IntoTheBlock and Trident Merge With $25M Backing to Build Institutional DeFi Gateway
Decentralized finance (DeFi) firms IntoTheBlock and Trident Digital have merged to form Sentora, joining forces to bring institutional investors onchain. The new company, helmed by Anthony DeMartino, co-founder of Trident and former head of risk strategies at Coinbase (COIN), is also on track to close a $25 million founding...
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Solana’s Natix and Grab Team Up to Expand DePIN Mapping Into US, Europe
NATIX, a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) focused on mapping data on Solana, shared Tuesday that it is teaming up with taxi service Grab to provide more accurate mapping technologies. Grab, which is known for its taxi services in southeast Asia but also crowdsources mapping data for its technological...
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Florida Withdraws Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bills From Consideration
Florida has withdrawn two bills related to the creation of a state-level strategic bitcoin (BTC) reserve. House Bill 487 and Senate Bill 550 have been “indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration,” according to the state Senate website. The two bills, which were both filed in February, sought to allow...
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Dogecoin Sees Spike In Bullish Long Bets Despite A 7% Weekly Drop: What’s Next?
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) may be in a corrective phase, but that hasn’t deterred derivatives traders from amping up bullish bets on the meme coin. What happened: More than 72% of all Binance traders with open DOGE positions were long as of this writing, according to Coinglass, suggesting hopes of...
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Bitcoin’s ‘Up-Only Season Around The Corner,’ Says Analyst Michaël van de Poppe, Predicts BTC Will Bottom Ahead Of FOMC Meeting
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is maintaining its position amid market uncertainty as traders anticipate the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy meeting, with a prominent analyst suggesting the cryptocurrency may have reached its correction low. What Happened: Cryptocurrency analyst Michaël van de Poppe, founder of MN Consultancy, stated on X that Bitcoin...
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The Rise of Crypto Debit Cards: Spend Your Crypto Anywhere
Cryptocurrencies are now more than holding or trading instruments. In 2025, more and more people use digital money like Bitcoin for regular expenditures. It is made easy through the support of crypto debit cards. The cards make it possible to […] The post The Rise of Crypto Debit Cards:...
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Crypto Legislation Stalls in Senate Over Trump’s $2B Stablecoin Deal
Efforts to pass crypto laws in the US Senate have hit a wall. A $2 billion deal involving former President Donald Trump has sparked major ethical concerns. Source: https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2022/us-senators-to-release-long-awaited-crypto-legislation-next-week/ Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jeff Merkley sent a letter on May […] The post Crypto Legislation Stalls in Senate Over...
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Strategy Starts May With $180 Million Bitcoin Purchase—Will Larger Buys Follow?
Michael Saylor’s Strategy has announced a new Bitcoin purchase to start off May. Here’s how the rest of the month could go, based on past pattern. Strategy Has Just Added 1,895 BTC To Its Bitcoin Stack In a new post on X, Strategy chairman and co-founder Michael Saylor has...
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Open-source AI isn’t the end-all game—Bringing AI onchain is | Opinion
Without verifiable safeguards, open-source AI could also be vulnerable to manipulation, but blockchain can provide the trust layer it needs....
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‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ Haliey Welch Expresses Regret Over Controversial Meme Coin Launch, Wishes It Hadn’t Happened
Haliey Welch, also known as the “Hawk Tuah Girl,” addressed the controversy surrounding her memecoin, which dropped in value shortly after launch, prompting holders to file a lawsuit against her team. What happened: During an interview with Vanity Fair on Friday, the viral influencer expressed regret and emotional distress...
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