Author: James Wilson

Donald Trump’s ties to cryptocurrency projects, his holdings and those of Trump-backed World Liberty Financial have raised red flags in the crypto community on several occasions. As the Trump administration changes its stance from the U.S. President’s previous term and turns pro-crypto, several crypto companies with close ties to Trump and his aides have gained or set their sights on gaining from association.  In the following research, we uncover Trump family businesses, ties to crypto projects, top five crypto tokens that could benefit during the administration and unpack the controversy around it all.  Trump’s crypto holdings and TRUMP meme coin  …

Wemix Foundation CEO addressed the late announcement of Feb. 28 security breach and announced full services resumption on Mar. 21. In a press conference held on Mar. 17, Wemix Foundation (WEMIX) CEO Kim Seok-hwan addressed the delayed announcement of the recent security breach and announced full services resumption on 21 March, as initially reported by Business Korea. The incident in question occurred on Feb. 28 and involved a security breach of the Wemix Foundation’s “Play Bridge Vault” crypto wallet, which transfers WEMIX to other blockchains. Around 8.6 million WEMIX tokens were withdrawn, worth around $6.04 million (8.75 billion won). Following the…

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded over $1.6 billion in net outflows during the first two weeks of March amid escalating U.S. trade tensions and broader market uncertainty. According to data from SoSoValue, the 12 spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs saw weekly outflows of $799.39 million and $870.39 million in the first two weeks of March, adding up to a total outflow of $1.67 billion over the period. These outflows marked the fifth straight week of net withdrawals, wiping out over $5.4 billion from these ETFs. In contrast, these Bitcoin ETFs have previously pulled in over $5 billion in investments after…

Binance Wallet launches a zero-fee swap promotion, but only for users with backed-up keyless addresses. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is launching a six-month zero-fee swap promotion for users of its Binance Wallet (formerly known as Binance Web3 Wallet) in a bid to attract retail traders. In a Mar. 17 announcement, the exchange said the offer only applies to swaps made through Binance Wallet’s integrated swap and bridge features or quick buy in Binance Alpha, a platform within Binance Wallet, featuring tokens that may be considered for listings on Binance in the future. Binance pointed out that transactions “made via third-party dApps…

Pump.fun’s revenue has hit a 4-month low, driven by a bottoming-out of its token graduation rate. According to DefiLlama data, Pump.fun’s protocol fee revenue is at $791,500 as of Mar. 17, a 94% drop from the $15.38 million peak on Jan. 25. This marks its lowest single-day value since November. Pump.fun daily fees and revenue chart | Source: Defilama In addition to the drop in revenue, the cool-off of memecoin frenzy on Pump.fun is also evident from the decline in the platform’s graduation rate—the number of memecoins that make it to Solana (SOL) decentralized exchanges contingent on meeting specific liquidity…

A whale that has been dormant for 1.5 years has deposited 300 BTC to crypto brokerage FalconX alongside 1,050 BTC to two other wallets. According to data on SpotOnChain, an anonymous whale with $85.7 million in Bitcoin (BTC) holdings just sent 300 BTC through digital asset broker FalconX. At current market prices, the transaction is worth around $25.1 million in BTC. In addition to FalconX, the whale also sent 1,050 BTC, equal to around $87.2 million, to two fairly new wallets. At press time, the address still holds around $12.55 million worth of Bitcoin, or equal to 150,000 BTC. The…

PancakeSwap’s native token CAKE surged 15% as the trading platform overtook other decentralized exchanges in daily trading volume, reaching $1.64 billion. PancakeSwap saw its native token (CAKE) surged 15% as the platform became the most active decentralized exchange by daily trading volume. Data from analytics platform DefiLlama shows that PancakeSwap recorded $1.639 billion in 24-hour trading volume on Monday, Mar. 17, overtaking Uniswap (UNI) and Raydium (RAY), which saw $1.021 billion and $334.98 million, respectively. https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1900114634121601493 The surge in trading volume apparently comes after Binance founder Changpeng Zhao reignited interest in memecoins, indirectly promoting BNB Chain-based memecoin MUBARAK on his…

StraitsX USD, a Singaporean firm-issued USD stablecoin, soared as high as 5% after Binance announced it will be listing the token on March 19. On Mar. 17, Binance announced that it will be listing StraitsX USD and open trading for the XUSD/USDT spot trading pair starting from March 19 at 08:00 UTC. In addition to the launch, Binance users will receive zero trading fee for the XUSD/USDT (USDT) trading pair and margin trading pairs since the launch date for an indefinite period of time. Users can begin withdrawing XUSD on the crypto exchange on Mar. 20 at 08:00 UTC. Shortly…

Aave Labs founder Stani Kulechov has confirmed that no new token will be created for Horizon, Aave’s initiative to integrate real-world assets into decentralized finance. According to Kulechov’s Mar. 16 post on X, the Aave (AAVE) DAO has reached a clear consensus against launching an additional token for Horizon, and the development team will respect this decision. Horizon was announced on Mar. 13 as a means of integrating RWAs into DeFi while also meeting institutional standards.  Overall consensus across the Aave DAO is that there is no interest on other tokens. The consensus will be respected, Aave DAO is a…

Bubblemaps is up 40%, buyoed by potential listing on Binance spot and recent listing on OKXFUN. As of Mar. 17, Bubblemaps (BMT) has surged 40% in the past 24 hours, with its trading volume reaching $51 million—an increase of 188%. Most of this rally occurred in the last few hours, with the price rising from around $0.085 to $0.14. However, it has since retraced to $0.13 at the time of writing, according to CoinMarketCap. Today’s surge follows a steep drop right after the token launch, likely driven by profit-taking from airdrop claimants. The price hit an all-time high of $0.1684…