Month: February 2025

Glauber Contessoto, also known as ‘the Dogecoin millionaire‘, has listed his meme coin conviction plays pointing to the best one for the cycle. What Happened: In an X post on Thursday, Contessoto doubled down on his meme coin conviction plays, predicting Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), Floki Inu (CRYPTO: FLOKI), Pepe...

Raise, a PayPal-backed company specializing in digital gift cards and loyalty programs, has raised a $63 million round led by Haun Ventures. The round brings Raise’s total funding to over $220 million. Other participants included Amber Group, Anagram, and GSR, among others, according to a press release. The Chicago-based...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include that the SEC declined to respond to Benzinga’s request for comment. Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss disclosed Wednesday that the SEC has concluded its investigation into the cryptocurrency exchange with no enforcement action to be taken. What happened: In an X...

As Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade gets closer, Alchemy’s Will Hennessy talks about why EIP-7702 isn’t for beginners and what blockchain developers need to be aware of. Ethereum developers have announced that the highly anticipated Pectra upgrade will launch on April 8.…...

Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped 10% to $86,300 this week, diving out of a prolonged period of trading between $90,000 and $110,000. The so-called bearish range breakdown has traders closely examining charts for clues about where the sell-off may drive prices next. One of the key levels under scrutiny is...

California Democratic Party Representative Sam Liccardo is preparing to introduce the MEME Act, which would ban the issuance of memecoins like TRUMP by public officials....

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has stabilized in Thursday morning trading, following another day of heavy spot ETF outflows on Wednesday. What Happened: The apex crypto is trading around $86,500 at the time of writing, down 1.8% over the past 24 hours, but up from its slump below the $84,000 mark...

Cardano based project Midnight which aims to create a zero-knowledge data protection-based sidechain has teamed up with blockchain security heavyweight OpenZeppelin to introduce a specialized smart contract framework for privacy-preserving applications. The collaboration, lauded by Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, aims to equip developers with robust tools and standards...

Bitcoin’s price drop led to more than $2.16 billion in realized losses, with most of them coming from recent BTC buyers. In a recent analysis thread, Glassnode found that between Feb. 25 up until Feb. 27, traders lost more than…...

Institutional crypto storage firm BDACS said on Wednesday it will use Ripple Custody, a storage service by payments firm Ripple, for securing institutional holdings of XRP and dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD. The collaboration aims to bolster Ripple’s ecosystem, enhance RLUSD adoption, and tap into South Korean port city Busan’s blockchain-friendly...