Author: John Smith
Elon Musk has once again taken to X to share a post about Dogecoin, mimicking one of the most famous scenes from the blockbuster movie “The Godfather.” Summary Elon Musk shared a Dogecoin-themed AI video inspired by The Godfather, generating over 18 million views and high engagement on X. Dogecoin price showed little reaction, trading around $0.093 and remaining nearly 40% below its yearly high amid broader market weakness. In a March 19 X post, the X owner and a long-time advocate of the world’s leading meme coin Dogecoin, Musk shared an AI-generated video from the parody X account Sir…
The European Central Bank is looking for experts who can help define how a potential digital euro can be used across ATMs and payment terminals. Summary ECB opens applications for expert workstreams to define how a digital euro would function across ATMs and payment terminals. Workstreams will focus on technical specifications and certification frameworks to ensure integration with existing payment systems, including offline capability. The ECB published an announcement on Wednesday, opening applications for two workstreams under its Rulebook Development Group. The first will focus on implementation specifications for ATM and terminal providers, while the other will work on certification…
Crypto scammers are using OpenClaw’s popularity to target developers via a new GitHub phishing campaign designed to drain their crypto wallets. Summary Attackers are impersonating OpenClaw on GitHub, creating fake accounts and tagging developers with messages offering $5,000 in $CLAW tokens. Victims are directed to a cloned website where a malicious wallet connection prompt is used to trigger wallet draining. OX Security says the campaign uses obfuscated code and targeted tactics, though no confirmed victims have been reported so far. A report published by platform OX Security detailed an active phishing campaign targeting OpenClaw via a coordinated effort on GitHub,…
XRP focused treasury firm Evernorth has officially filed with the SEC to go public on Nasdaq. Summary Evernorth filed a Form S 4 with the SEC, moving closer to its planned Nasdaq listing through a merger with Armada Acquisition Corp II. The proposed deal is expected to generate over $1 billion in proceeds, which will primarily fund the buildout of a large-scale XRP treasury strategy. Per the official statement published on Wednesday, Evernorth has filed a Form S-4 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission as it now awaits final regulatory clearance before proceeding with its planned listing.…
XRP has legal clarity and sits in a post‑parabolic range; models see slow upside toward 2026–2030, with any real breakout hinging on Ripple turning hype into payment volume. Summary XRP trades in the mid‑$1.40s and is negative year‑to‑date after a huge 2024–2025 run, behaving like a large‑cap alt digesting gains rather than a meme coin about to explode. The 2025 SEC settlement treated XRP as a non‑security for exchange trading, imposed manageable penalties on Ripple, and lifted the lawsuit overhang, but shifted the story from court drama to execution risk. Base‑case models cluster around a gradual climb (roughly $1.7–$1.9 by…
Sen. Cynthia Lummis says the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act “must be completed by the end of the year,” with Republicans planning a late‑April Banking Committee markup after months of delay. Summary Lummis told colleagues the CLARITY Act “must be completed by the end of the year,” and said Republican members of Senate Banking aim to start markup in late April after Easter. The bill would split oversight of “digital commodities” and securities between the CFTC and SEC, set rules for exchanges and issuers, and plug gaps left by the 2025 GENIUS Act stablecoin law. A dispute over banning passive…
Pi has morphed from a hyped IOU into a battered $0.18 L1; 2026’s open mainnet will decide whether it earns real usage or just fuels another round of unlocked sell pressure. Summary Pi now trades near $0.18 with a roughly $1.7–1.8 billion market cap after an 80–90% rally toward $0.30 faded, as unlocks and miner distribution keep it pinned near cycle lows. The 2026 “open mainnet” pivot — stricter KYC, biometric checks and migrating 2.5 million users into a compliant, transferable environment — is the only real catalyst beyond more supply hitting order books. External forecasts mostly cluster around range‑bound…
The Bank of Korea has kicked off Phase 2 of Project Hangang, expanding its digital won pilot to nine banks and, for the first time, using CBDC-linked deposit tokens for real government subsidy payments. Summary The BOK’s Project Hangang Phase 2 extends its wholesale CBDC and deposit-token pilot from seven to nine banks and introduces live government subsidy disbursement as a core test case. New features such as biometric approvals, P2P wallet transfers and automatic top-ups aim to fix Phase 1’s weak engagement, when only ~80,000 of 100,000 invited users opened wallets and volume stayed below 700 million won despite…
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. CoinEx launches Dual Investment product to help traders earn rewards during volatile market conditions. Summary CoinEx unveils dual investment, enabling crypto holders to earn interest while targeting specific buy or sell prices. Traders can now grow their crypto holdings with CoinEx’s Dual Investment, earning yields even during market swings. Dual investment by CoinEx offers high APY rewards, letting investors lock USDT or BTC with conditional price targets. CoinEx has launched a product called dual investment, which allows traders to…
Polymarket has acquired DeFi infrastructure startup Brahma, folding its smart-account execution layer into a prediction market now eyeing a $20B valuation and an AI‑driven, onchain future. Summary Polymarket bought Brahma, a DeFi infrastructure startup for programmable smart accounts and automated execution, in its third acquisition in under a year as it eyes a $20 billion valuation. Brahma will wind down outside partnerships and focus on Polymarket’s stack, streamlining wallets, deposits, asset routing and result-token redemptions while helping bring deeper liquidity into niche contracts. The deal follows earlier QCEX and Dome buys and comes as algorithmic traders and AI bots dominate…