March 17, 2025
Crypto

45% new users joined in 2024, AI tokens heralded as most popular pick to lead 2025

Binance’s latest Global User Survey revealed that almost half of its users joined the crypto market in 2024. Meanwhile, around 23.89% respondents believe AI tokens will lead the crypto market in 2025, followed closely be meme coins. On Dec. 19, Binance released the results from its global survey involving more than 27,000 users from Asia,

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Ethereum

eth2 quick update no. 14

All eyes on Medalla testnet — genesis in less than 24 hours 👀 tl;dr Medalla testnet launches tomorrow 🏅 The minimum validator deposits (16k+ of them) required to kick off the Medalla testnet were met on Friday, which means the genesis of this testnet is set to happen at 1596546008 Unix time, or 8 seconds

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Altcoins

From $6 to $87,000: Early PENGU Holder Scores Big on Solana-Based Memecoin: Arkham

A lucky crypto trader scored a gigantic return after investing early in the new native asset of a non-fungible token (NFT) project built on Solana (SOL). The market analytics platform Arkham Intelligence notes that someone bought only $6 worth of PENGU, the new utility token for the NFT project Pudgy Penguins, then added it to

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Crypto

Court Clears Coinbase to Delist Wrapped Bitcoin in BiT Global Lawsuit

Key Takeaways BiT Global accused Coinbase of unfair business practices, alleging that the exchange’s decision was intended to promote its own wrapped Bitcoin product, cbBTC Coinbase defended its decision to delist wBTC was motivated by concerns over the potential for the token’s control to fall into the hands of Justin Sun.  A U.S. District Court

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Ethereum

Development update #4 – ethereum.org

Hey Ethereum community! It’s been a few months since our last update so it’s about time we let you know what’s been happening over at ethereum.org. First up, we’re now using Gatsby Under the hood at ethereum.org we’ve switched from Vuepress to Gatsby. Now, this won’t be immediately obvious to anyone visiting the website but

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Crypto

Polymarket Controversy: Syria-Israel Betting Raises Concerns

A prediction on Polymarket regarding the prospects of Israeli military action in Syria in 2024 was criticized, especially considering that allegations of manipulation were filed against the oracle provider, UMA. The prediction market, Polymarket, has seen almost $1.55 billion in trading volume in the last 30 days. Yet one market has brought controversy, with a

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Ethereum

Announcing Devcon Improvement Proposals (DIPs)

Today, we (the Devcon organizing team) are excited to make public a new way to get involved in next year’s event, and one that should make Devcon an experience that better represents Ethereum as a whole. Devcon Improvement Proposals (DIPs) are a new tool to involve collaborative community input from across the ecosystem. They are

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Crypto

Binance Futures updates leverage and margin tiers for multiple USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts

Binance’s updated leverage and margin tiers offer improved trading options for select trading pairs, bringing both potential rewards and risks for crypto traders. The leverage and margin levels for USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts, including DAR, ME, CAKE, IOTA, LPT, ONE, and ZEN, will be updated by Binance Futures today, with effect from 08:15 UTC on Dec.

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Ethereum

ESP: Beyond Grants | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Since transitioning into the Ecosystem Support Program from EF Grants, we’ve talked about defining “support” more comprehensively, thinking beyond simple grant funding. But what does a more comprehensive definition of support actually mean? In practice, it means something different for every project, and it starts with a conversation. ESP was conceived to make a wide

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Crypto

Here’s how the crypto market reacted to the Fed’s 0.25% cut

After the Fed cut the interest rate by 0.25%, the crypto market’s liquidation of more than $239 million in mere minutes. Bitcoin dipped briefly below $100k with other major tokens following suit. On Dec. 19, the Federal Reserve reduced its key interest rate by 25 basis points and warned of cuts in the following years.

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