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The Dogelon Mars community has approved a proposal to expand the ELON token to the BNB Chain through a vote that concluded on August 24, 2025. This decision, driven by community members, aims to bridge the token to the BNB Chain, thereby improving accessibility and reducing transaction costs.

Overview of Dogelon Mars and the ELON TokenDogelon Mars, known by its ticker $ELON, is a memecoin that debuted in April 2021. It draws inspiration from themes involving Elon Musk, canine motifs similar to those found in Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, and concepts of space exploration focused on Mars colonization. The token functions as an ERC-20 standard on the Ethereum blockchain, with existing bridges to Polygon and Solana for broader use.

The project's narrative centers on a fictional comic storyline featuring a character named Dogelon, a dog-like figure navigating galactic adventures to recolonize Mars while confronting threats such as annihilators. This story has helped build a large community on X and Telegram.

ELON is available on Decentralized Exchanges (DEX), including Uniswap on Ethereum, QuickSwap on Polygon, and Raydium on Solana. It also trades on centralized platforms including Gate.io, HTX, and LBank. 

The token emphasizes community governance through the Dogelon DAO, where holders use their tokens to vote on proposals. Previous community decisions have included burning 1 trillion ELON in March 2024, releasing NFT collections like Dogelon, and forming partnerships, such as with Meme Alliance FPS in April 2024.

The proposal to expand Dogelon Mars to the BNB Chain was submitted by a community member on August 17, 2025, via the Dogelon DAO forum. The initiative aimed to bridge the ELON token to BNB Chain. This blockchain is recognized for its high throughput and low transaction fees, often below $0.01 per operation, along with a substantial user base.

The rationale outlined in the proposal highlighted BNB Chain's increasing activity in daily transactions and decentralized finance volume. Proponents argued that this move would reduce dependence on Ethereum's higher gas fees, attract users from the Binance ecosystem, and facilitate cross-chain liquidity. The expansion positions ELON as a multi-chain asset, complementing its presence on Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, and even Bitcoin through a rune airdrop in December 2024.

Specific actions proposed included bridging ELON using secure protocols, establishing liquidity pools on BNB decentralized exchanges such as PancakeSwap, introducing staking and yield farming programs, and pursuing collaborations with BNB Chain protocols for marketing and integration. Ethereum would remain the primary chain, with mechanisms for seamless transfers across networks.

Voting options were straightforward: yes or no on the expansion. Community discussions on the forum addressed the potential benefits of trading, staking, and yield farming, while also noting concerns about token dilution and implementation challenges. The proposal emphasized BNB Chain's compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine, which simplifies the transition for developers.

The vote took place via the Dogelon DAO on Snapshot, a tool that enables gas-free voting based on token holdings. It ran from August 17 to around August 24, 2025, aligning with standard DAO timelines. Following the conclusion, the protocol took to X that the vote was passed. 

Final Thoughts: Potential Impacts of the BNB Chain LaunchThe expansion to BNB Chain could offer lower entry barriers for users, integration with Binance tools like wallets and decentralized exchanges, and decentralized finance features such as staking with potential annual percentage yields of 10% to 20%, comparable to those of other projects. This fits ELON's multi-chain approach, which may enhance adoption and increase token burns through transaction fees.

Risks include liquidity spread across multiple chains, reliance on BNB's ecosystem amid regulatory scrutiny of Binance, and inherent volatility associated with memecoin investments. Past expansions, such as the Solana bridge, have led to short-term price movements followed by stabilization, without guaranteeing long-term gains.

In the meantime, the vote has been passed, but no launch date has been set. Implementation typically occurs within weeks to months, involving the setup of a bridge and the addition of liquidity. BSCN recommends following the official Dogelon Mars X account to stay updated with further developments. 

Resources:

Dogelon Mars X account: https://x.com/DogelonMars Dogelon Mars Website: https://dogelonmars.com/ Dogelon Proposals: https://dao.dogelonmars.com/ 

Meme-driven crypto project Dogelon Mars has officially integrated with the Ice Open Network (ION), marking a step toward broader collaboration in the blockchain space. 

Announced on October 8, 2025, by ION's team, this move connects Dogelon Mars' community-driven initiatives with ION's infrastructure, particularly its decentralized social platform Online+. The partnership aims to blend storytelling and community engagement from Dogelon Mars with ION's focus on scalable, user-controlled applications.

This development comes as both projects seek to expand their reach amid ongoing advancements in Web3 technologies.

🐶 We’re thrilled to welcome @DogelonMars to the Online+ and Ice Open Network ecosystem!

Dogelon Mars isn’t just a meme — it’s a movement. Built around the story of an intergalactic, time-traveling dog leading humanity back to Mars, it has united a global community of over… pic.twitter.com/KlsD0F8Lec

— Ice Open Network (@ice_blockchain) October 8, 2025 Understanding Dogelon MarsDogelon Mars, often abbreviated as ELON, originated as a meme-inspired cryptocurrency in 2021, drawing from themes of space exploration and popular figures in the tech world. At its core, the project revolves around a narrative of an intergalactic dog embarking on time-traveling adventures to guide humanity to Mars, which has helped foster a dedicated following of over 500,000 community members across social platforms.

Beyond the humor, Dogelon Mars has evolved into a more structured ecosystem, including a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) established in 2024 that allows token holders to vote on key decisions. 

Initially launched on Ethereum, the project's token now operates across various networks, with a total supply designed to emphasize scarcity through mechanisms like token burns. Users can acquire ELON through various exchanges, and the community often participates in events that tie into the space-themed lore, such as virtual gatherings and creative content creation.

Overview of the Ice Open NetworkThe Ice Open Network (ION), a Layer-1 blockchain, launched its mainnet in January 2025 with support from 200 validators. It prioritizes speed and scalability, capable of processing millions of transactions per second to accommodate large-scale applications.

ION's native token, transitioned from ICE to ION in 2025, powers the network and enables features like staking and governance. A key component is Online+, a decentralized social media platform that went live on October 6, 2025, offering users control over their data and privacy-focused interactions. 

Developers can build dApps on ION using familiar tools, and the network includes bridges for asset transfers from other chains, facilitating interoperability. For those interested in participating, one can start by downloading the ION wallet from ice.io and exploring the explorer at explorer.ice.io for transaction tracking.

Details of the PartnershipAccording to the announcement, Dogelon Mars is joining the Online+ and broader ION ecosystem, which involves integrating its community and metaverse elements into ION's decentralized social framework. Dogelon Mars' 3D metaverse, hosted on Arbitrum Layer-2 for efficient scaling, features immersive environments where users can explore, build, and interact based on the project's cosmic storyline. 

This integration could allow Dogelon community members to access Online+ features, such as creator tools and social feeds, while potentially bringing ION users into the metaverse for collaborative events. The focus is on cross-promotion and shared user experiences. Some community members have expressed enthusiasm for new engagement opportunities, while others seek more clarity on practical benefits.

What It Means for Both EcosystemsFor Dogelon Mars, this partnership opens pathways to ION's growing user base, which could enhance visibility for its metaverse and token utilities. By tapping into Online+, Dogelon holders might find new ways to share content, organize virtual meetups, or even monetize creations through ION's privacy-centric tools, thereby strengthening community retention. 

On the ION side, incorporating Dogelon Mars introduces a vibrant, narrative-rich group that could drive adoption of Online+, especially among those interested in meme culture and blockchain storytelling. Overall, the collaboration supports ION's goal of building a user-empowered internet, while providing Dogelon Mars with technical resources for expansion. 

Users from either side can begin exploring by signing up for Online+ via online.io and connecting wallets compatible with both networks.

Recent Key Updates from Dogelon MarsSince Q4 2025, Dogelon Mars has rolled out several enhancements to its metaverse, known as Land on Mars. A notable addition is a new mission launched on October 28, accessible at hunt.dogelonmars.com, where participants solve puzzles and hidden messages for a chance to win 10 billion ELON tokens. This includes decoding hints from videos and posts, such as Morse code sequences shared on November 10, encouraging active involvement. 

Earlier in the month, on October 16, the project integrated Stripe for purchasing in-metaverse credits, with excess proceeds directed toward burning ELON tokens to reduce supply. Community events have also picked up, including a networking gathering in Shanghai on October 24, aimed at fostering global connections. These updates reflect a push toward interactive, rewarding experiences that align with the project's exploratory theme.

As Dogelon Mars embeds itself within the ION ecosystem, observers will watch for tangible outcomes, such as joint events or metaverse expansions. Both projects emphasize community and innovation, suggesting potential for sustained growth if integrations proceed smoothly. 

Sources: Official Partnership Announcement Tweet: https://twitter.com/ice_blockchain/status/1975906634917437646 Dogelon Mars Metaverse Mission: https://hunt.dogelonmars.com 

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JUST [JST] has rallied strongly since February.

After flipping the $0.046 level to support, at a time when widespread panic ruled the crypto market, JST began to trend higher. It rallied from $0.046 to $0.097, a 112% move in three months.

In the past 24 hours, it saw a sizeable retracement in its uptrend. The token prices were down 10.7% in 24 hours, but the daily trading volume surged by 150%.

These price and volume trends suggested distribution instead of a mere retracement. Is it too early to conclude that the uptrend is ending?

JST’s 20.7% fall in a day has shaken bullish confidence Over the past two weeks, Bitcoin [BTC] has been falling from the $82k resistance zone.

The leading crypto is operating within a longer-term bearish trend. Its quick losses have turned the altcoin market’s sentiment firmly bearish.

However, it had not been enough to halt JUST token’s uptrend that lasted till the end of May. It should be noted that a similar JST rejection from the $0.091-$0.10 area has also happened in September 2021 and April 2022

In April, the DeFi ecosystem on the TRON [TRX] blockchain announced the completion of the third JST buyback and burn of 271.3 million JST tokens. The burn events had helped sentiment and kept the uptrend going.

Source: JST/USDT on TradingView The 1-day timeframe showed the higher low at $0.0769 (orange) breached on the 3rd of June. The high volume wipeout appeared to end the uptrend, since the formerly bullish structure has been cleanly breached.

Source: JST/USDT on TradingView For context, despite the daily timeframe’s structure break, the higher timeframe trend remained bullish. As things stand, a retracement to $0.044-$0.055 appeared likely.

Traders’ call to action- Sell the bounce Source: JST/USDT on TradingView JST could bounce to the $0.087-$0.091 golden pocket before continuing its higher timeframe retracement toward $0.044-$0.055. Therefore, traders can wait for such a bounce before selling.

It is possible that the bounce might struggle to clear even the $0.084 level. It depends on bearish conviction and when the next wave of selling commences. Traders need to be nimble, but can maintain a “sell the bounce” stance.

Final Summary JUST token buybacks and burns helped sustain the uptrend while most of the crypto altcoins failed to trend sustainably higher. The recent structural shift could see a bounce toward $0.091 before continuing its fall toward $0.05.

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Bankman-Fried is hoping President Donald Trump will pardon him after the completion of his sentence, but the president said in January that he does not have any plans to pardon the FTX founder.

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former cryptocurrency tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried's 2023 fraud conviction, which comes just days after he applied for a presidential pardon.

Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted on two counts of conspiracy and five counts of fraud in 2023 after his cryptocurrency empire collapsed unexpectedly in November 2022 when the company suffered the equivalent of a bank run. 

The former cryptocurrency mogul still denies stealing funds from users, maintaining that it was a case of his crypto platform being "over-collateralized," and that all customers have since been repaid.

A panel of judges in the Manhattan-based 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected that argument, ruling “the government’s evidence against him was, conservatively stated, robust," according to Politico.

Bankman-Fried is hoping President Donald Trump will pardon him after the completion of his sentence, but the president said in January that he does not have any plans to pardon the FTX founder.

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Donald Trump signed the US-Iran peace Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking a historic geopolitical milestone, but Bitcoin failed to recover from the Federal Reserve’s hawkish shock. BTC is trading at $64,339 after a 2.10% drop over the past 24 hours.

Here is what the MoU includes, what the Fed actually said, and why crypto markets cannot shake off the broader macro pressure.

What the Trump US-Iran Peace MoU Brings to MarketsThe US-Iran peace MoU is a 14-point diplomatic agreement designed to end ongoing military operations and stabilize the entire region. The pact includes verification mechanisms, partial sanctions relief, and a calendar for technical talks on Iran’s nuclear program.

The MoU was mediated by Pakistan with strong support from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Trump described it as a triumph of his diplomacy and signature “Art of the Deal” approach.

🚨🇮🇷 BREAKING: A new photo reportedly shows Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signing the "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding" from his office earlier today.

Tehran's signature is now on the record.

The deal ending the war is locked in on both sides.

Source:… https://t.co/GmdzQrawsL pic.twitter.com/tLayVfylu1

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 18, 2026 Bitcoin initially rallied to $66,315 on the news, with geopolitical relief lifting broader risk appetite. Oil and gold pulled back sharply as the geopolitical premium quickly faded across global financial markets.

However, the optimism did not last. Bitcoin reversed sharply lower after the Federal Reserve (Fed) decision overshadowed the entire geopolitical narrative. Furthermore, BTC now sits closer to its 7-day low of $61,464 than to its recent weekly high.

Bitcoin (BTC) Price Performance – 24 Hours. Source: CoinGeckoWhy the Fed Hawkish Shock Sent Bitcoin LowerFederal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh delivered his first FOMC decision on June 17. The Fed held rates steady at 3.50% to 3.75% for the fourth consecutive meeting. However, the statement removed previous references to additional rate adjustments.

The shift to a neutral, fully data-dependent stance surprised markets. Moreover, 9 of 18 FOMC participants now project at least one rate hike for 2026. That is a dramatic pivot from previous projections that leaned toward cuts or extended holds.

I am watching the market today, and everyone is completely overreacting to the June 17th Fed meeting.

Retail sees that new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh held rates steady at 3.75% and watches Bitcoin bitcoin:native dip on the news, assuming the hawkish tone is bearish for crypto. They…

— Brett Kessler (@BrettKessler__) June 17, 2026 The hawkish tone validates warnings from Citadel Securities about rising risks of a September rate hike. Strong wages, resilient demand, supply constraints, and AI-driven investment keep inflation stubbornly around 4.2% year-over-year, well above the Fed’s 2% target.

Markets reacted swiftly to the announcement. The S&P 500 fell 1.5%, the Nasdaq dropped 2%, and the Dow lost 160 points. Treasury yields jumped, with the 2-year yield rising 11 basis points to 4.153% and the 10-year yield rising 12 basis points to 4.469%.

🚨MASSIVE STOCK SELL-OFF JUST 2 HOURS AFTER FOMC

The S&P 500 has erased $1.2 TRILLION in market cap, falling 1.5%, while the Nasdaq sinks 2% as markets price in additional Fed tightening. pic.twitter.com/uuKfUGl5vT

— Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) June 17, 2026 Bitcoin tracked the broader risk-off move. The cryptocurrency could not absorb the hawkish shock, even with the US-Iran deal supporting the geopolitical narrative. As a result, BTC now trades 4.10% below its weekly high of $67,203, according to CoinGecko data.

The combined backdrop highlights a critical lesson for crypto traders. Geopolitical wins can boost sentiment briefly, but monetary policy decisions still dominate the medium-term outlook for Bitcoin and risk assets across every major asset class.

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Polymath (POLY) is an Ethereum-based blockchain project aimed at facilitating the creation of security tokens. Initiated by Trevor Koverko, Polymath possesses a cryptocurrency based on the ST-20 Polymath standard (ERC1400). This cryptocurrency allows users to restrict their tokens to certain participants, addressing challenges in the security token sector. To date, over 220 tokens have been created on the Polymath platform, each exclusively available to and tradable by a specific audience.

Launched in 2017, Polymath later transitioned to the Ethereum mainnet on January 31, 2018. Initially, 240,000,000 tokens were distributed, but the maximum supply of Polymath Coin is known to be 1 billion. Currently, 808,000,000 Polymath Coins are in circulation, with expectations to reach 925,000,000 by January 31, 2022.

What is Polymath (POLY)?It’s known that POLY is currently testing its own testnet and, if successful, will transition to its mainnet. The Proof-of-Stake based blockchain network, Polymesh, could be launched in 2021 if all tests are successful. POLY investors will be able to receive POLYX tokens at a 1:1 ratio following the transition to the mainnet. The shift to the mainnet is known to always create price movements, and many investors might have already started purchasing POLY in anticipation.

Where to Buy POLY Coin?POLY Coin can be purchased through the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. After registering on Binance, you can buy as much POLY Coin as you want from the POLY/BTC trading pair in seconds. This pair currently has the highest liquidity.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.

2025 has been a busy year for Hive, the blockchain that never stops innovating, marked by major developments that kept the community and developers moving at full speed.

HiveFest10 (@hivefest) took place in sunny Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and went exceptionally well. This was the first year it included Chainculture - a day for all web3 innovators and blockchains to share their journeys and celebrate along with the Hive community. The inspirational event was such a hit that we'll definitely see it again in the future!

"Lightweight" is the name of the Hive development game. Hard Fork 28 took place on November 19th, with its focus being optimization and utility. Tightened key management tiers and an expanded multisig signing window were among other instrumental protocol additions. Hived (aka witness nodes) now requires far less memory than before. Interested in witnesses? Check out their rankings via Cute Hive by @oflyhigh.

Strengthening layer 1 capability and expanding the flexibility of layer 2 are pivotal focal points for Hive technology. Don't need the dev talk? No problem. Just be sure to get a nice case for your cellphone; @blocktrades aims to have nodes run on phones in 2026. Hive is aligned with the global shift towards sustainability and sees efficiency as critical.

The creative juices of Hive community members remained at the forefront of activity with consistent participation in Hive Power-Up Days and the Hive Creators Awards 2025, a community-driven celebration of .. you. It saw a growth in participation and new categories reflective of Hive's creative evolution. The Hive.io website also got a facelift thanks to the efforts of @therealwolf and other contributors.

Want to see your 2025 Hive journey? Hive Wrapped 2025 by @emrebeyler grants you a slide by slide reflection. Find your top buddies and check your posting streaks. Your Hive Recap 2025 is also now out courtesy of the Hive Creators team. They've outdone themselves for yet another year.

As it approaches 2026, Hive remains at the forefront of web3 development as a beacon of decentralization and blockchain evolution. It looks out at the crypto horizon, remaining steady and committed to its vision - to the vision of the Hive community as it overcomes all obstacles and continues to challenge new technologies and break through social constructs. Hive is the Hive community and the Hive community is Hive.

Hive Dapps As we're preparing to say goodbye to 2025 we're taking some time to chat with our wide ranging Hive dapps and have them share their achievements with all of you. These teams never stop working and building!

What's your favorite Hive dapp, tool or project? Why do you love it?

Actifit Throughout 2025, the Actifit Team delivered a wide range of improvements and new functionality across the platform’s frontend, mobile application, and API infrastructure. The year saw a major upgrade to the web experience with enhanced UX/UI, offering users a more intuitive and streamlined interface. Actifit also expanded into AI-driven features, including the launch of the in-app AI Workout Generator, the addition of predefined exercises with visual illustrations, an improved content editor, expanded translation support, and several other quality-of-life enhancements aimed at strengthening user engagement.

The initial release of AI-powered workouts laid the foundation for a broader roadmap of fitness customization. Upcoming improvements include support for user-curated and manually adjusted workouts, exercise search capabilities, refined suggestions, and more dynamic workout tracking tools—each designed to offer a more personalized and adaptive fitness experience.

A key milestone for 2025 is the finalization of Actifit’s HealthConnect integration, expected before the end of the year. This feature will enable seamless data syncing from thousands of supported devices and sensors on Android, significantly improving activity tracking and accessibility for a global audience.

Looking ahead to 2026, the Actifit Team is committed to expanding its reach and delivering greater value to both existing users and newcomers beyond the Hive ecosystem.

"We're excited to drive broader user adoption and growth for Actifit and Hive as we roll out new features tailored to both health-focused and crypto-savvy audiences beyond our current ecosystem in the new year!"

Astral Wars Astral Wars continued its steady journey through 2025 as Surgent Gaming refined and expanded its vision for a competitive, skill-driven digital trading card game. Over the year, the team successfully launched Astral Wars on Google Play, marking a major milestone in bringing the game to a broader mobile audience. This release validated months of work across game design, backend systems, and live infrastructure, transforming Astral Wars from an experimental concept into a live, playable product.

Throughout 2025, development focused on strengthening the game’s core systems rather than chasing short-term hype. Key improvements were made to combat depth, progression, deck-building, and overall game stability. The team also introduced early live-ops foundations, backend analytics, and ongoing balance adjustments based on real player behavior. Alongside gameplay, Astral Wars continued integrating blockchain elements in a subtle, player-first way, using decentralized infrastructure for ownership and transparency without compromising accessibility or gameplay flow.

Community engagement remained central to the project. Feedback from early players helped guide feature prioritization, tutorial improvements, and onboarding clarity. By the end of the year, Astral Wars had established a solid foundation: a live mobile card game, an engaged early community, and a clearer understanding of what drives retention and long-term depth in competitive card gameplay.

Looking ahead, the focus remains on refinement, sustainability, and thoughtful growth rather than aggressive expansion. As the team reflects on 2025’s progress, they remain committed to building something enduring.

“We’re excited to deepen Astral Wars in 2026 by focusing on meaningful progression, competitive play, and systems that reward mastery over time. This through the upcoming nexus systems and rogulike tower of trials along with many other planned features.”

Beat Brawls In 2025, the BeatBrawls team successfully launched its Web3 multiplayer game in the third week of October, marking a major milestone after months of focused development, internal testing, and iteration. This alpha release represented the first live deployment of BeatBrawls’ hybrid architecture, combining off-chain gameplay logic with carefully designed on-chain components. This approach ensured smooth, responsive gameplay while preserving decentralization and true digital asset ownership where it mattered most.

A key achievement during the alpha phase was the successful integration with the Hive ecosystem, leveraging Hive’s gas-free blockchain model to significantly lower the barrier to entry for players. The team introduced two core in-game assets: Beat, an on-chain token built on Hive Engine and earned through Hive Power delegation, and Brawl, a stable in-game token pegged 1:1 to HBD. During the alpha, players were able to deposit and withdraw both assets, allowing the team to validate wallet flows, economic mechanics, and real-world token interactions in a live environment.

Community growth and engagement were another major focus in 2025. Alongside the alpha launch, BeatBrawls conducted multiple community giveaways to reward early testers, encourage participation, and onboard new players. These initiatives helped build early traction, gather valuable gameplay feedback, and stress-test reward distribution systems under real usage conditions.

In parallel, the team formed early partnerships beyond Hive, including collaborations with Push testnet and Skale, reinforcing BeatBrawls’ multi-chain vision and technical flexibility. By the end of 2025, BeatBrawls had transitioned from development into a live alpha product with an engaged early community and a solid technical foundation.

"We’re excited to deepen gameplay, expand chain integrations, and grow a truly player-owned competitive ecosystem in the new year!"

Dungeon Cities Dungeon Cities made significant strides in 2025, marking the year as a foundational milestone for the project’s long-term vision. Built on the Hive blockchain, Dungeon Cities is a Web3 P2E dungeon crawler inspired by the narrative depth and progression style of Solo Leveling.

Throughout the year, the project focused on building a complete, stable and engaging gameplay ecosystem. Major systems were successfully introduced which included a fully functional PvE and PvP battle system, a P2P marketplace, a referral system and HP delegation rewards that strengthened player-driven economics.

Content expansion was a central achievement, with over 1,000 items and gear pieces, 100+ unique skills, extensive crafting recipes and more than 200 unique monsters populating the world of Dungeon Cities.

The game world itself grew substantially, now featuring five distinct cities with a total of 60 dungeon floors, each designed to encourage strategic and balanced gameplay. Player progression was enhanced through a robust leveling system, VIP tiers, daily login rewards and a comprehensive quest system that deepened long-term engagement.

By the end of 2025, Dungeon Cities had evolved into a feature-complete experience. With the core systems firmly in place, the project is now positioned to shift focus outward. As the team looks ahead, one sentiment captures the vision clearly:

“We’re excited to bring Dungeon Cities to a wider audience and finally focus on marketing and growth in the new year.”

Exode EXODE used 2025 to turn years of world building into a living and repeatable game loop.

EXODE started proposing food crafting mechanics and a new "Next Day" presentation and is now advancing on a colonization 2.5 gameplay prototype, a concept making the bridge between 2.0 and 3.0.

On the gameplay side the main achievement is Colonization Challenges: a weekly repeatable game loop. Procedurally generated planetary scenarios where players assemble teams from their entire collection to face environmental hazards, risks, comfort constraints and "mystery" objectives.

Challenges now run in waves with weekly content. Players tackle problems raised on several planets and compete on a leaderboard for rewards. Next upgrades are card cool-downs, level-ups, strategic resources and rewards.

EXODE reports a big increase in utility from this, to all 500+ card models and > 1 million card assets.

UX was strengthened through manager interface. EXODE deployed new explanatory videos and tested new visitors. Using this experience the studio is working on improved versions for 2026.

The game also lately demonstrated features for Aramea player owned space station and announced a new objective about its novel series, with a "Book One" Contract Pack introducing playable cards directly tied to the upcoming EXODE novel ; with named Origins like Nimodia Galatan and key characters such as Sigis Astona and Siren. It will give ongoing chapter access in a fun and innovative "WEB3 way". This merges world, writing, gameplay and WEB3 together, and proves how WEB3 can support it.

With one developer EXODE weights over 800k lines of self-written code and over 100 000 words in blog articles.

"We're proud of carrying our vision forward of the vibrant world of 2325 supported now by a weekly game loop, and to bring the EXODE novel's characters into player hands!"

Hdev Team Throughout 2025, the Hdev Team delivered substantial growth across many HAF-based projects, expanding the ecosystem with numerous new endpoints and deploying advanced frontend utilities. Their work strengthened core infrastructure, particularly through major enhancements to the HAF Block Explorer and the Balance Tracker. Key achievements included the development of proxied accounts APIs, multi-tier witness proxy support, richlist and wallet market order endpoints, balance-under-conversion data, and many other additions that broadened HAF’s analytical and operational capabilities.

A significant portion of the team’s focus went into elevating the HAF Block Explorer (as seen on https://hivescan.info). In 2025 it underwent extensive upgrades: refined layouts, richer datasets, new screens, expanded community and proposal support, aggregated insights, analytics dashboards, searchable voter lists, historical views, new charting features throughout the interface and much more. These improvements greatly enhanced usability and provided a more complete and accessible window into Hive’s on-chain activity.

Looking ahead, and pending proposal funding, the Hdev Team is preparing several new HAF applications designed to advance the ecosystem further. Planned initiatives include HAF Stats (powering a next-generation Hive Stats experience), HAF FYP (a “For You Page” system enabling algorithmic content delivery), and HAF Chat (supporting on-chain encrypted chat queries – Discord style).

"We’re excited to continue building powerful tools that help drive Hive’s growth and adoption in the new year!"

Hive Open Market Hive Open Market has been released, allowing buying and selling of products/services with crypto payments. This functions as a decentralized marketplace with transparent operations and community moderation. The underlying open protocol makes this marketplace very integrated with the rest of the Hive ecosystem and potentially other ecosystems.

Each account is now empowered to have its own webstore, integrated directly with their blog. New use cases for HBD can be created by accounts that list products/services.

PeakD PeakD is introducing a new suite of transparency tools for AI, designed to give users clearer insight into how generated content is produced. These tools will help creators as AI becomes more deeply integrated into the platform. The frontend is also expanding its creative capabilities with advanced video and photo generation and editing features. Combined with support for private browser-based storage, users will be able to create, modify, and manage rich media securely and directly within their own browsing environment.

A major enhancement to user experience comes with the integration of Peak Open, a state-of-the-art, fully customizable notification system. This system will allow individuals and communities to tailor alerts, ensuring that important updates are surfaced and unnecessary noise is filtered out.

PeakD is also upgrading its publishing interface with a powerful visual text editor, providing a smoother, more intuitive writing experience. This editor aims to streamline the creation process while supporting the rich formatting options users expect. Backend development is preparing for HF28 infrastructure upgrades and moving toward full support for HafSQL, which will allow for improved performance and future scalability. As part of this modernization, legacy HiveSQL support will be phased out.

But that's not all! PeakD will also include an integrated VSC wallet, enabling seamless interaction with blockchain features directly from the platform. This integration will simplify transactions and improve overall usability for both new and experienced users.

Snapie Snapie is a mobile-first Hive frontend inspired by PeakD Snaps, built around one core idea: onboarding should feel effortless. The project was created to lower the cognitive and emotional barrier that often comes with Web3 by intentionally hiding complexity. Snapie does not ask users to understand keys, wallets, or blockchain mechanics upfront. Instead, it focuses on “proof of fun.” Share photos, short videos, memes, or audio clips—post first, learn later, if at all.

In 2025, Snapie successfully launched as a functional mobile application, marking a major milestone for the project. Beyond the initial release, significant progress was made in bridging familiar Web2 behaviors into Hive. Support was added for sharing content from major platforms such as Twitter/X, Instagram, and YouTube, allowing users to bring existing content and habits with them rather than starting from zero. This helped Snapie feel less like a “crypto app” and more like something people already know how to use.

A web-based version of Snapie was also launched at snapie.io, expanding accessibility beyond mobile and making it easier for curious users to explore the platform without installing an app. Additional features rolled out throughout the year included direct video uploads and audio snaps, further broadening the ways users can express themselves on Hive without friction.

Snapie’s progress in 2025 demonstrates that onboarding doesn’t need to be instructional or ideological—it can simply be enjoyable.

“We’re excited to keep stripping away friction in 2026 and let people discover Hive by using it, not studying it.”

Splinterlands In 2025, Splinterlands delivered one of its strongest and most innovative years, marked by major content releases, ecosystem growth, and industry recognition. The introduction of new foil types and the launch of the Conclave Arcana set generated over $3.75 million in pack sales, while the Splinterlands secondary market averaged more than $200,000 in monthly volume, demonstrating a healthy and active player-driven economy. The release of Land cards, which fully sold out, further expanded long-term strategy and progression within the game.

A key focus throughout the year was improving accessibility without sacrificing depth. Splinterlands introduced a new Campaign Mode, designed as an engaging entry point that teaches core mechanics and serves as a foundation for future expansion. Alongside this, the all-new Frontier format was launched, allowing players to play completely free while still experiencing the full strategic fun of Splinterlands. Frontier has become both a stepping stone for new players and a format many choose to stay in for daily entertainment.

For existing players, excitement remained high with the addition of Jackpot cards in reward chests, giving all players the chance to pull powerful, high-value cards. Weekly Fortune Draws became a community highlight, regularly rewarding max-level Gold Foil Arcanes, Black Foils, and Black Foil Arcanes.

These achievements culminated in Splinterlands being named Best Card Game at the Blockchain Game Awards 2025. Looking ahead, the team shared:

“We’re excited to expand on these systems and deliver even more meaningful gameplay and rewards for our players in the new year.”

Travelfeed TravelFeed continued to enhance its ecosystem of travel blogging tools throughout 2025, delivering meaningful improvements across its iOS app, truvvl stories app, and hosted blog service.

TravelFeed Hosting, the service that lets travel bloggers run their travel blog on a custom domain, introduced its biggest feature yet: an AI-powered HTML Assistant that lets you vibe code widgets on your site without writing actual code. Just describe what you want: a dreamy photo header, a bucket list for your sidebar, a custom about section - and the assistant builds it for you. It's blog customization through conversation, making personal travel sites truly personal for everyone regardless of technical background. The hosted blogs also gained contact forms with custom dropdown fields and additional flexibility for those who want to add their own touches.

Truvvl, TravelFeed's mobile stories app for travel creators, saw substantial feature additions based on community feedback. Users can now select multiple photos from their gallery at once, with each image automatically added as a separate slide—streamlining the creation process significantly. The team also removed the rigid 9:16 aspect ratio constraint, introducing custom cropping so creators can showcase landscape shots and other compositions as intended. New photo filters round out the Truvvl updates, giving travel moments extra visual polish.

"We're excited to keep building tools that make sharing travel stories easier and more beautiful in the new year!" said the TravelFeed team.

Worldmappin In 2025, Project Worldmappin achieved a significant milestone by completely rebuilding its platform from the ground up, transforming the experience for its vibrant community of 18,000 travelers.

The team of 15 people focused on creating a clear, clean, and user-centric design that prioritizes mobile functionality, making the platform accessible and intuitive for a mass market audience.

The team still does its Travel Digest curation work of around 150 post per day and users enjoy the delegation reward program.

Key features introduced this year include personalized profile pages that allow users to showcase their travel journeys, a “places visited” tracker to document their adventures, and enhanced community support tools that strengthen connections between travelers worldwide.

The platform also integrated comprehensive statistics, giving users valuable insights into their travel patterns and community engagement.

A state-of-the-art login system was implemented to ensure seamless and secure access across all devices.

Looking ahead to 2026, the team is already developing an innovative journeys feature that will enable users to create multi-pin travel routes, further enriching the storytelling experience.

As the number one community on Hive, Worldmappin has successfully evolved from a functional tool into a sleek, modern application that combines powerful features with an elegant interface.

With its fresh design and expanded capabilities, Worldmappin.com is now positioned to welcome travelers and new Hivians from around the globe, making it easier than ever to share, discover, and connect through the universal language of exploration.

“2026 is Worldmappin’s breakthrough year. Our rebuilt app brings the power of Hive blockchain to millions of travelers worldwide. With sleek design, new journey features, and true content ownership, we’re proving decentralized platforms can lead the future of travel storytelling.”

Everything but the Dapps But that's not all, we also given the opportunity for all sorts of Hive projects to put a word in. This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the efforts of the busy Hive community. We've left it up to themselves to outline their own contributions and accolades.

Supporting Hive means showing how multifaceted Hive is - showing its many sides to the world, showing what Hive stands for. Even AI knows what's important to Hive, with ChatGPT describing it as "a community-governed, scalable, feeless blockchain suitable for social, gaming, and financial Web3 interactions". Through creativity and perseverance, Hive social activities continue to shine the global spotlight on Hive as the truly decentralized and transparent portal to digital freedom.

Delta Squad The Delta-Squad is a team that was formed in May 2025 out of the love that its members had for the Hive blockchain and different systems that are built on it. They decided to come together to form the Delta-Squad team which the aim is to be running different promotional activities that will attract builders and other content creators to the Hive blockchain.

They started promoting the @distriator project which is called "spendhbd". They visited different schools and gave students scholarships in the name of the Hive blockchain and the Distriator system because their intentions was for schools to adopt the system system as a payment method. Their activities are outlined in blog posts here, here, and here. They were able to achieve results with the rewards they get from each post they made. As time goes one, they got some support from the Distriator team, @starkerz and other friends too.

A few months ago, they were pleased to be able to carry out more promotional activities at Warri Delta State, Nigeria which is very far from the location where they are located. They visited Kids Town (a toy store) and promoted the Hive blockchain and the "spendhbd" system as a payment method. Some relevant posts can be found here, here, and here.

"We're excited to see Hive Blockchain and different systems and community in it grow more stronger and bringing builders to Hive through our promotional activities in the new year!"

FinFarm In 2025, FinFarm propelled Hive Blockchain onto the global stage and into the spotlight of developer, student, and trading communities. The team conducted three major events, including two hackathons and a meetup during ETH Global in New Delhi, where founders and venture capitalists engaged directly with Hive. These efforts helped Hive become a buzzword across developer circles.

FinFarm also launched Chain Chapter, a college student-driven DAO, and hosted an introductory Hive session at VIPS College, further strengthening grassroots adoption. Educational resources were expanded with tutorials, resulting in over 500 unique signups.

From hackathons, standout projects such as Dungeon Cities and Beat Brawls were onboarded and have since gone live, showcasing Hive’s potential as a platform for innovation. Hive branding gained visibility through FinFarm’s podcast series Koffee with Krypto, while more than 50 trading calls and live technical analysis sessions amplified Hive’s presence in trading communities.

Most notably, Hive was represented on a global stage at TEDx and FinFarm successfully negotiated this landmark opportunity at no cost, underscoring both strategic vision and resourcefulness. Collectively, these achievements positioned Hive as a credible, innovative, and community-driven ecosystem.

"We’re excited to scale Hive’s ecosystem further, onboard groundbreaking projects, and deepen community engagement in the new year!"

Hive at the Museum of Fine Arts (MBA) During 2025, the Web3 integration project at the Museum of Fine Arts in Caracas (MBA) consolidated fundamental milestones that laid the foundations for an unprecedented technological transformation. Among its most significant achievements was the successful relaunch of training classes on the Hive ecosystem, where a new cohort of users was trained in the use of blockchain tools and the digital economy. Likewise, the execution of the NFT contest “Turn your crypto art into art history” allowed for the identification and promotion of talented creators who are now an active part of the community. The project also managed to strengthen its social impact through a strategic link with the Vida Verde community, integrating principles of sustainability with technological innovation.

After a year of preparation and constant growth, all efforts are now focused on the major milestone in its schedule: the realization of the institution's first large-scale digital art exhibition. The highly anticipated “Hive Crypto Exhibition” is scheduled to take place in 2026, representing the culmination of the educational and curatorial work carried out previously. This exhibition promises to transform the visitor experience by integrating tokenized works into a traditional museum setting. More can be learned here.

Hive Creators In 2025, Hive Creators consolidated its strategic foundations across Latin America, deliberately focusing on sustainability, efficiency, and preparation for its next phase of growth. In a challenging macroeconomic environment, the project executed a strategic shift toward operational efficiency, optimizing its allocation plan and extending its runway to 12 months, while developing educational and multimedia assets with a projected lifespan of up to 15 months within the ecosystem.

Rather than prioritizing immediate acquisition spend, Hive Creators dedicated the year to building a strong, reusable regional marketing infrastructure. This included narrative validation, deep cultural analysis, and the systematization of key learnings to clearly understand how Hive’s value proposition connects with diverse LATAM communities. This approach transformed 2025 into a year of strategic validation, reducing uncertainty and preparing a scalable adoption model.

On the operational side, the team strengthened internal and community cohesion through initiatives such as Hive Power Up Day, while also developing community marketing tools designed to connect and empower creators. By the end of the year, Hive Creators had established a clear, efficient, and aligned marketing foundation, ready to meet its acquisition goals by March 2026.

Looking ahead to 2026, the project enters a phase of focused and measurable execution.

"We’re excited to turn everything we’ve learned into tangible growth, deploying clear and measurable actions that drive a new, sustained wave of creator adoption across Latin America."

Hive Goes to School Hive Goes to School represents a pedagogical innovation that transcends traditional education. The team has designed a curriculum full of practical and useful knowledge, developing students' personal, economic, and digital skills so that they can thrive in the global Web3 ecosystem.

Hive Goes to School turns the classroom into an engine of ideas that flow through Hive. This year, more than 250 students learned about the potential of our blockchain. They experienced the Web3 world firsthand with Hive, earning their first cryptocurrencies through their tasks and discovering talents they didn't know they had. Notably, they got the first two schools to accept HBD for student tuition payments.

The team also created the first game on Hive where you can learn about blockchain and finance. This will be a tool that enhances onboarding and was born from the iteration in “Hive Goes to School.” They are excited about this game for 2026, which will help many people join Hive in an easy and fun way. They are also working to develop activities for students and their parents with a major global exchange that already lists Hive. Although they are in the early stages of negotiations, they are confident that it will be a success.

Hive Rally The Hive Rally project continued building visibility for Hive another year in a row in the World Rally Championship. The season opened with a strong result at the iconic and so loved Rallye Monte Carlo, where unpredictable roads and winter conditions didn’t stop the team from taking 7th place in WRC3 category and earning six championship points and valuable momentum for future events! This result showed clear potential and strengthened the project’s visibility within the community.

Sardinia brought a different kind of challenge. The rally began with confidence, but one of the toughest WRC stages in recent history forced the crew to stop early, the same stage that caught out more than ten other crews. Instead of letting the setback define the season, the team used the experience to guide focused testing sessions afterwards, applying everything learned to improve pace, consistency, and communication. That work paid off in stronger preparation and renewed motivation. Later, although a technical issue prevented the start at the Central European Rally, the progress made during testing became a foundation the team will carry into the new season.

It achieved major success in community outreach and Hive promotion. We focused on again, outreach, education, and engagement. The service park and special stages became a booth where spectators, volunteers, marshals, sponsors and rally fans were introduced to Hive for the very first time right there and then, leading to a notable number of new registrations and long term connections that will support the ecosystem’s growth. Just what we strive towards.

Being part of the global WRC community once again proved to be a worthy and valuable experience and a privileged opportunity to represent Hive in an authentic way.

"We’re excited to return in 2026 for an even stronger season with WRC events, more points, more impact on the stages and even more people discovering Hive!"

Hive Students Hub The year 2025 came with hope for students to be freed. Freed from centralization and to enjoy decentralization with Hive. This purpose birthed Hive Empower projects which brought a sibling as Web3 and Blockchain tech summit in Tamale, Ghana. This was to unite students under the umbrella of decentralization to feel that the future is moving and web3 is the gamechanger.

Web3 comes with many and Hive is the savior of them all. They brought about 200 people to the event and 160 individuals left with proud Hive accounts. It was a great moment for the team and heartwarming seeing more intentional people joining the Hive blockchain.

"We are excited for 2026 as we will do more not only to spread the good name of hive but to bring intentional individuals to the Hive Blockchain."

Hive Talk Project HiveTalkProject is a project focused on education and financial technology in Web3, promoting the development of blockchain. It is dedicated to spreading awareness of Hive and its ecosystem, with the aim of achieving understanding and promoting its use among small and medium-sized merchants, professionals, and university students in technical or related fields.

By 2025, it has established itself in universities in the region. An important achievement at the National Polytechnic University "Antonio José de Sucre" (UNEXPO) was the holding of ongoing training meetings, hybrid training sessions (Building Day), with a clear methodology that enabled participants to obtain the necessary knowledge to train as Hive-based blockchain developers, achieving not only a general understanding of Hive at a technical level, but also managing to build an application to facilitate payment management for university events within our ecosystem, replicable for other institutions, being the first Hive Daap developed by and for students in the state of Lara, Venezuela.

The project has continued its program of workshops for entrepreneurs, prioritizing financial education and promoting the integration of $HBD into business models and important companies in the central-western region of the country. In partnership with CEDETAHU, a company focused on professional training, workshops ("Fundamentals of Blockchain and Crypto Assets") have been held, providing participants with a certification endorsed by the Ministry of Education for the first time. This regional outreach strengthened connections with institutions such as the Lara State Chamber of Commerce, private banks, media outlets, and national companies interested in innovation, creating collaborative environments.

HiveTalkProject ended the year with a stronger community, young university students with blockchain development skills who want to continue their Web3 training, and, last but not least, a clearer educational path for the future.

Street Workout Community (SWC) SWC is a project that began as an idea and, through the interaction of its members, followers, and users, has become a sports community, a large family where ideas, projections, and achievements are the result of the passion and love for the sport that SWC promotes and the athletes' deep connection to the technological ecosystem. 2025 was a year of great achievements for SWC as a bimodal sports community within the Hive ecosystem, as it managed to capture the attention of world-class athletes who came to Venezuela thanks to SWC and the sponsorship of the Hive blockchain.

SWC continues to promote Street Workout and boost the sport nationally and internationally, giving visibility to the ecosystem through initiatives that involve organizing events with large-scale logistical deployments, showcasing athletes, and providing massive exposure for brands within the Hive ecosystem. The year 2025 saw several major initiatives; World-class street workout athletes were brought to Venezuela, including Tony Gaste and Víctor Allendes, five-time and two-time world champions, respectively, who both performed exceptionally well in the events organized by SWC. Víctor Allendes is now an SWC athlete.

Another achievement in 2025 was the high level of interaction on Web 2 and Web 3, making it one of the most engaged communities in terms of publications within the Hive ecosystem.

For 2026, SWC will continue to promote Street Workout and Calisthenics on a larger scale, given that world-class athletes are now paying more attention to SWC-organized events, due to the presence of high-level competitive athletes within this niche and partnerships with new organizations. The challenges continue, bringing with them new challenges, a new projection of objectives and goals to achieve. New aspects of organizing events will be explored in 2026. SWC anticipates a year full of great challenges and extraordinary experiences.

"The SWC family wishes the entire Hive blockchain ecosystem a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2026. Thank you! Let's go for more!!!"

What a crazy busy year! Looking back, it’s clear that 2025 was one of the busiest and most exciting years yet for the Hive community and ecosystem. We can't wait to see what 2026 holds!

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Stifel: U.S. economy in "overheated expansion" as AI investment cycle outweighs consumer pressure

U.S. large diversified financial services holding company Stifel has raised its year-end S&P 500 target and rolled out a stock allocation framework for a "high-growth, high-inflation" environment. The firm lifted its year-end S&P 500 target to 7,800 points, noting the U.S. economy is entering a "running hot" state—where economic growth is strengthening alongside mounting inflationary pressure. Stifel’s models show U.S. growth momentum is picking up while inflation momentum is clearly overheating, a trend that will reshape the market’s leading sector structure in the second half of the year. Instead of traditional consumer sectors, Stifel’s top picks are investment-led cyclical industries, including banks, transportation, materials, energy, semiconductors, software and equipment. The firm adds that fixed-asset investment in AI remains on the rise: large tech firms including Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Google are projected to combine for roughly $725 billion in total capital expenditures in 2026, some $100 billion higher than prior estimates. This means the AI investment chain is likely to continue outperforming the consumption chain squeezed by inflation. Stifel advises investors to reduce exposure to discretionary consumer, consumer staples, communication services and some financial services sectors, as these areas see weaker earnings revisions. Conversely, the firm favors cyclical value stocks and hedges with defensive value sectors such as insurance, autos, energy and banks.

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Analyst: Micron's earnings boost overall market sentiment for the tech sector

Chris Strazzeri, Financial Trading Manager of Moomoo’s Australia and New Zealand branch, stated: “The targeted sell-off indicates that following a sustained, strong rally in AI-related and speculative growth stocks, investors are enforcing strict valuation discipline. This serves as a warning to the market that actual earnings levels must now rise to support the currently overvalued price-to-earnings ratio. Micron Technology’s post-market earnings results largely confirm this, and its robust performance has lifted overall market sentiment in the tech sector.”

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2x Leveraged Long DRAM ETF (RAM) Records $383 Million in Trading Volume on Its First Day of Listing

According to Bitget market data, the Roundhill T-REX 2X Long DRAM Daily Target ETF (Nasdaq ticker: RAM) officially launched trading yesterday. On its first trading day, the fund recorded a total turnover of $383 million, and rose 29.47% in after-hours U.S. stock trading to hit $30.8. Note: RAM’s underlying exposure covers companies engaged in memory-related technologies, including DRAM, NAND and storage solutions, targeting active traders seeking leveraged exposure to the memory chip theme and artificial intelligence infrastructure development.

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BCA Research raises its S&P 500 target to 8,100 points, with AI remaining a core variable.

BCA Research has become the latest strategy firm to raise its US stock market target, reflecting Wall Street’s growing optimism about earnings support for US equities in the second half of the year. The institution lifted its year-end S&P 500 target from 7,700 points to 8,100 points. BCA’s core view is that first-quarter corporate earnings exceeded expectations in both strength and breadth, and the US economy has re-entered an expansion phase. Similar to JPMorgan Chase, BCA believes this stock rally is not only driven by valuation expansion—earnings themselves are delivering the index’s gains. AI remains the core variable in this assessment. Large tech firms including Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Oracle continue to increase capital spending on data centers and AI infrastructure, driving growth in orders for chips, servers, construction, power and related industrial chains. This provides a clearer fundamental basis for upward revisions to 2026 and 2027 earnings. The institution points out that risks exist: the earnings expansion brought by AI investments has already been quickly priced into the market. If subsequent returns on capital spending are questioned, or interest rates remain elevated, further upside for the index will require more earnings confirmation rather than relying solely on investor risk appetite.

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Tom Lee: Markets have nearly priced in two interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve this year, and the rise in US Treasury yields is weighing on market sentiment.

Tom Lee said the market is still digesting Kevin Warsh’s remarks from his first press conference last week and repricing the macro environment. Over the past week, oil prices have pulled back, with war premiums contracting. Current oil prices are not far from the roughly $65 level seen before the conflict, indicating the market views related war risks as declining. On the other hand, 10-year U.S. Treasury yields continue to rise, now around 4.5%, higher than the pre-conflict level of roughly 4.2%. The main headwind the market has faced recently has shifted from oil prices to yields. Tom Lee noted that the market is not only focused on 10-year U.S. Treasury yields but also starting to price in potential additional interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. According to federal funds futures, the market is currently pricing in nearly two rate hikes this year. Bank of America further projected today that the Fed will raise rates three times this year, in September, October, and December respectively. Jeffrey Gundlach often emphasizes the importance of monitoring 2-year U.S. Treasury yields, as they typically lead the Fed and signal the central bank’s policy direction. Between 2023 and 2025, the relationship between 2-year U.S. Treasury yields and the federal funds rate indicated that the Fed’s policy was overly tight, requiring interest rate cuts. However, this relationship has recently reversed, meaning the Fed would need two rate hikes to catch up with 2-year U.S. Treasury yields. He believes that, at least for now, yields have become a headwind for the market.

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Japan and South Korea's stock markets closed higher across the board, with Japan's stock market hitting a new closing high.

According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed up 3,191.37 points, or 4.61%, at 72,366.34 points on Thursday, June 25, hitting a new all-time closing high. South Korea’s KOSPI index rose 459.76 points (5.43%) to end at 8,930.78 points; SK Hynix surged 13% while Samsung Electronics gained more than 5%.

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Anthropic’s Tokenized Shares on Jupiter Imply $850 Billion Valuation

In brief Shares in Keel Infrastructure (KEEL) and Hive Digital Technologies (HIVE) have jumped on Wednesday. Both firms announced advancements in their growing AI plans as they distance themselves from Bitcoin mining. Bitcoin has risen about 4% in the last 24 hours to trade near $79,000. Shares in publicly traded Bitcoin miners turned AI-focused data center companies Keel Infrastructure (KEEL) and Hive Digital Technologies (HIVE) have jumped on Wednesday amid new announcements on the firm's respective AI plans. 

Keel, formerly known as Bitfarms, closed on the sale of its mining site in Paso Pe, Paraguay, netting $13 million in proceeds as it continues its departure from mining the top crypto asset.

Hive, on the other hand, closed a $115 million private offering of convertible notes, with proceeds earmarked for GPU purchases or data center development, among other things. 

Keel’s sale leaves it with “no remaining non-core assets to manage or divest,” according to CEO Ben Gagnon. The firm initially expected to net as much as $30 million in proceeds from the sale, but walked away with about 56% less in proceeds at the time of closing. 

“The price adjustment reflects where Bitcoin mining economics stand today and our thesis remains the same,” Gagnon said in a statement. “We brought forward roughly two to three years of estimated free cash flow under current market conditions, in cash, and upfront.”

“That capital will be immediately allocated to our HPC/AI pipeline development, where we believe we will be able to generate much stronger returns and create more value for our shareholders,” he added, noting that the firm has now cleanly exited from Latin America and has its sights squarely set on supporting AI in North America. 

The pair have been active in expanding their AI businesses in the last six months, with Hive notching a deal with computer maker Dell in a bid to empower its AI expansion in November via its Buzz subsidiary. Shares in the firm have fallen since then, but have rebounded more than 31% in the last month of trading, recently changing hands at $2.66—up more than 7% on the day.

Meanwhile, KEEL has risen even further over the same period, gaining more than 40% in the last month of trading to change hands around $3.06—with a roughly 9% gain on Wednesday so far.

Bitcoin, the leading crypto asset that the firms continue to distance themselves from, has risen 4% in the last 24 hours to trade around $79,000. It remains 37% off its October all-time high of $126,080. 

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PANews reported on May 18 that, according to CoinDesk, former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner has increased his disclosed investment size from $5.5 billion to $13.67 billion as of March 31, 2026, and has made significant purchases of shares in Bitcoin mining companies and AI infrastructure companies.

Its key holdings include mining companies such as IREN, Core Scientific, Riot Platforms, CleanSpark, Bitfarms, Bitdeer, and Hive Digital, betting that their power resources and data center capabilities will benefit from the growing demand for AI computing power. Simultaneously, it has established approximately $7.46 billion in short positions in semiconductors, including large put option positions in VanEck Semiconductor ETF, NVIDIA, Oracle, and Broadcom.

In brief Hive Digital Technologies’ stock price jumped 26% on Monday, after touching its highest point this year, following the data center announcement. Hive’s subsidiary, Buzz High Performance Computing, is building a 320-megawatt (MW) artificial intelligence facility in the Greater Toronto Area. Billed as a "sovereign AI infrastructure" project, the facility is designed to keep data and processing power within Canada to foster domestic tech dominance. Hive Digital Technologies’ stock price popped on Monday, touching its highest point of the year after the Bitcoin miner unveiled a massive data center buildout in Ontario, Canada.

The company’s shares changed hands around $3.39, a 26% increase on the day, according to Yahoo Finance. Shortly before Monday’s opening bell, Hive’s stock price soared to $3.92, temporarily extending gains beyond 35% year-to-date.

Hive reported that subsidiary Buzz High Performance Computing plans to construct an “AI Gigafactory” in the Greater Toronto Area, which will have roughly 320 megawatts (MW) of utility capacity—enough to power at least 200,000 average homes.

The firm, which began its strategic pivot away from being a pure-play Bitcoin miner in 2022, indicated the facility for artificial intelligence is expected to be one of Canada’s largest. The site will support fully vertically integrated AI supercomputers when fully built, Hive added.

In a statement, Hive and Buzz Executive Chairman Frank Holmes portrayed the company’s latest move as a way to accelerate Canada’s tech boom, providing “sovereign AI infrastructure that turns Canadian intelligence into Canadian dominance.”

Buzz expects its Ontario facility to come online in the second half of next year, which will likely necessitate 800 construction workers. In total, the buildout is expected to require roughly $3.5 billion Canadian dollars ($2.55 billion), eventually leading to the creation of highly skilled roles.

At the same time, Hive said Buzz’s facility is built in a way that is designed to minimize water usage, featuring closed-loop cooling systems. Across North America, local residents are increasingly pushing back against the proliferation of data centers, which have the potential to spike electricity rates due to their massive power needs.

At 320 MW, the Ontario site would bring Hive’s total power capacity to 850 MW globally. Currently, the company is using 450 MW to power data centers. With the resources, Hive said it has enough land and power to create facilities that support around 130,000 GPUs.

In the three-month period ended Dec. 31, Hive generated $88.2 million from mining digital assets compared to $26.6 million a year ago. High-performance computing revenue clocked in at $4.8 million and $2.5 million, respectively, representing a sliver of its overall business.

As Hive has embraced AI, the company has pared its Bitcoin holdings. As of Dec. 31, the company held 481 Bitcoin on its balance sheet, a sum recently valued at $36.7 million as the digital asset traded around $76,300, according to CoinGecko. A year ago, Hive controlled 2,805 Bitcoin, a cache worth $214.5 million today

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Hive Digital Technologies just made the kind of bet that signals where crypto-native companies think the real money is heading. The company announced plans to build a 320 MW AI gigafactory in the Greater Toronto Area, a facility designed to support AI and machine learning workloads at a scale that would make it one of the largest of its kind in Canada.

The project, developed through Hive’s BUZZ High Performance Computing unit, carries a projected capital investment of approximately CAD $3.5 billion. At full build-out, the facility aims to house more than 100,000 GPUs, with an operational target set for the second half of 2027.

What Hive is actually building The company has already started assembling the physical footprint. Land acquisitions in the Greater Toronto Area total 25 acres across two purchases: $46M for a 21-acre parcel and $12M for an adjacent 4-acre plot. That’s $58M just for the dirt, before a single server rack gets installed.

The facility will utilize a closed-loop cooling system, which is Hive’s nod toward clean energy infrastructure. Cooling is one of the biggest operational headaches in high-performance computing. Traditional data centers can burn through enormous amounts of water and electricity just keeping chips from overheating. A closed-loop system recirculates coolant rather than pulling fresh water continuously, reducing both environmental impact and long-term operating costs.

Hive is framing this as “sovereign AI infrastructure,” a term that’s gained traction as governments and corporations increasingly worry about relying on foreign-owned compute capacity. The pitch is straightforward: Canada should have its own large-scale AI compute facilities rather than depending on hyperscalers headquartered elsewhere.

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Construction alone is projected to create more than 800 jobs, which gives the project a political tailwind that pure crypto plays rarely enjoy.

From Bitcoin mining to AI compute Hive’s pivot, or more accurately its expansion, from Bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure follows a well-worn path in the industry. Companies like Core Scientific, Iris Energy, and Applied Digital have all made similar moves over the past two years, recognizing that the same power infrastructure and cooling expertise required for mining Bitcoin translates directly to running GPU clusters for AI training and inference.

The economics tell the story. Bitcoin mining revenue depends on a volatile commodity price and an ever-increasing difficulty adjustment. AI compute, by contrast, operates on long-term contracts with enterprise clients who need guaranteed capacity. The margins can be more predictable, the revenue more stable, and the customer base includes some of the most well-capitalized companies on the planet.

Hive has been positioning for this shift through its BUZZ High Performance Computing division, which serves as the corporate vehicle for its AI ambitions. The 320 MW capacity target puts the planned Ontario facility in serious territory. For context, 320 MW is enough to power a small city, and dedicating that entirely to GPU compute creates an enormous amount of processing capability.

Over 100,000 GPUs at full build-out would represent a significant concentration of AI training capacity. The exact GPU models haven’t been specified, but at that scale, even mid-tier chips would produce a facility capable of handling the largest commercial AI workloads currently in demand.

What this means for investors Here’s the thing about a CAD $3.5 billion project: it dwarfs Hive’s current market capitalization. As of recent trading, Hive Digital is a company valued in the low single-digit billions in USD. Financing a project of this magnitude will require some combination of debt, equity raises, partnerships, and potentially government incentives. The gap between announcement and execution is where the risk lives.

Canada has been actively courting AI infrastructure investment, and Ontario’s relatively affordable power grid compared to major US data center markets gives the location a cost advantage. But building a facility of this scale on schedule and on budget is a monumental operational challenge, even for companies with deep experience in large construction projects. Hive is not one of those companies.

The competitive landscape is also worth watching. Hive isn’t the only former crypto miner chasing AI compute dollars. Core Scientific has secured deals with CoreWeave, and Iris Energy has been expanding its own GPU hosting capabilities. The question for Hive is whether it can differentiate on location, cost structure, or customer relationships in a market that’s getting crowded fast.

Investors should pay close attention to financing announcements over the coming quarters. A CAD $3.5 billion commitment needs to be backed by capital, not just press releases. The land purchases totaling $58M show real money moving, which is a start. But the distance between 25 acres of Ontario real estate and a fully operational 320 MW AI gigafactory is measured in billions of dollars and years of execution risk.

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In brief Hive Digital Technologies nearly tripled revenue to $297.8 million in fiscal 2026, driven by surging Bitcoin prices and a fourfold increase in mining capacity. The company mined 2,885 Bitcoin for the year while expanding into AI computing, with its BUZZ HPC division growing 94% to $19.5 million in revenue. HIVE is now betting big on AI infrastructure, announcing plans for a massive 320-megawatt data center near Toronto intended to become Canada's largest private AI facility. Hive Digital Technologies reported a sharp revenue surge for its fiscal year ending March 31, fueled by last year’s soaring Bitcoin prices and a rapidly expanding computing business, as the Canadian miner attempts to recast itself as a major player in artificial intelligence infrastructure.

The company posted total revenue of $297.8 million for fiscal 2026, a 158 percent increase from the prior year, driven primarily by a dramatic expansion of its Bitcoin mining operations.

Hive mined 2,885 Bitcoin during the year—more than double the 1,414 it mined in fiscal 2025—while benefiting from an average Bitcoin price of roughly $98,000, compared to about $75,900 the year before.

Despite rising mining rewards last year, the company’s Bitcoin holdings actually fell during the span. Hive reported holding 150 BTC—about $10 million worth—as of the end of the fiscal year, down from 481 BTC as of December 31.

But the company's ambitions extend well beyond cryptocurrency. Hive's high-performance computing division, branded BUZZ HPC, generated $19.5 million in revenue, up 94% year-over-year, and executives are positioning it as the company's engine for future growth.

In May, Hive announced plans for a 320-megawatt AI data center in the Greater Toronto Area, designed to house more than 100,000 Nvidia GPUs at full buildout—a project the company is calling Canada's largest planned AI infrastructure facility under private ownership. The company has set a target of $660 million in annualized recurring revenue from its computing business by the end of 2028.

The results were not without complications. HIVE reported a GAAP net loss of $148.4 million for the year, though the company said roughly $221 million of losses were non-cash items, including depreciation charges.

The company holds operations in Canada, Sweden, and Paraguay—all powered by green energy—with a total installed hash rate of 25.1 exahashes per second.

Hive (HIVE) shares are down about 2.6% on the day, recently trading at $4.63 per data from Yahoo Finance, but touched their highest price this year earlier in the session at $4.97.

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Santiment reports Bitcoin BEP2 leads BSC development. Flux and BNB also post high GitHub activity. Top 10 projects cover DeFi, privacy, cloud, and wallets.

Bitcoin BEP2 ranks highest in Binance Smart Chain developer activity, with Flux and BNB close behind. Santiment’s rankings focus on notable GitHub events, excluding vanity metrics for more accurate project tracking. Top projects span cloud computing, privacy upgrades, wallets, DeFi, and protocol governance across the ecosystem Development activity across Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and Binance Chain accelerated this month, according to data released by analytics firm Santiment.

The firm’s updated rankings, which track the ten most active projects based on GitHub activity, showed several shifts across the ecosystem, Santiment reported.

Bitcoin (BTC) BEP2 ranked first with 57.43 notable GitHub events over the last 30 days, maintaining the strongest development footprint across the BSC ecosystem, according to the data. FLUX, a decentralized cloud project, placed second with 212 development events recorded during the period.

BNB (BNB), Binance’s flagship asset, secured third place with 17.47 development events, the rankings showed.

Zcash (ZEC) maintained activity levels due to ongoing security and privacy upgrades, while Trust Wallet showed developer engagement as it expands cross-chain integrations and wallet functionalities, according to Santiment. Dusk remained active in the zero-knowledge and regulated finance sector, with development progress continuing along its roadmap.

The remainder of the top 10 included Band Protocol, Beefy Finance, 0x Protocol, and Saito. Santiment’s directional markers indicated some projects climbed the rankings while others experienced minor declines.

Santiment stated its rankings exclude vanity metrics such as commits or forks, instead relying on a methodology that tracks notable GitHub events to capture meaningful development work.

The data revealed developer activity distributed across multiple sectors including cryptocurrency and Binance-native assets, cloud computing, privacy, wallet infrastructure, protocol governance, DeFi yield optimization, and blockchain networking, according to Santiment’s visual analysis.

In brief The new Z-Image model runs on 6GB VRAM—hardware Flux2 can't even touch. Z-Image already has 200+ community resources and over a thousand positive reviews versus Flux2's 157 reviews. It is ranked as the best open-source model to date. Alibaba's Tongyi Lab Z-Image Turbo, a 6-billion-parameter image generation model, dropped last week with a simple promise: state-of-the-art quality on hardware you actually own.

That promise is landing hard. Upon days of its release, developers had been cranking out LoRAs—custom fine-tuned adaptations—at a pace that's already outstripping Flux2, Black Forest Labs' much-hyped successor to the wildly popular Flux model.

Z-Image's party trick is efficiency. While competitors like Flux2 demand 24GB of VRAM minimum (and up to 90GB for the full model), Z-Image runs on quantized setups with as little as 6GB. 

That's RTX 2060 territory—basically hardware from 2019. Depending on the resolution, users can generate images in as little as 30 seconds. 

For hobbyists and indie creators, this is a door that was previously locked.

The AI art community was fast to praise the model. 

"This is what SD3 was supposed to be," wrote user Saruhey on CivitAI, the world's largest repository of open source AI art tools. "The prompt adherence is pretty exquisite... a model that can do text right away is game-changing. This thing is packing the same, if not better, power than Flux is black magic on its own. The Chinese are way ahead of the AI game."

Z-Image Turbo has been available on Civitai since last Thursday and has already gotten over 1,200 positive reviews. For context, Flux2—released a few days before Z-Image—has 157.

The model is fully uncensored from scratch. Celebrities, fictional characters, and yes, explicit content are all on the table. 

As of today, there are around 200 resources (finetunes, LoRAs, workflows) for the model on Civitai alone, many of which are NSFW. 

On Reddit, user Regular-Forever5876 tested the model's limits with gore prompts and came away stunned: "Holy cow!!! This thing understands gore AF! It generates it flawlessly," they wrote.

The technical secret behind Z-Image Turbo is its S3-DiT architecture—a single-stream transformer that processes text and image data together from the start, rather than merging them later. This tight integration, combined with aggressive distillation techniques, enables the model to meet quality benchmarks that usually require models five times its size.

We ran Z-Image Turbo through extensive testing across multiple dimensions. Here's what we found.

Speed: SDXL Pace, Next-Gen QualityAt nine steps, Z-Image Turbo generates images at roughly the same speed as SDXL, with the usual 30 steps—a model that dropped back in 2023. 

The difference is that Z-Image's output quality matches or beats Flux. On a laptop with an RTX 2060 GPU with 6GB of VRAM, one image took 34 seconds. 

Flux2, by comparison, takes approximately ten times longer to generate a comparable image.

Realism: The new benchmarkZ-Image Turbo is the most photorealistic open-source model available right now for consumer-grade hardware. It beats Flux2 outright, and the base distilled model outperforms dedicated realism fine-tunes of Flux. 

Skin and hair texture look detailed and natural. The infamous "Flux chin" and "plastic skin" are mostly gone. Body proportions are consistently solid, and LoRAs enhancing realism even further are already circulating.

Text generation: Finally, words that workThis is where Z-Image truly shines. It's the best open-source model for in-image text generation, performing on par with Google's Nanobanana and Seedream—models that set the current standard. 

For Mandarin speakers, Z-Image is the obvious choice. It understands Chinese natively and renders characters correctly.

Pro tip: Some users have reported that prompting in Mandarin actually helps the model produce better outputs, and the developers even published a "prompt enhancer" in Mandarin.

English text is equally strong, with one exception: uncommon long words like "decentralized" can trip it up—a limitation shared by Nanobanana too.

Spatial awareness and prompt adherence: ExceptionalZ-Image's prompt adherence is outstanding. It understands style, spatial relationships, positions, and proportions with remarkable precision. 

For example, take this prompt:

A dog with a red hat standing on top of a TV showing the words “Decrypt 是世界上最好的加密货币与人工智能媒体网站” on the screen. On the left, there is a blonde woman in a business suit holding a coin; on the right, there is a robot standing on top of a first aid box, and a green pyramid stands behind the box. The overall scenery is surreal. A cat is standing upside down on top of a white soccer ball, next to the dog. An Astronaut from NASA holds a sign that reads "Emerge" and is placed next to the robot.

As noticeable, it had only one typo, probably because of the language mixture, but other than that, all the elements are accurately represented. 

Prompt bleeding is minimal, and complex scenes with multiple subjects stay coherent. It beats Flux on this metric and holds its own against Nano Banana.

What's next?Alibaba plans to release two more variants: Z-Image-Base for fine-tuning, and Z-Image-Edit for instruction-based modifications. If they land with the same polish as Turbo, the open-source landscape is about to shift dramatically.

For now, the community's verdict is clear: Z-Image has taken Flux's crown, much like Flux once dethroned Stable Diffusion.

The real winner will be whoever attracts the most developers to build on top of it.

But if you asked us, yeah, Z-Image is our favorite home-oriented open source model right now.

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Flux ecosystem, a decentralized cloud infrastructure that provides advanced computational resources for developers to build Web3 applications, today announced a strategic partnership with CZR Exchange, a cryptocurrency exchange that simplifies and secures people’s crypto trading journey. The collaboration enabled CZR Exchange to integrate Flux’s cloud computing infrastructure into its crypto trading platform, a move that aims to support developers in the CZR network.

CZR Exchange is a cryptocurrency exchange and wallet whose headquarter is based in the Cayman Islands. The exchange combines cutting-edge financial products, powerful trading tools, and institutional-level security features into a single unified platform serving the interests of both institutional investors and retail customers. With its integrated exchange and wallet ecosystem, CZR enables users to efficiently store, manage, and trade virtual assets through compliance, transparency, and constant innovation.

CZR Boosting DApps Development Using Flux Cloud CZR Exchange utilizes this collaboration as a strategy to advance the growth of its crypto trading ecosystem by offering developers on its platform access to Flux’s wide variety of computing services and resources. By leveraging Flux’s decentralized cloud infrastructure, developers on the CZR exchange will be able to build and scale their DApps (decentralized applications) rapidly and seamlessly.  

Flux is a decentralized cloud-based computing network designed to enable developers to build and deploy scalable, multi-chain blockchain applications. The Flux ecosystem offers environment-agnostic development systems that help Web3 developers to create decentralized applications with various design options. Its native cryptocurrency, called FLUX, is used for various applications, including payment, trading, staking, and several others.

The collaboration above provides builders developing DApps on the CZR Exchange with access to Flux’s Baas (blockchain-as-a-service) solution. This Baas solution offers CZR builders innovative, wide-ranging tools for developing and deploying decentralized applications on the crypto exchange. Flux will also provide technical assistance and resources to CZR builders, including allowing them to access Flux’s machine learning and AI tools to help improve the performance and functionality of their blockchain applications.  

Driving Innovation in DeFi and Ecosystem Growth Through the partnership with Flux, CZR Exchange is well-equipped to expand the efficiency of its crypto trading network and even attract more builders to develop applications on its platform. The collaboration shows CZR’s and Flux’s commitment towards driving growth and innovation within the DeFi landscape while supporting the advancement of the broader blockchain ecosystem.

The alliance between CZR and Flux is a crucial step towards developing and supporting the decentralized finance environment. By offering builders access to powerful cloud computing services and resources, Flux and CZR are set to develop a stronger and more accessible decentralized ecosystem.    

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Nicholas Otieno is a fintech writer specializing in cryptocurrency markets. Since 2019, he has written articles to educate readers about cryptocurrency and its substantial positive impact on global prosperity. Nicholas is a Bitcoin holder, believing firmly in its fundamentals. His work has been featured in publications such as Finance Magnates, Blockchain.News, Bitcoin Magazine, Coincub, and among others. When he's not writing, Nicholas enjoys performing domestic tasks, spending time with friends, listening to music, and watching football.

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