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[PRESS RELEASE – Toronto, Canada, January 23rd, 2025] Sapien, the first decentralized data foundry, is bringing its growing ecosystem of 155,000 AI trainers across 110+ countries to Base, Coinbase’s Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, as it prepares to launch its open, permissionless protocol. Sapien’s protocol enables enterprises, AI...

Nexus – the blockchain dedicated to building the Verifiable Internet – shook hands with the decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) – io.net.  The collaboration’s main goal is to strengthen the former’s computer power and double down on its mission to make zero-knowledge proof services accessible to all users.  The...

Founder & CEO of Professional Capital Management Anthony Pompliano on Thursday said “more than 50%” of President Donald Trump‘s net worth is now held in the cryptocurrency market. This assertion highlights a significant personal financial connection between Trump and digital assets, which Pompliano believes will influence policy. In an...

Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Phemex has fallen victim to a reported hack, continuing the trend of security vulnerabilities in digital asset exchanges. Meir Dolev, the co-founder and CTO of blockchain security firm Cyvers, issued an urgent alert on January 23rd regarding suspicious activity involving one of Phemex’s hot wallets. Dolev...

OKX has become the first global cryptocurrency exchange to secure pre-authorization under the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework. This milestone marks a key step toward offering regulated crypto products across the European Economic Area Upon full licensing, OKX will provide services…...

Follow the big fish. In crypto, trading activity by crypto whales – big wallets that command significant amounts of cryptocurrency – can be a key indicator of market movement. In recent days, $ETH whales added $1B to their wallets. That could be a sign of a significant accumulation phase....

David Balland, a co-founder of the cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger, has been released after being kidnapped from his home in France.  According to Bloomberg, Balland was kidnapped on Tuesday morning and freed Wednesday night following a police operation, as…...

Monero price has rallied for five consecutive weeks and is trading at levels last seen in April 2022. Monero (XMR), the largest privacy-focused cryptocurrency, was seen trading at $220.70 on Thursday Jan. 23, up by 113% from its lowest level…...

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3809.52, down 4.3% (-172.06) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. One of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: ETC (+2.1%) and ETH (-1.4%)....