Circle, the issuer of the world’s second-largest stablecoin by market cap USDC, plans to have the first seamless bridged-to-native USDC upgrade rolled out on layer 2 blockchain Linea. In an announcement on Mar. 5, Circle said the zero-knowledge powered Ethereum (ETH) layer 2 will be the first blockchain to witness USDC (USDC) upgrade. Linea is
Crypto market volatility discouraged digital asset speculation, flushing out Bitcoin leveraged positions despite the March 4 recovery bounce. Bitcoin (BTC) open interest backpedaled to $49 billion, or 558,914 BTC across exchanges, reaching a four-month low and revisiting levels last seen in October 2024, per CoinGlass data. Open interest measures the sum of outstanding futures or
The National Cryptocurrency Association, a new non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing Americans’ understanding of cryptocurrencies, officially launched today. The NCA has a mission of promoting crypto literacy and safe adoption nationwide in the United States. Backed by a $50 million grant from Ripple (XRP), a leading blockchain company, the NCA aims to demystify cryptocurrencies and
U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of the Strategic Crypto Reserve shook the markets and turned traders risk-averse after the pump and dump on Monday. Bitcoin closed February at the most negative returns, down 17.39%, for the first time since 2014. Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and the made in USA category of altcoins XRP, Solana (SOL),
WonderFi is considering partnerships that would bring derivatives trading to its platforms, Bitbuy and Coinsquare, in Canada and Australia. Vancouver-based WonderFi Technologies Inc. is exploring a new partnership to bring derivatives trading to its crypto platforms, Bitbuy and Coinsquare, in Canada and Australia. The company revealed in a March 5 press release that it entered
Sygnum has expanded its off-exchange custody platform to include Deribit, the largest Bitcoin and Ethereum options trading platform. Zurich-based cryptocurrency bank Sygnum has expanded its off-exchange custody service by including Deribit to the list of supported crypto exchanges. In a March 5 press release, the bank said the so-called Sygnum Protect leverages Fireblocks’ “Off Exchange”
President Donald Trump is set to unveil a Bitcoin reserve strategy at the White House Crypto Summit Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed the plan in an interview with The Pavlovic Today, stating that Bitcoin would receive special status under Trump’s initiative. “A Bitcoin strategic reserve is something the President’s interested in. He spoke about it
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Pond.fun, the meme coin launchpad hosted on Linea, has been hacked by the project’s chief software engineer. According to Pond.fun’s official disclosure on X, Pond.fun has been hacked this morning, with the initial on-chain and off-chain evidence pointing to a software engineer on Pond.fun’s team. The platform told users to avoid interacting with pond.fun in
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