The price of Pi Network surged more than 30% on March 13 after a fresh exchange listing and growing anticipation around the project’s upcoming Pi Day event. Summary Pi Network’s token surged more than 30% after being listed on Kraken. A mainnet protocol upgrade and Pi Day hype are adding [...]
Robinhood’s February data show crypto notional volumes up 9% to $25b while equity, options and event contracts shrink, proving speculative energy has rotated back into coins. Summary Crypto notional trading hit $25.0b in February, up 9% month‑on‑month and 74% year‑on‑year, with $9.4b on the app and $15.6b routed through Bitstamp. [...]
Summary Boris Johnson called Bitcoin a potential Ponzi scheme after recounting a friend losing £20,000 in a crypto-related scam. Michael Saylor responded that Bitcoin cannot be a Ponzi because it has “no issuer, no promoter, and no guaranteed return.” The exchange highlights ongoing debate over Bitcoin’s structure, with critics questioning [...]
Ethereum price surges as derivatives open interest jumped nearly 9% to above $30b, concentrating leverage on Binance, Gate, Bybit and OKX and priming Ethereum for sharper liquidations. Summary Ethereum derivatives open interest climbed about 9% in 24 hours to roughly $30.4b, tracking Ethereum above $2,180. Binance, Gate, Bybit and OKX [...]
A Singapore court has sentenced a man to two years in jail for his involvement in a crypto theft that resulted in the loss of assets valued at more than $6.9 million. Summary A Singapore man was sentenced to two years in jail for his role in a cryptocurrency theft [...]
Outset Media Index (OMI) is now in soft launch, introducing what its creators describe as the first standardized system for benchmarking media outlets. OMI organizes familiar traffic indicators from partner sources such as Similarweb and Moz, adds proprietary research metrics for practical context and turns this data into a single [...]
CZ goes after Etherscan for displaying spam transactions from address poisoning scams, stating block explorers should filter out the malicious transfers completely. Summary CZ says block explorers should filter address-poisoning spam. A user received 89 poisoning alerts in 30 minutes after two transfers. Attackers use lookalike addresses and zero-value transfers [...]
Aster price is consolidating beneath key high-timeframe resistance as price compresses within a bullish broadening wedge pattern. Summary Key Resistance: $0.79 remains the critical breakout level for bullish continuation. Bullish Pattern: Price compressing within a bullish broadening wedge structure. Upside Target: Breakout could trigger a measured move toward $1.05. Aster’s (ASTR) recent price action [...]
Summary French Hill said the CLARITY Act could resolve issues left open by the GENIUS Act. Hill noted the House passed the CLARITY Act with bipartisan backing, including 78 Democratic votes. Lawmakers aim to ensure equal rules for bank and nonbank stablecoin issuers, Hill said. French Hill, chair of the [...]
A whale has used 5.6M USDC on Hyperliquid to take a 20x leveraged oil short near $96, effectively betting that Iran‑driven crude prices will mean‑revert and ease macro pressure on BTC. Summary On‑chain data shows a single whale address depositing 5.6M USDC to Hyperliquid, then using the entire balance to [...]
