Solana Scores Twin Institutional Wins With $1B Raise and First Public Liquid Staking Strategy
Solana’s SOL SOL got a double dose of institutional adoption this week as two publicly traded firms revealed major initiatives centered on the blockchain’s ecosystem — one targeting liquid staking, the other aiming to raise up to $1 billion for direct investment. Canada-listed Sol Strategies filed a preliminary base...
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Ether Only Crypto Major in Green, XRP Muted After Mammoth Treasury Plans
Ether ETH led major tokens with a modest gain, jumping above $2,700 early Thursday as broader crypto markets remained range-bound despite a flurry of macro and corporate headlines. Ether-based spot ETFs recorded net inflows, reinforcing institutional appetite for the asset even as bitcoin BTC flows slowed, traders said. XRP’s...
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Bitcoin’s $95K-$105K Range in Focus as $10B BTC Options Expiry Looms
Bitcoin BTC options worth billions of dollars are set to expire this Friday at 08:00 UTC on Deribit, making the $95,000 to $105,000 range a critical zone for potential volatility and directional cues. At press time, a total of 93,131 bitcoin monthly options contracts, worth over $10 billion, were...
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WalletConnect Token rallies 11% as Jupiter stakers added to WCT airdrop list
WCT jumped 11% following news that Jupiter stakers will be eligible for a token claim tied to WalletConnect’s Solana expansion. WalletConnect Token (WCT) jumped on Thursday as buzz spread about an upcoming airdrop tied to Solana (SOL), and some Jupiter…...
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Pakistan confirms plans for a strategic Bitcoin reserve
Pakistan will create a strategic Bitcoin reserve as part of a government-led initiative to embrace digital assets. During his appearance at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, Bilal Bin Saqib, head of the newly established Pakistan Crypto Council,…...
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy address allegedly revealed by Arkham, with $48.8b worth of BTC
Arkham claims it has found Strategy’s alleged Bitcoin address, with total holdings currently valued at $48.8 billion. CEO Michael Saylor previously declined to reveal the company’s address for security reasons. According to a recent post from the blockchain analytics firm,…...
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Citadel Securities-backed Hidden Road rolls out OTC crypto swaps for US institutions
The prime brokerage firm Hidden Road has launched crypto swap services for U.S. clients as it awaits regulatory approval for its $1.25 billion acquisition by Ripple. Prime broker Hidden Road has launched crypto swaps prime brokerage services for institutional clients…...
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Study finds 80% of crypto users quit blockchains within 90 days
Blockchain networks are bleeding casual users, with four out of five low-engagement accounts going inactive within three months, a Flipside study reveals. A recent study reveals a hard truth about blockchain ecosystems: most users lose interest quickly. Data from Flipside,…...
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Telegram in Limbo Over $300M xAI Deal – What’s The Holdup?
The cloud-based social media and messaging app Telegram appears to be in distress amid efforts to raise funds via a debt issuance. The company currently has a pending $300 million deal with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI. A series of tweets between Telegram’s founder, Pavel Durov, and...
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Bitcoin $120K ‘epic mic drop’ rally set after US court blocks Trump tariffs
Bitcoin is poised to rally toward $120,000 after a US federal court blocked the majority of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a crypto analyst says. “The trade court decision was an epic mic drop, and it’s going to intensify momentum behind Bitcoin,” Swyftx lead analyst Pav Hundal told Cointelegraph. The...
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