ETHEREUM LAYER-2 PROTOCOLS ACHIEVE RECORD TRANSACTION THROUGHPUT
L2 transaction processing is up almost 600% in the past year.
2025.01.24
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10,225 matchesCRYPTO HAS A GTM ISSUE
Crypto's biggest challenge isn't its tech - it's its go-to-market strategy.
2025.01.24
PHEMEX SEES $37M HACK
Phemex's hot wallets have been targeted in a multi-chain attack, resulting in over $37M in suspicious asset transfers across chains like BNB, Ethereum, Optimism, and others, with attackers swapping assets to ETH as investigations continue.
2025.01.24
CIRCLE ENTERS TOKENIZATION RACE BY ACQUIRING HASHNOTE, $1.3B REAL-WORLD ASSET ISSUER
Circle, the issuer of the $48 billion USDC stablecoin, has acquired Hashnote, which manages a $1.3 billion pool of tokenized Treasury assets through its USYC token. Circle simultaneously announced a partnership with Cumberland DRW for USDC and USYC liquidity provision and plans to integrate with the Canton Network for institutional access.
2025.01.23
SEC FORMS NEW CRYPTO TASK FORCE SPEARHEADED BY HESTER PEIRCE
The SEC under Mark Uyeda has created a crypto task force led by “Crypto Mom” Hester Peirce. It publicly acknowledged the shortcomings in its previous enforcement-focused approach, with the new task force now aimed at developing clear regulatory frameworks through collaboration with industry participants, other agencies, and Congress. There is a direct channel for public input through email contacts and future roundtable discussions.
2025.01.23
CIRCLE MAKES THREE BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS
Circle has announced three major developments: the acquisition of Hashnote, the issuer of the largest tokenized money market fund (USYC); a strategic partnership with global trading firm DRW to drive adoption of USDC and USYC across crypto and traditional finance; and plans to launch USDC and USYC on the Canton blockchain. These moves aim to integrate tokenized assets with real-time settlement and liquidity, bridging crypto and traditional financial markets.
2025.01.23
TELEGRAM GOES EXCLUSIVE WITH TON, BARRING OTHER NETWORKS FROM APPS AND GAMES
Telegram has announced an exclusive partnership with The Open Network (TON) that will require all crypto-enabled mini apps and games on its platform to use the TON blockchain exclusively. The messaging platform and its 950 million active users will only allow non-TON chains for bridging. The TON Foundation is offering up to $50,000 grants for affected projects that transition within 30 days. TON was originally created by Telegram but spun out in 2020 due to regulatory concerns.
2025.01.23
DEFAI: THE RISE OF TRADING AGENTS
Autonomous trading agents are transforming the DeFi landscape by automating complex strategies, analyzing data, and executing trades efficiently, eliminating human effort while generating consistent alpha. Platforms like Cod3x, Almanak, and Sekoia are leading the charge with user-friendly tools, real-time performance tracking, and innovative frameworks for agent collaboration, while ecosystems like Virtuals further push boundaries by fostering investment in cutting-edge microcap tokens and agent-driven projects.
2025.01.23
WHY (GOOD) AI NEEDS CRYPTO
AI development is following social media's path toward centralization, with foundation model training costing hundreds of millions of dollars and creating insurmountable barriers for new entrants. While open source alternatives exist, they face a “resource problem” where contributors must provide both time and significant compute/data resources, making traditional open source development models unfeasible for AI. Crypto-based ownership models could solve this by incentivizing resource providers to contribute compute and data to open source AI projects, potentially enabling larger models than closed systems.
2025.01.23
ASSET TOKENIZATION CAN UNLOCK FINANCIAL INCLUSION FOR LATAM'S UNBANKED
Asset tokenization, as highlighted in a Mastercard and Ava Labs report, has the potential to revolutionize Latin America's financial systems by improving efficiency, transparency, and inclusion, particularly for the unbanked. Using blockchain can facilitate fractional ownership, faster settlements, and reduced risks, positioning the region for innovation in decentralized finance despite regulatory challenges.
2025.01.23
MANTLE'S NEXT CHAPTER (INTERVIEW WITH DEFI MAESTRO)
Mantle is poised for a transformative 2025, focusing on AI-powered innovation, institutional adoption, and expanding its DeFi ecosystem with new products like an Enhanced Index Fund and Mantle Banking. With strong alignment to Ethereum, a focus on modular architecture, and initiatives like mETH and cmETH, Mantle is driving user and institutional growth while aiming to scale Ethereum's ecosystem.
2025.01.23
DISCUSSION ABOUT ETHEREUM IMPROVEMENTS
Ethereum developers are debating the network's upgrade process, calling for clearer long-term scaling plans to boost builder confidence.
2025.01.23
COINBASE ADDRESSING SOLANA PROBLEMS
CEO Brian Armstrong publicly stated that Coinbase is diligently working to solve issues related to slow Solana sends on Coinbase, and that the problems are due to all-time high activity on Solana.
2025.01.23
US COURT RULES AGAINST TORNADO CASH SANCTIONS, TORN CRYPTOCURRENCY SURGES 140%
A U.S. District Court reversed sanctions on Tornado Cash, ruling that its immutable smart contracts do not qualify as "property" under the IEEPA.
2025.01.23
HONG KONG'S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DISCUSSES NEW STABLECOIN BILL AMID CRYPTO HUB PUSH
Hong Kong's Legislative Council held its first meeting to discuss the proposed “Stablecoins Bill,” which would require issuers to get licenses from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and maintain robust reserve mechanisms.
2025.01.23
LIDO FOUNDER SAYS THERE'S 'NO ACTUAL' SECOND FOUNDATION AMID ETHEREUM FOUNDATION BACKLASH
Lido co-founder Konstantin Lomashuk denied the creation of a “Second Foundation” rumored to split from the Ethereum Foundation, explaining no such organization currently exists.
2025.01.23
ETHEREUM ETF ISSUERS EXPECT STAKING TO BE GREENLIT SOON: JOE LUBIN
Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin revealed that issuers of Ether ETFs are optimistic about the SEC soon approving staked Ether ETFs under its new crypto-friendly leadership.
2025.01.23
CRYPTO THOUGHT TRUMP WOULD BRING IT LEGITIMACY. THEN HE LAUNCHED A MEME COIN
The launch of Trump-branded meme coins ($TRUMP and $MELANIA) has sent shockwaves through the crypto industry, which had hoped for regulatory legitimacy under his administration. Critics, including crypto insiders, warn that the speculative tokens undermine the sector's credibility, raise ethical concerns, and signal frothy market conditions.
2025.01.22
SWITZERLAND'S CRYPTO VALLEY HITS $593B WITH 17 UNICORNS IN 2024
Switzerland's Crypto Valley achieved a cumulative valuation of $593 billion in 2024, a 55% year-over-year increase, and 50 projects in total. The ecosystem captured nearly a third of European blockchain funding with $586 million invested across 56 deals. Centralized financial services dominated the investment landscape with 34% in funding, followed by blockchain networks and DeFi platforms at 29% and 15% respectively.
2025.01.22
THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL P2P PAYMENTS: STABLECOINS AND URL LINKS
BeerMe, a new P2P payment app powered by USDC, eliminates platform restrictions and wallet address headaches by enabling users to send tokens via simple URL links. This innovative solution offers seamless, intuitive crypto transactions that eliminate platform lock-in, onboarding friction, and centralized intermediaries, fulfilling the promise of a truly open financial system.
2025.01.22
INTRODUCING CHAIN GDP METRIC
Users on Optimism Mainnet spent approximately $9M in December 2024, with $8M on applications and $1M on L2 transaction fees, showcasing its Chain GDP metric, which measures total user spending on-chain applications over time.
2025.01.22
8 WAYS TO MAKE ETHEREUM WIN
This eight-point strategy to strengthen Ethereum's market position beyond its current trajectory toward a duopoly with Solana emphasizes the need to move beyond purely ideological decentralization arguments to attract mainstream developers and users. It calls for a council of industry leaders to direct resources and solve problems like liquidity fragmentation and poor user experience. The primary recommendation is to revive the “ultrasound money” narrative for ETH around blob fees while developing better infrastructure for app-layer development through accelerators and better branding.
2025.01.22
REFLEXIVITY IN CRYPTO: HOW 2025 CRYPTO MARKETS DIFFER FROM 2021
The 2025 crypto market has shifted from synchronized altcoin rallies to meta-cycles driven by specific narratives like memecoins and AI tokens. With a flood of new projects and increased dispersion, success now demands active rotation, strategic hedging, and adaptability, leaving behind the simpler strategies of past cycles.
2025.01.22
VITALIK TAKES TEMPORARY CONTROL OF ETHEREUM FOUNDATION DECISIONS
Vitalik Buterin says he is responsible for deciding the new Ethereum Foundation leadership, warning that public pressure campaigns create a toxic environment that drives away top talent and complicates reform efforts. He also defended Aya Miyaguchi, refuting misinterpretations of her views on competition.
2025.01.22
THE STATE OF ETHEREUM
The Ethereum Foundation faces criticism for operating in a way that does not strongly promote the Ethereum ecosystem. Concerns have been raised about its leadership structure, transparency, and $100 million annual spending. This article calls for a transformation of the Foundation with visionary leadership that understands both technical and socio-political implications while engaging more actively with the community and regulatory landscape. The Foundation should demonstrate practical applications of its own technical for organizational operations, improve user experience, and prioritize financial accountability to deliver measurable outcomes.
2025.01.22
DOGECOIN LOGO APPEARS ON NEW DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY WEBSITE
Dogecoin's logo has appeared on the new Department of Government Efficiency's website.
2025.01.22
AGENT FRAGMENTATION: CONSOLIDATING THE PIECES
The AI agent sector is becoming increasingly fragmented, with specialized agents and frameworks across dozens of categories similar to the L1/L2 liquidity fragmentation.
2025.01.22
OPTIMISM FOR TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Though Trump did not mention crypto on his first day in office, he has pro-crypto leaders in charge of the SEC and CFTC.
2025.01.22
MICROSTRATEGY ADDED 11K BITCOIN FOR $1.1B, PUSHING HOLDINGS TO 461K BTC
MicroStrategy has acquired an additional $1.1 billion Bitcoin, marking the 11th week in a row of purchases.
2025.01.22
CRYPTO ETPS SEE $2.2B IN INFLOWS AMID TRUMP INAUGURATION EUPHORIA
Driven by euphoria around Donald Trump's upcoming inauguration, crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $2.2B in inflows last week, with Bitcoin ETPs contributing $1.9B and total crypto ETP assets under management reaching a record $171B. While BlackRock's iShares ETFs attracted $897M in inflows, Grayscale's crypto ETFs faced $145M in outflows.
2025.01.21
BITCOIN SURGES TO $109K, HITS RECORD HIGH AHEAD OF DONALD TRUMP'S INAUGURATION
Bitcoin reached a new all-time high of $109,333 ahead of Trump's inauguration, with the price surge following Trump's Sunday speech, which highlighted crypto performance and his campaign promises to establish a strategic national Bitcoin reserve. BTC briefly dipped below $100,000 following the launch of Melania Trump's memecoin but quickly recovered. Its market dominance approached 60% with a record $1.75 trillion market cap differential over Ethereum. Some experts are anticipating this rally to continue as Trump's pro-crypto policies are implemented.
2025.01.21
INFINITY POOLS: UNLIMITED LEVERAGE ON ANY ASSET WITH NO LIQUIDATIONS
InfinityPools has launched on Base. It introduces a novel approach to leverage trading that eliminates liquidations by borrowing concentrated AMM liquidity to create built-in downside protection. InfinityPools allows for theoretically unlimited leverage by treating concentrated liquidity positions as implicit put options at the liquidation price, allowing traders to maintain positions regardless of price movements while paying ongoing interest. It aims to generate better yields for liquidity providers through continuous borrowing of out-of-range liquidity to protect levered positions.
2025.01.21
VITALIK BUTERIN ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO THE ETHEREUM FOUNDATION
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is undergoing a leadership restructuring to improve technical expertise, ecosystem communications, and faster execution while maintaining its commitment to user privacy and censorship resistance. The foundation explicitly rejects becoming a lobbying organization or centralized power and wants to remain neutral for both individual and institutional users. The EF has previously faced criticism for not taking a more proactive stance toward promoting ETH and the ecosystem, especially as Solana continues to gain momentum and adoption.
2025.01.21
TOP 10 DELPHI PREDICTIONS FOR 2025
Delphi Digital predicts Bitcoin's bull run will continue based on monthly RSI patterns and institutional interest and that Solana will continue to outperform Ethereum due to superior UX and SVM adoption. The analysis anticipates major shifts in multiple sectors: NFTs resurging through tokenization of real-world assets, DeFi evolving into DeAI with automated capital allocation, and agents becoming major market players. The report highlights technological developments expected to drive 2025 growth, including zkVM adoption improving cross-chain interoperability, high-throughput chains like Hyperliquid and Sui enabling new experimentation, and consumer DeFi expansion through zkTLS technology enabling private onchain data integration.
2025.01.21
WHY ROLLUPS LOSE TO SOLANA
This post critiques the scalability challenges of Ethereum rollups compared to high-performance blockchains like Solana and "Based rollups," arguing that rollups are inherently limited by Ethereum's upgrade pace. It emphasizes Solana's superior throughput trajectory, including innovations like Firedancer, and contends that Ethereum scaling will require more aggressive and riskier trade-offs to compete effectively in the global demand landscape.
2025.01.21
DISPELLING FALSE RUMORS, A POST IN SUPPORT OF ETHEREUM
This thread addresses common critiques of the Ethereum Foundation (EF), debunking myths about its engagement, use of the chain, funding practices, and transparency. It highlights EF's initiatives, like staking ETH to fund clients, using Ethereum for grants and events, and supporting core developers, while emphasizing the need for constructive dialogue and collaboration within the community.
2025.01.21
SOLANA STILL UNDER PRESSURE AFTER TRUMP MEMECOIN LAUNCHES
Solana is under heavy pressure from TRUMP and MELANIA memecoins, which are causing transaction fees to spike and failure rates to double to 40% despite low compute unit utilization. This highlights scalability challenges, likely because of network bandwidth bottlenecks and overestimated app resource needs, with block propagation and signing also affected.
2025.01.21
WORLD LIBERTY FI PURCHASES OVER $100M IN TOKENS
World Liberty Fi made strategic cryptocurrency investments to celebrate Donald J. Trump's inauguration as the 47th U.S. President, including $47M each in ETH and wBTC and $4.7M in Aave, LINK, TRX, and ENA.
2025.01.21
COINBASE'S NEW BITCOIN RETAIL PRODUCT GAINS TRACTION
Coinbase's retail borrow product has seen rapid adoption, with Bitcoin supplied by borrowers increasing by 110.76 BTC ($11.63M) in just two days, showing the transparency and growth of onchain finance.
2025.01.21
TRUMP'S HYPOTHETICAL MEMECOIN OPTIONS
Trump's crypto allocation could either fund major fiscal projects, boosting crypto's reputation and sparking a golden age, or serve personal gain, fueling skepticism and chaos.
2025.01.21
BLOCKCHAIN INFRA NEEDS TO IMPROVE
Solana's infrastructure is facing major issues, with 40% of transactions failing, key platforms like Coinbase and Binance struggling, and tools like Phantom and Jupiter breaking down.
2025.01.21
TRUMP PROMOTES NEW MEME COIN BEFORE TAKING OFFICE ON PRO-CRYPTO AGENDA
President-elect Trump launched a memecoin, TRUMP, through an affiliate company of the Trump Organization during his inaugural Crypto Ball on Friday night. The project plans to issue 1 billion tokens over three years, with Trump retaining 80% of the supply. The launch comes as Trump prepares to take office with a pro-crypto agenda, having selected crypto-friendly officials for key positions and promising friendly regulations. Critics warn that the token could create conflicts of interest by allowing direct financial influence from token holders, though the website clarifies that it is an expression of support rather than an investment vehicle.
2025.01.20
MEMECOIN MAYHEM: MELANIA VS. DONALD SHAKES THE CRYPTO MARKET
Melania Trump has launched her own memecoin, $MELANIA, sparking massive volatility in the crypto market and causing Donald Trump's $TRUMP memecoin to plummet by 55% in minutes. The chaos erased over $10 billion in market cap across memecoins, leaving traders questioning market momentum and anticipating further upheaval.
2025.01.20
IT'S ‘JUST BEGUN'—TRUMP MEME COIN SUDDENLY CRASHES BACK AS MELANIA COIN SHOCK HITS CRYPTO
Only a day after Trump launched his official memecoin, his wife Melania launched her own token, which quickly achieved a $5 billion market cap and caused TRUMP to drop 40%. Generally, online sentiment is negative, with critics believing that the coin demonstrates the Trump family is chasing profits. The Solana blockchain is unable to keep up with an all-time high in demand, with the Phantom wallet struggling to accommodate over 8 million requests per minute.
2025.01.20
ZEREBRO IS NOW POWERED BY HYPERBOLIC'S DECENTRALIZED AI INFRASTRUCTURE
Zerebro, an AI agent that focuses on creative use cases most famous for its Spotify album, has integrated with Hyperbolic to enable ZerePy agents to autonomously evolve and collaborate. It integrates with Coinbase's AgentKit to provide tools for real-time resource management and crypto payments. Hyperbolic is a decentralized AI infrastructure provider that aims to reduce GPU compute costs through a marketplace connecting global GPU resources.
2025.01.20
EXPLANATION OF THE ETHEREUM BLOB EXPANSION DISCOURSE
Blobs are temporary data storage for Ethereum L2s. They help keep fees low and transactions fast by reducing congestion on the Ethereum L1. With growing usage, blob space is filling up rapidly, prompting urgent discussions to increase blob capacity in the upcoming Pectra upgrade to maintain scalability, lower fees, and ensure a seamless user experience while long-term solutions like “peerDAS” are developed.
2025.01.20
WHY TO BE BULLISH ON ETHEREUM
Joe Lubin, Consensys and Ethereum co-founder, predicts that Ethereum will maintain dominance due to its combination of decentralization, credible neutrality, censorship resistance, and universal composability, while acknowledging Bitcoin and Solana's continued strength in their respective niches. Major institutions are increasingly comfortable building on Ethereum due to its maturity, talent base, and roadmap, with the platform positioned to be the primary place for DeFi as traditional businesses come onchain.
2025.01.20
BALAJI ON ZERO-SUM MEMECOINS
Memecoins operate as zero-sum lotteries, often leading to massive losses for late buyers unless they evolve with real use cases. In contrast, Bitcoin is a durable, decentralized asset with a 15-year track record, global adoption, and intrinsic utility. It offers a compelling distinction from the speculative memecoin frenzy.
2025.01.20
ECONOMIC FREEDOM CREATES PROSPERITY FOR ALL
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong believes crypto adoption has reached “escape velocity” with 7% global ownership, citing a 3x year-over-year increase in stablecoin transaction volume to $27 trillion and growing adoption in emerging markets like Argentina, where 5 million citizens actively use crypto. This post highlights four policy recommendations for 2025: developing crypto-specific regulations, establishing Bitcoin strategic reserves, supporting Special Economic Zones for innovation, and leveraging blockchain for government efficiency. These positions are framed within a broader political context of increasing support for free market policies globally, with specific examples of L2 networks enabling sub-second, sub-cent global transactions.
2025.01.20
LONG-TERM TRUMP COIN MAY BE BEARISH FOR CRYPTO
While Trump launching a token might boost crypto short-term, it could spark a wave of celebrity token launches and eventual mass rug pulls during a market downturn, leading to widespread losses and making crypto highly controversial in policy circles.
2025.01.20