Mantra’s OM token crash exposed crypto’s weekend liquidity risks and insider dumping concerns linked to major exchange activity, according to the CEO of Bitget. Mantra’s recent token collapse highlights an issue within the crypto industry of fluctuating weekend liquidity levels creating additional downside volatility, which may have exacerbated the token’s crash. The Mantra (OM) token’s...Continue Reading

Binance is reportedly advising global governments on setting up strategic Bitcoin reserves and crypto regulations, as countries follow the US lead on digital asset policy, its CEO said. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is involved in discussions on establishing strategic digital asset reserves with several countries, its CEO, Richard Teng, reportedly said. Binance has been advising multiple...Continue Reading

Bitcoin may be down 10% year-to-date, but that doesn’t dent its status as a growing macro hedge, says Glassnode research. Is $155,000 BTC in the cards? Bitcoin (BTC) has a new gold-inspired $155,000 target, as analysis describes both assets as “remarkably impressive.” In a post on X on April 16, trading and analytics account Cryptollica...Continue Reading

Crypto investor interest has yet to rotate into new narratives as memecoins and artificial intelligence continued to dominate mindshare during the first quarter of 2025. The cryptocurrency market is still recycling old narratives, with few new trends yet to emerge and replace the dominant themes in the first quarter of 2025. Artificial intelligence tokens and...Continue Reading

The deputy head of Russia’s Finance Ministry’s financial policy department, Osman Kabaloev, has reportedly said the country should be developing its own stablecoins. A Russian finance ministry official has reportedly said the country should be developing its own stablecoin after a recent freeze on wallets linked to the sanctioned Russian exchange Garantex by US authorities...Continue Reading

Santiment’s Bitcoin social media sentiment tracker has flipped bullish as the cryptocurrency continues to fluctuate around the $85,000 price level. The tone of Bitcoin-related social media posts has flipped to bullish according to crypto analytics platform Santiment, despite Bitcoin continuing to swing around $85,000. “Traders are showing optimism that BTC can regain $90K, which will...Continue Reading

Fees on the Ethereum blockchain have dropped to the lowest level since 2020 thanks to fewer users sending Ether and using smart contracts, says Santiment. Transaction costs on the Ethereum network have dropped to the lowest level in five years as the amount of activity on the blockchain is in a lull, according to the...Continue Reading

AI startups raised $73 billion in the first quarter, largely boosted by a March $40 billion funding round into OpenAI. Artificial intelligence startups received the lion’s share of venture capital investments across the globe in the first quarter of 2025, according to new data from Pitchbook. “Investors still have an AI FOMO [fear of missing...Continue Reading

Raydium says LaunchLab provides memecoin enthusiasts with customizable bonding curves and no migration fees. The firm behind the Solana-based automated market maker (AMM) Raydium has launched its memecoin-making protocol, LaunchLab, which looks to compete with Pump.fun. The arrival of LaunchLab on April 16 comes a month after Pump.fun, previously a key contributor to Raydium’s revenue,...Continue Reading

The Securities and Exchange Commission said in March that the case could potentially be resolved under its new leadership. A US federal judge has agreed to pause a lawsuit filed by 18 state attorneys general and the crypto lobby group DeFi Education Fund against the Securities and Exchange Commission after all parties said new SEC...Continue Reading