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PUBG creator ‘not even thinking about’ NFTs for upcoming metaverse: Report
Brendan Greene, creator of the online battle royale shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), unveiled plans to create a new generation of a gameplay-focused metaverse called Artemis. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unlikely to make an appearance. Speaking to IGN on Jan. 4, Greene said he’s “not even thinking about” including NFTs in the project, which is currently…
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Dogecoin jumps 21% as whales accumulate, Galaxy predicts $1 DOGE
Dogecoin has jumped 21% over the past week, outperforming major memecoins like Shiba Inu, Pepe and Bonk. At the time of publication, DOGE traded at $0.38. Shiba Inu (SHIB), Pepe (PEPE) and Bonk (BONK) were up 7%, 10% and 14%, respectively. Dogecoin’s price surged 21% over the past week, peaking at $0.39. Source: CoinGecko The…
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AI, tokenization to usher ‘new long-tail capital market’ in 2025: Bitwise
Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley says 2025 could see a boom in smaller, niche businesses aided by AI and tokenization, more corporate Bitcoin adoption, and an “unfreezing” of mergers and acquisitions that could benefit crypto. In a series of X posts on Jan. 5, Horsley said he sees the world “on the precipice of change” in…
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Ethena targets TradFi adoption with synthetic dollar in 2025 roadmap
Ethena is preparing to roll out a new crypto-based product aimed at attracting traditional finance (TradFi) institutions. The blockchain platform plans to launch the new iUSDe product in February. Built on its synthetic dollar, sUSDe, iUSDe introduces a “simple wrapper contract” that adds transfer restrictions at the token level, according to Ethena’s 2025 roadmap published…
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Dogecoin jumps 21% as whales accumulate, Galaxy predicts $1 DOGE
Dogecoin has jumped 21% over the past week, outperforming major memecoins like Shiba Inu, Pepe and Bonk. At the time of publication, DOGE traded at $0.38. Shiba Inu (SHIB), Pepe (PEPE) and Bonk (BONK) were up 7%, 10% and 14%, respectively. Dogecoin’s price surged 21% over the past week, peaking at $0.39. Source: CoinGecko The…
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MicroStrategy’s Saylor posts BTC tracker, hints at Monday purchase
MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor posted the Bitcoin (BTC) chart from the SaylorTracker website on Jan. 5 — the same chart Saylor typically posts on Sunday before purchasing Bitcoin on the following day. “Something about SaylorTracker.com is not quite right,” the tech founder wrote to followers on X, hinting at an impending Bitcoin acquisition on Monday.…
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Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 29 – Jan. 4 – Cointelegraph Magazine
Top Stories of The Week Odds of 2025 US Solana ETF listing top 77%: VanEck research head The odds of a Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) listing in the United States this year are even higher than a popular betting market’s optimistic forecast, according to Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s head of digital assets research. On Jan. 1,…
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Crypto wallet Phantom confirms it won’t launch a token amid airdrop rumors
Digital asset wallet Phantom has refuted rumors suggesting it would initiate a token airdrop to complement its soon-to-be-released social discovery feature. “We’ve seen some speculation about an airdrop tied to this feature, so to clarify: we do not have any plans to launch a token,” the non-custodial crypto wallet provider stressed in a Jan. 3…
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Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 29 – Jan. 4 – Cointelegraph Magazine
Top Stories of The Week Odds of 2025 US Solana ETF listing top 77%: VanEck research head The odds of a Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) listing in the United States this year are even higher than a popular betting market’s optimistic forecast, according to Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s head of digital assets research. On Jan. 1,…
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Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 29 – Jan. 4 – Cointelegraph Magazine
Top Stories of The Week Odds of 2025 US Solana ETF listing top 77%: VanEck research head The odds of a Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) listing in the United States this year are even higher than a popular betting market’s optimistic forecast, according to Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s head of digital assets research. On Jan. 1,…
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BTC exchange inflow and miner outflow drop — BTC to reclaim $100K?
Bitcoin (BTC) exchange inflow — the total amount of BTC transferred to exchanges — and miner outflow — the amount of BTC sent by miners to exchanges — have significantly dropped since November 2024, suggesting reduced selling pressure. According to data from CryptoQuant, BTC exchange inflows in November 2024 peaked at 98,748 BTC on Nov.…
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Big moves expected for crypto in Asia in 2025: Asia Express
China’s digital yuan will return to the spotlight China’s central bank digital currency was once one of the industry’s hottest topics, but 2024 saw a relatively quieter year for the digital yuan. Still, Winston Ma, an adjunct law professor at New York University and former managing director at China’s sovereign wealth fund, predicts a strong…
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Suspected insider wallets net $20M on Solana’s Focai memecoin launch
At least 15 blockchain wallets suspected of insider trading have turned an initial $14,600 investment into over $20 million, raising concerns about transparency and fairness in cryptocurrency markets. The 15 insider wallets made over $20 million in profit on the Focai.fun (FOCAI), a memecoin recently launched on Solana’s (SOL) memecoin launchpad Pump.fun. The suspected insiders…
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Suspected insider wallets net $20M on Solana’s Focai memecoin launch
At least 15 blockchain wallets suspected of insider trading have turned an initial $14,600 investment into over $20 million, raising concerns about transparency and fairness in cryptocurrency markets. The 15 insider wallets made over $20 million in profit on the Focai.fun (FOCAI), a memecoin recently launched on Solana’s (SOL) memecoin launchpad Pump.fun. The suspected insiders…
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Bitcoin needs trading volume boost to rally above $105K in January
Bitcoin analysts are forecasting an imminent recovery rally despite signs of holiday-driven market illiquidity that contributed to December’s price correction. Bitcoin (BTC) is currently down over 10% from its $108,300 all-time high recorded on Dec. 17. The world’s first cryptocurrency has been trading under $100,000 since Dec. 19, Cointelegraph Markets Pro data shows. BTC/USD, 1-month…
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Solana is now quantum-resistant, Solana dev claims
Solana developers have created a quantum-resistant vault on the Solana blockchain to protect user funds from potential threats posed by quantum computers. The “Solana Winternitz Vault” solution achieves this by implementing a complex hash-based signature system that generates new keys every time a transaction is made, explained cryptography researcher and Zeus Network chief scientist Dean…
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Price analysis 1/3: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, AVAX, LINK, TON
Bitcoin price looks on track to reclaim the $100,000 level. Are altcoins set to follow?
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MicroStrategy eyes more Bitcoin with potential $2B preferred stock offering
MicroStrategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, is eyeing a $2 billion raise from a perpetual preferred stock offering to buy more Bitcoin in a move that would expand on the company’s “21/21” plan. The perpetual preferred stock may be obtained through converting MicroStrategy’s class A common stock, paying a cash dividend, redeeming shares or…
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Solana founders embrace memecoins, say AI agents overrated: Survey
Solana founders embrace memecoins but say artificial intelligence agents are overrated and worry about the network’s mounting maximum extractable value (MEV) problem, according to survey data revealed on Jan. 3. In a Blockworks Research survey of 42 Solana founders, approximately 76% described memecoins as “mostly good.” They also expressed skepticism about AI agents, with 16%…
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Big moves expected for crypto in Asia in 2025: Asia Express
China’s digital yuan will return to the spotlight China’s central bank digital currency was once one of the industry’s hottest topics, but 2024 saw a relatively quieter year for the digital yuan. Still, Winston Ma, an adjunct law professor at New York University and former managing director at China’s sovereign wealth fund, predicts a strong…