First Mover Americas: BTC Holds Stable at $70K

First Mover Americas: BTC Holds Stable at K

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 …

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First Mover Americas: Meme Coin Indexes Are Here

First Mover Americas: Meme Coin Indexes Are Here

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. …

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First Mover Americas: Tokenized Treasury Notes Surpass $1B

First Mover Americas: Tokenized Treasury Notes Surpass B

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 …

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First Mover Americas: Fantom’s FTM Outperforms Market Ahead of Upgrade

First Mover Americas: Fantom’s FTM Outperforms Market Ahead of Upgrade

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 …

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