A redemption that used to take days cleared in about five seconds. The names in the room matter more than the speed, and the question for XRP holders is where the token actually sits in the flow.
Summary
JPMorgan, Mastercard, Ondo, and Ripple tested tokenized Treasury redemption on the XRP Ledger. The settlement speed matters, but the institutional names matter more. XRP was not the asset being redeemed, but it can sit in fees, reserves, and routing. The long-term signal is utility; the near-term question is whether volume follows. On June 12, JPMorgan, Mastercard, Ondo Finance, and Ripple completed a test that moved a tokenized United States Treasury through a full redemption on the XRP Ledger. The settlement finished in roughly five seconds.
The same operation on traditional rails takes three to five business days. crypto.news shared the result the day it happened, and within hours the XRP community had folded it into the familiar story: another institution, another marquee logo, another reason the token should be worth more than it is.
NEW: JPMorgan, Mastercard, Ondo Finance and Ripple complete tokenized Treasury redemption test on XRP Ledger. Settlement took roughly 5 seconds compared to 3 to 5 business days on traditional rails pic.twitter.com/9Rkd3MkWF4
— crypto.news (@cryptodotnews) June 12, 2026 The speed is real and the participants are real. What deserves a closer look is the part the headlines skip, which is the exact role XRP the asset plays when a tokenized Treasury changes hands on its ledger.
That answer is more interesting than a simple win or loss. It sets the boundary on how much a holder should read into the news.
What actually happened on June 12 Strip the announcement down to its parts and the test looks like this. Ondo Finance issued a tokenized version of a short-dated United States Treasury instrument, the kind of product that wraps a real government bond into an on-chain token that pays the yield of the underlying paper.
Mastercard provided the link between the regulated money layer and the chain through its Multi-Token Network, the rails it has been building to let banks move tokenized deposits and settle against tokenized assets. JPMorgan brought its institutional settlement infrastructure to the bank side of the trade.
Ripple supplied the ledger and the surrounding tooling that let the redemption clear on the XRP Ledger instead of on a private bank network.
A redemption is the moment a holder hands the token back and receives cash value in return. In the legacy world, that round trip crawls through custodians, transfer agents, and settlement windows that only open on business days.
The test compressed that into a single near-instant on-chain event, with the cash leg and the asset leg settling together instead of days apart. Atomic settlement, where both sides of a trade move or neither does, removes the gap during which one party holds an asset and waits to be paid.
That gap is where counterparty risk lives, and closing it is the entire point of putting this kind of asset on a fast public ledger. So the result is a working proof that a tokenized Treasury can be issued, held, and redeemed across a chain that major financial firms were willing to touch.
That is not nothing. It is also not the same thing as production volume, and the difference is where careful readers should slow down.
The logos are the story, up to a point Each name on the June 12 test carries weight, and the weight is worth spelling out because the market tends to treat any JPMorgan headline as a verdict.
JPMorgan has spent years building Kinexys, formerly Onyx, its blockchain settlement arm that already moves large daily volumes in tokenized deposits. When a bank of that size agrees to run a redemption across the XRP Ledger, even as a test, it signals that the ledger met its internal bar for security and controls.
Mastercard has been pushing its Multi-Token Network as the connective tissue between banks and tokenized assets, and its presence shows the test was built to plug into existing card-network plumbing instead of standing alone as a crypto experiment. Ondo is one of the larger issuers of tokenized Treasuries, and its OUSG product has become a reference point for the whole real-world-asset category.
Ripple sat at the center as the ledger host and the firm whose institutional features made the settlement possible. Put together, the group reads as a deliberate signal that tokenized Treasuries can settle on the XRP Ledger with names that compliance departments recognize.
JPMorgan, Mastercard, Ondo Finance and Ripple just completed something quietly historic.
The first cross-border tokenized US Treasury redemption on the XRP Ledger.
Cleared in under 5 seconds.
Traditional settlement for this kind of transaction takes days.
Tokenized assets… pic.twitter.com/9uk5akaVRf
— Rose (@Rose09202) June 21, 2026 The temptation is to draw a straight line from that signal to the XRP price. Before drawing it, look at what moved through the transaction and what did not.
Why tokenized Treasuries are the wedge asset It is no accident that the test used a Treasury and not some exotic instrument. Among all the assets the industry has tried to move on-chain, short-dated government debt has become the wedge that opens the institutional door, and the reasons say a lot about why June 12 happened at all.
A Treasury bill is the simplest large asset to tokenize honestly. It has a known issuer, a known maturity, a yield that is easy to verify, and a price that barely moves day to day.
There is little argument about what it is worth, which means a token wrapped around it can be marked with confidence and redeemed without disputes. Compare that to tokenized real estate or private credit, where valuation is slow, subjective, and easy to challenge, and the appeal of starting with Treasuries becomes obvious.
The asset removes the hardest problem in tokenization, which is agreeing on value, so the experiment can focus on the plumbing. That is why tokenization as the real story keeps coming back to Treasuries: they are liquid, familiar, yield-bearing, and easy for institutions to understand.
The demand is also concrete. Crypto firms, trading desks, and treasuries sit on large idle dollar balances, often parked in stablecoins that pay them nothing.
A tokenized Treasury lets that cash earn the yield of real government paper while staying on-chain, available to move at any hour without leaving for the banking system. That single feature, on-chain dollars that earn a real yield, has turned tokenized Treasuries into one of the fastest-growing corners of the whole digital-asset market.
Ondo’s OUSG and a handful of competitors have pulled in billions because they answer a question every on-chain treasurer has, which is how to stop leaving money on the table.
So when Ripple wanted to prove the XRP Ledger could host serious institutional settlement, the Treasury was the natural choice. It is the asset most likely to move in real size, the one institutions most want on-chain, and the one with the fewest excuses for the test to fail.
Winning the Treasury-settlement business is the beachhead. Everything heavier, corporate bonds, funds, structured credit, follows the rail that first proves itself on the simple asset.
Where XRP actually sits in the transaction Here is the part that gets lost. In the June 12 flow, the asset being moved was a tokenized Treasury. The cash leg most likely settled in a stablecoin or a tokenized deposit.
XRP, the native token of the ledger, was not the thing being bought, sold, or redeemed.
That sounds like bad news for the holder thesis, and read too quickly it would be. The reality is more layered.
XRP touches a settlement like this in three indirect ways, and each one is small per transaction but structural across millions of them.
First, every transaction on the XRP Ledger burns a tiny amount of XRP as a fee. The amounts are fractions of a cent, designed to stop spam, not to enrich anyone.
As transaction count rises, the burn rises with it, which slowly removes XRP from supply. Second, accounts and certain ledger objects require a reserve denominated in XRP, so a ledger that hosts more institutional activity locks up more XRP in reserves.
Third, and most important over time, XRP can serve as the auto-bridge asset when one currency or token needs to move into another inside the ledger’s exchange. In a redemption that converts a tokenized Treasury back into a chosen settlement currency, XRP can sit in the middle as the routing asset that connects the two sides.
While the market obsesses over price action, XRPL just processed another milestone settlement blending JPMorgan, Mastercard, and Ondo Finance rails.
This cross-border tokenized Treasury redemption cleared on XRPL in under five seconds using RLUSD as the settlement asset and a… pic.twitter.com/eDw8SQm88z
— documenting XRP (@documentingXRPP) June 21, 2026 None of those roles require XRP to be the headline asset in the trade. All three grow with usage, not with hype.
That is the honest frame: the June 12 test does not put XRP at the center of the transaction, but it does feed the machinery where XRP earns its keep. Whether that machinery turns fast enough to matter for price is a separate question, and the search history of XRP suggests patience is warranted.
This is also what the tokenized Treasury settlement means for XRP: the ledger can win serious institutional use before the token captures meaningful demand. The two are connected, but not identical.
The ledger features that made it possible A redemption like this could not have run on the XRP Ledger of a few years ago. The capability is new, and it comes from a stack of institutional features Ripple and the wider XRPL developer community shipped across 2025 and into 2026.
Multi-Purpose Tokens, the MPT standard, let a token carry the metadata that a real financial instrument needs, things like maturity dates, transfer restrictions, and tranche information, without forcing developers to bolt on fragile smart contracts. Permissioned Domains and a permissioned version of the ledger’s decentralized exchange let regulated participants trade in gated environments where access depends on credentials such as know-your-customer checks.
RLUSD, Ripple’s dollar stablecoin, now settles on the ledger and gives institutions a compliant cash leg that lives on the same rail as the asset. The escrow feature was extended to support third-party tokens like RLUSD, which matters for structured settlement.
Layer the XLS-66 lending protocol on top, with its single-asset vaults that isolate credit risk one asset at a time, and the ledger starts to look less like a payments network and more like a settlement venue with a credit layer attached. The June 12 test is the visible output of that quieter build.
The features were the precondition. The redemption was the demonstration that they hold together under the eyes of firms that do not lend their names casually.
The competition for the same settlement business The XRP Ledger is not the only chain courting this work, and the contest for institutional settlement is the backdrop that gives June 12 its real stakes.
Ethereum sits at the center of the tokenized-asset world today. Most tokenized Treasuries, including the largest funds from the biggest asset managers, launched on Ethereum or its layer-2 networks, where the deepest pool of developers and the most established custody and compliance tooling already live.
An institution choosing where to settle starts from a world in which Ethereum is the default, and the burden falls on every other chain to give a reason to look elsewhere. Solana has pushed hard on speed and cost and has won its own share of tokenization projects and corporate interest.
On top of the public chains, the banks are building private ones. JPMorgan’s own settlement network already moves enormous daily volumes inside a permissioned environment the bank controls end to end.
Against that field, the XRP Ledger’s pitch is specific. It offers settlement built for payments from the start, with the institutional features, the MPT standard, permissioned trading, credentials, baked into the base layer instead of bolted on through smart contracts that have to be audited one project at a time.
The argument is that a purpose-built settlement ledger carries less risk surface than a general-purpose smart-contract chain, because there is less custom code between an institution and a completed trade. June 12 is Ripple making that argument in public with partners who could have run the same test anywhere.
This is why the names matter more than the speed. Five-second settlement is achievable on several chains.
What the XRP Ledger needed to prove was that firms like JPMorgan and Mastercard would choose it for a real institutional flow when they had every other option available. The test does not win the war.
It wins the right to be in the room for the next one, which for a chain competing against Ethereum’s incumbency is the harder thing to secure.
Following one tokenized Treasury through the flow Abstractions blur the stakes, so trace a single unit through the kind of cycle the test modeled.
Start with a short-dated United States Treasury bill sitting in a custodian’s account. Ondo, or an issuer like it, holds that bill and mints an on-chain token against it.
The token represents a claim on the bill and the yield it throws off. Call it one unit of a tokenized Treasury, and place it in the wallet of an institutional holder who wants short-term dollar yield without leaving the chain.
For weeks, the holder simply holds. The token accrues the bill’s yield.
When the holder decides to exit, the redemption begins. The holder submits the token back toward the issuer through the settlement arrangement that JPMorgan and Mastercard stand behind.
On the ledger, the asset leg and the cash leg are matched so they settle as one event. The token is retired.
A settlement currency, most likely RLUSD or a tokenized deposit, lands in the holder’s wallet in return. The fee for the ledger transactions is paid in XRP and burned.
If the chosen settlement currency differs from the currency the token was priced in, the ledger’s exchange can route through XRP as the bridge to complete the swap. Total elapsed time: around five seconds.
Compare that to the legacy path, where the same redemption would route through a transfer agent, wait for a settlement window, and clear across three to five business days while both sides carry risk. The end state is identical.
The holder is out of the Treasury and into cash. The path is what changed, and the path is the product.
Notice where XRP appeared in that walk. It paid the fee. It may have bridged the currencies. It backed the account reserves.
It was never the asset the holder set out to trade. That is the shape of XRP’s role in institutional settlement, and it explains why utility can climb for years while the token price moves sideways.
What institutions actually buy beyond the five seconds The speed grabs the headline, but settlement time is not the only thing an institution gains, and the other gains explain why firms keep running these tests even when the token economics do not concern them.
The first gain is capital efficiency. In the legacy model, the days between trade and settlement are days during which capital sits frozen, posted as margin or held in reserve against the risk that the other side fails to deliver.
Collapse settlement to seconds and that frozen capital comes free, available to be deployed elsewhere. For a large trading desk, the value of unlocking capital that used to sit idle for three days at a time runs into real money across a year of activity.
The second gain is around-the-clock operation. Traditional settlement runs on banking hours and business days, so a Friday trade waits through the weekend.
An on-chain ledger settles at any hour, which matters more every year as markets globalize and the line between trading days blurs. The third gain is collateral mobility.
A tokenized Treasury that settles instantly can be moved, pledged, or redeemed the moment it is needed, which lets the same asset work harder as collateral across more uses.
These are the reasons a JPMorgan or a Mastercard cares about the test, and none of them depend on XRP the token doing anything. The institution is buying a better settlement process.
XRP earns its small dues in the background. Keeping those two things separate is the key to reading any announcement like this one without mistaking institutional interest in the ledger for institutional demand for the token.
The first is clearly growing. The second has to be inferred from on-chain flow, and the inference is where most of the disappointment in XRP’s price history has come from.
That is why Ripple’s IPO and XRP holders is part of the same broader lesson. Ripple’s success, XRPL adoption, and XRP holder value are related, but they do not automatically collapse into the same thing.
Does settlement volume reach the price? This is the question every holder actually wants answered, and it deserves a straight treatment, not a number pulled from the air.
The bullish case runs through the indirect roles. If tokenized Treasuries and similar real-world assets move onto the XRP Ledger in size, transaction counts climb, fee burn climbs, reserves lock up more supply, and bridge routing pulls XRP into more flows.
Demand for the token then rises from use instead of from speculation, and demand that comes from use tends to be stickier. Ripple has framed exactly this flywheel in its institutional materials, and the logic holds on its own terms.
The sober case sits in the math. Fee burn on the XRP Ledger is deliberately tiny.
Even a large jump in institutional transactions removes a small fraction of supply against the tens of billions of XRP already in circulation and the monthly escrow releases that add to it. Bridge routing only pulls in XRP when a trade actually needs a currency conversion that the ledger chooses to route through XRP, and many institutional flows will settle stablecoin to stablecoin without ever touching the token.
Reserves lock supply but do not create buy pressure on their own. There is a supply side to weigh as well, and it cuts against the burn story in the near term.
Ripple releases up to one billion XRP from escrow at the start of each month, then re-locks most of it, but the net new supply that reaches the market still runs into the hundreds of millions of tokens monthly. For fee burn from institutional settlement to tighten supply in any meaningful way, the volume would have to grow large enough to offset that steady release, which is a high bar at current transaction levels.
A holder who pins hopes on burn alone is betting that on-chain activity climbs by orders of magnitude while the escrow schedule keeps running on its long-set path. That can happen over years. It does not happen because of one test.
The careful reading is that the June 12 test strengthens the long-term utility argument and does little for the short-term price argument. XRP spent most of 2026 trading near or below the one-dollar-and-change range while news exactly like this piled up, which is the market telling you that proofs of concept are priced as proofs of concept until volume follows.
A settlement test is a door opening. Walking through it at scale is a different event, and the token tends to wait for the second one.
What has to be true for this to matter For the June 12 result to move from interesting to important, a few things need to happen, and naming them gives a holder a watchlist instead of a hope.
Production volume has to follow the test. One redemption proves the plumbing.
Recurring institutional flow, measured in real daily value rather than pilot transactions, is what feeds the burn-and-bridge machinery. Regulatory clarity has to land, because the CLARITY Act and the broader United States market-structure framework decide how freely regulated institutions can settle tokenized assets on public ledgers.
Until the rules set, much of this activity stays in the test-and-pilot stage where the June 12 work lives. That is why CLARITY’s XRP classification question matters: the technology can be ready before the legal framework gives the rest of Wall Street permission to use it.
Competing venues have to be held off, since Ethereum, Solana, and a wave of bank-built private chains are chasing the same tokenized-asset settlement business, and the XRP Ledger has to keep winning the names that make compliance teams comfortable.
If those line up, the indirect demand argument gets a real chance to show up in on-chain data, and from there in price. If they stall, June 12 joins the long list of XRP headlines that read well and changed little.
The token has taught its holders that lesson more than once. That is also why institutional positioning in XRP matters as a separate signal: ETFs show who wants exposure, while settlement flows show whether utility is becoming demand.
Reading the signal without inflating it The clean takeaway is that Ripple, with JPMorgan, Mastercard, and Ondo alongside it, proved that a tokenized Treasury can be issued and redeemed on the XRP Ledger in seconds, with names that the institutional world takes seriously.
That is a meaningful step for the ledger as a settlement venue. For XRP the asset, it is a vote for the long-term utility thesis and a weak input to the near-term price, because the token sits in the fees, the reserves, and the bridge rather than at the center of the trade.
A holder who understands that distinction will not oversell the day and will not dismiss it either. The machinery that pays XRP its small, repeated dues got a high-profile workout.
Now the only thing that turns that into price is the boring part, which is volume that shows up and keeps showing up. Watch the on-chain flow, watch the rules, and let the token follow the usage instead of the logos.
This article is information, not investment advice. Figures and partnership details reflect reporting available as of June 23, 2026, and corporate plans, test results, and market conditions can change.
TLDR:Institutional Tokenization and Market ExpansionOnchain Transfers, Market Activity, and Infrastructure FlowGet 3 Free Stock Ebooks ONDO sees rising institutional use as tokenized Treasuries and ETFs expand across blockchain rails globally. J.P. Morgan and Franklin Templeton link traditional finance systems with Ondo-based tokenization infrastructure. Binance listings in regulated markets boost access to tokenized equities and broaden liquidity channels. Cross-chain integrations via LI.FI enable ONDO tokenized assets to move across wallets and major blockchain networks. ONDO continues to attract attention as institutional tokenization activity expands across traditional finance and blockchain networks.
Recent developments include settlement experiments involving major banks, ETF tokenization initiatives, and regulated trading infrastructure expansion. Market data shows rising volume and shifting liquidity patterns across exchanges.
At the same time, onchain transfers and cross-chain infrastructure integration reflect increasing activity within the ecosystem, according to market observers and publicly shared transaction records.
Institutional Tokenization and Market Expansion ONDO saw early attention after reports of institutional settlement activity on Ondo Chain. J.P. Morgan reportedly tested real-time settlement of tokenized US Treasuries against USD deposits.
The transaction was executed within blockchain infrastructure, according to market reports and publicly shared statements from ecosystem participants.
$ONDO quietly became the infrastructure Wall Street builds on.
Not a narrative. Not a whitepaper. A live transaction.
J.P. Morgan settled tokenized US Treasuries against real USD deposits on Ondo Chain in real time.
Then Franklin Templeton announced it is tokenizing five ETFs… pic.twitter.com/ie8LKHE9Hx
— 2xnmore (@2xnmore) June 23, 2026
Franklin Templeton announced tokenization of five exchange-traded funds through Ondo infrastructure. The initiative aligns with broader institutional experiments in asset digitization across traditional finance systems.
Market participants referenced increased coordination between asset managers and blockchain-based issuance frameworks, according to public announcements from involved entities.
Binance listed tokenized stock products tied to Ondo infrastructure on its regulated MTF in Abu Dhabi. The listing extends access to tokenized equities across compliant trading venues.
Market observers noted expanding distribution channels for blockchain-based financial instruments within regulated exchange environments.
Ondo has reportedly filed confidentially with the SEC to become a tokenized stock issuer subject to reporting requirements.
The ecosystem recorded $18 billion in cumulative trading volume and $1 billion in total value locked within eight months.
It also accounts for over 70 percent market share among tokenized equity issuers. ONDO Reporting continues under evolving regulatory review processes globally.
Onchain Transfers, Market Activity, and Infrastructure Flow AI account reporting indicated a multisig transfer of 150 million ONDO tokens to a monitored address, valued at $49.56 million. The address has received cumulative inflows of 425 million tokens since April.
Previous batches were reportedly moved into Coinbase wallets, though the final purpose remains unconfirmed.
ONDO traded near $0.31 with a 24-hour volume above $65 million as of this writing. The asset recorded a 6.57 percent daily decline and a 15.76 percent weekly drop.
Market activity showed reduced short-term momentum across major exchanges during the reported period, according to aggregated exchange data.
LI.FI infrastructure enabled tokenized asset movement across more than 1,000 wallets and multiple applications. Integration spans Ethereum and BNB Chain, with Solana integration scheduled for rollout.
$ONDO is turning crypto into a global stock market.
Its tokenized stocks can now flow across 1,000+ wallets, apps and protocols through https://t.co/UHScF7I5Og infrastructure.
Ethereum and BNB are already live.
Solana is coming next.
Wall Street assets are starting to become… pic.twitter.com/7Z8iTXClaQ
— Niels (@Web3Niels) June 22, 2026
The system supports cross-protocol routing of tokenized financial instruments within decentralized environments based on infrastructure reports and ecosystem documentation. Cross-chain routing expands interoperability across institutional-grade blockchain systems.
Web3Niels stated that tokenized stocks are flowing across applications via LI.FI infrastructure. Ethereum and BNB Chain remain active, while Solana integration is pending.
ONDO is part of expanding tokenized asset distribution across decentralized networks and regulated venues, according to public commentary.
Ondo [ONDO] continued trading inside a descending channel after its failed breakout near $0.39.
Since then, the altcoin has printed lower lows, falling to $0.3107. Even so, the Ondo Finance team carried out another monthly token transfer, drawing fresh attention from traders.
Why are traders watching these transfers? According to Arkham data, the team’s multisig wallet transferred 150 million ONDO tokens to a new address. The transfer was valued at $49.56 million.
Source: Arkham Previous transfers followed a similar pattern. Once moved, the tokens eventually landed on Coinbase.
Over recent weeks, the team has also deposited large ONDO batches into exchanges. A week ago, for example, the team’s wallet deposited 46.06 million tokens worth $16.78 million.
Those deposits came from an earlier transfer. As a result, traders may view the latest movement as a sign of possible future exchange inflows.
If these tokens reach exchanges while the altcoin remains weak, the added supply could weigh on price action.
Are investors still buying ONDO? Even so, demand has remained relatively strong. On the Spot market, ONDO recorded negative Netflows over the past seven days.
Source: CoinGlass More than $80 million worth of ONDO flowed out of exchanges during this period. Although inflows also reached $80 million, outflows slightly exceeded them. This resulted in Netflows of -$115,000.
Negative Netflows usually suggest investors are moving tokens away from exchanges. That can point to accumulation rather than immediate sell pressure.
On top of that, speculative activity also increased.
According to DefiLlama data, Perps Volume rose from $29 million to $77 million over three days.
Source: DefiLlama The rise suggested traders remained active despite the altcoin’s weak price action.
Together, Netflows and Perps Volume showed that interest in ONDO had not disappeared.
Can the trend reverse? Despite stronger participation, ONDO continued trading inside a descending channel. That kept the broader market structure weak.
In fact, the ADX-DI indicators showed strong downside momentum, while upside momentum remained subdued.
Source: TradingView This suggested sellers still controlled the trend.
If current conditions persist, the altcoin could lose the $0.30 support and drop toward $0.27. However, sustained demand could help stabilize price action.
For a stronger recovery, ONDO must reclaim and close above $0.36. This level previously acted as support.
Final Summary The Ondo Finance team transferred 150 million ONDO worth $49.56 million. The altcoin needs a close above $0.36 to improve its setup.
Ondo Tokenized Stocks has expanded the reach of tokenized US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) through a new integration with LI.FI, allowing greater access to these assets on the blockchain. The integration is now live on both Ethereum and BNB Chain, with support for Solana expected to follow in later stages.
Wider reach for tokenized assetsWith this latest development, more than 438 tokenized US stocks and ETFs have become accessible via one of the most widely used cross-chain transaction infrastructures in the crypto sector. This move has broadened the audience for Ondo’s blockchain-based financial products, opening them up to a larger user base.
The integration allows users to access traditional market assets on-chain directly from their preferred crypto applications, without having to leave those platforms. This convenience is expected to further drive adoption and demand for tokenized securities among investors.
Direct access through the LI.FI ecosystemOver 1,000 partners within the LI.FI ecosystem now have direct access to tokenized products offered by Ondo Global Markets. Among the available assets are major US stocks such as Tesla, NVIDIA, and Apple, as well as widely followed ETFs like QQQ and SPY.
Glossary: An ETF is an exchange-traded fund that tracks an index or group of assets and is traded on stock exchanges. QQQ is one of the most well-known ETFs tracking the Nasdaq 100 index, while SPY tracks the S&P 500 index.
LI.FI serves as an execution infrastructure that facilitates both on-chain and cross-chain asset transfers. Rather than requiring users to select the technical route for their transactions, the system lets them define their desired outcome and relies on professional solution providers within the network to execute the process seamlessly.
With this integration, more than 438 tokenized US stocks and ETFs have become available to a wider user base through Ethereum and BNB Chain.
Transaction volume and custody structureAccording to the shared data, LI.FI has managed a trading volume exceeding $80 billion through more than 100 million transactions so far. The platform also provides its infrastructure services to several leading crypto exchanges and wallets in the industry.
Ondo Tokenized Stocks converts US securities into tokens that are fully backed by the underlying assets. These tokenized securities are held with one or more US-based brokerages and are subject to daily verification protocols. The platform also incorporates investor protection measures specifically designed for institutional participants.
Full backing of tokenized assets by the underlying securities and a daily verification process are highlighted as core structural features of the platform.
Impressive growth metricsAs of September 2025, the total value of tokens issued on the platform has surpassed $1 billion. The number of token holders has climbed into the tens of thousands, and the cumulative transaction volume has exceeded $20 billion.
The collaboration with LI.FI has increased the visibility of Ondo Tokenized Stocks in a variety of markets, underlining the continuing demand to bring financial assets onto the blockchain.
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.
A peer-reviewed paper accepted to the 6th International Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Conference (AIBC 2025) argues that idle consumer GPUs, exemplified by Nvidia’s RTX 4090, can meaningfully reduce the cost of running large language model inference when used alongside traditional datacenter hardware.
Titled Idle Consumer GPUs as a Complement to Enterprise Hardware for LLM Inference, the study from io.net is the first to publish open benchmarks of heterogeneous GPU clusters on the project’s decentralized cloud. The analysis compares clusters of consumer cards against datacenter-grade H100 accelerators and finds a clear cost-performance tradeoff that could reshape how organizations design their inference fleets.
According to the paper, clusters built from RTX 4090 GPUs can deliver between 62 and 78 percent of the throughput of H100s while operating at roughly half the cost. For batch workloads or latency-tolerant applications, token costs fall by as much as 75 percent. The researchers underscore that these savings are most compelling when developers can tolerate higher tail latencies or use consumer hardware for overflow and background tasks such as development, batch processing, embeddings generation and large-scale evaluation sweeps.
Aline Almeida, Head of Research at IOG Foundation and Lead Author of the study, said, “Our findings demonstrate that hybrid routing across enterprise and consumer GPUs offers a pragmatic balance between performance, cost and sustainability. Rather than a binary choice, heterogeneous infrastructure allows organizations to optimize for their specific latency and budget requirements while reducing carbon impact.”
Hybrid GPU Fleets The paper does not shy away from H100s’ strengths: Nvidia’s datacenter cards sustain sub-55 millisecond P99 time-to-first-token performance even at high load, a boundary that keeps them indispensable for real-time, latency-sensitive applications such as production chatbots and interactive agents. Consumer GPU clusters, by contrast, are better suited to traffic that can tolerate extended tail latencies; the authors point to a 200–500 ms P99 window as realistic for many research and dev/test workloads.
Energy and sustainability are also part of the calculus. While H100s remain roughly 3.1 times more energy-efficient per token, the study suggests that harnessing idle consumer GPUs can lower the embodied carbon footprint of compute by prolonging hardware lifetimes and leveraging grids that are rich in renewable generation. In short, a mixed fleet can be both cheaper and greener when deployed strategically.
Gaurav Sharma, CEO of io.net, said, “This peer-reviewed analysis validates the core thesis behind io.net: that the future of compute will be distributed, heterogeneous, and accessible. By harnessing both datacenter-grade and consumer hardware, we can democratize access to advanced AI infrastructure while making it more sustainable.”
Practical guidance from the paper is aimed squarely at MLOps teams and AI developers. The authors recommend using enterprise GPUs for real-time, low-latency routing while routing development, experimentation and bulk workloads to consumer clusters. They report an operational sweet spot in which four-card RTX 4090 configurations hit the best cost per million tokens, between $0.111 and $0.149, while delivering a substantial portion of H100 performance.
Beyond the benchmarks, the research reinforces io.net’s mission to expand compute by stitching together distributed GPUs into a programmable, on-demand pool. The company positions its stack, combining io.cloud’s programmable infrastructure with io.intelligence’s API toolkit, as a full solution for startups that need training, agent execution and large-scale inference without the capital intensity of buying solely datacenter hardware.
The full benchmarks and methodology are available on io.net’s GitHub repository for those who want to dig into the numbers and reproduce the experiments. The study adds an important, empirically grounded voice to the debate about how to scale LLM deployments affordably and sustainably in the years ahead.
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PANews reported on December 11th that io.net, a decentralized AI computing and cloud platform, has released a simplified white paper (Litepaper) for its Incentive Dynamic Engine (IDE). IDE is a demand-driven token economic model for DePIN, replacing inflation-based token economic models. The white paper introduces a new token economic model designed specifically for io.net, relying on a unique dual-mode architecture to build a healthy and sustainable DePIN network—the Incentive Dynamic Engine (IDE).
Currently, there are 300 million IO tokens in circulation under the old incentive mechanism. One of IDE's goals is to gradually reduce at least 50% of these tokens to ensure a healthy and sustainable network. This white paper is part of an iterative process to gather community feedback. The initial feedback collection phase will begin on December 11, 2025, and end in February of the following year. The final lightweight white paper is planned for release on March 31, with implementation scheduled for the second quarter of 2026.
io.net, the decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) focused on AI compute, has proposed a major overhaul of its tokenomics with the launch of the Incentive Dynamic Engine (IDE), a demand-driven model designed to anchor long-term stability for suppliers, users and token holders. The redesign, presented this week in a litepaper and backed by a third-party report, moves io.net away from fixed token emissions and toward an automated system that adjusts emissions, buys back tokens and burns a material portion of revenue to reduce inflationary pressure.
The announcement comes after io.net’s initial inflationary incentives helped the network scale quickly: since launching in June last year, the platform says it has processed more than $20 million in verifiable compute leases, bootstrapping a global pool of GPUs and proving real usage demand. As the project transitions from a bootstrapping phase into a foundation for enterprise and research workloads, the team argues the old fixed-emissions model risks ongoing inflation and unstable supplier incomes, problems IDE aims to solve.
At its heart, IDE replaces a supply-driven rewards schedule with a real-time, demand-driven control system. The mechanism uses two counter-cyclical vaults and a “sustainability ratio” to automatically balance payouts and reserves: when revenue is strong the system keeps tokens in reserve and absorbs circulation, and when demand softens it can release tokens to stabilize USD-equivalent supplier payouts. That coupling of supply adjustments to actual compute usage, the litepaper explains, is intended to make supplier income predictable and the network resilient across market cycles.
From Bootstrap to Stability IDE also introduces a substantial, built-in deflationary mechanism. After suppliers are paid, at least 50 percent of the remaining revenue will be used to purchase $IO and permanently burn those tokens; the proposal targets removing 150 million or more $IO from circulation over time. The litepaper frames this not as a one-off stunt but as a structural shift: routing client fees into buybacks and burns aligns investor incentives with real utility rather than pure speculation.
The team behind io.net has made the proposal public for community review: a litepaper and supporting documentation are available on the project website, and an open feedback period runs through late February, after which the final design will be published ahead of a planned Q2 2026 rollout to the live network. The company says it has engaged independent auditors and economists to stress-test IDE and that a third-party report from CryptoEconLab (CEL) supports the framework’s core assumptions.
Gaurav Sharma, CEO of io.net, said: “We’re at a crucial juncture for AI: continue with centralised hyperscalers underpinned by obscure, circular finance, or build decentralised, open markets for compute. Blockchain can be the solution, but DePINs in their current form are not fit for purpose. IDE introduces a unique approach, one that enables enterprises to adopt decentralized compute by avoiding a fixed emissions model, and is the foundation for the long-term growth of io.net. GPU providers, users and investors will benefit from the first reliable and open compute network, accurately aligning incentives. Following its implementation next year, IDE will enable startups, researchers and enterprises to develop and deploy AI systems on io.net for the long term.”
If implemented as designed, the shift would be a notable experiment in DePIN tokenomics: instead of continual, schedule-based token issuance, io.net would operate a feedback-controlled economy in which emissions, burns and reserves respond to measurable network activity. The firm argues this model reduces income volatility for providers, rewards real world utility, and creates a more durable market for large-scale AI workloads, from startups to enterprise deployments.
The litepaper, IDE technical appendix and the community feedback form are linked from io.net’s tokenomics page for anyone who wants to dig into the math and governance considerations. io.net says it will actively review community comments through the consultation window, publish a final version at the end of March, and then move to implement the redesigned tokenomics in the second quarter of 2026.
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NVIDIA has agreed to pay approximately $20 billion to acquire assets from artificial intelligence chip startup Groq, marking the company’s largest transaction on record and continuing its strategy of absorbing potential competitors before they can challenge its market dominance.
The chipmaker’s latest licensing deal mirrors a similar transaction just three months ago, reinforcing the narrative that decentralized AI infrastructure may offer the only alternative to Nvidia’s growing dominance.
Threefold Premium in Three Months with Trump Jr. ConnectionThe deal closed just three months after Groq raised $750 million at a $6.9 billion valuation—a round that included BlackRock, Samsung, Cisco, and 1789 Capital, where Donald Trump Jr. serves as a partner. Nvidia is acquiring all of the company’s assets substantially, except its cloud computing business, though Groq framed the transaction as a “non-exclusive licensing agreement.”
Groq CEO Jonathan Ross, a former Google engineer who helped create the search giant’s Tensor Processing Unit, will join Nvidia along with president Sunny Madra and other senior executives. The startup will continue operating independently under CFO Simon Edwards as its new chief executive.
A Repeating PlaybookThe Groq transaction follows a pattern Nvidia established just three months earlier. In September, the company paid over $900 million to hire Enfabrica’s CEO and employees while licensing the startup’s technology. Both deals use licensing structures rather than outright acquisitions, potentially avoiding the antitrust scrutiny that blocked Nvidia’s $40 billion bid for Arm Holdings in 2022.
The Kobeissi Letter summarized Nvidia’s approach bluntly: “We will buy you before you can compete with us.”
Technical Edge and Competitive PressureGroq’s Language Processing Unit uses on-chip SRAM rather than external DRAM, enabling what the company claims is up to 10x better energy efficiency. This architecture excels at real-time inference but limits model size—a tradeoff Nvidia can now explore within its broader ecosystem.
The timing is notable. Google recently unveiled its seventh-generation TPU, codenamed Ironwood, and released Gemini 3, trained entirely on TPUs, to top benchmark rankings. Nvidia responded on X: “We’re delighted by Google’s success… NVIDIA is a generation ahead of the industry—it’s the only platform that runs every AI model.” When incumbents start issuing such reassurance statements, competitive pressure is clearly mounting.
Implications for Decentralized AIWhile the deal has no direct impact on cryptocurrency markets, it reinforces the narrative driving decentralized AI computing projects. Platforms like io.net position themselves as alternatives to centralized AI infrastructure.
“People can put their own supply onto a network, whether that’s data centers or yourself with your laptop, contributing your available GPU power, and getting fairly compensated for it using tokenomics,” Jack Collier, io.net’s Chief Growth Officer, told BeInCrypto. The platform claims enterprise clients, including Leonardo.ai and UC Berkeley, have achieved significant cost savings.
However, the gap between narrative and reality remains wide. Nvidia’s acquisition of Groq’s low-latency technology further extends its technical lead, making it harder for any alternative to offer competitive performance.
The transaction also raises questions about independent AI chip development. Cerebras Systems, another Nvidia competitor preparing an IPO, may eventually face similar pressure. Whether it can remain independent or succumb to Nvidia’s financial gravity remains to be seen.
Rubio: US and Iran to continue technical consultations at the end of this month
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During intraday trading in U.S. stocks, crypto-related concept stocks fell broadly, with MSTR dropping more than 7%.
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io.net has launched a new token burn mechanism tied directly to network revenue and said the model could remove up to 12 million IO tokens from circulation over the next year, as the decentralized GPU provider reports rising enterprise demand and record AI inference activity.
Summary
io.net expects to burn up to 12 million IO tokens over the next year under a new revenue linked tokenomics model. An $8 million enterprise contract and more than 4 billion daily AI inference tokens have pushed network earnings to record levels, according to the company. Supplier payouts are now tied to a stable U.S. dollar value, while at least 50% of post payout network revenue in IO tokens will be permanently burned. According to a press release shared with crypto.news, the first burn was scheduled for June 11, coinciding with the network’s third anniversary, with future burns funded by revenue generated from customer usage rather than new token issuance.
io.net ties token burns to network revenue Details released by io.net show that at least 50% of post-payout network revenue received in IO tokens will be permanently destroyed under what the company calls its Incentive Dynamic Engine, or IDE. Based on current earnings and its commercial pipeline, the company expects as many as 12 million tokens to be burned during the system’s first year.
The announcement comes as io.net reports its strongest commercial period to date. The company disclosed that it has signed an $8 million enterprise agreement, its largest contract so far, which it said contributes roughly $650,000 in monthly on-chain network earnings. Additional enterprise deals are currently progressing through advanced negotiation stages, according to the company.
Beyond enterprise adoption, io.net said it has become the largest decentralized physical infrastructure network, or DePIN, based inference provider on OpenRouter, an AI model routing platform used by developers to access multiple artificial intelligence models. Company figures show the network now processes more than 4 billion inference tokens each day while competing alongside centralized cloud computing providers.
Those developments arrive as demand for AI computing resources continues to climb. Citing industry spending trends, io.net noted that major technology companies have committed more than $500 billion toward AI infrastructure projects across 2025 and 2026. The company argued that access to high-performance graphics processing units remains limited by hyperscaler capacity constraints and pricing structures, creating opportunities for decentralized alternatives.
New model seeks to stabilize supplier earnings Alongside the burn program, io.net said the IDE has been designed to address supplier retention challenges commonly faced by token-based infrastructure networks.
Under the framework, supplier payouts are linked to a stable U.S. dollar value rather than fluctuating token prices. According to the company, reserve mechanisms absorb market volatility, allowing providers to maintain predictable earnings even during periods of token price weakness.
CryptoEcon Lab, a tokenomics research firm that independently evaluated the system, tested the model under several stress scenarios. The firm found supplier returns remained stable during simulations that included a 55% drop in demand and a 50% decline in token price, according to results cited by io.net.
“Most token economies in our space are still built around the hope that prices go up. Ours is built around the certainty that people are paying to use the network. That’s a fundamentally different foundation,” said Gaurav Sharma, chief executive officer of io.net.
Looking beyond current operations, io.net said it is also developing capabilities that would allow AI agents to autonomously source and manage computing resources through its Agent Cloud platform. The company described the initiative as part of its effort to build a self-sustaining on-chain compute economy supported by decentralized infrastructure providers around the world.
Upheaval at the Ethereum Foundation has some of crypto’s biggest names feeling bullish
In this week's edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we're looking at Ethereum's eventful week that started off with the launch of EthLabs, plus the layoffs at the Ethereum Foundation, and what this all means for the network.
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Gold, silver and bitcoin tumble as 'debasement' trade unwinds
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Bitcoin could fall to $55,000 before finding a bottom, 10x Research says
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The famous token inspired by Australian singer Iggy Azalea, the Mother Iggy (MOTHER) token on the Solana (SOL) blockchain, experienced a significant surge of 58% on Thursday, emerging as the top performer in the market, as the meme coin announced a new collaboration with Web3 investor and market maker DWF Labs.
Iggy Azalea Collaboration With DWF Labs DWF Labs, through a series of posts on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), announced its strategic partnership with now crypto investor Iggy Azalea, as the company recently signaled a new chapter for the company, focusing on “next generation” liquidity partnerships to support crypto projects.
In response to the collaboration, Iggy Azalea revealed that she had loaned her entire MOTHER token holdings to DWF Labs and Wintermute, an algorithmic trading firm specializing in digital assets.
Iggy Azalea’s response to the collaboration with DWF Labs. Source: IGGY AZALEA on X By entrusting her holdings to these market makers, Azalea expressed confidence in their expertise and ability to increase the token’s stability and finance. One user on social media emphasized the significance of this move, highlighting that the founder tokens are now locked, ensuring the token’s “unruggable” nature.
However, no further details on the collaboration were provided by either party, leaving questions as to how the partnership will potentially boost MOTHER’s price or its stability in the coming months.
MOTHER Price Analysis This latest partnership adds to Iggy Azalea’s growing involvement with the meme coin, as the singer unveiled plans in June to revive a telecommunications company she co-founded, which had an immediate positive impact on the price of the MOTHER token, resulting in a 27% spike at the time of the announcement.
Azalea shared her vision of allowing MOTHER and Solana token holders to use their tokens to purchase phones or monthly wireless plans.
The singer revealed in her statement that the payment infrastructure for these transactions will be handled by technology company Sphere Labs, with phone services provided by Unreal Mobile, which led to a price spike above the $0.2300 mark for the meme coin.
With the recent announcement and the partnership of the meme coin with DWF Labs, the token surged nearly 60% in the early hours of Thursday, with the MOTHER token hitting a 5-day high of $0.04816.
However, after the initial hype surrounding the inception of the meme coin, MOTHER has steadily declined after hitting an all-time high of $0.2306 on June 6th, now down 85% from that level.
Currently, the token has corrected to its current trading price of $0.0347, which shows the volatility experienced over the past month, while the token also notes a 16% price drop over the past seven days.
However, in the potential scenario where the current uptrend continues, $0.0349 will be the next obstacle to overcome for the meme coin, as it has acted as a resistance wall for the token in the past week. On the other hand, the next support level is at $0.286.
The 1-hour chart shows MOTHER’s price spike on Thursday following the announcement. Source: MOTHERUSD on TradingView.com Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com
Cryptocurrency prices remained on edge during the weekend as investors waited for the next catalyst. Bitcoin was trading at $66,800 on Sunday while most altcoins rose slightly. The market cap of all digital tokens remained at $2.6 trillion. This article will look at three cryptocurrencies like Poodlana, Mother Iggy, and Cat in a Dogs World.
Poodlana prediction Poodlana, an upcoming Solana meme coin, has continued thriving in its token sale. The developers have raised over $1.9 million in less than two weeks, making it one of the fastest-growing token sales in the industry.
Poodlana aims to be a better and bigger version of a dog-themed token than popular tokens like Shiba Inu and Dogecoin. It is based on Poodle, a popular Japanese dog breed.
The developers have selected Solana, which has become the most popular blockchain for meme coin creators. They love it because it is a significantly faster network and that its transaction costs are lower than other blockchains.
Poodlana’s token sale will run for just 30 days and the token price will continue rising gradually. This means that people who buy the token early will get more than those who buy near the end of the sale.
Additionally, Poodlana token will start trading just 30 minutes after the token sale finishes. That will be a different situation than most token sales when they take weeks or months before starting to trade.
Analysts we talked to believe that Poodlana token could rise after starting to trade in August. Most of this will depend on the overall market trends when this happens. If cryptocurrencies are rising, there are chances that the token will also follow the trend. You can buy the Poodlana token here.
Cat in a Dogs World (MEW) price forecast
The daily chart shows that the Cat in a Dogs World price has gone parabolic in the past few days. It has risen for four straight days, reaching its highest swing since April 24th. The token has recently crossed the important resistance point at $0.00064, its highest level on June 7th.
The MEW token has moved slightly above the 50-day moving average while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) has tilted upwards. History shows that such parabolic moves are followed by a big drop as profit-taking starts.
Therefore, there is a likelihood that the token will retreat and retest the crucial support level at $0.0060.
Mother Iggy price forecast
The MOTHER token, which is being promoted by Rapper Iggy Azelia, went vertical on Sunday as demand for the token continued. It also rose as Azelia continued promoting it on social media platforms.
On the four-hour chart, we see that the MOTHER token rose sharply as demand rose. It flipped the important resistance point at $0.047, its highest point on July 11th. The token has remained above the 50-period moving average.
However, it has formed a standard doji pattern, which is a popular reversal sign. Therefore, the token will likely resume a bearish trend and then retest the key support at $0.050.
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Recently, the crypto community saw the surge of a new memecoin frenzy with celebrity-endorsed cryptocurrencies. The Solana-based tokens registered massive gains but became pump-and-dump scams in most cases.
Nearly two months later, most of these tokens’ prices decreased significantly from their all-time high days. However, the MOTHER community, one of the best-performing celebrity memecoins, defended their crypto champion against the criticism.
The Rise Of Solana-Based Celebrity Memecoins In late May, Olympian and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner launched her Solana-based JENNER token. The news surprised the crypto community, which initially suspected the gold medalist had been hacked.
Jenner was later joined by rapper Rich The Kid and his RICH token. Both memecoins were received with suspicion by the community and were immediately investigated.
Users quickly pointed out that the orchestrator behind the memecoins was a “crypto influencer” named Sahil Arora. Arora was known to be an alleged serial scammer who had previously launched several tokens, including influencer memecoins.
Per the reports, these tokens resulted in a pump-and-dump scam that left most investors empty-handed. Jenner initially confirmed working with the alleged scammer but eventually cut all associations.
After Jenner, several other celebrities launched tokens with Arora’s help, including Lil Pump, Davido, Trippie Red, and MoneyBagg Yo. Australian rapper Iggy Azalea was also linked to Arora’s scam during the launch of her Mother Iggy (MOTHER) token.
Despite the allegations, Azalea assured her followers that she joined the crypto community and launched MOTHER to prevent Arora’s attempts to use her likeness to scam people.
Since then, the industry has seen many more celebrity token launches, some linked to Arora and some being alleged hacks. The list includes the likes of Metallica, Andrew Tate, Hulk Hogan, 50 Cent, and more.
Many celebrity tokens launched in the last two months registered massive price increases. JENNER saw a 51,000% surge to its ATH, while MOTHER increased by 5,552%.
MOTHER’s performance in the weekly chart. Source: MOTHERUSDT on TradingView The Fall Of Celebrity Tokens Online reports revealed that the 30 Solana celebrity memecoins launched since May dropped by an average of 94%. According to Web3 strategist Slorg, even the best-performing celebrity tokens “are down more than 70%” from their ATH prices.
Andrew Tate-inspired DADDY crowns itself as the smallest loser among the tokens, with a 73.2% decrease. Meanwhile, JENNER and MOTHER follow closely with a 75% and 78.7% drop.
Just a month into their lifespan, “exactly half are down over 99%, with 7 others being down more than 90%.” Additionally, 22 of the 30 tokens have a market capitalization under the $1 million mark, and only 4 have a market cap above $10 million.
Celebrity tokens are down 94% a month after launching. Source: Slorg on X While most of the tokens have been abandoned, some celebrities still endorse their tokens, occasionally posting about them. But with “only 40% tweeting about the token at least once in the last week, most have followed the same trajectory of an initial pump, and then nothing.”
Some community members called the celebrity meta “pure exploitation, engagement farming their fan base.” However, the MOTHER community defended the token after the report.
An X user stated that “Iggy should be included in this group” as she seems to be “working her ass off, hasn’t sold a single token, spends hours communicating with holders.” Another user considers MOTHER’s launch “an example of what we would hope for from a celebrity.” They asserted that the token “would be a great blueprint to follow.”
As of this writing, MOTHER has seen a 23.1% drop in the last 24 hours, trading at $0.059. Its current price, however, represents a 103.6% increase in the weekly timeframe.
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Throughout the week, the memecoin market experienced a significant surge, primarily driven by tokens inspired by popular names. The top three memecoin projects with the most growth in the past seven days are MAGA Again (MAGAA), Mother Iggy (IGGY), and Catwifhat (CAT). Here, we examine the notable details, data, and chart analyses.
MAGA Chart AnalysisMAGA Again, a token closely associated with the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his political slogan Make America Great Again, saw its value increase by over 500% this week, making it the best-performing memecoin project of the past seven days. This surge is driven by the anticipation of Trump’s speech at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference this weekend.
However, this rise may be short-lived as real demand does not support the memecoin’s surge. This is based on the token’s Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) readings. At the time of writing, MAGAA’s CMF is at -0.37, below the zero line. If MAGAA starts to reverse, its price could drop to $0.026, but if it continues to rise, the token price could extend to $0.031.
MOTHER Chart AnalysisThe price of Iggy Azalea’s Mother Iggy (MOTHER) memecoin project increased by 138% in the week under review. As of the date of this writing, the memecoin is trading at $0.070. The token’s price increase pushed it above its 20-day exponential moving average (EMA) and towards its 50-day simple moving average (SMA).
When an asset’s price trades above its 20-day EMA, it indicates strong short-term momentum. This confirms that buying pressure currently outweighs selling pressure. As it moves towards the 50-day SMA, it signals the possibility of a sustainable long-term uptrend. If MOTHER maintains this trend, its price could rise to $0.082. However, profit-taking activity could push the memecoin project’s price down to $0.027.
CWIF Chart AnalysisBased on the leading Solana-based memecoin Dogwifhat (WIF), Catwifhat (CWIF) experienced a 133% rise in the past seven days. At the time of writing, the cat-themed memecoin was trading at $0.0000012. This week’s price increase led to the formation of an ascending channel on the daily chart. This channel forms when an asset’s price moves between two upward-sloping parallel lines, considered a bullish sign.
CWIF’s positive Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) indicates that the rally will continue. This indicator measures how money flows in and out of an asset. At the time of writing, CWIF’s CMF reading at 0.06 indicates liquidity inflow into the memecoin market. If the inflow continues, the token’s value could rise to $0.0000012.
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Justin Sun, the creator of the Tron blockchain and a cryptocurrency billionaire, seeks to make a collaboration with Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. The latter is associated with the Mother Iggy meme coin, ranking 594th on the CoinMarketCap list. Currently, it is trading at $0.0349.
They are currently discussing their potential collaboration on the X social media platform.
Iggy Azalea and Justin Sun making crypto plansIggy Azalea is the pseudonym of the Australian-born rapper, songwriter, and model, Amethyst Amelia Kelly, who became famous after releasing two songs on YouTube: “Pussy” and “Two Times.” She received public recognition for them after moving from Australia to the USA.
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Iggy Azalea launched a meme coin named after herself – Mother Iggy ($Mother). Earlier today, X user @bull_bnb, with nearly half a million followers and invested in Mother Iggy, suggested that Azalea and Justin Sun should start collaborating on some sort of cryptocurrency project.
The rapper responded: “Any ideas Justin?” A reply from Justin Sun came quickly, saying: “Let's do something together!”
So far, several U.S. rappers are known for launching their own NFT collections or turning their albums into non-fungible tokens. Perhaps Sun and Azalea will come up with something similar.
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Justin Sun burns $8 million in SUN tokensIn another tweet published today, Justin Sun proudly announced that a massive burn of SUN tokens, cumulatively worth $8 million, has been conducted, and another $4 million worth of SUN burn is coming soon to follow the first one.
The link that leads to a SunSwap page shows that this burn was performed after that staggering amount of SUN tokens was repurchased from the market.
SUN, named after its founder Justin Sun, obviously, was created and launched four years ago, designed to be a Bitcoin alternative. In 2021, the token’s price witnessed a major crash due to its excessive total supply of 19,900,730,000, with 9,951,640,722 SUN in circulation as of now. After that, Sun shifted his token toward the DeFi sphere.
Currently, SUN ranks 154th on CoinMarketCap with a market value of $275,851,255.
Sun repurchasing and burning SUN tokens is likely an attempt to reduce its supply.
Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, signaled interest in Australian rapper Iggy Azalea's memecoin Mother Iggy (MOTHER), owing to favorable macroeconomic conditions.
Since the announcement, the yen indeed fell from 142.50 to 144.18 as of this writing, while Bitcoin made steady advances.
Hayes viewed this as an opportunity to trade ‘s**tcoins’ and made a cheeky reference to the popular rapper’s memecoin, asking, “Iggy Azalea, can you be my $MOTHER?
Hayes, one of the keen observers of the cryptocurrency market and the U.S. macroeconomy, holds about $28.63 million in digital assets, according to Arkham Intelligence.
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While concerns about celebrity-promoted cryptocurrencies and their short-lived hype have run rife, Azalea's token has found purpose in real-world applications.
Last week, the Grammy-nominated artist announced plans to launch an online casino called Motherland, which would utilize the MOTHER token.
Price Action: At the time of writing, MOTHER was exchanging hands at $0.0747, up 3.50% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.
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Oracle platform Pyth Network now supports Mother Iggy, bringing real-time price feeds to more than 75 blockchains.
Pyth Network (PYTH) announced this on Sept. 26, stating that support for Mother Iggy (MOTHER) comes after “degens demanded it.” MOTHER is a Solana meme coin launched by Australian rapper and songwriter Iggy Azalea.
According to Pyth, support for the meme coin is via the MOTHER/USD price feed.
The first platforms to integrate this feed include Solana-based Drift Protocol, Save (formerly Solend), and asset-backed trading solution Flash.Trade.
As well as Mother Iggy, Pyth Network has outlined support for Sei (SEI)-based decentralized exchange DragonSwap. The platform will power its Prediction Product using Pyth price feeds, offering users real-time pricing data to ensure the predictions market delivers accurate outcomes.
MOTHER’s price rises Integration with the decentralized finance platform’s price feed comes as the meme coin rebounds to reclaim a $100 million market cap. Iggy Azalea has also been at the forefront of championing the project, which she says is more than just a “celeb meme” token.
Recently, MOTHER attracted attention with its plans to launch a crypto casino dubbed ‘Motherland’. Azalea unveiled the platform, which is expected to go live in November, during an event at Solana Breakpoint in Singapore. The MOTHER token will power the casino’s transactions.
MOTHER’s price rose sharply following the Pyth news, jumping more than 37% in the past 24 hours, outpacing other meme coins. Moodeng, Maga, and Daddy Tate were the other top-gaining meme coins among those ranked in the top 500 by market cap.
The Mother Iggy market cap stood at around $133 million at the time of writing, with daily volume spiking 50%.
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes becomes active in the memecoin market, promoting top tokens like Pepe (PEPE), Mother Iggy (MOTHER), and Mog Coin (MOG).
In an exciting development, the popular crypto stakeholder has taken to X to express optimism about memecoins, emphasizing that the time is right for their breakout.
“I respect my $MOTHER, I $MOG like no one else, but I can’t neglect $PEPE,” Hayes remarked.
Hayes Purchases 24.39B PEPE on Binance Interestingly, the BitMEX co-founder had matched his words with action by purchasing $250,000 worth of PEPE on Binance earlier. Data from blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence shows that Hayes first moved $1 million worth of USDC to Binance earlier today at 06:40 a.m. (UTC).
An hour later, he withdrew 24.39 billion PEPE tokens worth $252,680 from Binance. This indicates that Hayes recently purchased the tokens from Binance shortly after transferring $1 million USDC to the exchange.
BitMEX Founder Transfers 8M MOG Between His Wallets Following the transaction, Hayes received 8 million MOG tokens ($12.72) from one of his crypto wallets. At press time, the wallet holding Hayes’ 24.39 billion PEPE is valued at $4.83 million. Notably, PEPE is the portfolio’s third-biggest token by dollar value, while MOG is ranked in the 11th spot.
This blockchain address does not hold any MOTHER token at the time of writing. However, he may own MOTHER and more PEPE and MOG assets in his other wallets.
His Support for Memecoins Prior to placing a bet on memecoins, Hayes has been supportive of meme-based tokens. During an interview in March, the BitMEX co-founder warned people against writing off memecoins as valueless and stupid.
According to him, these tokens can bring real value to the blockchain sector through new users and attention. He emphasized that any blockchain capable of fostering the memecoin culture will benefit immensely from the attention these assets could generate, highlighting Ethereum and Solana as major beneficiaries.
Given his comments, it is not surprising that he will commit some funds to memecoins.
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TLDR Arthur Hayes invested $250,000 in PEPE, buying 24.39 billion tokens on Binance PEPE reached a 3-month high of $0.0000109, with significant gains over the past month PEPE’s trading volume surged 41% to $2.5 billion in 48 hours Hayes also expressed support for Mog Coin (MOG) and Mother Iggy (MOTHER) token The memecoin sector is showing renewed investor interest and price momentum Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes has made a significant investment in the memecoin sector, purchasing $250,000 worth of PEPE tokens. This move comes as PEPE and other memecoins experience a surge in value and trading volume.
On-chain analytics platform Lookonchain reported that Hayes bought approximately 24.39 billion PEPE tokens on Binance last Friday. This investment coincides with PEPE reaching its highest price in nearly three months, trading at $0.0000109.
PEPE has seen impressive gains recently. According to data from CoinGecko, the token has increased by 34% over the past week, 45% over two weeks, and 38% over the past month. The token’s trading volume has also spiked, rising 41% in the last 48 hours to reach nearly $2.5 billion.
Pepe Price on CoinGecko This increased trading activity suggests growing investor interest in PEPE and the broader memecoin sector. The favorable market conditions may be partly due to the US Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates on September 18, which has created a positive environment for many cryptocurrencies.
As of the latest trading hours, PEPE is up 17%, trading at $0.0000107. However, it remains 37% below its all-time high of $0.0000171, which was reached in May. Despite this, Hayes’s endorsement appears to be fueling continued investor interest in the token.
Hayes’s involvement in the memecoin space extends beyond PEPE. He has also expressed support for two other tokens: Mog Coin (MOG) and the Mother Iggy (MOTHER) token. The latter is associated with Australian singer Iggy Azalea and is built on the Solana blockchain.
While Lookonchain has not confirmed whether Hayes invested in these tokens as he did with PEPE, his endorsement has already had a positive impact on MOG’s price. MOG is currently trading at $0.00000165, a gain of over 10% following Hayes’s announcement.
The token has seen a massive year-to-date surge of 10,398%, along with a 5.70% increase in trading volume. However, it remains 32% below its peak of $0.0000024, which it reached in July.
The MOTHER token, on the other hand, has faced some challenges in maintaining its momentum. It is currently trading down nearly 14% in the past 24 hours.
However, it has still recorded substantial gains of 75% over the last week and 176% in the past two weeks, indicating that it remains an asset of interest despite recent volatility.
Hayes’s investment in PEPE and his support for other memecoins highlight the growing traction this sector has gained over the past year.
Memecoins have often outperformed larger, more established cryptocurrencies, attracting both retail and institutional investors seeking high-risk, high-reward opportunities.
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This week has been brutal for meme coins, with Mother Iggy (MOTHER) plummeting double-digits. Telegram-native meme coin DOGS also sank, and it was not any different with Base-built Brett (BRETT).
As these cryptocurrencies, known for their explosive rallies, grapple with sharp corrections, investors may be questioning their future. This analysis looks at the factors driving the steep declines and what might be next for these tokens in the near term.
Mother Iggy (MOTHER)MOTHER is the meme coin launched by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. Some months back, MOTHER was doing incredible numbers as several celebrities got involved into crypto.
However, out of the many deployed tokens, this is one of the few that still have substantial market interest. At the beginning of the week, MOTHER’s price was $0.12. As of this writing, the value has decreased by 32.58% and is now $0.089.
On the daily chart, the meme coin is showing signs of recovering some of its gains. However, the Money Flow Index (MFI) reading suggests that it might be a fakeout. For context, a fakeout is a false breakout when the price moves out of a chart pattern but then moves right back inside it.
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Mother Iggy Daily Price Analysis. Source: TradingView Should this be the case amid a lack of buying pressure, MOTHER’s price could extend its losses and hit $0.064. But if the slight uptick turns out to be a significant breakout, the prediction might be invalidated. In that case, the meme coin might jump to $0.13.
Dogs (DOGS)DOGS, the token associated with the Telegram messaging app and The Open Network (TON), is another meme coin affected by the wider market decline. This week, DOGS’ price has fallen by 21%.
A look at the meme coin’s 4-hour chart reveals that it might soon recover. Two indicators supporting this bias are the Chaikin Money Flow (CFM) and the Money Flow Index (MFI).
Both the MFI and CMF show the level of buying and selling pressure in the market. When the rating decreases, selling pressure is dominant. However, for DOGS, the MFI and CMF readings have increased, suggesting that traders are buying the dip.
Dogs 4-Hour Price Analysis. Source: TradingView If this continues, DOGS’ price could jump higher than $0.067, moving toward $0.084. On the other hand, this forecast might be invalidated if buying pressure reduces and the meme coin fails to break out of the descending triangle.
Brett (BRETT)Last on this list is BRETT, the high-ranking meme coin built on Coinbase L2 Base. Currently, BRETT’s price is $0.081, down 59% from its all-time high. This week, BRETT’s price decreased by 18.30%, hitting $0.078.
According to the 4-hour chart, BRETT’s decline was further accelerated by the formation of a head-and-shoulders pattern. This pattern is bullish-to-bearish and ensures the continuation of a downtrend.
Even though the token has seen a slight upswing, the Awesome Oscillator (AO) and Relative Strength Index (RSI) show that it is not yet out of the woods. The RSI and AO both measure momentum, and failure to rise above the signal line could lead the price further down to $0.070.
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Brett 4-Hour Price Analysis. Source: TradingView Meanwhile, if the technical indicator continues to climb, this prediction might be invalidated. In that scenario, BRETT’s price could move to $0.091.
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Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) currently owns an astounding 538,200 Bitcoin after it added a massive 379,800 $BTC in just the last six months.
On average, the company has been acquiring 2,087 $BTC per day – a rate that far exceeds the current daily production rate of 450 $BTC, which comes to 13,500 $BTC per month.
In effect, Strategy has been buying more than 4.5 times the amount of Bitcoin being mined daily. If Strategy continues its pace of BTC acquisition, it can create a Bitcoin supply crunch, where demand vastly outweighs the available supply. The natural consequence? Much higher Bitcoin prices.
Keep reading to find out how institutional Bitcoin accumulation could reshape the market and why now might be a great opportunity to invest in the best altcoins to buy to benefit from this shift.
Institutional Buying May Transform Bitcoin Into a Luxury Commodity By amassing such as dominant Bitcoin position, Strategy is moving toward a position where it could influence broader market trends. If institutions like Strategy control a sizable portion of Bitcoin’s fixed 21M supply, the asset may become a luxury in the future.
In this environment, the $BTC cost of capital may no longer be driven by free market forces, but be increasingly shaped by the lending policies of major holders.
Although this goes against Bitcoin’s decentralization ethos, it’s undeniably bullish for its price.
Borrowing Bitcoin will become a luxury business reserved for nation-states and corporate whales, and Strategy will control the bottleneck. – Adam Livingston, a $BTC analyst
Reinforcing this trend, more institutions are moving towards a Bitcoin corporate treasury plan. Blockstream CEO Adam Back even suggests this shift could eventually push Bitcoin’s market cap to $200T.
Today, cash still dominates corporate reserves. However, first-movers like Strategy and BlackRock are breaking from tradition, replacing cash with Bitcoin, which is expected to be the currency of the future.
Addressing Concerns: Why Institutional Ownership Doesn’t Threaten Bitcoin Some critics warn that Strategy’s debt-funded Bitcoin buying could be risky. However, experts like Saifedean Ammous have said that institutional Bitcoin concentration does not threaten the currency’s protocol.
Even if institutions control over 50% of the supply, they have no incentive to manipulate the protocol. Forking Bitcoin to create more coins would only devalue their holdings, leading to large losses. Bitcoin’s hard-capped supply remains fundamentally secure, and so does the long-term bullish case.
If accumulation trends continue, Bitcoin’s scarcity could trigger explosive market movements. Smart investors are positioning now. Below, we highlight three of the best altcoins to buy that could surge alongside Bitcoin during a potential supply crunch.
1. BTC Bull Token ($BTCBULL) – One of the Best Altcoins to Buy in 2025 BTC Bull Token ($BTCBULL) is easily the best Bitcoin-centric altcoin on the market right now.
Designed to follow the king cryptocurrency’s coattails, it’s the first-ever and only crypto to offer free Bitcoin to its token holders. All you have to do is store your $BTCBULL tokens in Best Wallet.
These $BTC airdrops will occur every time Bitcoin reaches a new milestone, such as $150K, $200K, and $250K. As you can see, by doing so, BTC Bull Token has directly tied itself to Bitcoin’s growth.
What’s more, the developers have also planned to shave off a part of the total token supply every time Bitcoin’s price increases by $25K.
The first token burn event will take place when $BTC reaches $125K – then at $150K, $175K, $200K, and so on.
Thanks to its unique prospect and a chunky $5M presale purse so far, our BTC Bull Token price prediction suggests that the token could jump nearly 400% and reach $0.0096 by the end of 2026.
Don’t miss out on one of the best cryptos to invest in now and buy $BTCBULL for just $0.002485 per token. Here’s a guide on how to buy it.
2. MIND of Pepe ($MIND) – Best AI Crypto to Benefit from a Bull Run A Bitcoin rally is highly likely to pull the entire crypto market along with it. With rising crypto prices across the board, it’d be the perfect time to be a crypto trader and investor. However, for the vast majority of us, finding high-potential tokens before they’ve taken off is an uphill task.
That’s why you’re better off using MIND of Pepe ($MIND), an autonomous AI agent coin offering crypto investment advice.
$MIND works by interacting with the crypto audience on decentralized applications and online platforms like X. It patiently listens to everyone’s opinion on crypto, punches every piece of unique data into its AI-powered hive-mind intelligence system, and finally identifies the next cryptos to explode.
In addition to receiving $MIND’s exclusive real-time insights, token holders will also get priority access to the tokens created by this AI agent, which, by the way, will launch on May 10.
Over $8.4M in presale funding so far is proof that investors believe in AI’s newfound ability to analyze social sentiment trends, which the crypto market heavily relies on for explosive moves.
If you buy $MIND today, you’ll have to spend just $0.0037465 per token.
3. Mother Iggy ($MOTHER) – Hot New Meme Coin Still in Its Early Days Mother Iggy launched towards the end of March and was more or less flat for the first three weeks.
It sprung to new life in the last week or so and has since then jumped over nearly 250%. It’s currently the top-trending crypto in the entire market.
As the name suggests, $MOTHER is based on the ultra-famous rapper Iggy Azalea, who is renowned for songs like Fancy, Work, and Money Come.
Like $TRUMP and $MELANIA, $MOTHER, too, might not have a whole lot of fundamentals supporting it. But that is how it can be with meme coins backed by a celebrity.
They enjoy massive hype and trading volume on account of the celebrity’s popularity. This ultimately leads to violent upmoves, i.e., if the token is lucky enough to be successful. $MOTHER is.
Currently trading at just $0.01982, $MOTHER might just as well be in the early stages of a huge rally. With expectations for another $BROCCOLI-like run, it could be one of the best low cap coins to buy now.
Bottom Line With Bitcoin poised to reclaim its all-time high and potentially rise further, the time is admittedly ripe to invest in some new cryptocurrencies like BTC Bull Token that could rise alongside $BTC.
However, bear in mind that the crypto market is volatile and guarantees no returns.
Finally, none of the above is a substitute for financial advice. We urge our readers to do their own research before investing.
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Rapper Iggy Azalea is facing a class-action lawsuit in the US, accusing her of misleading investors about the real-world utility and future development of her Solana-based memecoin Mother Iggy (MOTHER).
The complaint filed by plaintiff Kenneth Kolbrak in a Manhattan federal court on Monday claimed Azalea, whose real name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly, made representations about the token having real-world utility, commercial integrations and continuing development that never materialized.
“Those representations were limited, incomplete, contradicted, temporary, or not delivered in a durable way,” the complaint said. “The terms and effects of the market support arrangements were never disclosed to consumers.”
Azalea’s MOTHER was one of the buzzier tokens launched amid a frenzy of celebrity-tied memecoins in 2024. The token was launched in May 2024 and reached a peak market value of over $136 million by mid-June. Its market capitalization is now sitting at $1.3 million, according to CoinGecko.
Unlike other celebrities who launched memecoins, Azalea has remained involved with the token, interacting with supporters on social media and promoting it on X.
Kolbrak, the lead plaintiff, claimed he lost “several hundred dollars” investing in MOTHER, which the lawsuit said he would not have done, or would have paid less for, if not for Azalea’s promotions.
According to the complaint, Azalea promoted the token as “the native currency of an expanding ecosystem of real businesses controlled or co-founded by Azalea, including a telecommunications company, an online casino, a luxury gifting marketplace, a merchandise store, and entertainment integrations.”
Source: Burwick Law
The lawsuit claimed that Azalea promoted the online casino MOTHERLAND, which was marketed as being “powered by $MOTHER,” but when it launched in January 2025, the platform used Tether (USDt) for its “wagering, bonus accounting, and settlement.”
The complaint also claimed that Azalea said MOTHER could be used to buy phones and mobile plans through the provider Unreal Mobile, however, “no durable, publicly observable MOTHER payment integration exists on the Unreal Mobile platform” as of the filing of the lawsuit.
It further accuses Azalea of not telling tokenholders about the terms or risks involved when crypto market makers Wintermute and DWF Labs were brought on to manage MOTHER’s trading.
The lawsuit seeks damages for MOTHER buyers who lost money, along with attorney fees and costs.
The class is represented by Max Burwick of Burwick Law, who has helped launch multiple class-action lawsuits against crypto projects.
Information on Azalea’s lawyers was not available at the time of writing. Azalea and her management could not be reached for comment.
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TLDR: CMC20 offers top-20 crypto market exposure through a single tradable token built for BNB Chain users. The index uses Reserve Protocol and Lista DAO infrastructure to enable minting, rotation, and transparent tracking. Liquidity support from PancakeSwap and Celer Network expands crosschain access for index components. Institutional and retail users gain simplified access to diversified portfolios through a DeFi-native structure. The launch of CMC20 introduces a new index product built for the current market’s rising noise and rapid token growth. CoinMarketCap shared the development through its official channels, noting that 27 million tokens now compete for user attention.
The new asset aims to simplify market access at a time when daily launches reach tens of thousands. The index tracks the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market value and excludes stablecoins and ineligible assets.
CMC20 Expands DeFi Access Through a Tradable Crypto Index CMC20 arrives as a single-trade entry point to broad crypto exposure, according to information released by CoinMarketCap. The index covers major sectors, including layer-1 networks, infrastructure projects, DeFi platforms, and exchange tokens. The structure allows users to gain diversified coverage without manually balancing separate holdings.
CoinMarketCap positioned CMC20 as a crypto parallel to the S&P 500. The company stated that the index offers a transparent benchmark designed for real market tracking. The asset’s availability on PancakeSwap adds a direct trading option for users on BNB Chain.
Support for minting and redeeming through the Reserve dApp creates added flexibility for investors seeking onchain access.
The index uses infrastructure from Reserve Protocol and deployment from Lista DAO. According to the CMC announcement, this approach enables automated portfolio rotation based on market cap changes. The setup gives institutional and retail users a clearer view of asset weights during changing market conditions.
CMC20 also aims to streamline access for users navigating liquidity fragmentation. CoinMarketCap indicated that bridged assets through Celer Network help maintain timely exposure to all tracked tokens. This setup reduces friction for users who rely on BNB Chain’s deeper liquidity and growing DeFi activity.
New Utilities and Ecosystem Support Strengthen CMC20 Rollout CMC20 launches with ecosystem-wide integrations shared by CoinMarketCap. Trading begins on PancakeSwap, offering immediate onchain liquidity.
Minting and redemption are live through Reserve Protocol’s interface, giving users complete control over index entry and exit. CoinMarketCap confirmed that further integrations with centralized exchanges, decentralized platforms, fintech tools, and wallets remain underway.
Lista DAO’s deployment places CMC20 within the expanding BNBFi ecosystem. The token is positioned for lending and yield-generation utilities that will roll out over time, according to the announcement. These updates form part of a broader strategy to create a liquid and investable index product for different user groups.
Institutional participants gain access to features such as delta-neutral strategies, collateralized lending, and onchain auditability. Retail users benefit from lower transaction costs and simplified portfolio exposure. CoinMarketCap states that CMC20 removes the need for self-constructed baskets by offering one-tap diversification.
CoinMarketCap emphasized that this is not a reference-only index but a live, tradable asset. The company described CMC20 as a model for future index products designed for DeFi environments. With liquidity, transparency, and composability at the center, the token aligns with the expanding demand for accessible crypto benchmarks.
Rubio: US and Iran to continue technical consultations at the end of this month
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According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has fallen below $60,000, with a 4.3% drop in the past 24 hours.
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US Treasury Secretary: AI boom may boost productivity and help curb inflation.
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US stocks' intraday storage sector sees broad declines, with Western Digital and Seagate Technology both falling over 4%.
According to Bitget data, during U.S. stock trading hours, the storage sector saw broad declines: Western Digital (WDC) fell 4.47%, Seagate Technology (STX) dropped 4.17%, SanDisk (SNDK) declined 2.31%, and Micron Technology (MU) edged down 0.96%. Most optical communication concept stocks rose, with Corning (GLW) leading the gains at 9.75%, followed by Ciena (CIEN) up 3.24%, Coherent (COHR) rising 2.93%, Lumentum (LITE) gaining 2.61%, and Nokia (NOK) advancing 1.82%. Additionally, Marvell Technology (MRVL) fell 2.59% and Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) declined 1.90%.
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During intraday trading in U.S. stocks, crypto-related concept stocks fell broadly, with MSTR dropping more than 7%.
According to Bitget market data, the three major U.S. stock indexes rose broadly: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.94%, the S&P 500 increased 0.60%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.63%. Crypto-related stocks fell across the board, with declines as follows: Strategy (MSTR) down 7.33%; Circle (CRCL) down 4.35%; Bitmine (BMNR) down 3.97%; Coinbase (COIN) down 3.73%; Robinhood (HOOD) down 3.70%; Gemini (GEMI) down 3.27%; Bullish (BLSH) down 3.25%; Sharplink (SBET) down 3.19%.
Yield farming has become one of the most reliable ways for investors to make crypto assets work for them 24/7 while they sleep or engage in other things. Metrics shared today by market analyst Satoshi Club examined the world of DeFi yield farming, highlighting outstanding farming pools, helping investors understand which pools deserve their investment. As per the data, yield farming has become a strong investment strategy, helping users earn passive income while supporting the decentralized network’s operations and security. This enables people to earn higher yields and unlock access to yield opportunities in DeFi.
Best DeFi Farming Yields Lista DAO Lista DAO, a DeFi protocol that integrates stablecoin minting, liquid staking, and token governance through its native LISTA token, is at the top of the list. According to the data, Lista DAO’s liquidity pool, sLISBNB, is currently the best-performing yield farming pool that offers the highest APY yield of 10.80%. slisBNB is a liquid staking service that allows investors to participate in various DeFi activities while at the same time earning staking rewards.
DeFi JUST Second on the list is DeFi Just, a decentralized lending protocol that allows users to earn through various financial services. As per the data, its liquidity pool, USDD, is currently the second-best performing yield farming pool that provides investors with an APY yield of 9.39%.
0xfluid Lite 0xfluid Lite, a vault that enables investors to stake any amount of ETH and provides them with an efficient and user-friendly staking experience, followed. The market analysis identified its liquidity pool, ETH, as the third-ranked yield farming pool, which currently offers a 7.67% APY yield to users.
Marinade Finance Marinade Finance, a Solana-based non-custodial staking platform that allows users to stake SOL tokens and earn yields, secured the fourth position. Its liquid staking product, mSOL, has been identified as another outstanding liquidity pool, currently providing investors with an APY yield of 7.33%.
Morpho V1 Fifth on the list is Morpho V1, a vault that enables users to automate earning yield in DeFi. The analysis recognized its liquidity pool, STEAKUSDC, as providing the fifth-best farming yield, currently offering an APY yield of 6.75% to investors.
Other Top Market Performers Other yield faming pools that also offer outstanding annual percentage yields (APYs) include Morpho V1 (SPARKUSDC), Maple Finance (USDC), Drift Protocol (dSOL), Jito SOL (JITOSOL), and Maple Finance (USDT), as further illustrated in the data.
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The cryptocurrency market will welcome a wave of tokens worth approximately $666.4 million in the third week of December 2025. Major projects, including LayerZero (ZRO), Arbitrum (ARB), and Sei (SEI), will release token supplies over the next seven days.
These unlocks could increase short-term volatility and influence price movements across the market. So, here’s a breakdown of what to watch in each project.
1. LayerZero (ZRO) Unlock Date: December 20 Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 25.71 million ZRO (2.57% of Total Supply) Current Circulating Supply: 202.6 million ZRO Total Supply: 1 billion ZRO LayerZero is an interoperability protocol that connects different blockchains. Its primary goal is to facilitate seamless cross-chain communication. Thus, it enables decentralized applications (dApps) to interact across multiple blockchains without relying on traditional bridging models.
The team will release 25.71 million tokens on December 20, valued at around $38.31 million. The stack accounts for 6.79% of the released supply.
ZRO Crypto Token Unlock in December. Source: TokenomistLayerZero will award 13.42 million altcoins to strategic partners. Core contributors will get 10.63 million ZRO. Lastly, 1.67 million ZRO are for tokens repurchased by the team.
2. Arbitrum (ARB) Unlock Date: December 16 Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 92.65 million ARB (0.93% of Total Supply) Current Circulating Supply: 5.6 billion ARB Total supply: 10 billion ARB Arbitrum is a Layer-2 scaling solution built for Ethereum (ETH). It enhances transaction speed and reduces costs while maintaining the security of the Ethereum network. The blockchain achieves this by utilizing ‘optimistic rollups,’ which process transactions off-chain and submit them to the Ethereum mainnet for validation.
On December 16, Arbitrum will unlock 92.65 million tokens into the market. The tokens are worth $19.3 million and represent 1.90% of the current released supply.
ARB Crypto Token Unlock in December. Source: TokenomistArbitrum will award 56.13 million ARB from the unlocked supply to the team, future team, and advisors. Moreover, investors will gain 36.52 million tokens.
3. Sei (SEI) Unlock Date: December 15 Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 55.56 million SEI (0.55% of Total Supply) Current Circulating Supply: 6.49 billion SEI Total supply: 10 billion SEI Sei is a Layer-1 blockchain built on the Cosmos SDK. The network provides high-performance infrastructure for decentralized finance (DeFi) and other dApps.
Sei will unlock 55.56 million tokens, worth approximately $6.98 million, on December 15. The tokens represent 1.08% of the released supply. Furthermore, the team will receive the entire unlocked supply.
SEI Crypto Token Unlock in December. Source: Tokenomist In addition to these, other prominent unlocks that investors can look out for in the third week of December include Lista DAO (LISTA), ZKsync (ZK), ApeCoin (APE), and more, contributing to the total market-wide releases.
