Coinbase Files for CFTC Approval to Offer Solana and Hedera Futures Coinbase Derivatives has filed with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission to list futures contracts for Solana and Hedera. This is the first futures product filing under CFTC Chair Caroline Pham amid a surge in crypto ETF and derivatives filings. Coinbase Derivatives, a subsidiary of Coinbase launched in June 2021, is making a significant move to expand its offerings. On January 30, the entity filed for self-certification with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to introduce futures contracts for Solana (SOL), the fifth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, and Hedera (HBAR).
With February 18 set as the targeted launch date, Coinbase submitted its request to CFTC’s Christopher Kirkpatrick, aiming to broaden its market presence and offer traders more diverse investment opportunities.$SOL
Official Trump (TRUMP) Added to Travala’s Payment Options with a 9% Price Surge Travala, the blockchain-enabled travel booking platform, has announced the inclusion of OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP), a new payment solution. Thereby, it enables users to book hotels, flights, and other fun activities globally.
It provides a transit between cryptocurrency and real-world utility. Travala facilitates crypto enthusiasts with new technologies and encourages the use of digital currency.
Travala accepts more than 100 mainstream cryptocurrencies, which makes it one of the most flexible crypto payment platforms. Users can book travel services with BTC, ETH, BNB, USDT, AVA, XRP, ADA, and many more tokens.
Besides, Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the US was completed. The crypto community is looking forward to reforms that he promised to bring into the industry.
However, he made no mention of cryptocurrencies on his first day. Recently, Trump commented that he didn’t know more details about the token other than its launch by his name.
Notably, the crypto market turned moderately bullish with the global market cap climbing to $3.62 trillion. The OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP) has recorded a price surge of over 9.42% in the last 24 hours.
Official Trump price prediction: Is it a promising meme coin or short-lived hype? Just some days back, the new U.S. leader, Donald Trump, let out his own meme coin right before he stepped in. Now, many say this is a big move in the crypto world. $TRUMP is a meme coin launched on the Solana blockchain with the official backing of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump was initially not a fan of the crypto industry, famously referring to Bitcoin as a scam against the dollar in 2021.
Trump has since embraced crypto. One day after his coin’s launch, on January 19, 2025, the price of the Official Trump ($TRUMP) meme coin reached an all-time high of $75.35, but then collapsed on January 20 after the launch of the president’s wife’s meme coin, $MELANIA. #TRUMPTokenWatch
Trump has given a ray of hope to the downmarket with its new crypto policies and market cheered his crypto centric election campaign wholeheartedly. The crypto turned to a Trillion dollar industry with Trump’s win. However, the market got more interested with the debut of Donald Trump’s TRUMP meme coin, which initially jumped to a whopping $14 billion market cap. This made it one of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by value, but the excitement was short-lived. With rumors of Trump gearing for many executive orders the market is in a mixed state.
Meanwhile, Trump’s wife, the first US lady, has announced that the MELANIA coin, via her social media, caused a dramatic 40% crash in TRUMP’s value. In a matter of minutes, $7.5 billion was wiped from its market cap as traders shifted their focus to Melania’s coin.
PEPE Eyes Breakout But Faces Competition From New Frog King Tension is rising in the memecoin market and more particularly the frog-themed sector as the most popular frog coin PEPE is looking towards a breakout but is facing pushback from the new king of frogs PEPETO.
TRUMP’s $14 Billion Market Cap Faces Headwinds Amid Overheated Conditions Donald Trump’s newly launched meme coin OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP) has emerged as the market’s top performer, recording a 268% surge in value over the past 24 hours. Its market capitalization has soared past $14 billion, propelling it into the top 20 cryptos list within just 24 hours of its launch.
Whale Earns $29.6 Million Profit from $TRUMP Token Within 24 Hours A whale with the address “Fpj236…uVJr” is making headlines after depositing 1.27 million $TRUMP tokens into the OKX exchange. The value of these tokens is worth $43.9 million. The whale earned a profit of $29.6 million on this transaction, according to Lookonchain. With this move, the $TRUMP token has certainly created a lot of hype in the crypto market.
$TRUMP Wallet Deposits $455M, Raising Questions The $TRUMP token team wallet has made headlines following substantial deposits into cryptocurrency exchanges over the past 24 hours. According to blockchain data, the wallet transferred 4.5 million $TRUMP tokens, valued at $178.9 million, to Binance just 40 minutes ago. In total, the team wallet has deposited 10.13 million $TRUMP tokens, worth approximately $455 million, into various exchanges during this period, likely to provide liquidity for the token’s rapid trading activity.
Official Trump Solana Meme Coin Triples in Price Amid Binance, Coinbase Listings Donald Trump's official meme coin, TRUMP, nearly tripled in price from Saturday evening to early Sunday, blasting above $73 amid increasing momentum as major centralized exchanges shared plans to list the Solana token.
Though the price surge has since cooled and TRUMP has retraced to a current mark of about $59, it peaked at a price of $73.43 early Sunday, per data from CoinGecko. That was enough to place the coin in the top 15 cryptocurrencies by market cap, though at its current price, it ranks 21st on CoinGecko's list.
Even with that slight retreat after rising from a price under $25 on Saturday, TRUMP continues to be a staggering success, launching out of nowhere late Friday and showing early buyers with with enormous gains—all while sucking attention away from some other meme coins and giving a big boost to Solana in the process.
FLOKI, BONK, PENGU, AI16Z: Meme Coins Hit by Crypto Collapse
As Bitcoin (BTC) hits its lowest level since mid-November, major meme cryptocurrencies are on the list of the worst performers in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the liquidation tsunami erased over half a billion in crypto positions.
MoonPay acquires 'premiere' Solana payment firm Helio in $175 million deal MoonPay has acquired the Helio payment app in an effort to expand and improve existing payment services. The deal to buy the Solana-based payment firm is worth $175 million, according to Fox Business.