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Billionaire investor Tim Draper predicted Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) complete dominance over the dollar within the next five years on Wednesday, driven by what he sees as unprecedented innovation on the network. What Happened: In an X post, Draper, a renowned venture capitalist and long-time...

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin said Friday that the blockchain's base layer will be scaled tenfold in about a year. What happened: Buterin was speaking about ecosystem developments at a fireside chat at ETHGlobal Prague 2025. "I think we should scale L1 by about 10x over the next...

Shibarium, the Layer-2 blockchain of Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB), has reported a significant 54% increase in transactions. This surge indicates a growing interest and engagement in the network. What Happened: The daily transactions on Shibarium rose from 2.01 million to 3.1 million...

German lending behemoth, Deutsche Bank AG Inc. (NYSE:DB), was developing an Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) Layer-2 blockchain, according to a Wednesday report, the latest in a wave of growing interest in Web3 by traditional financial giants. What Happened: The solution was developed using ZKsync technology...

A meme coin named Brett (CRYPTO: BRETT) that runs on Base, a system that helps Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) work faster and cheaper, has been up 30% in the last seven days. What Happened: On-chain cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez thinks that BRETT could become a lot more valuable – by as much as...

Trading platform Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) on Thursday announced plans to integrate Arbitrum (CRYPTO: ARB), a leading layer-2 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) blockchain, into its Robinhood Wallet. What Happened: The collaboration aims to facilitate easier and more efficient crypto swaps for...

The Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) ecosystem’s Shibarium has a new rival, ShibChain, a Layer-2 scaling solution built on Polygon CDK. This was highlighted as a new chapter for the Shiba Inu Army (Shib Army). What Happened: ShibChain is backed by Polygon and is built on Polygon’...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) Layer-2 Stacks (CRYPTO: STX) has experienced a surge of 13% within the past 24 hours. This surge is accompanied by a significant spike in trading volume, which has seen a 230% increase, reaching a total of $165 million. What Happened: The majority of STX trading occurred on...

Video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) launched an NFT marketplace earlier this year as it looked to grow its presence in the Web3 space. The company shared an update on launching more gaming-related NFTs on its platform. Here are the details. What Happened: GameStop launched its NFT...

The bullish narrative built around Layer 2 tokens, as users got priced out of Ethereum’s (CRYPTO: ETH) mainnet, failed to materialize this year, as per Delphi Digital. What Happened:  Instead, tokens that dedicated a part of their treasuries to incentivize users such as Polygon (...

Cryptocurrency Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB), known as the Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) killer, has been undergoing continued development over the last few months, even as the crypto's price has been dropping. Shibarium is a layer-2 solution first proposed by Ryoshi, the creator of Shiba Inu...

Loopring (CRYPTO: LRC) is flying higher and reached new all-time highs on Monday. The cryptocurrency is moving on rumors of a possible NFT partnership with GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME). The coin has been moving up the past few days and is now up 239% since the beginning of November, while Dogecoin (...