Recent news that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating companies associated with the Ethereum Foundation is consistent with the view that there is no more than a 50% chance of spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval in May, JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report on …
Crypto exchange WOO X has introduced a set of index perpetual contracts linked to meme coins, the top 30 cryptocurrencies and layer-2 (L2) tokens in partnership with market maker Wintermute and index provider GMCI. WOO X closed a $9 million funding round in January with participation from Wintermute and Amber. …
The market for tokenized U.S. Treasury debt is booming. The market value of Treasury notes tokenized through public blockchains like Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, Stellar and others has crossed above $1 billion for the first time, data tracked by Tom Wan, an analyst at crypto firm 21.co, show. Tokenized Treasuries are …
Layer 1 blockchain Fantom’s native token, FTM, has gained over 190% in four weeks, becoming the best-performing non-meme cryptocurrency among the top 100 digital assets by market value. FTM’s price surged to $1.16, the highest since April 2022, according to data tracked by CoinGecko. The token’s market capitalization jumped to …
Bitcoin-forward Central American nation El Salvador this week moved $400 million of bitcoin (BTC) – “a big chunk” – into a cold wallet, President Nayib Bukele said in a post on X (formerly Twitter). Bukele referred to the new setup as “our first #Bitcoin piggy bank.” El Salvador stored the …
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-related tokens took the lead Thursday, with Fetch.ai (FET) rallying 35% in 24 hours, followed by SinglarityNET (AGIX), which jumped 30%. According to Miles Deutscher, a crypto analyst, AI-related tokens are pumping as the global AI Nvidia conference for developers and engineers approaches on March 18. Deutscher tweeted …
