Beyond the airdrop, major ES token allocations include 35% for ecosystem growth, 31% for early backers, and 19% for contributors.
Tokens launched through exchange‑run launchpads delivered double‑digit returns in 202, yet the fundraising channel still burdens retail users with steep valuations and opaque allocations, MEXC Research said in a July 15 report. The report reviewed dozens of offerings across centralized exchange (CEX) and decentralized exchange (DEX) platforms. MEXC recorded five listings in the first half of the […]
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Standard Chartered says a $750 billion stablecoin market size could influence Treasury issuance and emerging market stability.
Aqua1 Foundation, a UAE-based investor in the World Liberty Financial (WLFI) DeFi project, has publicly denied affiliation with Chinese market-making firm Web3Port. The clarification comes in response to growing speculation surrounding the fund’s recent $100 million investment in World Liberty Financial, a blockchain project with ties to US President Donald Trump. Relationship with Web3Port? On […]
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If pro-crypto legislation passes through Congress over the coming days, "crypto will never be the same" again, Hougan said.
Pump.fun’s PUMP token opened at a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of roughly $5.6 billion on July 14 and fell 7.3% within the first three hours of trading, according to DEX Screener data. The Solana-based coin changed hands at approximately $0.005128 at 20:30 UTC, implying a current FDV of nearly $5.12 billion, liquidity of $19.3 million, […]
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In the past four days, SharpLink appears to have added 62,232 ETH, worth around $186.4 million at current market prices.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Sonnet BioTherapeutics, a publicly listed biotech firm, has announced a definitive merger agreement with Rorschach I LLC, a newly formed entity backed by Atlas Merchant Capital and other crypto-focused investors, including Paradigm Ventures. According to a July 14 statement, the merged company will adopt a new name, Hyperliquid Strategies, Inc. (HSI), and shift its focus […]
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Investor demand for digital asset investment products surged last week, with total inflows reaching $3.7 billion, the second-largest weekly inflow on record and the highest in 2025. The CoinShares weekly report showed that this was evidenced by the inflows on July 10, when the market recorded its third-largest single-day inflow of more than $1.1 billion. […]
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Kamino said it is now "the first major borrow/lend protocol in DeFi to onboard tokenized equities as collateral, marking a major milestone for DeFi."
The TGE format lets Binance Wallet users trade tokens with prices that rise as demand grows, with the first project reveal set for July 15.
Hyperliquid Strategies is expected to hold 12.6 million HYPE tokens and $305 million in cash at closing of the deal.
Ethereum rose 1.2% in the past 24 hours to $2,981, trading near its highest level since early February this year.
Pump.fun, a platform that enables anyone to create and launch memecoins, concluded one of the largest and fastest initial coin offerings (ICOs) on Saturday. Within 12 minutes of the ICO going live, the platform raised $600 million from the sale of 15% of its token supply for $0.0040 each. The ICO, which ended far quicker […]
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NFT-related tokens delivered the strongest sector performance in the second quarter, gaining an average of 55.4% even as dollar-denominated NFT trading volume fell to multi-year lows. Artemis data shows that the average gains from NFT-related tokens surpassed the second-best performance, which was Ethereum’s (ETH) 37.2%, by nearly 50%. Pudgy Penguins’ PENGU token accounted for much […]
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Bitcoin (BTC) registered a new all-time high of $118,287.46 on July 11 and is up 3.3% in the past 24 hours, but major altcoins are leading the gains during the same period. Ethereum (ETH) breached the $3,000 threshold for the first time since Feb. 2, and is currently trading at $2,987.55 as of press time, […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Solana-based memecoin platform Pump.fun is preparing for what could become one of the largest token sales in crypto history. The project aims to raise $1.32 billion through its upcoming PUMP token offering, potentially securing the third spot among the highest-ever fundraising events in the industry. According to data from Cryptorank, Pump.fun’s fundraising goal would put […]
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Caldera, a rollup-as-a-service infrastructure provider, is launching its native token called ERA with a total supply of 1 billion.
Traders are seemingly hedging their bets on Pump.fun's upcoming ICO by shorting the token on Hyperliquid and Binance.
Hester Peirce, head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Task Force, said that putting securities on a blockchain “does not have magical abilities to transform the nature of the underlying asset.” In a July 9 statement, Peirce emphasized that tokenized shares, notes, or entitlements “are still securities,” requiring issuers, intermediaries, and traders […]
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Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.fun has confirmed that its native PUMP token will debut through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on July 12. The token will have a total supply of 1 trillion and a structured allocation designed to serve institutional, community, and internal stakeholders. PUMP’s ICO details About 33% of the total PUMP token supply […]
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Thumzup Media also disclosed that Donald Trump Jr. owns 350,000 shares, worth about $4 million at current prices.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Pump.fun is launching its first and only public token sale on July 12 on Bybit and other exchanges, aiming to raise $600 million.
Kraken and Backed are expanding xStocks support to BNB Chain, enabling users to trade tokenized U.S. equities as BEP-20 tokens.
Simplicity Group's study analyzed over 50,000 data points related to 40 crypto token launches in the first four months of the year.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The firm plans to lead Series A rounds in companies building on Bitcoin with initial checks ranging from $3 million to $8 million.