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Aslam Brothers’ 3,000-Mile Cycling Journey to Mecca Fuels a Revolutionary Crypto Project In an unprecedented fusion of adventure, faith, and finance, the Aslam Brothers, widely known on TikTok for their inspiring journeys, are launching a memecoin unlike any before.  As they embark on a grueling 3,000-mile bicycle ride from the UK to Mecca, the brothers plan to document their journey to their millions of followers, creating what could be one of the most community-driven cryptocurrency projects to date. A TikTok-Powered Crypto Movement Memecoins and TikTok go hand in hand, with the platform notorious for catapulting coins to viral status. The Aslam Brothers, leveraging their influence, plan to push the project’s growth in sync with their cycling progress. Their approach is simple yet powerful: The closer they get to Mecca, the more they promote the project. The more traction the coin gains, the more funds they donate to charity. Tokenomics wit...

1. Pumpfun Accounts for 20% of Solana DEX Trading Volume on Friday, Reaching an All-time High link Pumpfun (bonding curve + PumpSwap AMM) accounted for 20% of Solana DEX trading volume yesterday, reaching a record high. In the past 30 days, non — Pumpfun Meme accounted for 33% of DEX trading volume, SOL — USD accounted for 27%, Pumpfun Meme accounted for 25%, and others accounted for 15%. Raydium once accounted for 70% of Pumpfun token trading volume, but currently PumpSwap accounts for over 60% of Pumpfun token trading volume. However, Raydium still holds a 90% market share in non — Pumpfun tokens. 2. Dogecoin Foundation’s New Business Unit Launches DOGE Reserve, with the First Purchase of 10 Million DOGE link The Dogecoin Foundation, through its newly established commercial division, has established the “Official Dogecoin Reserve” and purchased the first batch of 10 million DOGE (approximately $1.8 million) at the current market price. This initiative is part of the foundation’s co...

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marzalek said that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has closed its investigation into the crypto exchange without imposing a penalty or taking any legal action. ”They used every tool available to attempt to stifle us, restricting access to banking, auditors, investors, and beyond,” he said in a March 27 X post . “It was a calculated attempt to put an end to the industry.”  Crypto.com Accuses The SEC Of A “Misguided” Approach To Digital Asset Regulation  The SEC’s decision to close its investigation into Crypto.com comes after the agency issued a Wells notice to the company in August that signaled its intention to take legal action against the crypto exchange. Crypto.com responded by filing a lawsuit against the SEC in October. In its filing, the exchange accused the then Gary Gensler-led agency of overstepping its authority and taking a “misguided” approach to crypto regulation. CRO...

A prolific blockchain security researcher and smart contract hack investigator going by the name Nick L. Franklin is suspected of involvement in October’s $50 million hack on Radiant Capital, carried out by the notorious North Korean hacking collective Lazarus Group. Fellow security researchers were alerted to suspicious behaviour by decentralized exchange 1inch’s Anton Bukov, and began digging into the messaging history of Franklin’s (now deleted) Telegram account. Beware of @0xNickLFranklin (https://t.co/YuHYAvEerT), he is very likely a scammer pretending to be a security engineer. He sent me an APP file as a report and erased our chat and banned me after I asked WTF. — Anton Bukov (e/acc) (@k06a) March 26, 2025 Read more: Radiant Capital’s $50M crypto hack underlines DeFi’s multisig dependence For well over a year, Franklin’s handle has been consistently active in crypto security-focused Telegram groups. In the wake of even small dollar-value hack...

The cryptocurrency market is always welcoming new innovations. That being said, Elon Musk is known for his ardent adoration for Dogecoin and has often been noted as starting how he may one day add Dogecoin to X, enabling a new world for the token to experience and encounter. Given the fact that Musk is already handling a leading governmental department. Can this development become an absolute reality one day? If yes, then how high can DOGE surge, banking on the aforementioned development? Let’s find out. Also Read: De-dollarization Gains Momentum: China and Russia’s Joint Push for a New Global Order Musk’s Potential Plans For X Source: PYMNTS.com Elon Musk has always cultivated grand plans for X, including making the platform a leading financial player in the domain. In a new interview snippet making rounds on the internet, Musk can be noted stating how he envisions X to become a global financial entity in the near future. “Essentially, if done right, X would serve people...

A cryptocurrency researcher has come forth with a bold and troubling claim — dubbing XRP the ‘biggest financial scam the world has ever seen’. The analyst in question, Aylo, an alpha please researcher, made the claim in a March 21 X post. At the time of the post, the XRP ledger’s 24-hour decentralized exchange (DEX) volume stood at just $44,036. In contrast, the total value locked (TVL) stood at $80.63 million, per data the researcher retrieved from DeFiLlama. I think XRP is the biggest financial scam the world has ever seen. There has never been something which has produced less value that has reached this market cap ($140B). The XRP ledger did $44k in volume in the last 24h, according to DefiLlama. Picks for you 4 whistleblowers rewarded in Binance insider trading investigation 23 mins ago ...

A new survey by the crypto data aggregator CoinGecko finds that less than 50% of investors are bullish on artificial intelligence (AI)-based digital assets. CoinGecko polled 2,632 anonymous crypto investors around the globe between February 20th and March 10th of this year to gain insights on the merger of cryptocurrencies and AI. Results show that 46.9% of crypto investors are either somewhat bullish or bullish on crypto AI products. The survey also reveals that 29% are neutral and the rest are either somewhat bearish or bearish on AI-based crypto assets. Source: CoinGecko On the prices of AI crypto tokens, 44.3% of participants said they were bullish, 29.3% were neutral and 26.3% were bearish. The survey found that the earlier an investor adopted crypto AI products, the more likely they are to be bullish toward them. “‘The ‘Early adopter’ and ‘Early majority’ groups were the most bullish, albeit by a slight margin, as well ...

Ripple (XRP) is busy forging new milestones. The token is at the center of mainstream activity with the long queue of the XRP ETFs waiting to seek approval from the US SEC. Apart from that, Ripple has always been known as one of the leading ambitious coins, charting its own price path with great precision and care. Now that the token is free from all the legal barriers, this is how high XRP can trade one year from now, per recent technical Analysis and markers. Also Read: How Much Bitcoin (BTC) Does North Korea Hold? Ripple: Where’s The Token Currently? Source: Bitcoin News XRP is currently trading at $2.46, up 3% in the last 24 hours. The token is aiming for a price above $3 as the primary target to ace first. Per Dark Defender, a notable cryptocurrency expert, XRP has the potential to ace even bigger price targets, ultimately hitting the ambitious $5 to $8 price marks in no time. “Hi all. Today, I want to share an update on the monthly structure we previously used, along with t...

In the blockchain industry, where everything changes at lightning speed, investors are always looking for key events that can affect the value of cryptocurrencies and projects. For large investors, it is crucial to assess which events may lead to price growth or increase trust in certain projects. In this post, we will explore which events in the blockchain industry attract the attention of large investors. Listing on major cryptocurrency exchanges One of the most significant events for any cryptocurrency project is listing a token on a major exchange such as Binance, Coinbase, or Kraken. This not only increases the liquidity of the token but also gives it wide exposure, usually leading to price growth. Large investors carefully monitor such events, as it can mark the beginning of a new phase for the project, leading to its further development. Hard forks and protocol updates Hard forks are changes in the main blockchain network that can significantly impact a project and i...

BNB Chain Validators: Role and Rewards BNB Chain relies on validators to maintain its security, validate transactions, and ensure network decentralization. Validators play a crucial role in the Proof-of-Staked-Authority (PoSA) consensus mechanism, which combines staking with delegated authority for efficient block production. Role of BNB Chain Validators Transaction Validation – Validators confirm and add transactions to the blockchain, ensuring network integrity. Block Production – The top validators with the highest stake are selected to propose and finalize blocks. Network Security – Validators prevent fraud, double-spending, and malicious activity. Governance Participation – Validators influence protocol upgrades and key network decisions. Rewards for Validators Validators earn rewards for their contributions through: Block Rewards – Validators receive a portion of transaction fees from processed blocks. Staking Rewards – Delegators who stake BNB with validators share in ea...

Polygon, a renowned scaling solution network on Ethereum, has surpassed the giant blockchain networks Bitcoin, Solana, and Mythos Chain in terms of daily sales volume. In the past 24 hours, the Polygon-based non-fungible token series has raised a trading sales volume of $2.8 million, up over 140% from the past day. In this article, we shall explore some of the factors fueling the recent Polygon NFT market growth. Polygon Pumps 140% In Daily NFT Sales Volume Data fetched by cryptoslam.io, an on-chain crypto market data aggregator and a multi-chain non-fungible collections explorer, shows that the Polygon NFT market has experienced a massive surge in trading sales volume. In the past 24 hours, the Polygon NFT collections have raised a trading sales volume of $2.8 million. Polygon has emerged as the second most-traded NFT blockchain in the global NFT market. During this time, Ethereum, the blockchain network renowned for hosting most NFT collections, is the top-traded blockchain n...

The Trump family-affiliated decentralized finance (DeFi) project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has completed its second set of token sales. The DeFi protocol sold $250 million worth of its native WLFI tokens following a $300 million sale in October, per a new press release. The project originally said that 63% of all WLFI would be sold to the public, but according to its current whitepaper – or “gold paper”– World Liberty Financial appears to have lowered that to 35%. World Liberty says more than 85,000 total participants underwent a know-your-customer (KYC) process to determine eligibility for the token sales. The DeFi project has invested in a “strategic reserve” of 11 different crypto assets, but the blockchain tracking firm Lookonchain noted over the weekend that WLFI’s portfolio is losing on every single token and down nearly $120 million in total. World Liberty notes in the fine print on its website that President Donald Trump is not an ...

As the price of bitcoin (BTC) declines towards the average purchase price at Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), founder Michael Saylor is willing to pay USD dividends at up to 18% per year to access more capital. In an announcement about a new series of stock that he calls the “STRF Perpetual Preferred Stock,” Saylor revealed that Strategy is offering 5 million new shares with $100 of liquidation preference and limited conversion rights into MSTR common shares. Liquidation preference is the right to receive money in the event of a “liquidity” (payout) event such as an acquisition, public offering, or dividend. Instead of convertibility at a $1,000 strike price per MSTR share which is a marquee feature of Strategy’s STRK preferred shares, Saylor is simply focused on paying cash to entice investment in his new STRF preferred shares. Strategy is upping its dividend rate from STRK’s 8% rate. Instead, STRF holders will enjoy a 10% fixed dividend in USD that incre...

The growing demand for artificial intelligence products cannot be denied despite the most recent US stock market downturn. That intrigue has driven companies to continue embracing opportunities in the sector. The latest effort will now see Microsoft (MSFT) as a key part of a new $2.7 billion data center investment. The Windows developer will be joined by two companies that are set to expand their AI footprint. Specifically, the move will greatly increase the overall AI commitment for all businesses involved. Moreover, they could set up significant increases for the respective stocks throughout 2025. Source: Fox Also Read: Microsoft (MSFT): Why One Investment is Keeping The Stock Afloat Microsoft One-Thirds of Critical $2.7 Billion Data Center Investment Just seven days ago, news surfaced that Microsoft was developing its very own AI. It was seeking to become a greater competitor in the market as it faced off against some of the biggest names in tech. Now, that has taken place yet again...

Ripple (XRP) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) are the two leading tokens in the world of cryptocurrency. While XRP is steadily gaining momentum on one hand, SHIB seems to have been struggling for a while, unable to pick up a stellar pace. Moreover, the overall cryptocurrency market momentum has also turned bearish, which has lately been putting pressure on altcoins, delaying their ultimate price recoveries. Will SHIB and XRP be able to perform their best by March end 2025? Let’s find out. Also Read: Major Bitcoin Crash Warning: Analyst Warns BTC Could Fall to $10,000 Ripple (XRP) Price Prediction Source: News10 XRP has lately been gaining significant central momentum due to a variety of new developments. For instance, the token is now a part of Trump’s official crypto reserve, which has given Ripple a major price momentum to bank on. At the same time, XRP is also gaining widespread popularity due to the rising XRP ETF momentum, which may help the token climb and reach new price horizons...