In news that will surely make your grandmother’s eyes glaze over, crypto exchange Bybit has decided that what the world really needs is another way to spend its imaginary internet money. This time, they’ve graced the nation of Georgia with a payment card, allowing users to finally ditch the hassle of converting their Bitcoin into actual currency before buying a loaf of bread. Progress!
The TRUMP memecoin had just touched the lowest price in its history – down 96% from the $73 peak it hit in January 2025 – when its backers dropped an announcement that sent the price ticking back up.
Blackrock has officially launched its Ethereum Staking ETF, ETHB, marking another step in the institutional expansion of ethereum-based investment products.
In a new market update, Benjamin Cowen tells his 986,000 YouTube subscribers that Bitcoin remains in a bear market and could drop below $60,000 by the end of March based on historical precedence. Because nothing says “confidence” like repeating the same mistakes over and over.
Behold, the digital archives of X, that modern agora, reveal the last direct mention of Dogecoin by the enigmatic Musk: a missive from November 2024, a relic of a bygone era. “The flat inflation of Dogecoin,” he mused, “is a feature, not a bug.” A curious assertion, akin to declaring the plague a blessing in disguise.
It seems the world is quite enchanted by the notion of Web2.5 finance-a clever hybrid of venerable old banking and the flashy new realm of digital assets.
The funding, a two-part saga spanning three months, saw Spark Venture and other institutional titans join Alibaba’s ranks, as if pooling their gold coins for a grander scheme.
The Income Tax Department has gone full Rambo on freelancers who thought they could hide their crypto earnings from overseas gigs. Turns out, the government’s got more eyes than a spider and a better sense of smell than a bloodhound. If you’re earning Bitcoin while sipping chai and pretending you’re not, they’ll find you. Probably via your grandma’s WhatsApp messages.
Stani Kulechov, the prophet of Aave Labs, recounted the tale with the solemnity of a priest at a funeral. The transaction, routed through CoW Swap’s infrastructure, was no ordinary dance. It was a leviathan of liquidity, a single order so gargantuan it could make a whale blush. The interface, bound by its sacred protocols, demanded explicit confirmation-a ritual Ivan performed on his mobile device, a modern-day grail in his trembling hands. Yet the gods of liquidity were not amused. In return for his $50 million offering, Ivan received a paltry 324 AAVE tokens, a joke scribbled in the margins of the blockchain’s ledger.
A Colombo court magistrate, Asanga S. Bodaragama, has issued a strong warning about the growing risk of financial crimes involving cryptocurrencies in Sri Lanka.