Token generation events (TGEs) are increasingly criticized as exit ramps for crypto founders, leaving behind blockchains with little real activity. Projects often debut with thin circulating supply and inflated valuations, giving genuine supporters little chance to see sustainable returns. Industry sources argued that low floats and automated market makers (AMMs) help sustain prices temporarily, but…
What is Pi Network? Despite years of delays, opaque operations and widespread skepticism, Pi Network still commands a near cult-like following. Critics, however, have called the project “money-minded,” citing its reliance on in-app ads, referral-driven growth and centralized control of tokens. Some even allege that its Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements could allow the monetization…
Opinion by: Eran Barak, CEO at Shielded Technologies For more than a decade, crypto in the US has existed in a legal gray zone. Regulators have wavered between silence and sudden crackdowns, leaving developers, investors and institutions paralysed with doubt. In 2025, this started to change. The SEC dropped its case against Binance, citing the…
Large cryptocurrency investors, or whales, are cashing out of Hyperliquid’s native token as concerns grow over an upcoming vesting schedule that could unleash about $11 billion worth of supply. Whale wallet “0x316f” withdrew $122 million worth of Hyperliquid (HYPE) tokens on Monday, which were acquired for about $12 per token. The whale was sitting on…
South Korean authorities flagged a record number of suspicious crypto transactions this year, with total numbers reportedly already surpassing combined figures from the past two years. Citing Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) data provided to Representative Jin Sung-joon and the Korea Customs Service (KCS) statistics, Yonhap News reported that local virtual asset service providers (VASPs) filed…
Hyperliquid’s native token may be facing a “Sword of Damocles” moment in its biggest test yet, with $500 million worth of monthly unlocks set to begin Nov. 29, according to research from BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes’ family office fund, Maelstrom. The Hyperliquid (HYPE) token will face its “first true test” on Nov. 29, when the…
Crypto exchange OKX built a decentralized perpetuals trading platform akin to Hyperliquid and Aster but held off launching it over regulatory concerns, its founder says. The Web3 arm of OKX developed the unnamed platform in 2023, OKX founder and CEO Star Xu said in an X post on Sunday. “Hyperliquid proved that massive success in…
Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s edutech venture, Giggle Academy, managed to amass over a million dollars in public donations within half a day, thanks mainly to a memecoin. Giggle Academy’s donation address showed a balance of over 1,311 BNB (BNB) worth over $1.3 million at the time of writing, according to the BNB Smart Chain…
Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin (BTC) developer and advocate, slammed the decision by Bitcoin Core developers to remove the OP_Return limit for non-monetary data embedded on the Bitcoin blockchain in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 30 upgrade, calling it “fiat” mentality. Song accused the Core developers of deflecting user concerns about removing the OP_Return limit, which is…
The traditional economy is being phased out in advanced countries that are transitioning to an internet-first economy dominated by the tech industry and digital platforms, according to Balaji Srinivasan, a former executive at crypto exchange Coinbase and the author of “The Network State.” “The legacy economy is being sunset in favor of the Internet economy,”…