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Quick take: Mastercard is reportedly still considering a strategic investment in Zerohash, with discussions ongoing. A person familiar with the matter told CoinDesk that transaction details could still change. Mastercard reportedly planned to acquire Zerohash in a $2 billion deal, according to a Fortune report last October. Zerohash, the enterprise-blockchain infrastructure service provider for stablecoins and real-world asset tokenization, is reportedly raising $250 million at $1.5 billion valuation.  According to the report, the transaction details of the deal could still change as discussions progress. CoinDesk also reported that Mastercard is still considering a strategic investment in Zerohash, after the blockchain…

Solana  price has continued to fall even as meme-driven activity across the network has sharply picked up. Summary Solana fell back toward the $120 area after failing to hold January gains, despite a sharp jump in trading activity. Futures volume rose while open interest edged lower, pointing to position unwinding rather than fresh bullish bets. Price is trading below key moving averages, with $120 acting as near-term support after repeated rejections above $135. SOL was trading near $122 at press time, down 3.3% over the past 24 hours. Over the week, the price has ranged between $118 and $134, and…

Since its launch four days ago, Nietzschean Penguin emerged as one of crypto’s most actively traded memecoins. Nietzschean Penguin [PENGUIN] surged from a low of $0.0021 to an all-time high of $0.174 before facing a sharp pullback. At press time, the token traded near $0.123, marking a 179% daily gain. Over the same period, trading volume jumped 823% to $579 million, while market capitalization crossed $100 million. That explosive move left traders asking one question. What sparked the frenzy? White House post fuels speculation Momentum accelerated after the official White House X account shared a viral image of Donald Trump…

PIPPIN price crashed by more than 13% in the past 24 hours, extending the losses to about 36% this month. The memecoin underperformed the crypto market, which was nearly flat over the past few weeks. Technically, the memecoin is undergoing a deeper correction, which is evident on the charts and in the chain activity. Smart money offloading PIPPIN  As per StalkChain data, PIPPIN was the most sold token in the last 24 hours. The smart money offloaded more than $675K Pippin [PIPPIN] during this period. This withdrawal of capital from the memecoin resulted in the sell pressure that brought the…

Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. BitPinas has no commercial relationship with any mentioned entity unless otherwise stated. 📬 Get the biggest crypto stories in the Philippines and Southeast Asia every week — subscribe to the BitPinas Newsletter. YGG Play, the publishing arm of Yield Guild Games (YGG), announced a new collaboration with Roach Racing Club, a game that gamifies real-time crypto market predictions into a competitive racing format. The partnership integrates the title into the YGG Play Launchpad; quests are embedded into the gameplay to reward users for successful simulated trading.…

Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. BitPinas has no commercial relationship with any mentioned entity unless otherwise stated. 📬 Get the biggest crypto stories in the Philippines and Southeast Asia every week — subscribe to the BitPinas Newsletter. Pixiland, a pixel strategy game on the Ethereum sidechain Ronin Network, has announced a full transition to an off-chain (web2) model, effectively canceling its long-awaited token launch. This strategic pivot means the two-year-old web3 game will halt its Token Generation Event (TGE) and listing plans. The “wPixi” points system, which players had grinded for…

The last 24 hours haven’t been great for Dogecoin, with the memecoin down by less than a percent. In comparison, some of the market’s other popular, but low-capped memecoins have outperformed it on the price charts. While whales were accumulating WHITEWHALE, among other AI-themed memecoins, their activity was different on DOGE. Will the launch of the 21Shares Dogecoin ETF help reverse a potential price breakdown? Will whales’ redistribution ignite breakdown? According to popular analyst Ali, whales have redistributed about 410 million DOGE tokens since last week. Right now, they hold slightly more than 17.34 billion DOGE – Also a significant…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The crypto industry is hiring the wrong marketers, and it’s costing the market real money. The sector’s post-exchange-traded fund visibility has vaulted crypto into mainstream finance, but many teams still staff marketing like a hackathon. It’s all junior hires, celebrity tie-ins, and virality over compliance and craft. Summary Crypto marketing has outgrown hackathon culture — junior, viral-first, celebrity-driven strategies are now dangerous in a regulated environment and are leading directly to fines, bans, and reputational damage. Marketing…

Ralph Coin [RALPH], the AI memecoin linked to the “Ralph Wiggum” trend, saw an 80% price drop after a developer sold $300k of the token into thin liquidity. The losses came in a single 4-hour trading session. In an update on X on 22 January, Lookonchain noted that the developer sold 7.68 million RALPH tokens worth 1,888 Solana [SOL]. This was worth $245k at the time, and the memecoin’s market cap crashed from $50 million to around $5 million. Source: Bubblemaps on X Bubblemaps shared on Thursday that the seller’s cluster still held 3% of the supply. At the time…

Quick take: Dan Romero, a former vice president at Coinbase, assured followers that Farcaster isn’t shutting down, and that Neynar plans to shift it in a more developer-focused direction. According to Romero, Farcaster had 250,000 MAUs in December and boasts over 100,000 funded wallets. On January 20, Aave transferred Lens Protocol stewardship to Mask Network, highlighting the ongoing consolidation in the crypto social segment of the blockchain industry. Merkle Manufactory, the organization behind the Ethereum-based Web3 social media infrastructure platform Farcaster, has announced plans to return $180 million to venture capital backers. The report came out late on Thursday after…