The Base network’s 22.5% climb in transactions month-over-month stands out amid a broader slowdown across the Layer-2 space, but Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER) is quickly becoming the one to watch. While the two aren’t direct competitors, as Base runs on Ethereum (ETH) while Bitcoin Hyper is being built on Bitcoin (BTC),…

Bitcoin prices rose after US President Donald Trump announced that he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping face-to-face next week to discuss customs duties. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi on October 30 as part of the APEC summit in…

Republic Technologies Inc. has arranged a $100 million secured convertible note facility with a leading institutional investor to strengthen its Ethereum operations and increase its ETH reserves. The financing carries 0% interest and opens with a $10 million tranche.In a statement shared with Cryptonews.com, the company said over 90% of…

According to blockchain analysis platform Arkham, the TRUMP team was one of the five largest recipients of the Meteora (MET) airdrop. Three wallets affiliated with the team received a total of $4.2 million worth of MET tokens. These wallets include the TRUMP token developer address and two addresses that provided…

U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the co-founder and former CEO of Binance. CZ had pleaded guilty to money laundering in 2024 and was imprisoned for four months.According to the Wall Street Journal, people familiar with the matter said President Trump signed the pardon today. “Trump recently…

Revolut, one of Europe’s most popular digital banks, has obtained a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) licence from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC). The licence could allow Revolut to provide and market crypto-asset services across all 30 markets in the European Economic Area (EEA) under the MiCA legislation, through…

Stablecoin usage on Ethereum has surged 400% in the last 30 days to reach a new all-time high of $580.9 billion with a transfer count of over 12.5 million, according to data from Token Terminal.Ethereum’s stablecoin market cap now exceeds $163 billion.On-chain data from Arkham Intelligence shows that most of…

Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has sparked controversy in the crypto community with his statement about renowned gold investor Peter Schiff’s new tokenized gold product. CZ Criticizes Peter Schiff’s Tokenized Gold Project: “Trust-me-bro Token” Schiff’s new digital asset allows investors to trade gold-backed tokens on the blockchain.…

The long-debated U.S. crypto market structure bill is gaining renewed bipartisan traction, with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong expressing optimism that lawmakers could finalize the landmark legislation before Thanksgiving.Speaking in a CNBC interview with Emily Wilkins, Armstrong said recent meetings with both Democratic and Republican lawmakers had been “very productive,” describing…

Aave Labs, the firm behind decentralized finance (DeFi) giant Aave, said it acquired Stable Finance, a San Francisco-based startup focused on making onchain savings simple for everyday users. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move brings Stable’s founder, Mario Baxter Cabrera, and his engineering team to Aave…