Meme coins are down bad. Dogecoin (DOGE) is down 60% from its 2024 high, Pepe (PEPE) has dropped 73% from its all-time high, and Dogwifhat (WIF) has plummeted 88% from its peak. Not only that but the trenches are drying up too. Popular launchpad and cultural hub Pump.fun launched 64.6% less tokens on Wednesday than […]

The SEC, under new leadership, has decided not to pursue legal action against Gemini and Consensys, marking a shift in crypto regulation. Gemini’s investigation, which lasted 700 days, has been closed nearly a year after issuing the exchange a Wells Notice. Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin also announced that the securities enforcement case concerning MetaMask has […]

Solana’s native token (SOL) and total value locked (TVL) have both dropped over 40%, reflecting a major decline in usage and investor confidence. Over US$1 billion in assets left the network in three months, mostly migrating to Ethereum and newer blockchains like Sui and Base. The memecoin market on Solana plummeted more than 60%, with […]

In the post-mortem of the $1.5 billion Bybit hack, two blockchain research organizations — Nansen and Chainalysis — have revealed the Lazarus Group’s money laundering strategy, which includes swapping illiquid assets for liquid assets, creating a complex money trail, and letting certain wallets sit dormant to let scrutiny die down. According to Nansen, the typical […]

The U.K. government has introduced a new bill expanding its powers to seize and destroy crypto linked to criminal activity. Following the Crime and Policing Bill’s first reading in the House of Commons, the bill is now undergoing its second reading and will soon proceed to the committee stage. The new legislation seeks to improve […]

Coffeezilla’s recent interview with Hayden Davis, the ‘mastermind’ behind the disastrous launches of $LIBRA and $MELANIA, has shown just how bad the world of memecoins has become. Davis revealed he sniped the launches of both $LIBRA and $MELANIA and has engaged in insider trading and secret endorsement deals, but claims this is all standard practice […]

Ripple is expanding beyond cross-border payments with its XRP Ledger designed to support institutional DeFi through compliance-focused blockchain infrastructure. Developers have already implemented several functions including an Automated Market Maker for liquidity management and Decentralised Identity for secure transactions. The company is entering the price oracle space with protocol-native oracles that eliminate the need for […]

Bitcoin has dropped 12.6% in the past week, dragging most cryptocurrencies down and reducing the total crypto market cap by 23% to US$2.8 trillion. The Fear and Greed Index has plunged to 10, reaching “Extreme Fear” territory not seen since the Terra ecosystem collapse in mid-2022. Bitwise’s Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan compares this pullback […]

Changpeng Zhao (CZ) revealed his portfolio, showcasing how most of his holdings are in BNB, and just a fraction in Bitcoin and other assets. CZ has been hodling for so long that he doesn’t even remember where certain currencies in his portfolio come from. He claims to be a “boring guy” because he only holds […]

The crypto exchange ByBit was hacked last Friday, resulting in US$1.5 billion lost — the largest single crypto theft in history. ByBit’s CEO, Ben Zhou, says the hack occurred during a routine transfer of assets from one of the exchange’s cold wallets to one of its warm-wallets used to cover daily trading volume. A professional […]