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Solana’s native token, SOL (SOL), rose 8% on March 19 as investors turned to riskier assets ahead of US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks. While interest rates are expected to stay unchanged, analysts anticipate a softer inflation outlook for 2025. Meanwhile, key onchain and derivatives metrics for Solana suggest further upside for SOL price.The cryptocurrency market mirrored intraday movements in the US stock market, suggesting SOL’s gains were not driven by industry-specific news, such as reports that the US Securities and Exchange Commission may drop its lawsuit against Ripple after clinging to it for four years.Russell 2000 small-cap index…

Crypto exchange Kraken is reportedly closing in on a $1.5 billion acquisition of trading platform NinjaTrader, a move that would expand Kraken’s customer base and enable it to offer crypto futures and derivatives in the US.The deal could be confirmed by the morning of March 20 in the US, The Wall Street Journal said in a March 19 report, citing people familiar with the matter.Kraken’s expanded offerings would be made possible through NinjaTrader’s registration as a Futures Commission Merchant. The move would help Kraken’s strategy to work across several asset classes — including plans for equities trading and payments — while…

Bitcoin and Ethereum have been the standout players for years. But now, a new competitor called Nexchain is emerging with exciting features that could change the game. In this article, we will compare NexChain to Bitcoin and Ethereum, highlighting its strengths and where it stands in the market.Comparing Nexchain, Bitcoin, and EthereumBefore diving into the specifics of Nexchain, it’s essential to understand the broader context of cryptocurrency. Bitcoin was the pioneer, launched in 2009 as a peer-to-peer digital currency designed for transferring value without a central authority. It uses a robust Proof of Work (PoW) mechanism to secure the network,…

Homepage > News > Business > South Africa targets digital IDs in time for 2029 elections South Africa intends to issue digital IDs to 2.5 million citizens this year and aims for a fully functioning digital ID system in time for the 2029 general elections. Speaking recently, the country’s Minister of Interior, Leon Schreiber, unveiled the country’s ambitious digital transformation roadmap. “Our apex priority is simple yet monumentally ambitious: to automate and digitalise as many processes as possible,” Schreiber stated during an electronic voting event organized by the country’s electoral authority. Schreiber pointed out that while the South African government…

BMT crypto and EOS showed a strong short-term bullish potential. The small size of BMT’s market cap meant it was likely to be more volatile. Bubblemaps [BMT], the Solana [SOL] based token of the analytics firm Bubblemaps, saw a 124% price rally on the 18th of March, the same day it was listed on Binance. After reaching the high of $0.325, the BMT crypto has receded by 31.8%. This might be a “sell the news” type of event, as the price saw double-digit percentage gains on the 17th of March as well. However, the selling pressure might not last long.…

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The crypto market is in equilibrium today, with the total industry market cap within a 1% range of breakeven. However, this could well be calm before the storm.Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary recently spoke about how Donald Trump is cultivating a new institutional-driven era for the crypto industry, lifting it from its “Wild West” roots.Asset managers, including BlackRock and Fidelity, are only entrenching themselves deeper into the industry and bringing with them the prospect of billions if not trillions, or dollars in capital inflows.Smart traders can capitalize on this new crypto era by investing in projects with disproportionate or untapped…

United States President Donald Trump will reportedly speak at Blockworks’ Digital Asset Summit in New York on March 20, Blockworks said. His speech will mark the first time a sitting US president has ever spoken at a cryptocurrency conference, Blockworks said in a March 19 announcement.Trump’s presence at the event underscores his embrace of an industry that, under former US president Joe Biden, was the target of more than 100 enforcement actions by federal regulators.“When we started Blockworks we could barely get someone from a bank to attend an event,” Jason Yanowitz, one of Blockworks co-founders, said in a March 19…

Xandeum Labs is shaking up the blockchain landscape by launching its highly anticipated pNodes—a breakthrough storage scaling solution designed specifically for Solana smart contracts. With the debut of these incentivized Provider Nodes on its devnet, Xandeum aims to eliminate one of Solana’s most persistent challenges: the lack of a scalable, efficient storage layer for data-heavy decentralized applications. A Scalable “Hard Drive” for Solana’s World Computer In the world of blockchain, Solana is often celebrated as a “world computer” known for its high throughput, low latency, and cost-effective transactions. However, its validators have long been burdened with the task of storing…

Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko has broken his silence over the “America Is Back — Time to Accelerate” advertisement, which blended American patriotism and tech innovation with political messaging around gender identity.“The ad was bad, and it’s still gnawing at my soul,” Yakovenko said in a March 19 X post after receiving immense backlash over the controversial ad. “I am ashamed I downplayed it instead of just calling it what it is – mean and punching down on a marginalized group.”Yakovenko praised those in the Solana ecosystem who called out the “mess” that was posted on Solana’s X account, which accumulated…