Author: Isabella Taylor

Binance has announced that it will remove all spot trading pairs for ALPACA, PDA, VIB, and WING tokens on May 2. According to a notice published on April 24, the crypto exchange said it will remove all trading pairs linked to Alpaca Finance (ALPACA), PlayDapp (PDA), Viberate (VIB), and Wing Finance (WING) as part of its latest round of token reviews. The delisting will take effect on May 2, 2025, at 03:00 UTC, and any open orders on the affected pairs will be automatically canceled at that time. Binance will also pull the plug on its spot trading bots for…

Russia is preparing to launch a new cryptocurrency exchange designed specifically for highly qualified investors.  Russia’s Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank are preparing to launch a cryptocurrency exchange targeting “super-qualified investors,” according to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. The announcement came during a board meeting of the Finance Ministry on Apr. 23, as reported by local media outlet RBC. The planned platform is part of Russia’s ongoing efforts to regulate digital assets under an experimental legal regime. According to Siluanov, the goal is to bring crypto operations “out of the shadows,” but within the boundaries of existing legal frameworks.…

Ethereum is showing signs of renewed strength on-chain and in price action, with active addresses spiking and the ETH price finally breaking past a key resistance level that had held it back for over a week. According to data shared by CryptoQuant analyst Carmelo Alemán, between Apr. 20 and Apr. 22, the number of active Ethereum (ETH) addresses increased by almost 10%, rising from about 306,000 to over 336,000. This uptick indicates increasing network participation at a time when ETH is beginning to regain some bullish momentum. Although they are not a guarantee of upward movement, spikes in address activity…

Decentralized cloud computing platform Aethir has kicked off Batch 6 of its $100 million Ecosystem Fund, expanding support beyond AI agents to include promising real-world asset startups. According to an Apr. 23 announcement on Aethir’s (ATH) blog, the fund will now support selected RWA projects with decentralized GPU cloud computing grants. After supporting more than 25 artificial intelligence-focused grantees to date, the latest group integrates RWA builders into Aethir’s decentralized cloud ecosystem. The newest grantees include Zoo Finance, a native Berachain (BERA) protocol that offers structured asset products and liquidity vaults; Upside OS, an asset tokenization operating system that links traditional…

ZEREBRO, a crypto that integrates artificial intelligence with blockchain, experienced a price increase of over 170% within a single day. ZEREBRO was trading below $0.03 on April 22 but is now trading at $0.07557, according to CoinMarketCap data.  ZEREBRO operates as an autonomous AI agent protocol, focusing on decentralized content generation and management.  The project is a decentralized AI project aiming to advance Artificial General Intelligence by fusing creativity with emerging technologies across finance, art, music, and culture. It introduces “freebasing AI” — a technique of permanently jailbreaking large language models by fine-tuning them with unconventional data sources, such as…

Solana price has rallied for three consecutive weeks as cryptocurrencies and meme coins in its ecosystem rebound. Solana (SOL) crossed the key resistance level at $150, surging by 60% from its lowest point this month. Most Solana meme coins have bounced back this week. Bonk (BONK) price soared by 35% in the last seven days, while Fartcoin (FARTCOIN), Dogwifhat (WIF), Pudgy Penguins, and Popcat (POPCAT) have climbed by over 50% in the last seven days. This recovery has pushed the combined market cap of Solana meme coins to over $8.78 billion, a notable rebound from the $6 billion valuation seen…

Alabama has dropped its enforcement action against Coinbase, marking a significant shift in the ongoing legal battles over crypto staking programs in the U.S.  The announcement was made by Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, signaling that only five states now continue to pursue staking-related cases against the exchange. The Alabama Securities Commission had previously accused Coinbase of offering unregistered securities through its staking rewards program. The program allows users to lock up their crypto to help validate blockchain transactions in exchange for rewards, while Coinbase earns a commission.  State regulators argued this model constituted an investment contract that should…

Is the latest rally enough to shift Ethereum price prediction, or do lingering dominance lows and macro risk still cap how far ETH can realistically go? Ethereum regains momentum with a sharp rally After several weeks of sluggish price action, Ethereum (ETH) is finally showing signs of a meaningful recovery. The second-largest crypto by market cap recently climbed past $1,800, staging a sharp rebound from its Apr. 9 low, when it briefly dipped below $1,400. That earlier drop was partly triggered by market unease over President Trump’s tariff-driven economic stance, which had weighed on risk assets. Since then, ETH has…

Crypto staking protocol Symbiotic has announced a $29 million raise in its Series A funding round led by Pantera Capital. Symbiotic, whose permissionless restaking platform went live on Ethereum (ETH) in January, announced the milestone on April 23. The funding round also attracted the backing of Coinbase Ventures as well as angel investors, including Aave (AAVE), Polygon (POL) and StarkWare among others. According to Symbiotic, the raise brings its universal staking framework further into focus. With universal staking, the EigenLayer competitor aims to go beyond traditional restaking by offering a modular framework that supports flexible crypto-economic coordination.  Symbiotic will leverage…

Fartcoin, a popular Solana meme coin, continues to surge as the crypto market rebounds and as the supply on exchanges falls. Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) crossed the important resistance level at $1 for the first time since January. It has soared by 460% from its lowest point this year and is moving closer to its all-time high.  Fartcoin has beaten other popular Solana meme coins like Dogwifhat (WIF), Bonk (BONK), and Official Trump.  Nansen data shows that the volume of Fartcoin tokens on exchanges has continued falling this week. There are now 142.5 million tokens on centralized exchanges like Kraken, Gate, KuCoin,…