Aster has activated AOS-2, requiring projects to stake 1 million ASTER for four years before validators can approve a new perpetual market. Summary Applicants must stake 1 million ASTER for four years, with no early withdrawal option. Successful proposals will move to Aster’s risk team before the contract launches on T+1. Projects that fail the
The House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding bill on July 21 by a 220-205 vote, pushing the government’s spending deadline from September 30 to December 4 and pulling it clear of this fall’s midterm elections, sparking a frenzy of Government shutdown probability conversations. The move triggered an immediate repricing in prediction markets tracking a
XRP is “basically dead,” a popular analyst claimed. Ripple’s cross-border token has performed quite poorly over the last week, dropping by more than 7%. It just dipped below the psychological level of $1.00, and the analysts are split: some see this as a great buying opportunity, while others have declared the asset dead. A
CeDeFi trading platform Grvt has partnered with Ondo Finance to build a position of up to $100 million in the tokenization firm’s yield-bearing USDY product over the next 12 months. Summary Grvt plans to build a $100 million position in Ondo Finance’s USDY token over the next 12 months. USDY returns will feed into Grvt
Bitcoin Core developer and BIP Editor Mark “Murch” Erhardt formally called for Luke Dashjr removal from the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) editorial team on Aug. 9, escalating a dispute over Dashjr’s handling of BIP110 and the proposal’s recent chain split. The motion, posted to the Bitcoin Development Mailing List and backed by GitHub pull request
Here’s why the token’s price could slip below $0.15. Cardano’s native token is among the top-performing cryptocurrencies on a monthly scale, with its price rallying by 15% within that period. However, the bulls seem to have lost momentum, while popular analyst Ali Martinez outlined some important factors that could trigger a major short-term decline.
Bitcoin price fell below $64,000 on Aug. 11 as rising oil prices and uncertainty before the U.S. inflation report weakened risk appetite, leaving traders focused on whether the $63,900 support level can prevent a deeper correction. Summary Bitcoin price fell about 2% to $63,780 before recovering above $64,000 during the session. The $63,900–$64,000 region is
Jupiter rolled out Lend V2 on Monday, a redesign of its Solana lending product that lets a single deposit earn interest as a loan and a cut of trading fees at the same time. Jupiter Lend currently holds about $1.9Bn in deposits and generated $1.6 million in fees over the past 30 days, roughly 1%
XRP Ledger architect and former Ripple chief technology officer David Schwartz criticized Bitcoin Knots on Aug. 11 after the project said the Bitcoin network was “under attack” and that block production had slowed. Summary David Schwartz criticized Bitcoin Knots after it described the Bitcoin network as being under attack. BIP-110 is officially marked Closed after
Large Bitcoin wallets have reached a six-month high, even as smaller holders retreated. Another push above $65,000 failed to hold on Tuesday, sending Bitcoin back below $64,000. The crypto asset was down more than 1.6% over the past day. Against this backdrop, large BTC wallets are back at levels not seen in months. Meanwhile,