The financial services titan CME Group says it’s launching new futures contracts based on the smart contract platform Solana (SOL) in March. In a new press release, the CME Group announces that it will be rolling out two Solana-based futures contract options on March 17th – a micro-sized one worth 25 SOL and a macro-sized
Cryptocurrency analyst and trader Ali Martinez is warning that a top memecoin could plunge significantly amid the market downturn. Martinez tells his 128,900 followers on the social media platform X that Pepe (PEPE) is “about to crash” after breaking down below the lower boundary of a parallel channel it has been trading in for almost
A popular crypto strategist says that the altcoins currently showing market strength despite Bitcoin’s (BTC) downturn may spearhead the next digital asset rally. Pseudonymous analyst Credible Crypto tells his 463,000 followers on the social media platform X that payment tokens Litecoin (LTC) and XRP may soon be top market performers as they hold key support
An AI data-focused altcoin avoided the crypto market downtick this week after being added to Coinbase’s listing roadmap. Cookie DAO (COOKIE) aims to serve as an index and data layer for AI agents. The project’s native token, COOKIE, is priced at $0.215 at time of writing and is trading roughly even in the past day
Top US-based crypto exchange platform Coinbase is abruptly adding support for one decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol built on Ethereum (ETH) and Base. In a new announcement, Coinbase says it’s adding support for borrowing and lending project Morpho (MORPHO), causing the digital asset to rise in price. News of the addition sent MORPHO flying as
Blockchain tracking firm Lookonchain says one crypto trader is looking at multi-million dollar losses after trading the official memecoin of Melania Trump, wife of US President Donald Trump. According to Lookonchain, the trader scooped up nearly 14 million Melania (MELANIA) last month for about $30 million, only to sell off all his holdings this week
A new decentralized artificial intelligence (AI)-based altcoin is surging to the upside after abruptly gaining support from the world’s largest crypto exchange platform by volume. In a new announcement, Binance says its adding support for MyShell (SHELL), a protocol that allows users to create, share and own AI agents that can be used for professional
Online payments giant PayPal is reportedly eyeing to expand the user base of its US-dollar-backed stablecoin by integrating the asset into several of its products this year. Bloomberg reports that the California-based firm is targeting its more than 20 million small-to-medium-sized merchants to use PayPal USD (PYUSD) by giving them the option to use the
A popular market analyst known for his timely crypto calls says that the astronomical altcoin gains of the last cycle are probably never going to happen again. Pseudonymous trader Pentoshi tells his 858,600 followers on the social media platform X that altcoins now have less potential to print the same level of gains seen in
Mastercard is announcing a new partnership with Ondo Finance (ONDO) that will see the project join the credit card giant’s Multi-Token Network (MTN), a blockchain that links commercial banks and digital assets. In a new press release, Mastercard says it is joining forces with the real-world asset (RWA) tokenization protocol because the firm believes blockchains