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The cryptocurrency landscape is changing quickly, and 2025 promises to be a year of great importance. 2020 was supposed to be the watershed year for cryptocurrencies—price discovery, technology sophistication and integration into the mainstream. Decentralized finance (DeFi) is currently at the cutting edge of this rapid evolution. As regulatory clarity...

Mantle recently joined forces with Securitize to launch an institutional crypto fund. This protocol ranks first with more than $680 million in total value locked (TVL). The new collaboration released the Mantle Index Four (MI4) Fund. The Bitwise 10 Cryptoindex Fund is a market capitalization–weighted index that allows investors exposure...

Bitcoin's flirting with $100,000 again. We've seen this movie before, right? This time, something feels different. ETF inflows and Wall Street chatter are causing quite a stir. At the same time, a powerful democratizing force is taking shape to open up the crypto gold rush to the masses. A new...

Second, let’s be real—the Wild West days of DeFi are perhaps coming to a close. We all knew it, deep down. The allure of a completely decentralized and completely permissionless financial system is romantic. The truth is more complicated, and regulators can’t look the other way on DeFi bridges forever....

The crypto world is buzzing. Bybit, one of the world’s top crypto exchanges, is on a feature development warpath. They’re rolling out advanced trading bots, pre-market trading capabilities, and even a crypto card of their own. Whether this is a sincere effort to spur real innovation, or whether they’re just...

The SEC lawsuit continues to cast a shadow over XRP, like a summer monsoon cloud. Yes, its outcome matters. A lot. Focusing only on the legal arguing is to stare at one chess piece while disregarding all of the rest of the board. We’re missing the forest for the trees....

Have you felt it? That new hum in the air, an undercurrent of confidence returning to the space? Here in Singapore, we're not just watching; we're strategizing, preparing for what could be a monumental shift in the crypto landscape. Swissblock's analysis, pointing towards the end of Bitcoin's bearish trend and...

Let's be blunt: Bitcoin's been stuck in the mud. The stakes are high. We’re still close to $85,000, and the tension is palpable. Now it seems like we’ve given up on the idea of a truly revolutionary digital asset. Unfortunately, now it feels like a cool tech demo that just...

Cryptocurrency investors are always looking for the next clue as to how any particular digital asset will perform. 2025 predictions forecast anywhere from a $4,735 ETH to an $86,000 BTC. That’s just the nature of the market’s volatility and unpredictability. Though not exhaustive, these projections provide a helpful look into...