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In brief Nvidia disclosed $46 billion in second-quarter profit. The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3.3% in Q2. Solana was up 2.3%, as one analyst pointed to interest from treasury firms. The price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies rose on Thursday as investors mulled the strength of Nvidia’s earnings and signs of…
The Department of Commerce announced Thursday it has begun uploading its GDP data onto nine blockchain networks, and will also enter partnerships with decentralized oracle networks Chainlink and Pyth to integrate U.S. macroeconomic data within the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem and the broader crypto economy. The department’s GDP data release for Q2 2025 has already been…
In brief Trump Media announces $6.4B CRO treasury partnership with Crypto.com, sending CRO up 160% in two days to 3-year highs Bitcoin rises 1.5% to nearly $113,000 while Solana leads majors with 4% gains and DeFi TVL reclaims January ATH of $11.76B ETH ETFs see $307M inflows and meme coins remain stable with PUMP jumping…
ETHEREUM IS SENDING! IS SOLANA NEXT?SOL leads bounce back in crypto majors. HYPE hits $50, trading volume flips Robinhood. KindlyMD to raise $5bn equity to buy BTC. Sharplink bought $252m ETH. US economic data to be published onchain. 82% of US investors don’t yet own crypto. Trump Media, Cryptocom launches $1b CRO DAT. MetaMask introduces…
In brief The Solana Policy Institute pledged $500,000 to fund legal defenses of Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev, who were convicted of money laundering-related crimes. The group argued that prosecuting developers for building neutral software tools creates a chilling precedent and threatens innovation, even as the Trump DOJ signaled it may stop…
In brief Solana’s daily DEX trader count has fallen to 900,000, down from 4.8 million earlier this year, Dune data shows. Retail traders are retreating amid meme coin scams, Instagram hijackings, and Ethereum’s rising dominance. Solana’s DEX volume share rebounded to 27% in August, though some warn its meme coin reliance may hinder growth. Retail…
In brief Solana is steadily climbing up the price charts, leading today among crypto majors. The price of SOL jumped by as much as 8% today, and the odds of SOL hitting a new all-time high this year have increased on Myriad by almost 20%. Here’s what the charts have to say about it. Solana…
In brief Blueprynt’s pilot program for “Know Your Issuer” tapped USDC and PYUSD. The solution is aimed at stifling counterfeit cryptocurrencies. The pilot comes amid new guidance for banks and safeguarding crypto. Bluprynt recently completed a pilot project aimed at stifling counterfeit cryptocurrencies, integrating a “Know Your Issuer” framework into stablecoins from Circle and PayPal,…
In brief Rich Widmann, Google Cloud’s head of Web3 strategy, confirmed that the Universal Ledger is a layer-1 blockchain. The system uses Python for smart contracts, diverging from industry standards like Solidity and Rust. Analysts question Google’s neutrality as it competes with Stripe and Circle for institutional blockchain infrastructure. Over five months after Google Cloud…
In brief Crypto gaming has experienced a growing trend of games and studios shutting down. Game creators are struggling to find funding to complete development, among other commonly cited issues. Once-promising blockchain games like Deadrop, Nyan Heroes, Ember Sword, and Pirate Nation top the list. While crypto gaming has long been seen as a key…
