Ripple USD (RLUSD) Hits Major Record On XRP Ledger
The XRP Ledger has reached a major milestone for RLUSD, with the stablecoin’s supply on the network surpassing $1 billion. XRPL Validator Vet highlighted the development in a tweet, pointing
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Helium Price Jumps 113% as Traders Bet on Texas Model
Key Takeaways HNT rose 113% before partially retreating. Celina added carrier offload through existing Wi-Fi. Network use can create demand for HNT. Trading volume exceeded HNT’s market capit
Why Is Uniswap (UNI) Price Surging Today?
Uniswap (UNI) is trading at $4.91, up 11.58% over the past 24 hours as of 2026-08-30, a double-digit bounce that lifts the governance token off the depressed range it has occupied through the
Ripple Pledges $300,000 After Deadly Nepal Floods Devastate Communities
Ripple has committed $300,000 to emergency relief efforts following catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet, directing the money to World Central Kitchen and Mercy Corps as humanitarian agen
Bitcoin Falls Below $77K After Kevin Warsh Speech Boosts September Hike Odds
Bitcoin fell below $77,000 in the hours after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole speech, as traders repriced September rate-hike odds to roughly 60% from about 35% and pulled liquidity out
$1.1M Crypto Card Exploit Crashes AVICI Token 49% as Solana Contract Vulnerability Exposed
TLDR An exploited security flaw in a legacy Rain card smart contract resulted in approximately $1.1 million drained from various Solana-based platforms Avici suffered $500,800 in damages impa
The List of the Most-Searched Altcoins in Recent Hours Has Been Revealed
CoinGecko, a cryptocurrency data and tracking platform, has announced the most searched cryptocurrencies by users on its platform in recent hours. Based on search data from the last three hou
Uniswap trades at $4.66 after Cup and Handle breakout, tokenized stocks surge
Uniswap (UNI) is showing renewed upward momentum following a breakout from a Cup and Handle pattern, with rising activity in tokenized stocks underscoring the increasing demand for decentrali
Trump’s crypto bank is 49% owned by the UAE’s ‘spy sheikh’ and it just got a federal charter
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security advisor and brother of its president, holds the single largest stake in WLTC Holdings through StringZ Holding RSC. The Trump fa
The Sandbox minted 329 trillion unbacked SAND tokens in 5 hours and only $675K was stolen
A bridge configuration flaw on Base and BNB Smart Chain let attackers hijack LayerZero delegate permissions, mint trillions of phantom SAND tokens, and drain roughly $675,000 from the Ethereu
JPMorgan is weighing a stablecoin, and the bank that called Bitcoin a fraud ran out of reasons to wait
The Wall Street Journal reports that JPMorgan Chase is exploring a public stablecoin separate from its existing JPM Coin deposit token while 39 state banking associations form the BankChain A
Ripple Donates $300,000 for Nepal-Tibet Flood Relief
Ripple is donating $300,000 to World Central Kitchen and Mercy Corps to support emergency relief after catastrophic flooding swept through Nepal and Tibet, killing hundreds and leaving thousa