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Crypto Venture Capital Effectively Stalled as Talent, Capital Shift to AI

Crypto Venture Capital Effectively Stalled as Talent, Capital Shift to AI

The venture capital market for digital assets has fallen into a slump, with both talent and capital shifting to the artificial intelligence industry.Michael Dempsey, managing partner at Compound, said in a recent Empire podcast interview that the crypto VC market has been effectively stagnant for ab…

Polkadot Pushes to Introduce DOT-Backed Stablecoin dotUSD

Polkadot Pushes to Introduce DOT-Backed Stablecoin dotUSD

Polkadot is pushing to introduce dotUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin backed by its native DOT token.BlockchainReporter reported on November 14 that Polkadot Community Foundation's new ecosystem strategy, which includes the dotUSD rollout plan, was approved in a decentralized governance vote on Novemb…

Stablecoin Supply Falls by $17 Billion in a Month

Stablecoin Supply Falls by $17 Billion in a Month

A sharp decline in stablecoin supply is weakening buying power in the crypto market, according to an analysis.Glassnode said on Nov. 14 that stablecoin supply has fallen by about $17 billion over the past month. It was the steepest decline since 2022.The data indicates money is leaving the crypto ma…

Charles Hoskinson Speaks Out on Finishing Cardano

Charles Hoskinson Speaks Out on Finishing Cardano

Cardano founder has doubled down on his comments about completing the blockchain's development. In an AMA, the Cardano founder was asked about finishing Cardano; he answered in the affirmative, saying yes, the roadmap was done.In a recent livestream titled "Finishing Cardano," Hoskinson maintains th…

Kava Says Token Slump Wasn’t Caused by Minting Issue, Situation Under Control

Kava Says Token Slump Wasn’t Caused by Minting Issue, Situation Under Control

Kava has responded to a large-scale token transfer and selloff involving its KAVA token.In an official statement on Nov. 14, Kava said it had identified abnormal transactions in which KAVA tokens were moved to BNB Chain and then sold.The company said the incident was not caused by an error that allo…

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Pump.fun’s Cumulative Solana Sales Near $890 Million

Pump.fun’s Cumulative Solana Sales Near $890 Million

Pump.fun, a Solana-based memecoin issuance platform, has sold more than $720 million worth of Solana on a cumulative basis, according to on-chain data.Data from on-chain analytics platforms Lookonchain and Onchain Lens on Nov. 14 showed that Pump.fun deposited 64,666 Solana, worth about $5.19 millio…

ShapeShift Founder Eric Voorhees Buys $97 Million Worth of Ether

ShapeShift Founder Eric Voorhees Buys $97 Million Worth of Ether

Eric Voorhees, the founder of crypto trading platform ShapeShift, appears to have recently made a large purchase of Ether.On-chain analytics platform Lookonchain said on November 14 that multiple wallets linked to Voorhees bought 48,647 Ether over the past four days, spending about $97 million.The w…

Binance Tightens Security With Zero-Knowledge Proof Upgrade

Binance Tightens Security With Zero-Knowledge Proof Upgrade

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, has continued to deploy new measures to strengthen security on its exchange after it suffered the biggest cyberattack ever seen in the history of crypto late last month.In a bid to foster transparency and regain its users' trust, Binance has ju…

U.K. Bitcoin Policy Institute Urges Using Surplus Wind Power for Bitcoin Mining

U.K. Bitcoin Policy Institute Urges Using Surplus Wind Power for Bitcoin Mining

A proposal has emerged in the U.K. to use surplus wind power that cannot be transmitted because of grid bottlenecks for Bitcoin mining, with the aim of improving grid efficiency.CoinDesk reported on November 14 that the Bitcoin Policy Institute, or BPI, recently proposed in a report using surplus wi…

Ethereum Price Remains Under Pressure: Are ETF Outflows Pushing ETH Lower?

Ethereum Price Remains Under Pressure: Are ETF Outflows Pushing ETH Lower?

The Ethereum price is struggling to regain the $2,000 level as selling pressure continues to weigh on the broader market. Persistent outflows from spot Ethereum ETFs, reported sales from wallets linked to the Ethereum Foundation, and large whale transactions have added to concerns about investor con…

US Government Holds 306,790 Bitcoin, Crypto Valued at $20.57 Billion

US Government Holds 306,790 Bitcoin, Crypto Valued at $20.57 Billion

The total value of the cryptocurrency holdings held by the US government stands at about $20.57 billion.According to on-chain analytics platform Onchain Lens on Nov. 14, the US government currently holds a range of digital assets, including 306,790 Bitcoin and 17,430 Ether.The combined value of thos…

AI Agents Can Now Buy Computing With Bitcoin—Does Lightning Have Its Use Case?

AI Agents Can Now Buy Computing With Bitcoin—Does Lightning Have Its Use Case?

AI agents have a new way to spend Bitcoin: buying the computing needed to keep working. Lightning Labs has launched pi402, a tool that lets coding agents pay for AI inference over the Lightning Network.The November 12 announcement moves the agent-payments debate toward a specific purchase. Rather th…