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Este artículo también está disponible en español. DeFi protocol Derive’s Head of Research, Dr. Sean Dawson, has provided a bullish prediction for the Ethereum price. He predicted that the second-largest crypto could rally to as high as $12,000 and explained how the Pectra upgrade could contribute to the parabolic rally. Ethereum To Reach $12,000 Thanks To Pectra Upgrade And Other Factors Dawson predicted that Ethereum could reach $12,000 by the end of the year thanks to the Pectra upgrade, Donald Trump’s presidency, increased adoption, and a surge in ETF inflows. According to the research analyst, this bullish case is possible…
Solana’s Firedancer upgrade is set to attract investor attention in 2025. Meanwhile, Ethereum’s stable fundamentals and ETP accessibility highlight its long-term investment potential. The rivalry between Ethereum [ETH], the largest altcoin, and Solana [SOL] remains a focal point in the evolving digital assets landscape. Highlighting this ongoing competition, Fidelity Digital Assets, a division of Fidelity Investments, recently published a report titled “2025 Look Ahead: Is it ‘too late’ to enter digital assets?” Ethereum vs. Solana The paper, authored by Max Wadington, delved deeply into ETH’s trajectory through its “Ethereum Outlook” section, exploring critical metrics, anticipated upgrades, and their potential impact…
This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. This is not a happy story. But I can’t get it out of my head. Earlier this month, it was reported that 21-year-old Alabama resident Berman Nowlin — convicted of wire fraud and money laundering charges over an NFT rug pull in 2022 — had died by suicide. A district court in Florida had ruled him guilty only three weeks earlier. He was due for sentencing later in January and faced a maximum sentence of five years in prison. The rug pull in question referred to a…
More than $46M worth of ETH was moved to exchanges on the 8th of January, marking the highest net inflows in nearly three weeks. The sell-off comes amid weak demand after spot ETH ETFs posted the second-highest outflows since launch. Ethereum [ETH] has yet to record any significant gains in 2025. In the last two days, the largest altcoin has dropped from around $3,700 to trade at $3,324 at press time. One of the factors behind Ethereum’s bearish trend is weakened demand. For instance, on the 8th of January, the outflows from spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reached $159M per…
FMCPAY has announced its strategic partnership with RUNERA to reshape the blockchain-based landscape. This groundbreaking collaboration aims to transform gaming and AI applications on Bitcoin’s Layer 2. FMCPAY, a fast merchant crypto payment system, has announced its groundbreaking alliance via its official X account. The other partner, RUNERA, is an innovative protocol that merges gaming with AI on Bitcoin’s Layer 2. This protocol seamlessly utilizes the BRC-20 standard. 🤝 FMCPAY x RUNERA Partnership Announced 🤝🎉 Thrilled to team up with @Runera_io, a groundbreaking protocol combining Gaming & AI on Bitcoin’s Layer 2 with BRC-20!✨ Highlights:– BTC Gas Fees for stability.–…
Neo is launching an experimental AI agent on the Neo X EVM sidechain and invites users to outwit its puzzle-solving mechanisms to compete for a piece of a US $30,000 prize pool. The AI agent is designed to protect the pool of GAS, and it’s the player’s job to convince it to part ways with the funds. The game launches at 12:00 pm (UTC) on Jan. 9 and concludes on Jan. 14. The Escape the Matrix AI agent will feature puzzle-solving mechanics, AI-assisted multi-layer encryption verification, automated tasks, and asset distribution. Neo’s AI agent is modeled after Freysa.AI, an agent…
Whales on the Cardano (ADA) network have accumulated over 10 million tokens in the span of 24 hours as the price of the cryptocurrency started dropping amid a wider crypto market correction. According to data from on-chain analytics firm Santiment shared by popular cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez on the microblogging platform X, Cardano whales bought over 10 million tokens in just 24 hours on January 7. Notably, the price of the cryptocurrency started dropping that day, having plunged more than 15% from around $1.153 to now stand at $0.97. https://twitter.com/ali_charts/status/1876636839974764969 The price of Cardano is dropping amid a market correction…
The non-fungible token (NFT) collection backed by President-elect Donald Trump launched its first 160 items, the “Trump Bitcoin Digital Trading Cards,” on Bitcoin (BTC) using the Ordinals protocol. Users who acquired the 100 NFT cards from the “Mugshot Edition” and submitted their Bitcoin wallets are eligible for the claim through NFT marketplace Magic Eden. Users had minted 19 out of 119 available Ordinals as of press time, with the claim period lasting until Jan. 31. Ordinals create unique assets on the Bitcoin blockchain by inscribing data onto individual satoshis, the smallest BTC unit. The Trump Bitcoin Digital Trading Cards used…
Spot flows, including ETFs, turned negative, wiping out recent gains. Why a short term leverage shakedown played out recently and what’s next as whales make a comeback. An unexpected wave of sell pressure has wiped out the recent gains that Ethereum [ETH] achieved in its first few days of January. There were multiple reasons behind the sell pressure, including a leverage shake-down and spot outflows, among others. ETH spot ETF outflows were arguably the most noteworthy sign of sell pressure. It had initially kicked off this week with $128.7 million worth of inflows on the 6th of January, building on…
Solana ended the year with a peak month of NFT activity. Solana NFT sales peaked above $102M in December, as the Pudgy Penguins collection reached record activity levels. Solana reached peak NFT activity in December, with more than $102M in digital items sold. The main driver of the NFT expansion was the Magic Eden airdrop, which boosted activity in the hope of gaining more ME tokens. Most of December saw Solana’s daily active addresses in the 5M to 6M range, further boosting all types of activities. In the short term, the new ME token was pressured by selling and sank…
