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Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. LILPEPE emerges as a serious challenger to XRP as traders seek high-upside plays in the 2025 crypto bull run. Summary LILPEPE could outpace XRP as traders seek high-growth altcoins. XRP’s gains slow, while LILPEPE rises with utility and hype. Traders eye LILPEPE over XRP for bigger returns in this bull run. With the crypto market still in its initial phase of the bull run, both experienced and new traders are starting to look at new tokens that have the…

Solana only briefly surpassed BNB in market cap, but its DeFi metrics suggest that the race is not yet over. Summary After surpassing BNB, Solana returned to sixth place DeFi metrics suggest that the race is still on Solana’s TVL remains robust even after the price correction Solana’s (SOL) recent rise to the fifth spot of all crypto assets, ahead of BNB (BNB), only lasted for a few hours. However, its fundamentals, including robust DeFi metrics, suggest that the race is not over and a potential for a major shift at the top of the crypto food chain. After reaching…

Crypto’s treasury narrative is having its moment amidst changes in market structure in the 2025 bull run. Bitcoin reached its new all-time high and subsequently experienced a price correction over the following days and weeks. Surprisingly, the state of the market did not discourage corporate giants and publicly traded firms from adding altcoins to their treasuries.  Bitcoin treasury strategy applied to top altcoins  President Donald Trump kicked off a treasury strategy, elevating Bitcoin’s (BTC) place to strategic reserve asset. Bitcoin treasury took off with Strategy’s playbook of adding BTC to their balance sheet.  Following in Strategy’s footsteps, 159 public companies…

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. LILPEPE and SEI gain ground as investors look beyond Dogecoin to utility-driven meme and altcoin challengers. Summary LILPEPE nears presale close, eyes DOGE dethroning with L2 utility. Little Pepe builds meme-focused Layer-2 to outpace Dogecoin. At $0.0015, LILPEPE offers tech, hype, and 2025 memecoin momentum. Dogecoin is a leading memecoin, but investors in 2025 want utility, innovation, and community-driven projects. While Dogecoin remains relevant, two surging contenders — Little Pepe (LILPEPE) and Sei (SEI) — are showing signs that…

Kalshi has integrated xAI’s controversial Grok into its prediction market platform, becoming one of the first trading venues to embed generative AI directly into the user experience. Summary Kalshi has integrated Grok, xAI’s real-time conversational AI, into its prediction market platform, marking a major AI entry into speculative trading. As Kalshi internalizes AI and Polymarket leans on distribution via X, two very different futures for market forecasting are now in play. The move, announced on July 24, follows Kalshi’s recent $185 million Series C raise and signals a growing divergence in strategy among prediction market platforms, as Kalshi leans into…

Strategy has raised $2 billion through a preferred stock offering underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and other major banks, quadrupling its initial target to expand its Bitcoin holdings. The offering, priced at $90 per share with a 9% dividend, reflects strong institutional demand and marks one of the largest crypto-focused capital raises by a publicly traded company. The move reinforces Strategy’s long-standing shift toward Bitcoin as a core treasury asset. Summary Strategy quadrupled its preferred stock offering to $2B to fuel further Bitcoin accumulation. The move was underwritten by major banks including Morgan Stanley and Barclays, signaling growing institutional confidence…

Tesla stole the spotlight Thursday—not for the right reasons—as its 9% stock plunge weighed on sentiment despite upbeat earnings from Alphabet and IBM, leaving U.S. markets mixed. The Dow Jones slipped, dragged by a surprise IBM selloff, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 edged higher on strong results from Google’s parent company. Summary Dow Jones diverged from other indices IBM lost 8% despite strong earnings Tesla stock lost 9% on earnings miss US stock indices are mixed On Thursday, July 24, Dow Jones was down 200 points or 0.43%, dragged down by low IBM earnings. At the same time, the…

Crypto threats are no longer just technical as they’re increasingly about human behavior and new tools like AI. The first half of 2025 shows that staying ahead means thinking broader than just smart contracts. Summary Crypto security stayed messy in the first half of 2025, with attacks growing more advanced. Scams hit both big firms and everyday users, and AI-related hacks are quickly becoming a serious headache. Staying safe now means combining better tools, tighter operations, and even smarter users, analysts at Hacken say. The first half of 2025 has already seen over $3.1 billion lost across crypto platforms —…

GameSquare decided to promote its NFT pivot with a CryptoPunk deal featuring DeFi pioneer Robert Leshner. Summary GameSquare bought ‘cowboy ape’ CryptoPunk The firm issued $5.15M in preferred stock for the deal DeFi pioneer Robert Leshner became GameSquare’s shareholder Ethereum (ETH) treasury firm GameSquare is doubling down on NFTs. On Thursday, July 24, the company acquired the ‘cowboy ape’ NFT from Compound founder Robert Leshner in an all-equity deal. In a move to promote its NFT pivot, GameSquare issued $5.15 million of preferred stock to Robert Leshner, convertible into approximately 3.4 million stock. CryptoPunk #5577 | Source: Chainwire With the…

Bitcoin dominance spiraled to its lowest level in five months, down to 60.51%. While dominance is recovering, crypto experts predict the onset of the altcoin season. The dramatic decline in BTC dominance is considered an early indicator of an altcoin season. Ripple, Solana and Dogecoin post double-digit gains, leading an altcoin rally in the second half of 2025.  Bitcoin dominance unravels  Bitcoin (BTC) dominance dropped to its lowest level since June, on July 21, 2025. Since then BTC dominance recovered, however it is ranging under 62%, at the time of writing on Thursday.  Bitcoin dominance is a key ingredient in…