NFT marketplace Magic Eden has acquired the crypto trading app Slingshot as part of a strategy to expand beyond NFTs. Solana non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Magic Eden has acquired crypto trading app Slingshot as part of a strategy to expand beyond NFTs as other marketplaces fold amid a prolonged market downturn. The move expands Magic…
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From digital red packets to memecoins, Bitcoin continues its love affair with Lunar New Year in 2025. Lunar New Year has become a global celebration and a surprisingly positive period for Bitcoin and crypto — replete with modernizing the hongbao (financial gifts in red envelopes), memecoins bearing the year’s zodiac animal and increased trading activities in Asian hours.…
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Robinhood’s crypto services contributed to nearly 40% of the firm’s transaction-based revenue and helped the firm produce a net profit for the second straight quarter. Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev described the recent Securities and Exchange Commission Wells notice as a “disappointing development” during a Q1 earnings call, as the firm posted a 224% increase in…
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