cryptocurrency investment strategy. The government now offers public access to Bitcoin investment data through a personalized mempool. The latest mempool data reveals that El Salvador currently holds 5,748.76 BTC valued at over $352.8 million. El Salvador Adds Transparency to Its Bitcoin Investments The Bitcoin Office, a Salvadoran government-owned body aimed at managing all projects related to BTC, announced this new feature through their official X (Twitter) account on May 12. “El Salvador now has its own mempool space…
According to on-chain analytics firm Santiment, Ethereum (ETH), the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalizationб has just set a major milestone – this time in staking. Staking refers to the act of depositing 32 ETH to activate validator software. However, there is some flexibility, as any user with any amount of ETH can help secure the network, while earning rewards based on how much they want to stake. While 32 ETH might be required to activate being a validator, it is possible to stake less. Validators are responsible for storing data, processing transactions and adding new blocks to the Ethereum…
Fabio Panetta, a member of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council, recently took aim at Bitcoin and Ethereum, the two largest cryptocurrencies, during a Tuesday conference that took place in Rome. According to Panetta, these two leading cryptocurrencies have no intrinsic value and cannot perform monetary functions. This is not the first time that Panetta has criticized the fledgling cryptocurrency industry. As reported by U.Today, he lambasted the adverse environmental impact of Bitcoin mining back in 2021, claiming that it could undermine global sustainability efforts. In an interview with the Financial Times, he called Bitcoin “a very dangerous animal.” Panetta…
A cryptocurrency trader has managed to take advantage of the launch of a red-hot celebrity-themed token to capture a large percentage of its total supply, which they used to turn less than 1 ETH into over $350,000. According to available blockchain data, the trader took advantage of the launch of a Caitlyn Jenner-themed token trading under the ticker symbol $JENNER, and promoted by Caitlyn Jenner herself on social media. $Jenner is live NOW on $ETH. Official contract address to trade now: 0x482702745260Ffd69FC19943f70cFFE2caCd70e9 pic.twitter.com/9Bz9DCFvqz — Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) May 30, 2024 The cryptocurrency trader managed to use roughly $3,200 – 0.85…