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Early 2025 Crypto Goldmine: Undervalued Altcoins to Keep an Eye on
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Bitcoin’s surge past $100,000 sparks interest in undervalued altcoins like XYZverse, ADA, XLM, IOTA, and SHIB, each poised for significant growth in 2025.
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XYZverse: An undervalued altcoin ready to shine in early 2025
Frax Finance Opens Community Voting Until Jan. 1 to Adopt BlackRock’s BUIDL for New Stablecoin
The voting period to onboard BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund as a reserve asset for Frax Finance’s new stablecoin, Frax USD, opens on Dec. 27 until Jan. 1, 2025.
Decentralized finance protocol Frax (FRAX) Finance is getting ready to launch its new stablecoin, frxUSD. But first, the protocol needs to determine whether to adopt Blackrock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund or BUIDL as its reserve asset.
To make this decision, Frax Finance shared a proposal that introd
Bitcoin in Trouble? Analysts Warn of Potential Pullback to $60k
With Bitcoin trading close to $95k after two weeks of declining prices, analysts are wary of a potential massive crash that could see the flagship asset drop to $60k.
Bitcoin has dropped over 2.5% over the last 24 hours, with an intraday low of $95,134 yesterday. The fall in price extended its fortnight losses to 3.7%, with the asset’s market cap falling to $1.9 billion.
While bulls are striving to defend the critical $95,000 support level, on-chain data and market analysts suggest a significa
Whale Hoards $17m Ai16z Tokens As Eliza Wakes Up Gets Ai16z Team on Board
Following the introduction of its new advisors, the Eliza Wakes Up ecosystem token $ai16z has seen significant accumulation by large investors.
As reported by Lookonchain, over the last month, whale wallet E9UD…Y9cf has accumulated upwards of 19.83 million ai16z (AI6Z) tokens, roughly worth $17.82 million, which has an unrealized profit of $8.4M.
Whales continue to buy $ai16z. #ai16zE9uD…Y9cf withdrew 5,291 $SOL($1M) from Coinbase Prime to buy 1.13M $ai16z again 1 hour ago.This whale has bough
Binance Launches BNSOL Super Staking With MANTRA Rewards
Binance’s BNSOL Super Staking program introduces MANTRA, offering enhanced staking returns while maintaining the liquidity of staked Solana tokens.
MANTRA (OM) is now a part of Binance’s BNSOL Super Staking program, which has formally begun its third phase. Through this effort, users who possess or stake BNSOL can earn higher staking rewards through the OM APR Boost Airdrop.
The program, which offers a total prize pool of 191,619.83 OM with daily payouts, will run from Jan. 1 to Feb. 1, 2025.
Solana Labs Co-founder Accused of Hiding Ex-wife’s ‘millions of Dollars’ in Crypto Staking Gains
Solana Labs co-founder Stephen Akridge is facing a lawsuit accusing him of withholding “millions of dollars” in staking rewards from his ex-wife after their divorce agreement.
Stephen Akridge, co-founder of Solana Labs, is being sued in San Francisco court by his ex-wife, Elisa Rossi, who claims he withheld “millions of dollars” worth of crypto accumulated in staking rewards from Solana (SOL) tokens.
According to Rossi, Akridge gave her control of three crypto wallets as part of their divorce
Matrixport Outlines New Risks That Could Challenge Bitcoin’s Rally in 2025
Bitcoin’s next bull run could face headwinds from quantum computing advancements and shifting inflation dynamics, analysts warn.
Singapore-based web3 firm Matrixport says there are still many risks that could disrupt Bitcoin’s (BTC) bull market in 2025.
In a research note on Dec. 27, the firm pointed to Google’s “Willow” quantum chip with 105 qubits as reigniting discussions about potential threats to Bitcoin’s security. While the technology is still in its early innings, Matrixport noted that
BingX Unveils First ALTCOIN Index for Futures and Altcoin Trading Pairs
Singapore-based crypto exchange BingX launched ALTCOIN Index, the first futures index involving altcoins like ETH, XRP, SOL and DOGE.
BingX’s new ALTCOIN Index provides users with the opportunity to monitor the current market trends for multiple altcoins displayed on one index. According to BingX’s press release, the index will feature some of the top cryptocurrencies by market cap, excluding Bitcoin (BTC) and stablecoins.
The ALTCOIN Index includes ETH (ETH), XRP (XRP), SOL (SOL), BNB, DOGE,
BONK Price Falls Over 7% After Burning 1.69 Trillion Tokens-what’s Going On?
Solana-based meme coin Bonk continued its downward rally despite the project recently burning 1.69 trillion BONK tokens.
On Dec. 26, over 1.8% of BONK’s entire supply, amounting to 1.69 trillion tokens worth over $51 million was burned as part of the dog-themed meme coin’s community holiday token burning event dubbed the “BURNmas.”
Based on community participation in Burnmas, the amended vote has passed and 1.69 Trillion $BONK has been burnt from the @bonk_dao multisigThe Total Supply of $BONK
A phishing scam targeting crypto users that used fake Zoom meeting links as a method of malware distribution and stealing the target’s cryptocurrency assets has been uncovered by blockchain security firm SlowMist.
Hackers have been using sophisticated techniques to steal private keys, wallet data, and other sensitive information, which has resulted in substantial financial loss for victims. The attackers used a phishing domain that mimicked a legitimate Zoom domain, “app[.] us4zoom[.] us.”, rep
Aethir and Injective Launch the First Tokenized GPU Marketplace to Democratize AI Computing
Aethir and Injective’s partnership makes high-performance GPU resources more accessible, fueling innovation in AI and blockchain.
Aethir (ATH), a leader in high-performance computing infrastructure, and Injective (INJ), a prominent decentralized exchange platform, have teamed up to launch the world’s first tokenized GPU marketplace. HPC refers to the use of powerful computer systems and networks to process massive amounts of data rapidly, often required for complex tasks like scientific simulat
Ethereum Can Speed Up By Running Nearly 65% of Its Transactions in Parallel, Sei Says
Ethereum could handle more transactions and run faster by processing most of them simultaneously, a new study reveals.
A new study shows that almost 65% of Ethereum‘s transactions could be processed at the same time, potentially making the network much faster. In a Friday blog post, analysts at layer-1 network Sei (SEI) revealed that many of Ethereum’s transactions don’t depend on each other and could run simultaneously, allowing the network to handle more transactions and improve its speed.
Binance to Support Optimism Network Upgrade and Hard Fork
Binance support for Optimism network upgrade aims to improve performance and user experience.
On Jan. 10, 2025, at 2:00 (UTC+8), Binance announced its support for the Optimism (OP) network upgrade and hard fork. To facilitate the upgrade, Binance will temporarily halt token deposits and withdrawals on the OP network starting from 1:00 (UTC+8) on the same day.
The OP network upgrade is designed to enhance the network’s user experience, scalability, and overall performance. Binance has assured u
Bitwise Files for ETF Tracking Companies Holding Over 1000 Bitcoin in Treasury
Bitwise has proposed a new exchange-traded fund that invests in publicly traded companies holding over 1000 BTC in their corporate treasuries.
In a Dec. 26 regulatory filing, Bitwise said the Bitcoin Standard Corporations ETF will invest in equity securities of publicly traded firms that have adopted the “Bitcoin standard” by holding at least 1,000 Bitcoin (BTC) in their corporate treasuries.
These securities include “common stock, depositary receipts (both American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs
Bitcoin ETFs See Strong Rebound With $475.15m Inflows
Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States recorded an inflow of $475.15 million on Dec. 26, ending its four day streak of outflows.
According to data from SoSoValue, the 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs logged $475.15 million of inflows on Thursday following four straight days of outflows that saw over $1.5 billion leave the funds.
Fidelity’s FBTC led the lot with inflows of $254.37 million followed by ARK 21Shares’ ARKB which attracted $186.94 million in inflows.