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Sony-backed Soneium blockchain launches innovative scoring system that quantifies authentic user contributions through comprehensive tracking of on-chain activities, partnerships with major DeFi protocols.
- Tether integrates USDT on Bitcoin via RGB protocol, enhancing scalability and privacy for cross-chain transactions. - RGB anchors ownership on-chain while handling data off-chain, enabling instant settlements and offline transactions. - This shift positions Bitcoin as a versatile financial infrastructure, supporting remittances, micropayments, and DeFi. - Tether’s $167B market dominance faces regulatory scrutiny amid expansion, highlighting innovation vs. compliance challenges.
- Sony's Soneium blockchain, an Ethereum Layer 2 solution, introduces the Soneium Score—a proof-of-contribution framework incentivizing user engagement through activity, liquidity, NFT, and bonus metrics. - Strategic partnerships with LINE (200M users) and Astar Network expand Soneium's ecosystem, integrating gaming apps and cross-chain interoperability to target Asian markets and enterprise adoption. - The native Sony token surged 290% in 24 hours, with a $500M valuation and $5B FDV potential, positioning
- Nigeria’s 2025 VAT reforms, effective Jan 2026, expand tax obligations to foreign digital firms like Netflix and AWS, requiring 7.5% VAT collection on B2C transactions. - Local tech firms gain input VAT recovery benefits and a competitive edge as non-resident providers face mandatory e-invoicing and fiscalization under Nigeria’s digital-first tax strategy. - Foreign investors must navigate stricter compliance (OECD-aligned destination principle) but benefit from incentives like a 5% EDI tax credit for te
PYTH price has surged over 100% in 24 hours, yet charts and on-chain data suggest the rally may not be done. Despite whale selling and a volatile megaphone pattern, technical indicators and buying activity hint that bulls are still in control. Key levels ahead will decide if PYTH can extend toward $0.40.
- LINK dropped 23.83% in 24 hours to $24.31 amid broader market declines, despite long-term gains of 4852.25% over a month. - Technical indicators show bearish momentum, including a death cross EMA crossover and RSI sharp decline from overbought levels. - Algorithmic traders are re-evaluating LINK's volatility as a potential catalyst for short-term trend-following strategies amid heightened market uncertainty.
- FIS surged 140.85% in 24 hours, with 157.68% and 533.56% gains over 7 days and 1 month, contrasting a 7356.37% annual drop. - Technical indicators show overbought RSI and bullish moving average crossovers, suggesting continued upward momentum despite unconfirmed on-chain activity. - A backtesting strategy using moving averages, RSI thresholds, and volume analysis aims to validate the recent trend under historical conditions.
- Tether integrates USDT on Bitcoin via RGB protocol, enabling private, scalable stablecoin transactions on Bitcoin’s base layer. - This bridges Bitcoin’s store-of-value role with stablecoin liquidity, offering institutions hedging tools and retail users low-cost, instant payments. - RGB’s off-chain validation and Lightning compatibility address Bitcoin’s transaction limitations while preserving decentralization and security. - The move diversifies Tether’s infrastructure from centralized chains and aligns
- MEI Pharma becomes first U.S. public company to allocate $110M in Litecoin (LTC) for treasury diversification and blockchain-based capital management. - The move leverages Litecoin's low fees ($0.01/transfer), 2.5-minute settlement times, and institutional partnerships with GSR and Litecoin creator Charlie Lee. - By treating LTC as a reserve asset with hedging strategies, MEI sets a blueprint for institutional crypto adoption in capital-intensive industries. - This validates Litecoin's institutional cred
- 07:31Data: 70-80% of trading volume on an Indian exchange comes from cryptocurrency futuresAccording to Jinse Finance, Kashif Raza, founder of Bitinning, stated on the X platform that currently, 70-80% of trading volume on cryptocurrency exchanges in India comes from cryptocurrency futures.
- 07:24Wall Street giant Cantor Fitzgerald launches a Bitcoin and gold fundAccording to Jinse Finance, a chart released by The Bitcoin Historian shows that Wall Street giant Cantor Fitzgerald has just launched a Bitcoin and gold fund. Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., founded in 1945 and headquartered in New York City, New York, USA, has 14,000 full-time employees. It is an American financial services company specializing in institutional equities, fixed income sales and trading, and serves the middle market through investment banking services, prime brokerage, and commercial real estate financing. The company is also one of the main underwriters of SPACs.
- 07:03Matrixport: Changes in the macro environment may create upside opportunities for BitcoinChainCatcher News, Matrixport published an analysis stating that as gold strengthens, US Treasury yields decline, and the US dollar weakens, the macro environment is developing in a direction favorable to risk assets. Analyst Markus Thielen pointed out that in such an environment, investors typically first hedge growth risks through gold, and then allocate to high-beta assets such as bitcoin. Historical experience shows that bitcoin performs exceptionally well under these macro conditions, often releasing considerable upside potential after a brief consolidation. Current market signals point to policy easing and economic slowdown, and the crypto market is particularly sensitive to these macro changes.