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UFC star Conor McGregor’s crypto debut fell flat as his REAL memecoin raised only 31% of the targeted minimum presale amount before being called off. The overly hyped memecoin raised just $392,000 in a 28-hour presale, falling 61% short of its $1 million minimum target. As a result, the project has been paused, and all presale bids have been refunded, according to the project’s website. The presale used a sealed-bid auction format, aiming for transparency and fairness. The team, backed by the Real World Gaming DAO, had set out to raise $3.6 million and sell 60 million tokens (3% of…

Homepage > News > Finance > Vanuatu passes digital asset framework Vanuatu has passed a bill to institute a regulatory regime for digital assets, including a licensing and reporting framework for exchanges, non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces, digital asset custody providers and initial coin offerings (ICOs). The South Pacific Island nation’s Parliament passed the “Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) Act” on March 26. Amongst other measures, the framework designated the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (VFSC) as the licensing authority, with powers to enforce the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorism Financing and Travel Rule standards on digital asset firms. Under the new law,…

Jameson Lopp, the chief security officer at Bitcoin (BTC) custody company Casa, sounded the alarm on Bitcoin address poisoning attacks, a social engineering scam that uses similar addresses from a victim’s transaction history to fool them into sending funds to the malicious address.According to Lopp’s Feb 6 article, the threat actors generate BTC addresses that match the first and last digits of addresses from the victim’s transaction history. Lopp analyzed the Bitcoin blockchain history for this type of attack and found:”The first such transactions did not appear until block 797570, July 7, 2023, which had 36 such transactions. Then, all…

0Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has announced that it will end its non-fungible token (NFT) operations by April 8, 2025. The company shared the news through a statement on its official website on April 1, advising users to manage their assets before the shutdown date. This closure will affect its NFT marketplace, as well as the Inscription Marketplace and IDO product pages.While the company did not provide specific reasons for the discontinuation, it follows a trend seen across the industry. In recent months, several other companies have made similar moves in response to market conditions. One example is X2Y2, a well-known NFT platform, which…

In a bold move, MMA champion Conor McGregor has officially entered the crypto arena with the launch of his meme coin, “REAL.”The project, released on April 5, promises to offer more than just celebrity hype, positioning itself as a token rooted in transparency, integrity, and long-term vision. McGregor’s new venture arrives amid a renewed frenzy in the meme coin market and an increasingly unstable macroeconomic backdrop that has driven investors to alternative assets. I changed the FIGHT game.I changed the WHISKEY game.I changed the STOUT game.Now it’s time to change the CRYPTO game.This is just the beginning.This is $REAL @getrealtoken…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum is down 55% from its December high, reflecting the broader weakness that has hit the crypto market amid escalating global uncertainty. Much of the recent pressure comes from US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policies and unpredictable economic stance, which have rattled investor confidence and driven a risk-off sentiment across financial markets. High-volatility assets like Ethereum have been particularly hard hit, with bulls struggling to hold critical support levels and sellers continuing to dominate short-term price action. Despite the bearish outlook, on-chain data provides a glimmer…

Stablecoins are the single best tool for the United States government to maintain the US dollar’s hegemony in global financial markets, according to LayerZero Labs CEO and founder Bryan Pellegrino.In an interview with Cointelegraph, the CEO of LayerZero Labs, which created the LayerZero interoperability protocol recently chosen by Wyoming to be the distribution partner for the Wyoming stablecoin, said that the cross-border accessibility of dollar-pegged tokens makes them an obvious choice to drive US dollar demand. Pellegrino added:”Stablecoins for the US dollar are the single best tool — the last Trojan Horse or vampire attack on every single other currency…

Is the crypto market about to flip the script? The Dogecoin (DOGE) price today is teetering on a key $0.16 level, with traders watching closely for a bounce or a deeper slide. Meanwhile, the XRP price outlook is caught in a debate over utility versus scarcity, as Ripple’s network speed stirs concern about long-term price growth.While those networks deal with uncertainty, BlockDAG is doing the one thing that clears doubt—shipping. Its Beta Testnet V1 just went live, and it’s not just a technical milestone—it’s a working preview of what this network can do. Real tools, real dApps, and real users…

Cryptocurrency markets could be on track for recovery as investor sentiment begins to stabilize following US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement — what some analysts are calling the peak of recent market uncertainty.Trump announced his reciprocal import tariffs on April 2, which sent tremors across global markets. The S&P 500 lost more than $5 trillion, its largest drop on record, surpassing the pandemic-induced crash in March 2020, according to Reuters.Still, some analysts see a silver lining to the tariff announcement.“In my opinion, the tariffs are the representation of the uncertainty in the markets,” Michaël van de Poppe, founder of…

Futures traders are heavily long on DOGE, showing short-term bullish conviction. No strong correlation between DAA spikes and price gains, hinting at speculative activity. Binance Futures traders appear overwhelmingly confident in Dogecoin [DOGE], with long positions outpacing shorts across multiple intervals. As per a chart shared by Ali Martinez, long accounts peaked at 73.33% with a Long/Short Ratio of 2.75 on the 5th of April. Source: X Earlier data sets show an even stronger sentiment. For instance, on the 3rd of April, long positions surged to 80.23%, with a Long/Short Ratio of 4.06. Meanwhile, short accounts fell sharply to just…