How SocialFi, memecoins and AI pushed Base to the top of the L2 ladder
Base rode SocialFi, memecoins and AI agents to the top of Ethereum’s layer-2 ladder before turning inward to rebuild its core stack.
Base rode SocialFi, memecoins and AI agents to the top of Ethereum’s layer-2 ladder before turning inward to rebuild its core stack.
Strategy bought 592 Bitcoin for $39.8 million in its 100th purchase, increasing holdings to 717,722 BTC.
The Austrian Financial Market Authority has frozen new business at KuCoin EU months after granting the exchange a MiCA license, citing gaps in key AML and sanctions roles.
Citrini Research’s 2028 scenario imagines AI turbocharging corporate profits, while hollowing out consumer demand and quietly migrating global payments to stablecoins on cheap chains.
Standard Chartered slashed its forecast for T-bill demand from stablecoins to $800 billion to $1 trillion by 2028, but maintained its $2 trillion stablecoin market call.
Curve founder Michael Egorov told Cointelegraph that protocols cannot “live without real revenues flowing” as token incentives lose power to attract liquidity.
A crypto trader said a former Revolut employee tried to extort him and contacted his relatives. Revolut confirmed an investigation and said no systems were breached.
The tariffs are just taxes on American businesses and consumers, while providing no benefit to the economy, critics of Trump’s policies say.
The crypto market experienced a historic market crash in October that derailed the uptrend and caused investor sentiment to plummet.
US President Donald Trump is now using alternative legal routes to levy tariffs, but critics say his authority to impose them is still limited.