Michaël van de Poppe, CIO and founder of MN Trading, expects to see the altcoin market awaken from its slumber. In an overall crypto market, including more recent analysis, Van de Poppe believes the long altcoin bear window could soon come to an end. He cites major undervaluation throughout Ethereum,...
Venture capital firms like a16z are making huge bets on decentralized finance (DeFi) and AI projects in the crypto space. This change in emphasis aligns with the changing landscape of the industry. Even with the recent signs of a slowdown in general crypto venture capital investment, notable projects have raised...
Developments within Decentralized Finance (DeFi) have progressed quickly, posing the biggest existential threat to the tenets of Bitcoin maximalism. Until then, the only true decentralized and trustless store of value in the crypto space was Bitcoin. Its established protocol and visible adherence to sound money principles lured in a hard...
This quarter, Bitcoin sailing over Solana’s peak volume of BTC occurred in Q2 of 2025. This boom was fueled by the explosive adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and upgrades to its network infrastructure. The network hasn’t skipped a beat and now settles more than 100 million transactions per day....
Ethereum’s recent drop below the $2,500 mark has been hard for many to ignore, raising fears across the entire crypto market. This decrease is doubly concerning for the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry. The 3.05% decrease in Ethereum's value over the last 24 hours has not only reverberated through centralized exchanges...
Ondo Finance, an Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) project, has acquired Oasis Pro, a digital assets infrastructure provider regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This action is further evidence that the company is committed to increasing its U.S. operations and improving its compliance program. Now, Ondo Finance is...
Decentralized finance (DeFi) just had a major comeback, and the total value locked (TVL) exceeding $116 billion is evidence to that. A significant portion of this growth can be attributed to a resurgence of interest and activity in lending platforms across the developing DeFi ecosystem. Investors and users alike are...
ForTube & Trava Finance are at the forefront of decentralized finance (DeFi). They are fundamentally changing what being a lender or borrower means with their creative strategies. ForTube, an open-sourced DeFi lending platform, is the crypto-finance service protocols crypto developers should get involved in building. Trava Finance allows users to...
Fineqia International Inc. has launched the world’s first Bitcoin yield Exchange Traded Product (ETP). This new cutting-edge product harnesses the power of decentralized finance (DeFi) to increase investors’ Bitcoin returns. The new ETP, known as YBTC, aims to provide an annual yield of 6%-7% through DeFi activities conducted on the...
Today, Pakistan is on track to become one of the biggest movers and shakers in the cryptocurrency industry. The country intends to use this Bitcoin reserve in decentralized finance (DeFi) to earn passive income. Headlining this effort is Bilal Bin Saqib, Pakistan’s crypto minister, and CEO of the Pakistan Crypto...
Further Reading
Murakami on Base: Is This the NFT Catalyst We've Been Waiting For?
Takashi Murakami. Base. NFTs. Three words I never imagined I’d put together with such… eagerness? Let’s not kid ourselves, the NFT world has been a bit of a digital wasteland as of late. Remember the hype? The Bored Apes? The promises of a decentralized future? It all seems like a...
Murakami's NFTs: 5 Reasons Why Art World Elites Are Terrified
Let's be blunt: the champagne socialists in the art world are freaking out right now. Takashi Murakami, the creative genius responsible for bringing you those famous smiling flowers on Louis Vuitton bags, has thrown a new digital curve ball to the fashion industry. His “108 Flowers Revised” NFT Collection has...
Takashi Murakami Blooms on Base with "108 Flowers Revised" NFT Collection
Takashi Murakami, the Japanese contemporary art phenomenon, is bringing his “108 Flowers Revised” NFT collection to life. Like Base itself, it’ll be released on the Base blockchain. This move is a huge step in bridging the old art establishment with the innovative technology that Web3 offers. The July 31 launch...
Octo Gaming's Starknet Bet: Pragmatic Progress or Just Another Crypto Hype?
On-device AI Octo Gaming recently announced their partnership with Starknet to bring Layer 2 scalability to their mobile gaming platform. This exciting new initiative makes us all answer this key question head-on. On the surface, it sounds promising: faster gameplay, smoother transactions, and the allure of tokenized rewards for their...
Bro Jump's Starknet Leap: Is This the Future of Mobile Gaming?
Forget Candy Crush. Forget Flappy Bird. We're talking Bro Jump. Yes, Bro Jump. And yes, it's somehow connected to Starknet. If that one line announcement doesn’t get you excited, then clearly you need to update your sweet Farmville. But for the rest of us, the question is: could this bizarre...
Octo Gaming Leverages Starknet to Enhance Web3 Mobile Gaming Experience
Octo Gaming adds Starknet’s Layer 2 technology to make its social gaming platform even better. This partnership will significantly reduce transaction speeds and processing times. In doing so, it will make for smooth on-boarding of mobile games into the Web3 ecosystem. An exciting new game joining Octo Gaming’s platform is...
Octo Gaming & Starknet: Bro Jump into the Future of Web3 Games!
With the help of new creative partnerships and cutting-edge technology, the mobile gaming landscape is about to be transformed. Octo Gaming's collaboration with Starknet and the launch of 'Bro Jump' exemplifies this shift, promising a scalable, secure, and community-driven Web3 experience. This article takes a look at how Starknet’s rollup...
Oh Whale's NFTs: Saving Oceans or Just Another Hype Train?
Okay, let's talk about whales. Majestic creatures, right? Gentle giants of the deep. Now, let's talk about NFTs. Digital… assets? Okay, okay, digital pictures of cartoon whales. Oh Whale, to be exact. They’re unstoppable, cleaning up our seven seas, one pixelated cetacean at a time. But is this effort really...