Asset management giant VanEck is predicting a large surge in decentralized finance (DeFi) trading volumes next year. In a new report detailing its predictions for 2025, VanEck analysts say decentralized exchange (DEX) volumes will capture a fifth of centralized exchange (CEX) spot trading volumes. “Despite record-high decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volumes, both in absolute terms

A popular crypto analyst has issued a warning about Aave (AAVE), a top decentralized lending protocol built on Ethereum (ETH). The trader Ali Martinez tells his 98,500 followers on the social media platform X that social volume and positive sentiment around Aave’s native token are skyrocketing.  “With the crowd’s growing focus on AAVE, a brief

New data from market intelligence platform Santiment reveals that Chainlink (LINK) is leading the real-world assets (RWA) sector in terms of recent development activity. In a new post on the social media platform X, Santiment says the nascent sector is being led by the decentralized oracle network followed by Ethereum (ETH)-based synthetic asset creator Synthetix

Top US crypto exchange Coinbase has added support for three additional digital assets, including memecoin Gigachad (GIGA). Solana (SOL)-based GIGA, a crypto asset inspired by the photo shoot of Russian bodybuilder Ernest Khalimov, is up more than 39% from its $0.04911 low on Tuesday, the day it was listed on Coinbase. GIGA is trading for

New data from market intelligence firm Glassnode reveals that decentralized oracle network Chainlink (LINK) is gaining on-chain momentum as its price rises. In a new thread on the social media platform X, Glassnode says that LINK’s fundamentals are improving along with its active address momentum and rising price tag. “While LINK’s price surge was clearly

Solana (SOL) was the top ecosystem choice this year for new developers, according to a recent report. Researchers at the venture firm Electric Capital note that 39,148 new developers explored the crypto space in 2024. The firm also says that 2024 was the first year since 2016 that any ecosystem besides Ethereum (ETH) ranked first

A closely followed crypto analyst believes that the altcoin market is entering an uptrend after bottoming out. In a new strategy session, crypto trader Michaël van de Poppe tells his 751,700 followers on the social media platform X that the price action of the OTHERS chart may be printing a bullish pattern on the weekly

Crypto giant Grayscale has launched two new trusts that offer investors exposure to liquid staking service Lido DAO (LDO) and scaling solution Optimism (OP). The new trusts add to the crypto firm’s more than 25 existing digital asset products. Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary, Grayscale’s head of product and research, praises the two altcoin projects for the benefits

A widely followed crypto analyst says that Bitcoin’s (BTC) still has upward momentum while updating his outlook on payments network Stellar (XLM). In a new thread on the social media platform X, pseudonymous crypto strategist Rekt Capital tells his 519,600 followers that it appears as if the top crypto asset by market cap’s technical uptrend

Ethereum (ETH) rival Avalanche (AVAX) has raised $250,000,000 from a locked token sale led by Galaxy Digital, Dragonfly and ParaFi Capital. According to a new announcement, Avalanche says that more than 40 companies participated in the sale, including SkyBridge, Hivemind and Morgan Creek Digital. A locked token sale means the tokens sold have certain vesting