A Culture Coin Built for Anime Fans Animecoin (ANIME), launching in 2025, is a crypto project designed around one clear idea: bringing anime culture on-chain in a way that feels accessible, useful, and community-driven. Rather than positioning itself as a purely speculative token, Animecoin describes itself as a “culture coin,
DeFi
BitMart has emerged as a leader in Bitcoin perpetual liquidity among major centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, according to newly analyzed market data comparing order book depth across global trading venues. The data, which examined the top seven levels of order books measured in U.S. dollars, shows BitMart consistently maintaining deeper
DeFi
New data highlights a sharp contrast in how the world’s two largest stablecoin issuers police illicit activity. Between 2023 and 2025, Tether froze roughly $3.3 billion in crypto assets, compared with about $109 million frozen by Circle, according to figures released by blockchain compliance firm AMLBOT. The gap,
NFT
The NFT market is closing the year on a subdued note, with prices, trading activity, and participation all sliding further in December. Instead of a seasonal bounce, commonly known as a “Santa rally,” the sector has drifted to its lowest valuation levels of 2025, reflecting waning speculative interest and thinner
Markets
Bitcoin-linked exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continued to face heavy pressure through the Christmas period, with investors pulling hundreds of millions of dollars from US-listed products during a traditionally quiet trading week. Data shows that Bitcoin ETF outflows have now reached roughly $825 million over the past five trading days, reinforcing the
NFT
PENGU, the utility token tied to the Pudgy Penguins ecosystem, briefly broke away from the broader crypto market’s holiday slowdown after the brand appeared on the Las Vegas Sphere, one of the most recognizable digital landmarks in the world. The move caught traders’ attention at a time when most
Markets
Ether is heading into a crucial moment as a massive $6 billion options expiry approaches, with market data pointing to growing caution among investors. Options positioning suggests traders are increasingly preparing for downside risk, reflecting uncertainty after Ether failed to hold above the $3,400 level for more than a
Sophon is one of the newer blockchains trying to answer a familiar question in crypto: how do you make this technology useful for everyday people, not just power users? Built within ZKsync’s Elastic Chain, Sophon focuses squarely on consumer-facing applications like games, social platforms, and digital experiences—areas where
AI
Britain’s railway network is entering a defining decade. According to a recent industry report, rail could support an additional one billion passenger journeys by the mid-2030s, building on the 1.6 billion trips recorded in the year ending March 2024. Reaching that milestone, however, will depend less on laying
Politics
As the U.S. heads toward another election cycle, cryptocurrency regulation is shaping up to be one of Congress’s most complex and closely watched policy challenges. Lawmakers from both parties are engaged in talks over a broad framework that would define how digital assets are regulated. The question now
DeFi
Gnosis Chain has activated a long-debated hard fork to recover roughly $9.4 million in funds that were frozen during the Balancer exploit earlier this year. The move, finalized on Dec. 22, marks a significant intervention by one of the key infrastructure networks supporting Balancer and has reignited discussion across
AI
For a company built on world-famous characters and tightly managed intellectual property, Disney has always faced a careful balancing act. It needs to create and distribute content at massive scale while protecting its brands, its creative standards, and the legal rights tied to its assets. Generative AI offers speed and