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1 week ago | 
crypto.news | Anthony Patrick |Anthony Noto
Share Mantra, known as the second real-world asset token after Chainlink, nosedived over 90% over the past 24 hours. Here’s what we know. Source: CoinGeckoJust a couple of days ago, Mantra (OM) touted a 640% gain in 12 months. At last check, its $6-billion market cap fell to about $485 million. Patrick Mullin, Mantra’s CEO, recently spoke to crypto.news about being a fully compliant, end-to-end ecosystem for RWA tokenization and trading.
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1 week ago | 
crypto.news | Anthony Patrick |Anthony Noto
Share Ripple, one of the biggest names in the cryptocurrency sector, recently purchased prime brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, underscoring how decentralization and traditional finance are officially meshing. Nic Puckrin, a crypto analyst and founder/CEO of The Coin Bureau, says the deal is indicative of this new trend and a positive for Ripple’s blockchain adoption and the price of XRP.
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2 weeks ago | 
crypto.news | Anthony Patrick |Anthony Noto
Share After a turbulent week that saw sharp swings across both stock and cryptocurrency markets, the global cryptocurrency market cap has stabilized at an impressive $2.7 trillion as of Sunday, reflecting a 3.3% change in the last 24 hours. Total daily trading volume reached $51 billion as Bitcoin , Ethereum (ETH), XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA) all experienced losses.
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2 weeks ago | 
crypto.news | Anthony Patrick |Anthony Noto
Share Today’s edition of the weekly recap covers multiple announcements from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Circle’s initial public offering and the fallout of President Trump’s tariffs.
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2 weeks ago | 
crypto.news | Anthony Patrick |Anthony Noto
Share Several startups at the intersection of AI, blockchain, and fintech announced funding rounds this week. Codex raised the most capital, filling its coffers with $15.8 million. Dragonfly Capital led the seed round. According to Fortune, which first broke the news, the effort was part of a seed round with roughly $14 million coming from Dragonfly. Coinbase and Circle also took part in the fundraising, alongside Cumberland, Wintermute and Selini Capital.
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3 weeks ago | 
crypto.news | Vignesh Karunanidhi |Anthony Patrick
Share According to data submitted to Rep. Cha Gyu-geun of the Rebuilding Korea Party, South Korea’s cryptocurrency investors reached 16.29 million as of February. This figure represents nearly 32% of the country’s population. The data, compiled from accounts at the country’s top five domestic virtual asset exchanges – Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and Gopax – shows consistent growth throughout 2024. The number of crypto investors first surpassed 14 million in March 2024.
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3 weeks ago | 
crypto.news | Vignesh Karunanidhi |Anthony Patrick
Share Several altcoins posted impressive gains on Sunday, despite the global cryptocurrency market remaining slightly bearish. The total cryptocurrency market capitalization is currently at around $2.7 trillion. That’s down 0.63% in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading below the $83,000 level, while Ethereum (ETH) has slipped 2.2% to $1,837. Source: CoinGeckoFunToken (FUN) has doubled in value over the past 24 hours, while MMX and Enzyme (MLN) have also seen notable price increases.
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3 weeks ago | 
crypto.news | Vignesh Karunanidhi |Anthony Patrick
Share According to an investigation by MailOnline, UK authorities have frozen approximately £6 million ($7.7 million) in crypto since new enforcement powers came into effect last year. The measures, introduced in April 2024, allow police, law enforcement agencies, and HMRC to freeze suspicious cryptocurrency wallets for up to three years.
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3 weeks ago | 
crypto.news | Vignesh Karunanidhi |Anthony Patrick
Share Today’s edition of the weekly recap covers the opening of Terra’s investor claims portal, President Trump’s latest crypto pardon, and Polymarket’s governance issues. Terra opens investor claims portalTerraform Labs will launch an online system on March 31, allowing investors to file claims for losses related to the collapse of the Luna (LUNA) token and TerraUSD stablecoin.
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3 weeks ago | 
crypto.news | Anthony Patrick |Anthony Noto
Share Some commentators on X called it “sad.” Others used expletives. Either way, a video of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin went viral and not in a good way. The crypto community on X.com, rarely known for decorum, blasted Buterin for kneeling before a robot and emitting what sounds like a “meow” sound. To some, the video underscored why one needs to be “bullish” about Ethereum’s present and future. To others, it was worthy of a Studio Ghibli-style photo edit.
