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BNB Flips Solana in Market Capitalization After 22% Weekly Surge

BNB Flips Solana in Market Capitalization After 22% Weekly Surge

Binance Coin (BNB) has overtaken Solana (SOL) in market capitalization, solidifying its position as the fifth-largest cryptocurrency in the market. This shift comes in the wake of a strong price rally for BNB, while Solana struggled with recent declines. BNB Up, Solana Down At the time of this writing, BNB’s market cap stood at $102.9…

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US State Strategic Bitcoin Reserves Could Buy $23B in BTC: VanEck

US State Strategic Bitcoin Reserves Could Buy $23B in BTC: VanEck

If state-level strategic Bitcoin reserve bills are enacted, “they could drive $23 billion in buying or 247,000 BTC,” said VanEck’s dead of digital assets research, Matthew Sigel, on Feb. 12. “This sum is independent of any pension fund allocations, likely to rise if legislators move forward,” he added before stating that the $23 billion was…

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BNB Chain Plans Faster Blocks, Gasless Transactions, and AI for 2025 Upgrade

BNB Chain Plans Faster Blocks, Gasless Transactions, and AI for 2025 Upgrade

BNB Chain has announced an upgrade for 2025, aiming to enhance transaction speed, streamline user experience, and refine developer tools. The blockchain network also plans to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) across various aspects of its ecosystem. Faster Transactions and Gasless Payments Changpeng Zhao, co-founder and former CEO of Binance, confirmed the plans in a February…

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zkLend Exploited for $4.9M in ETH, Team Appeals to Hacker with 10% Offer

zkLend Exploited for $4.9M in ETH, Team Appeals to Hacker with 10% Offer

zkLend, a decentralized finance lending protocol on Starknet, has suffered a major security breach. As a result, it lost approximately 3,700 ETH, worth around $4.9 million. The exploit has forced the platform to pause withdrawals while investigations continue. Response to the Exploit zkLend confirmed the incident in a series of X posts on February 11,…

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Trump Plans to Pick a16z Crypto’s Quintenz to Head CFTC: Report

Trump Plans to Pick a16z Crypto’s Quintenz to Head CFTC: Report

President Donald Trump plans to pick Brian Quintenz, the head of policy at Andreessen Horowitz’s (a16z) crypto division, to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. There has been no official statement, but Bloomberg cited a document sent by the White House to Capitol Hill on Feb. 11. Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham congratulated Quintez on the…

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Hivello’s $HVLO Token Live on Raydium DEX

Hivello’s $HVLO Token Live on Raydium DEX

[PRESS RELEASE – London, UK, February 12th, 2025] Hivello, a DePIN aggregator that enables users to earn by monetizing idle computer resources across multiple decentralized networks, has announced the launch of its $HVLO token on Raydium, live today at 11:00 AM UTC following yesterday’s listings on MEXC and Gate.io. This significant milestone underscores Hivello’s commitment…

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Huge Pi Network (PI) News for All Users: Is the Long-Awaited Moment Here?

Huge Pi Network (PI) News for All Users: Is the Long-Awaited Moment Here?

TL;DR The controversial cryptocurrency project promised to introduce the Open Network next week. OKX and Bitget have announced plans to list the PI/USDT trading pair on launch day, while some have speculated that Binance will also follow suit. Add This Date to Your Calendar Pi Network made the headlines by announcing that it will officially…

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Solo Miner Hits Jackpot, Earns $310K for Mining a Bitcoin Block

Solo Miner Hits Jackpot, Earns $310K for Mining a Bitcoin Block

A Bitcoin miner has successfully mined Block 883,181, securing a reward of approximately $310,000. The miner, who operated independently without the backing of a major mining company, solved the cryptographic puzzle required to validate transactions and add a new block to the Bitcoin blockchain. The Mining Method Crypto journalist Pete Rizzo first reported the rare…

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says No To US CBDC

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says No To US CBDC

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has made it clear that the United States will not introduce a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) during his tenure.  This stance marks a notable shift from earlier considerations where the Federal Reserve had been exploring the potential of a digital dollar. No CBDC For The United States, Powell Confirms…

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