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Ahmad Shadid Bets Big on O.XYZ After Leading IO.net to Billion-Dollar Valuation

Ahmad Shadid Bets Big on O.XYZ After Leading IO.net to Billion-Dollar Valuation

Ahmad Shadid Ahmad, founder of the civic tech startup O.XYZ and co-founder of IO.net, is betting heavily on his next venture. He found incredible success this year by pioneering with IO.net, a Solana-based Decentralized Infrastructure Provider (DePIN). In less than a year, he flushed the company’s valuation up to $4.5...

Dogecoin's Future Unclear: Experts Weigh In on 2025 Investment Potential

Dogecoin's Future Unclear: Experts Weigh In on 2025 Investment Potential

Originally intended as a whimsical internet gag, Dogecoin has by crypto traders and investors on a dogsled of extreme unpredictability in recent years. Crypto speculators now find themselves wondering what the future holds for this cryptocurrency. Dogecoin entered the scene in 2013 with a meme origin story. Its ride has...

Zengo Wallet Unveils Business-Centric Crypto Management Solution

Zengo Wallet Unveils Business-Centric Crypto Management Solution

Zengo Wallet recently introduced a powerful new suite of tools created exclusively to make cryptocurrency management easier, smarter and safer for businesses. Their long-term vision for the platform includes even better control, security, and compliance tools specifically designed for small- to mid-sized crypto teams. Zengo Wallet is revolutionizing enterprise digital...

DeFi Security Risks Exposed: Study Reveals Crypto Investors' Risky Habits

DeFi Security Risks Exposed: Study Reveals Crypto Investors' Risky Habits

A fresh academic study has revealed some shocking security habits among digital currency speculators trading in the decentralized finance (DeFi) bubble. The work was co-authored by Mingyi Liu, a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It shows how widespread investors’ negligence of basic security practices...

Coinbase to Offer Round-the-Clock Bitcoin and Ethereum Futures Trading

Coinbase to Offer Round-the-Clock Bitcoin and Ethereum Futures Trading

Coinbase plans to introduce 24/7 trading for Bitcoin (BTC) futures and Ethereum (ETH) futures on May 9, 2025. This joint action will enable retail and institutional users alike to trade these digital assets 24 hours a day. The San Francisco-based company originally unveiled its intentions to launch this new service...

Crypto Security Lapses Cost Investors Nearly $1.5 Billion in 2024

Crypto Security Lapses Cost Investors Nearly $1.5 Billion in 2024

In the world of decentralized finance (DeFi), where fortunes can be made and lost with a click, a new study reveals alarming security practices among crypto investors. The DeFi ecosystem holds exhilarating promise—the promise of a democratized financial architecture, liberated from the shackles of intermediaries. It’s fraught with danger, and...

Quantum Computing Advances Spur Crypto Security Concerns

Quantum Computing Advances Spur Crypto Security Concerns

Recent breakthroughs in quantum computing have upended the conversation. Many technologists are deeply concerned about the security of the cryptographic algorithms, which are the backbone of blockchain technology. Last December, Google announced its next-generation quantum chip, Willow. Like many other revolutionary breakthroughs, this discovery has caused alarm by giving rise...

Crypto Market Recovers as Bitcoin Surpasses $100,000 Amid Regulatory Progress

Crypto Market Recovers as Bitcoin Surpasses $100,000 Amid Regulatory Progress

As you all know, over the last month the bibcrypto-markettopped $800 billion in total value. This development revival is driving forces regulatory breakthroughs, Layer 2 scaling solutions and the rapid expansion of decentralized finance (DeFi). Bitcoin’s price increased over $100,000 by December 2024, indicating a strong market rebound in the...

Eric Trump Hails Bitcoin as "Digital Gold" at Dubai Conference

Eric Trump Hails Bitcoin as "Digital Gold" at Dubai Conference

Eric Trump has even recently gone out on a limb, calling Bitcoin “digital gold”. His own admission of holding crypto assets, combined with his political and business influence, provided one of the most impactful endorsements for crypto. Speaking at the TOKEN2049 conference in Dubai, Trump indicated that both he and...

Brava Launches Mainnet Beta, Streamlining DeFi Yields for Professionals

Brava Launches Mainnet Beta, Streamlining DeFi Yields for Professionals

Congrats to Brava on launching their Mainnet Beta! This new platform draws on their years of expertise to make decentralized finance (DeFi) yields easily accessible to professionals. Brava offers a curated network of yield-generating opportunities, focusing on reliability and ease of use, without requiring users to micromanage numerous platforms. Further,...

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