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BitMart Backs Bitcoin Development with $10,000 Brink Donation

BitMart Backs Bitcoin Development with $10,000 Brink Donation

BitMart, an influential global digital asset trading platform, contributed $10,000 to Brink. This non-profit organization has a strong focus on improving the Bitcoin protocol through independent, peer-reviewed research and development. On April 24, 2025, the mystery donor stepped up with a $20 million challenge gift. These gifts will go directly...

Cryptocurrency Market Surges Amidst Rising Global Interest

Cryptocurrency Market Surges Amidst Rising Global Interest

Today the cryptocurrency market is a hotbed of innovation and speculation, bringing in billions of dollars in investment. All this unexpected excitement has driven total market capitalization to astronomical new levels. Bitcoin, released in 2009 by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto, is still the overall crypto market leader today. Meanwhile, competitors...

DeFi Tax Report Exposes Critical Flaws in Crypto Tax Reporting Systems

DeFi Tax Report Exposes Critical Flaws in Crypto Tax Reporting Systems

DeFi Tax urges regulators, policymakers, and journalists to closely examine the crypto tax software ecosystem. This all happens as the IRS prepares to start enforcing new 1099-DA rules. The 1099-DA form is about to be rolled out but involves the use of billions of taxpayer dollars. Yet worries are flying...

Ledger and Pudgy Penguins Unite to Launch Crypto Security Collection

Ledger and Pudgy Penguins Unite to Launch Crypto Security Collection

Ledger, the world’s most trusted digital asset security company, has partnered with adorable IP and lifestyle brand Pudgy Penguins. This thrilling partnership mixes industry CRYPTOSECURITY with POP for a whole new line. This partnership represents the first large-scale sign of changing tides in how the crypto industry speaks to mainstream...

Pioneer AI Launches Kora Autopilot, an AI Trading Agent, in Private Beta

Pioneer AI Launches Kora Autopilot, an AI Trading Agent, in Private Beta

Pioneer AI Foundry Inc. recently released the private beta of Kora Autopilot. This non-custodial AI trading agent is poised to change the landscape of automated cryptocurrency trading. Kora Autopilot trades automatically on the Solana blockchain, detecting and trading on the emerging trends of tokens with high volatility and high volume....

IOTA Launches Swirl, a Liquid Staking Platform on Tangle

IOTA Launches Swirl, a Liquid Staking Platform on Tangle

IOTA recently launched Swirl, a liquid staking platform designed to lower entry barriers and expand adoption of its unique Tangle framework. Swirl has been live on testnet since April 21st, 2025. Similar to this, it facilitates IOTA holders to stake 100 IOTA and immediately have the matching value in stIOTA....

Ripple's XRP Ledger Targeted in Supply Chain Exploit

Ripple's XRP Ledger Targeted in Supply Chain Exploit

A coordinated, elaborate supply chain exploit aimed at Ripple’s XRP Ledger that had the potential to leave the network wide open to attack. The vulnerability was reported to CoinDesk by Charlie Eriksen, a malware researcher at Aikido Security, a blockchain security auditing firm. As detailed in the exploit, this attack...

Dollar Weakness Fuels Crypto Investment Strategies

Dollar Weakness Fuels Crypto Investment Strategies

Now that the dollar has slumped to a three-year low, this shift is changing the way crypto investors are strategizing. Increased dollar weakness and continued domestic economic uncertainty are pushing investors to seek greater portfolio diversification. Trade policies and other international efforts to reduce the world’s reliance on the dollar...

XRP Ledger Hit by Crypto-Stealing Malware Attack

XRP Ledger Hit by Crypto-Stealing Malware Attack

A hacker infiltrated the official XRP Ledger (XRPL) node package manager with malicious code on Monday at 8:53 p.m. UK time. The malware, which is primarily used to steal private keys that allow access to cryptocurrency wallets, led to Aikido’s public threat feed’s first-ever detection. This feed, powered by large...

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