From RWA boom to Bitcoin yields: Top crypto trends to watch in 2025
From tokenization and AI-verified IDs to Bitcoin in DeFi, the crypto industry heads into 2025 with regulatory clarity on the horizon.
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The firm reported it held 174,530 Bitcoin as of Nov. 29 — worth roughly $6.6 billion at a price of $37,726. 433 Total views 4 Total shares Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy purchased 16,130 Bitcoin (BTC) in November, bringing its total holdings to more than $6 billion.In a Nov. 30 announcement, MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor said
DeFi Begins to Move From a Sub-niche Market to Mainstream Finance
In one year, the total value of Ether (ETH) locked in DeFi markets has increased from $317 million to over $1 billion. With the increasing level of activity in the market sector, the next logical progression appears to be focused on making DeFi solutions more mainstream.However, like other decentralized apps, DeFi protocols still have issues…
Crypto Biz: Ripple’s expensive battle, Bittrex bankruptcy and a new blockchain network
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Genesis Capital Crypto Lending Firm Reports $870M in New Originations in Q3
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Ripple’s lead engineer to exit after nearly a decade with the firm
Nik Bougalis primarily worked on open-source code projects for the payments-focused XRP Ledger, with the recent push to introduce NFTs being a key implementation of note. 427 Total views 3 Total shares Ripple Labs’ director of engineering Nik Bougalis is exiting the firm after nearly 10 years, becoming the latest of crypto's long-time serving executives…
Argentina’s Ripio acquires Brazil’s second-largest crypto exchange
Argentinian crypto firm Ripio has acquired Brazil’s BitcoinTrade, Brazil's second-largest exchange by volume. 1989 Total views 6 Total shares Ripio, a digital asset company based in Argentina, has purchased major Brazilian crypto exchange BitcoinTrade.According to Argentine newspaper Ambito, the acquisition is part of Ripio’s plan to spread across South America. BitcoinTrade is reportedly the second-largest…
BNB Chain aims to raise 30K new Web3 developers across Latin America in 2022
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State Street to launch crypto services for private funds clients
After leading Lukka’s Series C funding round in late 2020, State Street partners with the firm to offer new digital asset services. 162 Total views 2 Total shares Major American financial services and bank holding company State Street Corporation is expanding its push into the cryptocurrency industry by launching new digital asset services.State Street, the…