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Pantera Capital launches Pantera Fund V with a $1 billion target, diversifying into startup equity, early-stage, and liquid tokens. Fund V aims to attract a broad range of investors with a $1 million minimum entry point and an initial $25 million from limited partners. With over $3.5 billion already invested in crypto in 2025, Pantera’s initiative signals a robust market rebound and renewed investor interest. Pantera Capital is set to launch an initiative with its new Pantera Fund V, targeting a robust $1 billion capital raise. Slated to begin in April 2025, this fund aims to encompass a comprehensive array…
Stakin, a popular staking-as-a-service provider, has recently passed an exclusive proposal. As per the company, the proposal is ‘Timely Vote Credits’ which will launch on Solana’s mainnet to make the network more transparent and profitable. On its official X account, Stakin expressed enthusiasm regarding the latest update. Proud to announce that we’ve voted YES to enabling Timely Vote Credits on Solana Mainnet. We believe that TVC will make Solana fairer and more performant.For context:– https://t.co/K52r8g0r2p– https://t.co/PKbYuJlkIVMake sure your validator votes too 🗳️ — Stakin (@StakinOfficial) April 1, 2024 Stakin’s Exclusive Proposal Request Launching ‘Timely Vote Credit’ Mechanism on Solana In…
Justin Sun, the founder of Tron blockchain, has recently supported Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the well-known blockchain Binance. In his recent post on the social media forum X, Sun noted that Zhao had a comprehensive impact on the entire blockchain industry. As per him, Zhao made significant contributions to this sector. 在CZ亲朋好友的支持信中,我不仅看到了CZ对于区块链行业的深刻影响,更感受到了区块链行业背后的空前团结与往事的感人肺腑。作为行业守护者,CZ对于行业贡献是无法磨灭的。我衷心祝愿CZ能够平安归来,继续带领行业去探索无限可能。时间会证明一切! — H.E. Justin Sun 孙宇晨 (@justinsuntron) April 25, 2024 Changpeng Zhao of Binance Pleads Guilty to the Allegations The Binance founder has been facing some criminal charges in recent months. The reports point out that the allegations took into account the infringement of the requirements concerning money…
In the latest sign that the crypto market’s enduring meme coin fever is likely far from breaking, the co-founder of the popular Doodles NFT brand released a surprise POOP token over the weekend to community members. It stirred excitement, but also some controversy too—because a sizable chunk of the total supply was quickly snapped up by “snipers,” spurring accusations of traders working with inside information. On Saturday, Doodles co-founder Jordan “Poopie” Castro abruptly announced in a blog post that he had whipped up a meme coin with little inherent value beyond its association with feces. The POOP token was launched…
Sarah Netburn’s recent nomination as District Judge in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) holds significant implications, particularly within the ongoing legal confrontation between Ripple vs SEC. As the sitting judge presiding over the Ripple vs. SEC case, Netburn’s demonstrated pro-crypto stance and reputation for rendering equitable judgments could potentially tilt the scales in favor of Ripple. The timing of her nomination is crucial as the unresolved matter of Ripple’s opposition to the SEC’s hefty civil penalties underscores the importance of her judicial role. Why it Matter? In its recent filing, Ripple aggressively contested the SEC’s unreasonable demands instead…
According to current metrics, older bitcoin mining rigs are not generating the same revenue as they did before the halving, particularly with the hashprice at approximately $0.056 per terahash per second (TH/s) per day. On April 25, Luxor Technologies reported a significant decline in the prices of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin mining rigs, highlighting that two specific models experienced price reductions ranging from 28% to 35%. The Evolution of Bitcoin Mining: How New Tech is Outpacing Old Over the past week, Bitcoin.com News has reported the hashprice, essentially the projected earnings from 1 terahash per second (TH/s) or 1…
Excitement is brewing in the cryptocurrency community as both Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) gear up for their respective halving events. With these highly anticipated milestones on the horizon, investors and enthusiasts are eagerly counting down the days until the reward for mining, along with its inflation rate, is cut in half. Halving events, which occur typically every four years for both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash, are programmed into the protocols of these cryptocurrencies as a means of controlling inflation and supply entering the market. By reducing mining rewards by half and then decreasing the rate at which new…
Russia’s central bank and Rosfinmonitoring pilot a new system to trace connections between crypto transactions and fiat operations. The Bank of Russia alongside Rosfinmonitoring, the country’s main body for financial intelligence, is working on a platform to detect connections between fiat operations and crypto transactions amid efforts to evaluate the size of the local crypto market. According to a report from RBC, Ilya Bushmelev, director of project portfolio management at “Innotech,” speaking at a forum organized by Rosfinmonitoring revealed that the platform is currently undergoing pilot testing by five lenders without naming them though. “Based on the results of the…
An Altcoin Announces Receiving Massive Investment, Calls It April Fool’s Joke After Price Jumps
The developer team of a small-cap altcoin claimed that they received a large investment from an established venture capital firm. The developers of the Ethereum-based cryptocurrency called Juicebox (JBX) claimed to have completed a $69 million investment round led by Paradigm. Following the development, hundreds of cryptocurrency followers who believed in this announcement bought the JBX token, causing the price to suddenly rise. The price of the altcoin, which was at $0.0032 before the announcement, climbed to $0.0043 with the fake announcement. Daily chart showing the rise and fall of the JBX price. However, about an hour later, a new…
Bitcoin (BTC) is at the center of the financial markets after breaking its all-time high in a week to surpass the $70,000 mark in the latest rally. In this line, the focus is on where Bitcoin will land next, considering that the record high has deviated from the past norms of emerging after the halving event. In looking at the next Bitcoin trajectory, crypto trading expert TradingShot projected in a TradingView post on March 8 that the next narrative for Bitcoin will likely target over $300,000. The analyst presented the ‘Cycle of Narrative Destruction,’ highlighting how historical patterns will likely…