In 2025, the Solana ecosystem saw a mix of hype, hardware, and high-impact upgrade activity, marking one of the channel’s most memorable years to date. The year started with a memecoin craze, where speculative energy and hype sparked on-chain activity. This wave follows the rise of BONK in late 2024, which boosted memecoin activity after […]
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Veteran Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr is at the forefront of one of the most contentious debates in cryptocurrency: what the original blockchain network should be for. The advent of the Ordinals protocol in 2023, which helped create a form of NFT on Bitcoin, and Runes a year later, which did something similar for fungible tokens,
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Jeff Yan rarely speaks in public, avoids social media and has never taken venture capital money. But in 2025, few individuals have had a greater influence on the shape of decentralized finance (DeFi) and the crypto space itself. This feature is part of CoinDesk 2025 Most Influential List. Yan is the founder of Hyperliquid, a
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U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, arguably the crypto industry’s closest friend in Congress, will not seek another term, she said in a statement Friday. The first-term lawmaker will resign after her six-year term ends in January 2027, leaving an open Republican seat in extremely red Wyoming but also removing a major ally of the digital assets
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Wall Street bank Citigroup has updated its coverage of digital asset stocks to reflect crypto’s recent widespread declines, but remains constructive on the sector. “Despite recent token volatility, we remain bullish on digital asset stocks,” analysts led by Peter Christiansen wrote in a report released Friday. Issuer of the USDC stablecoin, Circle Financial (CRCL) remains
POINT$1.7793 remained unchanged over the past 24 hours, with the token trading at $1.85. The token’s trading volume was 55% higher than the 30-day average as smart money flows into DOT accelerated during the session, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. DOT has followed broader crypto momentum rather than token-specific catalysts. The broader market
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The basis of the takeover protocol, EigenLayer, proposed a governance change to introduce new incentives for the EIGEN token, focusing on productive network activity and fee generation. As part of the plan outlined in a recent blog post, the cornerstone of the proposal is the introduction of a fee model that channels revenue from Actively
Three of the former executives of FTX and its subsidiaries have agreed to final sanctions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the agency resolves its enforcement cases related to the stock market collapse, the SEC said in a litigation notice Friday. As former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried continues his federal prison sentence for his
Bitcoin bulls are fighting Friday to break this week’s choppy action that has capped all advances at around $90,000.
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Amid Recent Downward Price Trend, Headline on Citigroup’s 12-Month Outlook for Bitcoin BTC$88,172.24 of $143,000 – an increase of about 62% from the current $88,000 – will raise eyebrows. “We expect increased adoption of digital assets, driven by potential U.S. digital asset legislation in the second quarter, with user activity value likely between $80,000 and
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