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Algorand has officially launched AlgoKit V3, marking a major step forward for developers worldwide. This update significantly enhances Algorand’s blockchain toolkit by adding native TypeScript support and other powerful improvements. As a result, Algorand becomes immediately accessible to millions of TypeScript developers globally, opening new possibilities for innovation in blockchain development. AlgoKit, the flagship development toolkit of the Algorand network, already boasts a history of providing streamlined, efficient development experiences. Its evolution from V1 to V3 demonstrates a clear commitment to reducing barriers and enhancing accessibility. With this latest release, Algorand continues to align blockchain development closer to mainstream software…
Most post-apocalyptic games have some element of supply scarcity—consider, for instance, how you have to scrounge for the limited number of tools you can craft with in The Last of Us—but Telltale’s first season of The Walking Dead may handle this concept more memorably than any other game. In its second episode, protagonist Lee Everett is given food rations to divide between a group of survivors, and it’s made clear to you that there isn’t enough for everyone. There are children, irritable adults, and, of course, yourself to consider. No matter who you choose, someone is going to be left…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Decentralized finance powered by artificial intelligence, or DeFAI for short, is on the verge of transforming onchain trading and asset management. AI-driven autonomous agents will execute trades, optimize yields, and move liquidity seamlessly across multiple blockchains. This shift will significantly boost blockchain activity and liquidity flow, but for DeFAI to truly succeed, one crucial piece of the puzzle is still missing: secure, efficient cross-chain interoperability. As DeFAI pushes the boundaries of automation and financial efficiency, having reliable,…
Over 27,740 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $2.4 billion were withdrawn from exchanges on March 25, the highest daily outflow since July 31, 2024. Meanwhile, US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue their inflow streak, suggesting that institutional demand is making a comeback. Is the Bitcoin bull run about to resume? Bitcoin exchange outflows hit 7-month highBitcoin is making another attempt at a technical breakout above $90,000 as supply on exchanges continues to decrease. Bitcoin: Net flow to exchanges. Source: GlassnodeA closer look at the data reveals that a huge chunk of these withdrawals were made by whales, or entities holding at least…
A rogue actor operating from an Ethereum wallet ‘BornTooLate.Eth’ has engaged in a governance attack on UMA, a decision-making oracle used by Polymarket, to attack the outcome of a Ukraine-themed contract by becoming one of the largest holders of UMA tokens.UMA is a decentralized “optimistic” oracle protocol that resolves disputes in prediction markets by allowing UMA token holders to vote on contentious outcomes. It has faced its share of controversy for resolving disputed markets, such as Barron Trump’s involvement in a Presidential meme coin, the nature of ‘finding’ the OceanGate submarine, and Venezuela’s contested election, drawing criticism due to subjective…
MOVE soared to a 2-month high as it parted ways with a malicious market maker, which triggered a renewed interest among whales. According to data from crypto.news, Movement (MOVE) surged 32% to an intraday high of $0.594 on March 26 afternoon Asian time, while its market cap stood at $1.36 billion. Its daily trading volume also surged 7-fold over the period, reaching around $829 million. Most of today’s gains came after the Movement Network Foundation announced it had recovered around $38 million in USDT from a now-banned market maker that had been operating on Binance. The entity was originally brought…
Fidelity Investments is reportedly in the final stages of testing a US dollar-pegged stablecoin, signaling the firm’s latest push into digital assets amid a more favorable crypto regulatory climate under the Trump administration.The $5.8 trillion asset manager plans to launch the stablecoin through its cryptocurrency division, Fidelity Digital Assets, according to a March 25 report by the Financial Times citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.The stablecoin development is reportedly part of the asset manager’s wider push into crypto-based services. Fidelity is also launching an Ethereum-based “OnChain” share class for its US dollar money market fund.Fidelity’s March 21 filing with…
Bitcoin remained steady above $87,000 in Asian afternoon hours Wednesday as traders continued to monitor U.S. data releases and how the levy of U.S. tariffs will play out starting April 2, with most in wait-and-watch mode.Majors were little-changed in the past 24 hours as Solana’s SOL, xrp (XRP), BNB Chain’s BNB, and ether (ETH) rose under 3%, while memecoin dogecoin (DOGE) outperformed with a 5.5% jump.That was the second-straight day for gains for DOGE, alongside continued bumps in pepe (PEPE) and mog (MOG), as a tendency among these tokens to act as a “beta bet” on ether’s strength showed no…
SHIB just broke out of a weeks-long downtrend, thanks to a surge in its burn rate and growing investor interest around new developments in its ecosystem. Shiba Inu (SHIB) rallied 10% to an intraday high of $0.00001485 on March 26, with its market cap seated at $8.6 billion, flipping major players like Sui (SUI) and Hedera (HBAR) while rising to become the 19th largest crypto asset per data from CoinGecko. Three catalysts are driving SHIB’s gains today. First, the Shiba Inu team has teased Shib Finance, a major DeFi upgrade that will introduce a suite of financial tools, including reputation-based…
The token tied to the crypto gaming giant Immutable surged 15% in the hours after it announced that the US Securities and Exchange Commission closed its investigation into the firm and would take no further action.The Immutable (IMX) token rose around 15% on March 25 to reach just under $0.74 shortly after the firm announced that the SEC shut its inquiry without any breach of violations, which Immutable said closed “the loop on the Wells notice issued by the SEC last year.” IMX matched crypto market downtrendIt is the highest price that IMX has reached since March 3, before a broader…
