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To comply with European regulations, Binance has stated that it will stop allowing users in the European Economic Area (EEA) to trade pairs involving stablecoins that do not comply with MiCA —basically, non-compliant stablecoins. The move now affects one of the most widely traded stablecoins, $USDT; another stablecoin that is very widely traded, $DAI; and a not insignificant stablecoin, $TUSD. The MiCA Regulation and Its Impact on Binance Users The forthcoming regulation of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) is set to assume a central position in determining the destiny of cryptocurrencies in that part of the world. Under the new rules, stablecoins that don’t measure up to MiCA’s standards will no longer be permitted for trading on Binance’s platform by users in the EEA. In response, the globally leading crypto exchange has announced that it will, well, un-announce that trading pairs with non-compliant stablecoins will be taken off its platform by the end of March 2025. Among the stablecoins affected by this decision are major assets like $USDT (Tether), $DAI (Dai), $TUSD (TrueUSD), $FDUSD (First Digital Dollar), $USDP (Pax Dollar), $AEUR, $UST (TerraUSD), $USTC (Terra Classic USD), and $PAXG (Paxos Gold). Users who hold or trade any of these non-compliant stablecoins are advised to convert them into MiCA-compliant stablecoins like $USDC, $EURI, or the regular euro (EUR) well before the cutoff date to avoid any disruption in trading. The communication also spelled out that users in the EEA can continue to hold, put into circulation, or take out of circulation any stablecoin that doesn’t fall under MiCA after the 31st of March, 2025. These are stablecoins that don’t meet MiCA’s freedom to provide services under the European Securities and Markets Authority’s definition of a financial instrument. However, those using Binance won’t be able to circulate those stablecoins on the platform anymore. A Smooth Transition for Binance Users To minimize any potential issues, Binance is advising users to convert their stablecoins that do not comply with regulations to MiCA-compliant options like USDC. The exchange set a deadline of March 31, 2025, at 23:59 UTC, for all non-compliant stablecoin pairs to be removed from the spot trading market. After that cutoff, users may find themselves in a trading jam if they can’t get access to their funds. Ahead of this switch, Binance is taking further actions to ensure that users with margin accounts come to no harm. It is no longer possible to trade in stablecoins that are not compliant with the AMF. These stablecoins have been identified. Any margin trading that does involve them must stop. This work must be completed by the morning of March 27, 2025. By then, all margin trading involving non-compliant stablecoins must have ceased. Affected accounts: Cross Margin, Isolated Margin, and anyone trying to hook up a non-compliant stablecoin to their margin trading. BINANCE TO DELIST ALL NON-MICA COMPLIANT STABLECOIN TRADING PAIRS IN THE EEA REGION – @Binance , a leading cryptocurrency platform, has announced changes to its stablecoin offerings for users in the European Economic Area (EEA). – The exchange's move comes in response to new… https://t.co/iTzaLwK2pb pic.twitter.com/oToVcZyGMe — BSCN (@BSCNews) March 3, 2025 Impact on Binance Earn, Loans, and Dual Investment Products The modifications that comply with MiCA are also anticipated to have an effect on users of Binance’s Earn, Loans, and Dual Investment services, who are participating in these services. The deadline of March 31, 2025, mandates that these users switch their holdings or collateral to compliant stablecoins, like USDC, to keep using these services. After the deadline, these users are able to sell stablecoins that are not compliant through Binance Convert, and can utilize these non-compliant stablecoins for any purpose that might require greater flexibility. Service in any other Binance product that is not compliant with MiCA will have limited use until compliance is achieved. Why This Change Is Happening Binance’s choice to remove stablecoins that do not comply with MiCA from its trading platform is part of an overall strategy in the EU of creating clear, understandable rules for crypto companies doing business in member states. MiCA—short for the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, which is expected to be fully in force by 2025—aims to take a comprehensive swing at regulating not just cryptocurrencies but also crypto-service providers and issuers of so-called “cryptoassets” anywhere in the EU. In advance of the new regulations, Binance is making certain to align with them so as to avoid any issues in continuing to serve its users in the EEA. Its approach to these regulatory changes is entirely user-friendly and already showcases a commitment to ensuring it can serve its users in the EEA while continuing to abide by local laws. Stablecoins compliant with MiCA, like USDC and EURI, will still be able to be traded on Binance while the transition takes place. This ensures that users aren’t disrupted during the process and lets us continue to make compliant tokens necessary for crypto to work in Europe available. We aren’t making any sudden moves that would throw any of our users into an unexpected situation. What Users Need to Do Users in the EEA should take steps to convert any stablecoins that are not compliant with MiCA into options that are compliant, like USDC or EUR, before the March 31, 2025 deadline. To avoid any disruption, they should consider making these conversions as early as possible. There is also the feature on the platform Binance Convert that will allow users to sell leftover holdings in stablecoins that are not compliant with MiCA, providing some additional flexibility. Binance’s warning concerning margin accounts, along with the automatic conversion of assets, serves as a vital reminder for users to manage their positions before the cutoff date. It is also crucial for users of Binance Earn, Loans, or Dual Investment products to switch to MiCA-compliant options as soon as possible, lest any interruptions occur in their participatory rights. To sum up, Binance is now delisting stablecoin trading pairs not in accord with the European MiCA law—but only for EEA users, which is interesting. This seems to be a pretty big hint from the exchange that it is taking steps to comply with European law. The good news for users of the exchange is that the stablecoin trading pairs they do have should comply with MiCA, so there shouldn’t be any interruptions in service. Disclosure: This is not trading or investment advice. Always do your research before buying any cryptocurrency or investing in any services. Follow us on Twitter @nulltxnews to stay updated with the latest Crypto, NFT, AI, Cybersecurity, Distributed Computing, and Metaverse news ! Image Source: perfectpixelshunter/ 123RF // Image Effects by Colorcinch
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In his latest blog post, titled “KISS of Death,” former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes outlines a provocative thesis on the trajectory of Bitcoin and broader financial markets under the renewed presidency of Donald Trump. Hayes—who has long held bullish views on crypto—argues that a convergence of fiscal and monetary policies could catapult Bitcoin’s price to as high as $1 million during the Trump 2.0 era, but only after a period of recession-driven turmoil. Breaking Down Bitcoin’s “KISS Of Death” Hayes’s framework revolves around the “KISS” principle—Keep It Simple, Stupid—urging market participants to stay focused on the core driver of asset prices: liquidity. Rather than overreacting to sensational headlines, he contends that one should watch for shifts in the quantity and price of money (i.e., how much credit is created and at what interest rate). “One day, you buy and then quickly sell after digesting the next headline,” Hayes warns. “The market chops you in the process, and your stack quickly diminishes.” He recommends sticking to a simpler outlook: If the U.S. government prints significant amounts of money at lower rates, risk assets like Bitcoin can surge. Related Reading: Bitcoin Repeats Historic Pattern—Is a Breakout Toward $100K Next? A key premise of Hayes’s analysis is that President Trump, a “real estate showman” by background, will debt finance his “America First” agenda rather than embrace austerity. Hayes contrasts Trump with Andrew Mellon—Treasury Secretary under Herbert Hoover—who once allegedly declared: “Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate farmers, liquidate real estate. It will purge the rottenness out of the system.” Hayes argues that such a stance would be political suicide for a president seeking to be viewed as the 21st-century Franklin D. Roosevelt rather than Hoover. As Hayes puts it, “Trump wants to be considered the greatest President ever” and is therefore inclined to loosen credit conditions rather than tighten them. Hayes highlights Trump’s unconventional maneuver to slash federal spending and potentially trigger a recession, thereby forcing the Federal Reserve to respond with rate cuts and fresh liquidity. The newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by high-profile entrepreneur Elon Musk, is portrayed as an aggressive effort to expose fraud and reduce waste in government programs. Hayes cites DOGE’s claims that Social Security payments may be going out to deceased individuals or unverified identities, supposedly costing hundreds of billions—or even a trillion—dollars a year. “Trump and DOGE are firing hundreds of thousands of government employees,” Hayes notes, referencing media reports citing elevated jobless claims in the Washington, D.C., area. By cutting federal budgets so drastically and so quickly, Trump could—in Hayes’s words—“cause a recession or convince the market that one is right around the corner.” Related Reading: Bitcoin Sellers Incur Loss As SOPR Drops To 0.95 – A Sign Of Market Bottom? Once signs of recession appear, Hayes predicts Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will have little choice but to cut rates, end quantitative tightening (QT), and potentially restart quantitative easing (QE) to avert a widespread financial crisis. Powell, whom Hayes dubs a “turncoat traitor” (a reference to the Fed’s past rate cut during Kamala Harris’s campaign), is nonetheless bound by the Fed’s mandate to maintain economic stability. Hayes points to $2.08 trillion in US corporate debt and $10 trillion in US Treasury debt that must roll over in 2025. If the economy slows, rolling that debt over at high interest rates becomes unfeasible. In that scenario, the Fed’s only salvation is fresh money creation and lower rates. Hayes calculates that a full Fed response—encompassing several policy shifts—could result in as much as $2.74 to $3.24 trillion in new liquidity: Dropping the Federal Funds Rate from 4.25% to 0% could be equivalent to roughly $1.7 trillion of money printing, according to Hayes’s estimates. Currently, the Fed conducts $60 billion per month in QT. If QT ends by April 2025, Hayes sees a $540 billion liquidity injection relative to prior expectations. Additional Treasury purchases by the Fed or US commercial banks (the latter aided by a relaxation of the Supplemental Leverage Ratio) might add another $500 billion to $1 trillion in dollar credit. He compares this to the $4 trillion in stimulus measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Given that Bitcoin jumped roughly 24x from its 2020 lows to 2021 highs in response to that liquidity wave, Hayes says even a more conservative 10x multiple could be in play. “For those who ask how we get to $1 million in Bitcoin during the Trump presidency, this is how,” he proclaims, linking massive credit creation with a sharply higher BTC price. Despite his bullish long-term forecast, Hayes believes Bitcoin’s immediate outlook may be rocky. Hayes sees potential for Bitcoin to revisit the $70,000 to $80,000 range in the short-term—levels that are markedly above the prior cycle’s all-time high but still below the current market. “If Bitcoin leads the market on the downside, it will also do so on the upside,” Hayes writes, positing that BTC often bottoms out before traditional equities. He cites the significant run-up to $110,000 around mid-January (Trump’s inauguration timeline) followed by a pullback to $78,000 in late February. “Bitcoin is screaming that a liquidity crisis is nigh, even though the U.S. stock market indices are still near their all-time highs,” he notes. “I firmly believe we are still in a bull cycle, and as such, the bottom at worst will be the previous cycle’s all-time high of $70,000,” Hayes says, underscoring his conviction that any major dips are opportunities to accumulate rather than panic-sell. In Hayes’s view, the “Kiss of Death” is not about Bitcoin’s demise but about the outdated fiat system struggling to contain spiraling debt loads and political brinkmanship. He argues that the short-term chaos in traditional markets—triggered by DOGE-driven spending cuts and a hesitant Fed—will ultimately pave the way for a new round of monetary expansion. The bottom line? Hayes insists that staying focused on liquidity is the best strategy: “Let politicians do politician things, stay in your lane, and buy Bitcoin.” At press time, BTC traded at $83,725. Featured image from YouTube, chart from TradingView.com
Donald Trump's crypto reserve announcement on Sunday and the announcement that XRP, Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) would be added to the reserve, in addition to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), created a huge pump effect in the market. However, this Trump rally was short-lived, and the inclusion of XRP, SOL and ADA in the reserve was met with intense criticism from the cryptocurrency industry. While industry leaders like Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated that only Bitcoin should be included, Bitcoin technology firm Jan3 CEO Samson Mow warned Trump about his altcoin choices. Samson Mow warned that the inclusion of random altcoins in the US strategic reserve could lead to chaos in the market and turn the market into a speculative game. Mow noted that Trump’s proposed crypto strategic reserve plan has the potential to lead to significant change for the industry, but the addition of altcoins like XRP, SOL, ADA, or ETH could turn the reserve plan into a “pure speculation game.” He argued that allowing Trump to freely choose which altcoins to include in the reserve could serve as a giveaway to lobbyists and insiders. The famous CEO finally said that in order to protect the integrity of the reserve, proof-of-work (PoW)-based assets such as Litecoin (LTC) and Monero (XMR) should be prioritized in the reserve, apart from Bitcoin. “There are two possible outcomes regarding the US Strategic Bitcoin/Crypto Reserve: 1-The reserve is BTC and none of the altcoins mentioned will actually make it. 2-We will be rapidly moving towards unprecedented corruption. …… Trump's statement may have been aimed at gifting exit liquidity to Ripple or Cardano lobbyists or donors. At this point, if Trump could somehow add random altcoins to the national reserve, it would be very bad for the US. In addition to Bitcoin, Trump's Strategic Crypto Reserve could potentially include: Litecoin, Monero. And considering Elon's influence in the Trump administration, I'm sure he'll find a way to rationalize Dogecoin's inclusion.” *This is not investment advice. Continue Reading: Famous CEO Said "Trump Needs to Stop!", Announced Altcoins That Should Be Added to Reserves Instead of XRP, SOL and ADA Apart from Bitcoin!
A dramatic event has unfolded as a direct result of former President Donald Trump’s latest executive order: a major player in the cryptocurrency market is now desperately trying to save a huge short position on XRP . The whale, who has for months been betting that XRP would take a nosedive, has just poured an enormous $8 million in $USDC margin into the position to avoid liquidation. Yet the position is still showing a loss—one that has now exceeded $4.6 million—as the price of XRP continues to shoot upward. After #Trump 's executive order, a whale is rushing to close his $XRP short position and added 8M $USDC in margin to avoid liquidation. Currently, his 20x leveraged short $XRP position still has a loss of more than $4.6M. https://t.co/W6bdudZonN pic.twitter.com/8Kq5nRm7tS — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) March 2, 2025 The action comes as the price of XRP unexpectedly surges, boosted by Trump’s executive order and the positive vibe in the cryptocurrency market. The order, dealing with the US crypto scene, seems to have kicked off a rally across many digital assets, including XRP. But as this rally progresses, large XRP holders are divesting themselves of the asset, which is doing nothing to assuage the growing unease of various market players. XRP Whale Moves Amid Market Shifts The whale’s choice to add $8 million in margin to their $XRP short position is meaningful for two reasons: 1. It speaks to the gravity of the situation. 2. It means the whale’s bet was highly sensitive to market movements, amplifying both potential profits and losses. If you’re going to hold 20x leveraged short position on an asset, you’d better have a plan and be prepared to add significant margin when needed. Otherwise, your position risks going very much “underwater” (when an asset price moves in the opposite direction to what you expected and paid for it) and leading to a big liquidation. XRP has surged by over 500% since November 2024, but now its massive rally seems to have triggered a wave of selling from large holders—”whales”—who are cashing out at record levels. What does this mean for the price of XRP, and why are its large holders now liquidating their positions? Some speculate that—as the present price action suggests—XRP may be entering a “local distribution phase,” during which the token’s large holders seek to shed their positions. The Trump Executive Order’s Ripple Effect on XRP Trump’s executive order appears to have given a new boost to the world’s interest in cryptocurrencies. That interest has spilled over into a closer look at the order’s potential effects on XRP price action, and it has started to feel like a net positive for folks who are in XRP’s corner. This surge, however, is leading market participants to reassess their positions. As stated earlier, some large XRP holders have been selling, and the recent run-up in price seems to have intensified this behavior. The unloading of such large amounts of XRP by these so-called whales could be taken to signal that the price has reached a level where these holders are opting to take profits, possibly ahead of a price pullback. XRP in a Local Distribution Phase: What Does It Mean for Investors? The phrase “local distribution phase” in cryptocurrency markets means a time when big investors start to reduce their holdings, often after a big price run-up. We see this distribution very clearly in the price action of Bitcoin over the last couple of months. In these first days of September, for instance, the price of Bitcoin dropped to around $25,000 after quite a spacious range of oscillation above the $30,000 mark. Whales taking profits threaten to push XRP down. In XRP’s case, the 500% rally from November 2024 has provided the perfect environment for whales to unload at a substantial profit. In the way that the perfect storm shifts the balance of nature, the executive order and broader market developments have contributed to the surge. $XRP whales are unloading at record levels! Large holders have been aggressively selling since the price rallied over 500% from November. $XRP seems to be in a local distribution phase right now. pic.twitter.com/NgaOoiZkWX — Miles Deutscher (@milesdeutscher) March 3, 2025 Yet, whales selling signal the opposite of what we’re looking for if we want XRP’s price to keep going up. This situation underscores the necessity of caution for investors. When XRP’s large holders are selling, the big hump on the distribution curve shifts to the left. Signaling that the near-term trajectory for this altcoin is uncertain, with indications that it might drop soon, is dangerous for those buying this in the hopes of a price rise. That makes it even more uncertain if Ripple’s recent uptrend (if you can call it that) will continue. The Future Outlook for XRP XRP’s destiny is interwoven with sentiment in the marketplace and the regulatory scene, especially in the United States. Trump’s executive order and the more general appearance of police and order in the regulatory landscape could determine if XRP’s recent uptick is the start of a new trend up or if XRP will get whacked again and head downward with more force. Currently, the market is quite unsettled. Big shareholders keep selling their XRP, and the whale who has been betting against the asset is seeing his losses pile up. For XRP, the next chore is to finish this local distribution phase and set the stage for another run at overcoming the overhead resistance found at the 30-cent level. Until then, the price will probably remain unstable between 24 and 30 cents. XRP holders must remain watchful and take into account the overall market situation and the conduct of big-time investors (often called “whales”) when considering how much and how quickly the price of XRP might change. That is because these big investors can—and do—move the market, for XRP and for other cryptocurrencies. Disclosure: This is not trading or investment advice. Always do your research before buying any cryptocurrency or investing in any services. Follow us on Twitter @nulltxnews to stay updated with the latest Crypto, NFT, AI, Cybersecurity, Distributed Computing, and Metaverse news ! Image Source: kentoh/ 123RF // Image Effects by Colorcinch
In the past few months, the Aptos blockchain ecosystem has been rapidly growing and expanding. February 2025 marked a significant stretch of the Aptos growth story. Here is a look at some of the major recent developments: – Stablecoin integrations: Aptos has seen the addition of three new stablecoins—Aptos USDC, USDP, and AUSD. These stablecoin additions bring major new opportunities for the Aptos ecosystem, from on-and-off-ramp possibilities to being able to interact with the various DeFi protocols being developed on the network. – P2P DeFi: One of the developing stories around Aptos is the major push the network is making into DeFi. Pioneering no-front-running trading protocol @oraimo_labs is building on Aptos, as is Gatchi Finance, which is creating a peer-to-peer money market. – Funding secured: Aptos Labs has continued to attract deep-pocketed investors and strategic partners. The latest funding round brought in $45 million led by venture capital firm Jumana Capital. During the fourth week of February, some major happenings within the Aptos ecosystem are worth pointing to. These events within Aptos demonstrate the increasing demand for scalability, security, and innovation in decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain applications. Stablecoin Growth and Ecosystem Expansion Aptos now backs three primary stablecoins—USDT, USDC, and USDe—that are crucial for keeping liquidity flowing and serving a large number of decentralized applications (dApps) and financial services. This stablecoin support across Aptos helps establish the blockchain as a more useful solution for deploying DeFi applications. Partnerships Fueling DeFi and Blockchain Innovation In February, Amnis Finance, a decentralized finance platform, made a partnership with Hyperfluid, a provider of next-gen liquidity solutions, which sent ripples through the crypto community. Users can now stake $APT tokens on Amnis Finance and earn rewards by providing liquidity to a newly created liquidity pair, $APT – $amAPT. This partnership drives even more liquidity into the newly emerging Aptos ecosystem. Furthermore, it allows users to participate in the larger DeFi landscape while maximizing their staking yield. Aptos has also partnered with Noctra AI, a top provider of AI-driven automation and security solutions for decentralized finance. As a Noctra partner, Aptos will have the opportunity to use the very powerful AI technology that Noctra specializes in for its ecosystems. The Noctra tech is all about optimization and intelligent automation, two things you want more of, not fewer, if you’re a blockchain network trying to get your act together in the DeFi world. Advancing DeFi and Blockchain Development with Strategic Investments The Aptos Foundation took a monumental stride toward strengthening the network’s DeFi capabilities with a $200 million commitment aimed at pushing decentralized finance forward. This funding will divert resources from the foundation and fill a gap that was needing to be filled since the Ethereum Foundation has always funded DeFi projects—that is, until now. Aptos started life as a project in the DeFi space, so this is sort of returning to its roots. One of the first big projects to dive into the DeFi space with that foundation funding now available is a company called MoveFlow, and it’s developing an on-chain payments platform. Payments, on-chain or otherwise, is one of the first things you need to get right if you want to build a financial infrastructure. Aptos has a very smart way (using a cryptocurrency called APT) to integrate MoveFlow into its ecosystem, and that will provide a level of service and speed that will blow your mind if you’re used to waiting for payments using Ethereum. Weekly $APT @Aptos Recap – Tuần 4, tháng 02/2025 @ethena_labs mang USDe đến Aptos – Sự kiện này giúp Aptos trở thành một đối thủ mạnh hơn trong lĩnh vực stablecoin, khi hiện tại nền tảng này đã hỗ trợ 3 stablecoin: USDT, USDC và USDe. Amnis… https://t.co/5fWbx3h9D4 pic.twitter.com/Qom7dqtIGj — Blog Tiền Ảo (@blogtienao_hq) March 3, 2025 Aptos ETF and Liquid Staking Innovations Along with DeFi projects, Aptos has attracted the interest of traditional finance. Bitwise Asset Management, a top-10 firm in the $60 billion industry of cryptocurrency investment products, has filed with the SEC to create a trust in Delaware for an ETF focused on the Aptos blockchain. If approved, this ETF would make Bitwise the first firm to offer a dedicated investment vehicle for Aptos and its native asset $APT. This type of fund could provide traditional investors a convenient way to gain exposure to the Aptos blockchain without directly acquiring tokens. At the same time, Kofi Finance has unveiled a remarkable liquid staking solution on Aptos, with the aim of merging optimal miner extractable value (MEV) rewards and flexible liquidity. This venture yokes Kofi Finance’s liquid staking on Aptos with an opportunity for its DeFi users to receive either $kAPT tokens or $stkAPT tokens. Ponder that, DeFi-centric reader. Both tokens are liquid staking derivatives, yet $kAPT provides a spicier, more ferocious DeFi experience than $stkAPT does. If by chance an investment strategy is behind a liquid staking experience on Aptos with $stkAPT instead of $kAPT, well then, Kofi Finance would probably be the investment vehicle to consider. Looking Ahead: The Future of Aptos in 2025 and Beyond February 2025 marks an extraordinary period for Aptos, with the rapidly developing network picking up a great deal of momentum among developers, users, and big institutional players. The growth of the stablecoin, key partnerships in DeFi, and an absolutely rock-solid commitment of investment capital from the Aptos Foundation really set a nice tone for 2025 as a very flourishing year ahead. And when you look at what kind of projects are coming into Aptos and what manner of increasing ecosystem they’re directing, one of the most promising to me is called MoveFlow, which is going to accommodate the With the appearance of new DeFi applications, enterprise solutions, and financial products on the Aptos network, its ecosystem is starting to resemble a full-scale financial services platform. More and more users should find themselves gravitating towards Aptos, with all its community offerings. And developers should also be interested. Thanks to the absence of block space market, and pretty much ideal conditions for them (an easy-to-use programming model, high system performance, and an API service that like very much), Aptos appears to be a suitable base for existing and new blockchain applications. Disclosure: This is not trading or investment advice. Always do your research before buying any cryptocurrency or investing in any services. Follow us on Twitter @nulltxnews to stay updated with the latest Crypto, NFT, AI, Cybersecurity, Distributed Computing, and Metaverse news ! Image Source: alphaspirit/ 123RF // Image Effects by Colorcinch
HashKey Global, a flagship digital asset exchange under HashKey Group, has just integrated Ethereum support on Base, slashing the costs of transferring funds to and from the exchange. HashKey Global has successfully integrated Ethereum (ETH) on the Base network, with deposit and withdrawal services now officially open. The platform now supports ETH transactions across three networks: ERC-20, Base ( BASE ), and Arbitrum ( ARB ). By integrating ETH support on Base, HashKey Global makes it easier and more cost-effective to move funds in and out of the exchange while interacting with the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem. This move is part of the growing adoption of Ethereum’s Layer 2 solutions by exchanges with the aim of alleviating the congestion and high fees that are characteristic of Ethereum’s mainnet. Exchanges like Binance, OKX, and KuCoin have been quick to integrate Layer 2 networks for Ethereum transactions. Binance started supporting Arbitrum and Optimism ( OP ) in 2021 to reduce the impact of high gas fees. Since then, the exchange has expanded its support to other Layer 2 solutions. OKX followed suit in 2021 by integrating Arbitrum. KuCoin also added Arbitrum support in 2021 and later extended its offerings to other Layer 2 networks. You might also like: HashKey Capital wins regulatory approval to target professional crypto investors in Hong Kong The news comes on the heels of HashKey Group’s recent achievement of securing In-Principle Approval from Dubai VARA for a Virtual Asset Service Provider license, expanding its regulated services in the Middle East region. Earlier, HashKey Europe Limited, a subsidiary of the HashKey Group, received VASP registration approval from the Central Bank of Ireland. In addition, the platform recently launched its own token, HashKey Platform Token , which hit an all-time high of $2.59 on Dec. 20, 2024. You might also like: HashKey MENA eyes expansion with conditional VASP license approval from Dubai’s VARA
A sharp downturn has gripped the crypto market, with an almost 10% drop in the overall market cap within the last 24 hours. Leading cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana) have suffered over 10% price losses. Yet amid this volatility, investors and analysts believe the ongoing bull cycle isn’t yet over. AI-powered projects go against the broader market trend, including presale crypto MIND of Pepe ($MIND) . Bull Cycle or Bear Market? Anyone aware of the crypto market and active on social media will have seen the recent panic when prices dropped. Some users were reporting all-time lows on their investments. Despite short-term fluctuations, the broader trend remains bullish. According to Fidelity Investments , we are now 28 months into the bull cycle, which typically last for three years. Evidence that we are in a bull run can be seen in $BTC’s market cap, which is still at a higher point (even in the dip) than two years ago. BitMex co-founder Arthur Hayes predicts $BTC could drop to $70K before a potential surge to $250K, as he firmly believes we are in a bull cycle. Notably, this bullish outlook is based on his expectation that Trump’s proposed crypto reserve won’t materialize, though he hopes to be proven wrong. AI Prominence Surges An AI cloud provider, CoreWeave, which changed its business from crypto mining to AI six years ago, has filed to go public with an IPO (Initial Public Offering). Its value is estimated to be above $35B, which is unsurprising considering the increased demand for AI infrastructure in recent years. The benefits of AI are being seen across the world in multiple fields. What was once seen as a narrow niche is now a powerful tool used in daily life. The application of AI to crypto is no different. AI-driven projects like MIND of Pepe are poised for success. By offering unique insights into current trends and presales, MIND of Pepe attracts both seasoned and new investors. Besides, investing in presales is comparatively safe because they remain unaffected by market fluctuations (due to not being listed). Even listed AI tokens such as Story ($IP) have been up over 80% within the last month despite the broader market dip. This clearly demonstrates that AI tokens can defy turbulent market conditions. An Autonomous AI Agent Provides Valuable Market Insights Attracting Investors to the Presale MIND of Pepe makes decisions driven by data and constantly evolves, which means insights become more accurate and valuable over time. A fully autonomous agent, it interacts with X and other platforms to engage, grow, and provide exclusive insights to $MIND presale token holders. $MIND can also launch its own tokens available to its community. A solid 25% of the total token allocation (full spread can be found in the project’s whitepaper ) is left in the hands of the AI agent to utilize as needed based on its insights. This sovereignty makes $MIND one of the best meme coins of 2025, and analysts predict it to reach $0.00962 by year-end. We expect additional teasers from the MIND of Pepe team soon. Keep a close eye on its X account, where it regularly posts updates and sneak peeks . AI Insights For Sale Having currently raised just over $7M in the presale with one token priced at $0.0034402, $MIND is appealing to investors seeking early-stage opportunities. It also has staking rewards of 322% APY, meaning that token holders could earn passive yields, which potentially makes it one of the best meme coins on presale in terms of investment return. For information on how to purchase $MIND , check out our handy guide . However, remember that the crypto market is volatile, and no gains are guaranteed. Always DYOR and only invest as much as you can afford to lose.