The price of the Mantra token has collapsed in what some traders are calling the most significant project collapse since the LUNA crisis. The price of the Mantra $0.7037 token, the native cryptocurrency of the Mantra real-world tokenized asset blockchain, has collapsed by over 90% in the last 24 hours. On April 13, Mantra fell from…
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The SEC and Ripple have paused XRP lawsuit appeals amid ongoing settlement talks and speculation that incoming SEC chair Paul Atkins may drop the case. The US Securities and Exchange Commission and blockchain payments firm Ripple agreed to pause their appeals in the ongoing XRP legal battle, signaling a potential move toward a final settlement.…
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Two ETFs designed for shorting Ether with 2x leveraged have been 2025’s top performers so far, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts. Betting against Ether has been the best performing exchange traded fund (ETF) strategy so far in 2025, according to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas. Two ETFs designed to take two-times leveraged short positions in Ether…
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Discover how to mine Bitcoin at home in 2025 using the latest ASIC hardware, optimized mining software, low-cost electricity setups and secure wallets to maximize efficiency and profitability. Key takeaways Lottery mining is cheap and fun, but don’t count on hitting a block. Solo ASIC mining gives you complete control, but it’s a long-odds game.…
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Bitcoin’s cooling futures market has paved the way for a strong price recovery. Bitcoin’s utures market reflects a possible price cooldown after the cryptocurrency’s multiple weeks of correction. Data from CryptoQuant indicated that the BTC-USDT futures leverage ratio with respect to open interest (OI) has halved since peaking in early 2025. Bitcoin estimated futures leveraged ratio. Source: CryptoQuant…
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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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US stock markets surged following the US president’s announcement of a 90-day pause on tariffs for certain countries. At the same time, he said he would raise China’s levy to 125% United States President Donald Trump issued a 90-day pause on “reciprocal tariffs” and lowered the tariff rate to 10% on countries that do not…
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“The inflation rate is probably 10% or 15% for the next decade, an investment return that is very hard to get with stocks or housing rentals,” Adam Back said at Paris Blockchain Week 2025. Bitcoin could begin to take market share from gold over the next decade as a hedge against inflation and geopolitical uncertainty,…
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A Bitcoin user accidentally paid 0.75 BTC in transaction fees after a panic-induced replace-by-fee error, highlighting the risks of manual transaction settings in crypto wallets. One presumably panicked Bitcoin user paid almost 0.75 BTC (worth around $60,000 at the time) in a replace-by-fee (RBF) transaction fee. The transaction in question was sent about 30 minutes after midnight…
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Paul Atkins has officially been approved as chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission after receiving a 52-44 vote in the Senate on April 9. The US Senate has confirmed US President Donald Trump’s nominee, Paul Atkins, as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission in a 52-44 vote largely along party lines. Atkins’ confirmation on…
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