Iliana Mavrou

2 weeks ago | techopedia.com | Iliana Mavrou

In 2025, cryptocurrency airdrops are experiencing a significant evolution, moving away from the mass sell-offs of the early days of crypto activation campaigns toward more strategic, user-focused models. Recent airdrop announcements have garnered some attention from communities. Lagrange Labs, for example, launched a three-season Turing Roulette game where participants had to guess whether they were speaking with an AI bot or a real person.

2 weeks ago | techopedia.com | Iliana Mavrou

Last month, cryptocurrency hacks totaled $244.1 million, according to a PeckShieldAlert report published on X on May 31, 2025. While this is a nearly 40% decline since April, cybersecurity experts continue to raise alarms. In the first quarter of 2025, crypto hackers stole around $1.67 billion, according to a report by CertiK, already surpassing two-thirds of the total losses recorded in all of 2024.

1 month ago | techopedia.com | Iliana Mavrou

For the past couple of weeks, crypto Twitter has been taken over by the MIND of Pepe token, a memecoin powered by an artificial intelligence (AI) agent. In fact, MIND of Pepe has been so successful that it sold nearly $11 million worth of tokens during its presale round that started in January 2025, with a number of publications calling it “the best” presale of the year.

1 month ago | techopedia.com | Iliana Mavrou

As of May 2025, Arizona became the second state in the United States to launch a strategic cryptocurrency reserve fund. Governor Katie Hobbs signed House Bill 2749 into law, which states that Arizona will not be allowed to directly purchase cryptocurrency assets using taxpayer money. Instead, the reserve will be funded through unclaimed property, airdrops, and staking rewards. Earlier this month, another US state beat Arizona to the punch.

1 month ago | techopedia.com | Iliana Mavrou

In recent months, stablecoins have become increasingly popular. With heavyweights like Tether (USDT) and Circle’s USDC dominating global crypto flows, the sector has become increasingly attractive, not just to crypto-native firms but also to tech giants with a global reach.