Digital asset platform OSL Group has secured $300 million in equity financing, marking the largest publicly disclosed equity raise in Asia’s crypto sector to date. On Friday, the company announced that it will deploy the funds in three growth areas: acquisitions, global business initiatives like payments and stablecoin infrastructure and boosting its working capital. The…
Key takeaways Pump.fun limited token supply in the ICO and locked transfers for 72 hours, creating urgency and fueling retail FOMO. Over 10,000 wallets joined the sale, many pre-funded via PumpSwap, enabling rapid participation and fast capital inflow. The platform processed $448M directly on Solana, using its high-speed, low-fee design to complete the $500M sale…
A long-dormant Bitcoin whale from the Satoshi era has transferred more than $1.1 billion worth of Bitcoin to centralized exchanges in recent hours, raising concerns of a possible market correction during a typically low-liquidity weekend. After holding their stash since 2011, the Satoshi-era whale, or large cryptocurrency investor, first transferred 40,000 Bitcoin (BTC) worth over…
Memecoins inspired by the late wrestling legend Hulk Hogan and Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne skyrocketed as tributes flooded over the two popular icons’ deaths this week. Terry Bollea, better known by his wrestling ring name Hulk Hogan, was reportedly pronounced dead in a hospital on Thursday at the age of 71 after medics arrived…
Bitcoin mining firm BitMine Immersion Technologies has bought up over $2 billion of Ether in just 16 days, retaking the lead among a flurry of newly formed Ether treasury companies. BitMine said in a statement on Thursday that in the last 16 days, it had bought up 566,776 Ether (ETH), worth over $2.03 billion. Tom…
Maximal-extractable value (MEV) on the Ethereum network is becoming increasingly centralized, with arbitrageurs tightening their grip on transaction ordering. According to a recent research paper, these arbitrageurs, called “searchers” in the paper, are increasingly in-house or have exclusive contracts with maximal extractable value builders, who are responsible for block construction on the Ethereum network. MEV…
Key takeaways ChatGPT Agent can automate crypto trading tasks like research, charting and strategy execution. It integrates real-time data, onchain metrics and sentiment analysis into a single workflow. While powerful, it requires human oversight to avoid hallucinations, API errors or security risks. Multi-agent systems may reshape crypto trading, but strategic judgment remains essential. On July…
Opinion by: Naman Kabra, co-founder and CEO of NodeOps For years, staking was the gold standard in crypto. Stake tokens, secure the network and earn simple, elegant and trustless rewards. Somewhere along the way, we drifted. Staking stopped being about contribution and started being about capital. Rewards ballooned, emissions exploded and tokenomics shifted from supporting…
The team behind the Solana blockchain has released a long-term roadmap detailing their strategy to make the Solana blockchain the foundational layer for global internet capital markets (ICMs) by 2027. ICMs, a term coined by former Solana Foundation core team member Akshay, refers to a “globally accessible ledger where entities, currencies, and cultures are tokenized,”…
What is the CoinDCX $44-million crypto theft? India’s largest crypto exchange, CoinDCX, fell victim to a sophisticated $44.2-million hack on July 19, 2025. Attackers managed to gain access to an operational wallet and drained it within minutes. Fortunately, the security architecture of CoinDCX meant all customer funds were kept completely safe. News of the hack…