Month: February 2025

Mastercard: Central banks will likely lean away from issuing retail CBDCs

Mastercard’s Raj Dhamodharan predicts that more central banks will shift away from retail CBDCs, focusing instead on wholesale digital currencies for financial institutions in 2025. Central banks are rethinking their approach to state-backed digital currencies, with Raj Dhamodharan, Mastercard‘s head…...
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Cardano’s ADA, DOGE Slide 4% as Bitcoin Traders Await Payrolls

Cardano (ADA) and dogecoin (DOGE) were down 4% in the past 24 hours, leading losses among major tokens as traders await U.S. payrolls before further positioning in the market. Bitcoin (BTC) traded just over $97,300 in European morning hours Friday, down 1.7% in the past 24 hours. The broad-based...
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MEET48 Launches Multiple AI Products, Pioneering the Future of the Entertainment Industry with MEET48.ai and MARS Protocol

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, February 7th, 2025] On February 7, MEET48 officially launched MEET48.ai, the world’s first virtual entertainment, social, music, and dance AIGC creator platform. Simultaneously, MARS Protocol, an AI-AGENT tokenization and trading platform, has also entered its Pre-launch phase. MEET48.ai: Effortlessly Create Idol AI-Agents and AIGC...
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BlackRock Increases Ownership of Strategy to 5%

Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of Strategy (MSTR). In a recent Schedule 13G filing, BlackRock (BLK) disclosed that it now owns 5% of Strategy (MSTR), equivalent to approximately 11.2 million shares. This marks a 0.91% increase from its previous 4.09% ownership as of September 30,...
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3 Reasons That Ripple (XRP) Is Preparing for a Major Rally

TL;DR Spot XRP ETF filings from well-known financial players could boost institutional and retail investment in the asset if approved. Whales accumulated millions of tokens during the dip, and the RSI briefly dropped below 30, suggesting a potential price rebound. The Potential Catalysts Ripple’s XRP did not start the...
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