WHALES GOING HARD ON ADA – CARDANO’S NEXT BIG BREAK?
Cardano’s taking a breather after that 42% dip, but the whales are swooping in hard!
They’ve copped 20M ADA in 48 hours—yep, you read that right. ADA’s ecosystem is still growing, and these big bags are likely prepping for something massive.
If ADA can hold above $0.85, we might see it rocket past $1 again, heading for that sweet $1.32 high.
But if it dips, the bears might have their day. Either way, it’s about to get wild.
Grayscale drops the Optimism Trust—letting ballers skip direct token buys and still get the bag.
Optimism slashes Ethereum congestion with cheap transactions, keeping it in the game vs. Solana and BNB; Superchain upgrade coming soon—making all rollups click together like a killer puzzle.
This trust stacks with Grayscale’s heavy hitters: Filecoin, Lido, and more.
Crypto trusts = smoother plays for investors—DeFi is leveling up.
Dan Morehead’s calling it—BTC could pump 10,000% by 2028, market cap hitting $15T.
Crypto’s got 300M users now, but he’s betting on 5B+ in 10 years—leveling up the game.
Bitcoin’s been doubling yearly for over a decade, proving the doubters wrong; Morehead’s OG vibes since BTC was $65—this ain’t just a moonshot, it’s a revolution.
SOL’s Slip: Is the Blockchain Kingpin Losing Steam or Gearing Up?
SOL’s price nosedived 30%, crashing from $257 in November to $175 by December 20.
It’s clawing back at $185, but the climb is slow.
DeFi action on Solana is cooling, and some devs are eyeing Hyperliquid for fresh moves. Meanwhile, looming SEC shakeups under Trump could tilt the regulatory playing field.
Some see the dip as a “reset,” not a red flag.
Is SOL gearing up for a comeback or just spinning its wheels?
Shiba Inu 2024: From Meme Dreams to Blockchain Supreme
SHIB flipped the script this year, going from a memecoin vibe to a legit crypto titan.
Privacy game? Partnered with ZAMA, stacked $12M for an L3 privacy chain.
Cross-chain flex? Chainlink made SHIB, BONE, and LEASH compatible across 12 blockchains.
Shibarium’s hard forks and ShibTorch’s auto-burns streamlined the burn game, while ShibaSwap 2.0 brought centralized liquidity pools and juiced-up rewards.
Shiba Inu developer Kaal Dhairya summed it up: “What a wonderful wrap of the year!”
South Korea Tackles North Korea's Crypto Funding Of Weaponry
South Korea just blacklisted 15 North Korean operatives for allegedly running major crypto schemes - pulling in $1.34B this year alone to fund weapons development.
The cyber crooks of this kind hide in plain sight, working IT gigs across China, Russia, and Southeast Asia, all while funnelling stolen crypto back to their government.
With blockchain hacks reportedly covering 40% of North Korea’s WMD budget, South Korea has signalled it will take serious action to tackle the exploits.
Vitalik Buterin Turned Meme Hype Into $300K Wildlife Program
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin just dropped 10M baht (~$300K) on Khao Kheow Open Zoo, adopting Moo Deng, the pygmy hippo behind the MOODENG memecoin craze.
The donation funds upgrades to the hippo’s digs and backs wildlife programs. Plus, Buterin pledged an extra 88 ETH for future projects.
The MOODENG token surged 50% in trading volume after the news, even with a 3.2% price dip.
Vitalik’s move proves meme culture can go beyond trading hype and into real-world impact.
Next test: How sustainable can the intersection of memes and cultural movements become?