What Happens When You Ignore Slippage? One Trader Just Found Out With a $50M Swap
Despite clear warnings, a trader confirmed a massive $50M swap and received just 324 Aave tokens
A user attempted to purchase the AAVE token with $50 million worth of…
Bitcoin Strength Stuns Bears But They Haven’t Given Up Yet
Key takeaways:Bitcoin sits above $71,000 as weak US economic data and the US and Israel-Iran war drive investors toward scarce assets.Tech stocks’ correlation to BTC and rising oil prices suggest that the 5-month correction from $126,000…
Vitalik Buterin Redefines Ethereum With Three Core Roles
TLDR
Vitalik Buterin presented three core functions that redefine Ethereum’s long-term direction.
The proposal describes Ethereum as a global bulletin board for permanent public data.
The PeerDAS upgrade aims to reduce data…
Trump Offers Memecoin Holders Another Gala
Donald Trump is billed as the keynote speaker at an event in Florida for his top memecoin holders, which comes as the token hits an all-time low.US President Donald Trump’s memecoin saw a slight bump up from its all-time low after the team…
SIREN – Why its 11% surge could be the end of its month-long price rally
The memecoin market is declining, losing about 3% in the last 24 hours. However, Siren’s price was up by 11%. Its daily trading volume was up 159%, hitting $49 million – More than 12% of its total market cap.
The rally came as capital…
Democrats Promise to Oversee Reported DOJ Probe Into Binance
A group of Democratic senators say they will oversee a reported Justice Department investigation into possible Iran-related sanctions violations on the crypto exchange Binance.Senators Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth Warren and Ruben Gallego…
DeFi User Loses $50M in Crypto Swap Gone Wrong
A crypto user has lost millions during a crypto swap on the decentralized finance protocol Aave, with a Maximal Extractable Value, or MEV, bot also front-running the transaction to make almost $10 million.A recently funded wallet from…
What Is Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade? New Consensus Could Deliver 150ms Transaction Finality
Solana’s next major protocol overhaul is edging closer to reality, and developers say it could dramatically reduce transaction confirmation times while simplifying the network’s core mechanics. Solana’s Alpenglow Upgrade Targets…
Ethereum’s Adoption Paradox: More Users, Lower Prices
Ethereum is seeing a growing divergence between the level of activity on the network and spot prices, suggesting that transactional activity alone isn’t driving demand for Ether.Ethereum network activity has been reaching record highs,…
XRP Is Forming a Chart Pattern That Last Led to a 1,500% Price Rally
XRP’s (XRP) weekly price chart is starting to resemble a technical pattern that previously marked a major cycle low and preceded a sharp upside reversal.Key takeaways:XRP's weekly chart fractal resembles the 2017 cycle low before a 1,577%…