Author: Alice Monroe

BTCS Ethereum Investment took a significant stride with the company announcing a fund raise of $57.8 million. Nasdaq-listed BTCS Inc. intends to add more Ethereum (ETH) to its portfolio by issuing convertible notes. These notes will be issued in partnership with ATW Partners LLC. The action demonstrates BTCS’s very strong optimism about the future of Ethereum. It follows trends among publicly traded blockchain firms. BTCS Ethereum Investment Details The transaction allows BTCS to raise $7.8 million upfront. BTCS will then have an option later on to raise a further $50 million in its Ethereum-focused investment strategy. These convertible notes will…

The oracle market is shaking up the $50 billion financial facts offerings sector. Blockchain-based oracle networks, led by Pyth are challenging monopolistic giants like Bloomberg. In 2024 alone, Pyth’s Total Value Secured (TVS) grew forty six-fold. With its new Lazer protocol delivering 1ms pricing feeds, it’s redrawing the limits of real-time buying and selling. Blockchain Oracles Slash Costs, Increase Speed Eight companies dominate 85% of the financial data market. They charge institutions as much as $2.5 million annually for real -time feeds. These inheritance companies use outdated push -based subscription models and lack flexibility and cost -effectiveness. Enter the Oracle…

Alchemy Solana’s acquisition of DexterLab is a strategic foray into the expanding Solana ecosystem. The acquisition, made on May 16, 2025, broadens Alchemy’s infrastructure beyond Ethereum and solidifies its status as a multi-chain giant. Known as the “AWS of blockchain,” Alchemy has made Ethereum-based development possible with essential tools such as SDKs and validator services. Now, with DexterLab joining the team, the company secures its grip on fast-growing blockchain ecosystems. DexterLab, a Solana-native infrastructure giant, understands scale. The company manages Solana’s massive data output nearly 1 terabyte daily with ease. Its real-time APIs and global data centres put it right…

DigiAsia which has added Bitcoin to its treasury has seen a great reaction in the market. Shares went up by 91% in a single day which is a large step into their digital asset plan. Headquartered in Jakarta the tech company is out to be at the front of crypto based corporate treasury management. DigiAsia’s Bitcoin Treasury Game Plan On that May 19 report DigiAsia broke into the news that they have put in a plan of $100 million to go into Bitcoin. What they are doing is to put up to 50% of our future net profits into Bitcoin.…

JP Morgan has entered the space of Bitcoin ETF access for clients which is a turning point in the crypto institutionalisation. The policy change is a degree of adoption of digital assets which still has its issues with CEO Jamie Dimon not so much a believer in crypto’s value. JP Morgan’s Bitcoin Policy: A Juggling Act. Since in 2017 Dimon put forth that Bitcoin is a fraud, worth nothing which also included that it is a pet rock  at the same time the bank was developing blockchain tools like Quorum which tells of a different internal story. In 2025 SAB…

Solana’s biggest breakthrough since launch is The Alpenglow Protocol. This protocol, spearheaded by Anza, marks a radical redesign aiming for sub-second finality and unparalleled reliability. If we pull it off, we may see a blockchain under the Alpenglow Protocol as fast and stable as traditional Web2 systems. Replacing what Solana had with Proof of History and TowerBFT, we present Votor and Rotor. These introduce to the table solutions for issues of latency and scale. The Alpenglow experience helps difficult decentralized applications, like dApps, to operate more in real-time. Anza’s Role and Design Philosophy In 2024, the formation of Anza focused…

In a defining moment for crypto, the U.S. Senate on May 19, 2025, voted 66-32 in favour of the passage of the GENIUS Act. This is to say the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoin Act. This breaks from a recent stalemate and brings into reality the prospect of federal regulation of stablecoins like never before. The bill aims to bring much-needed clarity to the crypto space. It does this by putting in place a licensing system for issuers and rules which do not allow for interest to be paid to stablecoin holders. The passage reports a big…

In May 2025 Ethereum’s latest upgrade Pectra went live which saw into action the eight Ethereum Improvement Proposals that as per JPMorgan Chase  Co which had the aim of improving staking efficiency, validator operations and compliance. This Ethereum upgrade resulted in transaction volumes that did not see growth, also retail participation went down. This paradox also presents the growth of Ethereum’s institution play which sees the CME futures positions rise and we see the launch of new security token standards. At the same time daily active addresses have stabilised at 387,000 and transactions are at 1.1 million per day which…

Circle Internet Financial, which issued the USD Coin (USDC), is at a crossroads. They are in the process of preparing for a $5 billion IPO. At the same time, they are in talks to acquire major crypto players Ripple and Coinbase. Circle Internet also has to consider the rebounding crypto markets. The $250 billion stable coin sector is seeing more competition and regulation. What Circle does going forward may well restructure the future of digital finance. It will also affect the adoption of blockchain in financial services worldwide. Circle has had three IPO attempts which had failed due to regulatory…

In May 30, 2025 James Wynn, who is into cryptocurrency trading saw a huge blow to his fortune as he lost out on a Bitcoin bet he had put forward at the Hyper Liquid decentralised exchange which resulted in a loss of $99.3 million. Wynn had taken very aggressive positions which were at 40x leverage and the forced closure of these trades came about when Bitcoin’s price broke key support levels, which we also see as a display of the risk that comes with high leverage in volatile crypto markets. The liquidation happened on two large scales. James Wynn saw…