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After UFC’s Instagram was hacked to promote a pump-and-dump Solana meme coin scam, the attackers got away with $1.4 million in profit.

Midnight Society, the developer behind Deadrop, confirmed Thursday that it’s closing up shop after splitting with its famous co-founder.

TRUMP’s price and trading volume have both fallen dramatically, but President Trump’s Solana meme coin still has ardent backers.

After dominating the 2024 election, Fairshake apparently intends to keep up the pressure to ensure crypto’s continued political strength.

El Salvador agreed to stop accepting tax payments in BTC and to “gradually unwind” the Chivo wallet, a government-issued crypto wallet.

The deal includes MoonPay ads across the Shots Podcast Network, with Shots CEO John Shahidi joining the firm as a creative advisor.

If approved, the unit expanding its authority and resources beyond its initial formation in July 2023.

The SEC fined Kraken $30 million back in 2023 and forced it to shut down a similar staking product for U.S. customers.

Dogecoin is back in the green Thursday with modest gains, but some prominent Solana meme coins are blasting up the charts.

TRUMP, a meme coin launched earlier this month on Solana, is available as a payment option at several of President Trump’s online merchandise stores. 

The new ZK chain will enable game developers and item creators to store and manage in-game items on-chain.

A Venmo co-founder, Iqram Magdon-Ismail, and early investor have launched a Solana token to support a future video app.

After Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX collapsed in 2022, the future of Solana looked bleak. But from the fraud-fuelled ashes came a meme coin that saved the network. Bonk was created and airdropped to a ton of Solana developers as a way to bring back fun vibes to the network. In many ways, it worked.

Illinois has become the latest state to propose a Bitcoin reserve, joining a growing list of states advancing similar bills.

The Japanese tech giant’s potential investment would surpass Microsoft’s stake, marking its largest AI bet.

Bitcoin rose to $105,000 following the Fed’s decision to hold rates steady, with Chair Jerome Powell signaling openness to crypto banking.

Canary’s proposed Litecoin ETF aims to eliminate the technological hurdles that have historically irked mainstream investors.

The operation will mine Bitcoin and several other tokens as part of the firm’s broader venture mining push.

The controversial biohacker has detailed his latest experiment in age reversal using full plasma replacement therapy.

Deepseek is starting to raise flags as the tech community responds with mockery amid allegations the Chinese startup is copying the copiers.

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The gain reflects a new accounting adjustment, lifting Tesla’s reported digital asset value to $1.076 billion from $184 million.

The Federal Reserve Chair signaled that U.S. banks should be allowed to cater to crypto customers while trying to pioneer new services.

During a confirmation hearing to become Commerce Secretary, the billionaire Bitcoin backer faced questions about his firm’s ties to Tether.

Degens are launching hundreds of tokens a day on Solana meme coin factory Pump.fun—and making sizable profits as a result.

Cardano’s Plomin hard fork is set to go live late Wednesday, letting ADA token holders participate in network governance.

“We do not need to be in a hurry to adjust our policy stance,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday, as Bitcoin bounced around.

Popular crypto wallet Phantom has launched support for Sui, which joins the likes of Solana, Bitcoin, and Ethereum in the app.

DeepSeek’s low-cost, high-power AI model has shaken up the global AI industry and ethics debates. Here’s how they did it.

B3, a layer-3 gaming chain built on Ethereum network Base by former Coinbase employees, is gearing up to launch a token.