Ripple and Ireland’s Trinity College team up to tackle blockchain challenges
Trinity College in Dublin has become the first Irish institution to partner with Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative. According to the Irish Independent, Trinity College will set up a blockchain research initiative at the Adapt Research Ireland Centre at the…...
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3 Things That Could Further Influence Crypto Markets in The Week Ahead
Digital assets went on a highly volatile ride on Monday morning, with BTC dumping from $106,000 to under $100,000 only to bounce off and register a new all-time high hours later at over $109,000. All eyes will be on Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 while traditional markets in...
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Solana Bags Record Daily Fees of $35M Amid Trump Memecoin Frenzy
The world’s most-used blockchain just bagged its largest ever daily fees. On Saturday, Donald Trump’s official token, TRUMP, was issued on the Solana blockchain, which led to an uptick in trading volumes over the weekend. Between Saturday and Sunday, the network generated fees of over $35 million and revenue...
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Bitcoin Surges to $109K, Hits Record High Ahead of Donald Trump’s Inauguration
Bitcoin (BTC) zoomed to a record level above $109,000 during the Asian trading hours on Monday ahead of Republican Donald Trump’s scheduled inauguration later in the day. BTC reversed losses from earlier in the day when it fell to nearly $100,000 from a high over $102,000 on Sunday as...
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MELANIA meme coin soars over 50%, Bitget joins the hype
MELANIA perpetual contracts based in USDT are coming to Bitget after the first lady’s meme coin begins to make market waves hours after launch. Bitget is launching USDT (USDT)-based MELANIA perpetual contracts on its platform, offering up to 20x leverage…...
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Trump family-backed WLFI buys 4 ENS domains on inauguration day
On Jan. 19, World Liberty Financial, backed by Trump family, bought four Ethereum Name Services (ENS). Is this the first step to a historical crypto reign by Trump?...
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Bitcoin Price Skyrockets to New All-Time High Hours Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration
The highly volatile rollercoaster in the cryptocurrency market continues in full force as BTC added roughly ten grand within hours and skyrocketed to a new all-time high of just shy of $110,000. This comes just hours before the president-elect, Donald Trump, is inaugurated and returns to office. BTCUSD. Source:...
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Ethereum L2s Are About to Hit a Brick Wall: Polynomial Protocol Founder
Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solutions may soon hit their limits in efficiently scaling the mainnet, warns Gautham Santhosh, co-founder of Polynomial.fi. Layer 2 solutions are protocols or networks built on top of a layer-1 networks to improve its scalability and reduce transaction costs by processing transactions off-chain and then...
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Bitcoin ETF weekly inflows surged 475% ahead of Trump’s inauguration
Inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds surged by 475% last week, fueled by expectations of a more crypto-friendly administration following President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. According to data from Farside Investors, the 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded over $1.8 billion…...
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Donald Trump Now Holds 90%+ Of Net Worth In Crypto, What This Means
Donald Trump now reportedly holds over 90% of his net worth in cryptocurrency. This revelation has sparked intense debate across social media, with prominent tech entrepreneur and former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan weighing in on the potential global implications. Writing on January 19 via X, Srinivasan called this development...
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