Author: Alice Monroe

In May 2025 Hyperliquid saw a record $248 billion in perpetual futures volume which is a 51.5% increase from April’s $187.5 billion and also an amazing 843% year over year growth. This did in fact propel Hyperliquid to take 10.54% of Binance’s perpetual futures volume which broke the key 10% mark that indicates wide scale adoption of decentralised perpetuals. As Binance perps rule the derivatives market Hyperliquid’s quick rise is a tell tale of a larger trend towards decentralised trading platforms which are performing at speed of centralised exchanges. Advanced Tech In Decentralised Perpetuals At the core of Hyperliquid’s success…

Solana based memecoin launch platform Pump.fun is at it again with a report of an exciting new move. They plan to share PUMP revenue straight with token holders. The team is going after a $1B public token offering for its upcoming PUMP token. In turn, this gives the project a FDV of $4B. Since going live in January 2024, Pump.fun has brought in $677 million in revenue from its 0.1% minting fee on over 3.85 million token sales. At one point, daily revenues hit $7 million. But now, they average $1 million per day. This, in turn, has solidified Pump(fun)’s…

Jonathan Mann, known for his “Song A Day” project which ran for a long time, made waves in 2022. He put over 3,700 of his songs up for sale as NFTs on the Ethereum platform. This brought him about $3 million in under an hour. But the good news didn’t last. When the market took a turn against him a few months later, Mann was left to deal with a crypto tax issue. Jonathan Mann’s crypto tax situation meant he owed over $1.1 million to the IRS. This was a large sum despite the fact that the crypto’s value had…

On June 6, 2025, the lead player, Alex Protocol, experienced a major security issue. At that time, Alex Protocol was in its early days and was the first of its kind to have a Bitcoin DeFi platform built on the Stacks blockchain. What happened was exploitation of a weak point in the protocol’s self listing verification system. As a result, over $8.3 million of digital coins were siphoned off. This included a lot of STX coins, wrapped Bitcoin, and stablecoins. This event marked the second biggest attack on the Stacks ecosystem to that point. Consequently, it greatly eroded confidence in…

In 2025 at the start of February, the LIBRA crypto scandal issue broke out. President Javier Milei of Argentina put forward the $LIBRA token via social media. He presented it as a private project for economic growth. The memecoin’s market cap grew to $2 billion. However, we saw a 94% crash soon after, which took in $250 million in investor value. From blockchain analysis 86% of wallets reported losses totaling over $250 million. Milei, who is known for his support of crypto, deleted a promotional post of his. He said he was not aware of the project’s tech details. This…

U. S. reported that Ethereum ETFs have hit a record total of $3.33 billion in net inflows which came about through a 15 day stretch of positive addition to assets. This demand boom breaks into a longest continuous purchase trend since the July 2024 launch of the ETFs which in turn is an indicator of growing institutional confidence in Ethereum’s evolving ecosystem, driving considerable spot Ethereum ETF inflows. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) is at the head of the pack with $600 million in inflows during this time, on the other hand Grayscale’s Ethereum products report a large $4.09 billion…

In 2025 on May 6 Bitcoin saw a rise in price which took it above $97,000. This rise captured the world’s attention. That 3% gain reflects growing optimism about the outcome of the U.S.-China trade talks. At the same time, investors are very much tuned in to how these events will play out. These developments are expected to influence global markets. Bitcoin Price Rise: Fuel Of The Growth The Bitcoin Price Rise is due to reports of in-depth trade talks between the U.S. and China. Scheduled from May 9 to 12 in Geneva, these discussions are to present a platform.…

The US Department of Justice is reporting to the Supreme Court to turn down a large-scale appeal from Coinbase user James Harper. He claims the IRS broke his Fourth Amendment rights. The issue concerns government access to crypto exchange records. This situation brings forth very basic questions of financial privacy in the digital age. In 2016, the IRS issued a “John Doe” summons to seek information on Coinbase users reporting over $20,000 annually. Although the courts narrowed the scope of that request, Harper’s info still emerged. It was released without specific proof of wrong doings. Now Harper argues that this…

REX Shares in collaboration with Osprey Funds has broken through in crypto finance by going to the SEC to put out staking focused Ethereum and Solana ETFs. These funds will see to it that the traditional investment models are combined with what the block chain has to offer, a move which may in fact transform how digital assets are made available to both institutional and retail investors. REX Shares Introduces First Staking-Focused ETFs Proposed out of the gate are ETFs which put forth exposure to crypto prices and also a play on staking rewards, a move which we don’t see…

The Trump Media is making a bold play for $2.44 billion in a move which puts them into the crypto space, particularly with the Trump Media Bitcoin Treasury initiative. This is a large step for the Truth Social platform in terms of their adoption of crypto. This initiative also plays into the political brand of the company. Furthermore, the growing interest from institutions in digital assets is a sign of Bitcoin’s main stage entry into corporate finance. The company is taking a two pronged approach to funding which includes secondary stock issues and convertible notes. Trump Media Bitcoin Treasury will…