XRP Gains Edge in ETF Race Over SOL and DOGE, Says Kaiko

XRP leads the ETF race with 10 filings, strong U.S. exchange volume, and top-tier liquidity, outpacing SOL and DOGE in institutional readiness. With legal clarity and rising adoption, XRP is gaining serious momentum as the most likely next altcoin ETF to be approved. After the successful rollout of spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs in the […]

Marco Rubio Kills State Department Anti-Propaganda Shop, Promises ‘Twitter Files’ Sequel

Rubio, until recently, was hawkish about fighting foreign influence campaigns. In 2023, a second diplomatic source with direct knowledge said, he supported reauthorizing funding the GEC into the 2030s. “It’s not just Russia—Iran, China, North Korea, and even Cuba are pushing disinformation into America,” he posted last September. But after being confirmed as secretary of […]

Cryptoquant Report Flags Stalled Whale Accumulation, Miner Pressure Hits Bitcoin

Wholesale bitcoin selling is cooling but not vanishing, Cryptoquant researchers write, as data flags a market tilted toward broad caution. Cryptoquant: Accumulation Rate Hits Two‑Month Lull Cryptoquant’s report observes that daily bitcoin ( BTC) outflows from large holders have retreated to 300,000 BTC, down from 800,000 BTC in late February, yet its analysts note the […]

OpenAI unveils o3 and o4-mini with breakthrough image reasoning

Key Takeaways OpenAI’s o3 model can think with images and use tools like web browsing and Python to solve complex, multi-step problems. o4-mini is optimized for speed and cost-efficiency, outperforming previous models in math, coding, and non-STEM tasks. Share this article OpenAI released two new AI models today, o3 and o4-mini, expanding its capabilities in […]

Ethereum Layer-2 ZKsync Suffers Exploit As $5,000,000 in ZK Tokens Drained

Ethereum (ETH) Layer-2 scaling solution ZKsync (ZK) has suffered a significant exploit, resulting in the loss of $5 million worth of ZK tokens. The breach, which targeted the platform’s smart contract infrastructure, has been acknowledged by the protocol through a post to the social media platform X. “ZKsync security team has identified a compromised admin […]

Star Atlas and Shaga to Launch $100,000 Creator Campaign

Web3 grand strategy MMO Star Atlas has partnered with Twitch add-on layer Shaga to launch a $100,000 USD Creator Campaign, with rewards in $ATLAS tokens, Star Atlas Ship NFTs, and Shaga’s GLOB points. To qualify for the campaign, creators must use Shaga during a Twitch livestream of Star Atlas to allow a viewer to take […]

Ripple and SEC Back to the Table—What’s Next for XRP?

Ripple’s long-running legal battle with the U.S. SEC may be wrapping up, as both parties agreed on pausing their legal appeals earlier.  John Squire shared his detailed analysis and perspective on the case, suggesting that a settlement will lead to the approval of an XRP ETF. After years of litigation, Ripple Labs and the United […]

Zuckerberg: Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted $6B buyout offer

During Meta’s antitrust trial this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted his company’s offer to buy the social network back in 2013, Business Insider reports. Court documents revealed that Meta, then called Facebook, offered to buy Snapchat for $6 billion (reports at the time said that […]

Tether to Assign Its Hash Power to Ocean Mining Pool

Tether, the company behind the largest stablecoin USDT, has announced it will route both current and future bitcoin mining power to OCEAN, a decentralized bitcoin mining pool. This is part of Tether’s overall plan to support decentralization and secure the Bitcoin network. OCEAN was launched in 2023 by Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr and is […]

Crypto Chaos as Amazon Web Services Outage Freezes Binance, KuCoin Withdrawals

Talk about a rough wake-up call for crypto traders. In the early hours of April 15, Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a network hiccup at one of its Tokyo data centers, and the ripple effect was instant. The AWS crypto outage raised questions about the reliability centralized exchanges, but first let’s start with actually happened. […]