Floki is one of a growing number of crypto firms issuing their own regional payment cards that let users spend cryptocurrencies. Floki and Mastercard have introduced a debit card that will be available in physical and virtual form in 31 European countries. The card supports eight blockchains and can be funded with FLOKI and other...Continue Reading

A newly launched platform dubbed goose.run lets users lend and borrow against memecoins, its team told Cointelegraph. Maverick Protocol has launched a “MemeFi” platform on Coinbase’s Base network aiming to bring decentralized finance (DeFi) to memecoins, it told Cointelegraph on Dec. 9.  Dubbed goose.run, the platform is intended as Base’s answer to Pump.fun, the famed...Continue Reading

Total value locked on decentralized finance protocols is up nearly 150% so far this year. Total value locked (TVL) across the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem is approaching highs not seen since 2021, according to data from DefiLlama.  The TVL spike has been driven by the adoption of liquid restaking tokens (LRTs) and the growth of...Continue Reading

The unofficial US head of government efficiency has declared himself a volunteer IT consultant for the Trump administration. Elon Musk, the unofficial head of US President-elect Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” recently announced his preferred title in the impending administration: volunteer IT consultant.  The billionaire technology mogul’s comments came as part of a scathing...Continue Reading

ETH price lost the $4,000 level as Bitcoin and altcoins corrected. Is this a standard correction or is something else at play? Ether (ETH) declined on Dec. 9, retesting the $3,800 level after failing to break above $4,050—a resistance level intact since December 2021. The 5% price drop has raised concerns among traders about the...Continue Reading

Bitcoin’s failure to hold $100,000 could attract profit booking from traders. Which altcoins will follow BTC’s downtrend? Bitcoin (BTC) has pulled back near $98,000, indicating that the bears continue to fiercely defend the $100,000 level. CryptoQuant contributor Maartuun said in a post on X that long-term holders offloaded 827,783 Bitcoin since Nov. 8. He also...Continue Reading

World’s seemingly playful jab at Spotify comes as the firm faces scrutiny. World, formerly known as Worldcoin, recently posted an apparent spoof of Spotify’s “Wrapped” year-end user reports, lampooning the music streaming service’s data privacy practices.  The seemingly playful jab came in the form of an image posted to X via World’s verified account with...Continue Reading

Donald Trump has nominated Paul Atkins, a pro-crypto former SEC commissioner, to replace Gary Gensler as SEC chair. United States President-elect Donald Trump nominated Paul Atkins to replace Gary Gensler as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  According to Trump’s Dec. 4 announcement on Truth Social, the pro-crypto nominee has experience as a former...Continue Reading

Solving Bitcoin interoperability through a “layer 0” network can unlock its full potential in Web3. Opinion by: Bob Bodily, co-founder and CEO of Bioniq One of the biggest problems holding back broader adoption of the Web3 world is liquidity fragmentation. So much space is locked on certain networks. There is perhaps no more significant example...Continue Reading

The former Binance CEO said that the Chinese government’s lack of transparency overall made it difficult to predict any crypto policies. Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said China would be one of the countries to adopt a strategic Bitcoin reserve, possibly following in the footsteps of a plan proposed by the incoming United States...Continue Reading