Trump-backed World Liberty Financial offers token swaps to crypto firms: report

World Liberty Financial, the crypto platform backed by President Donald Trump, is offering token swap deals to blockchain projects.  The proposal requires projects to purchase at least $10 million worth of WLF’s upcoming WLFI tokens, plus a 10% fee, with WLF committing to buy an equivalent amount of the project’s native tokens, according to Blockworks […]

Vitalik Buterin donates nearly $1m USDC from meme swaps

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin transferred nearly $1 million in Circle’s USDC stablecoin to his biotech fund donation address, Kanro. On Jan. 6, Buterin executed a series of swaps to sell meme coins in exchange for USDC (USDC) stablecoin tokens designated for charity donations. The “vitalik.eth” address sold approximately 28 meme coins, generating $984,000 from the […]

Bitcoin perpetual swaps stabilize amidst year-end, Ethereum options on track for short-term volatility: report

Bybit and Block Scholes’ latest report reveals that the Bitcoin options market maintained stability in the face of year-end expirations, while Ethereum options are poised for brief volatility. According to a report published by crypto exchange Bybit and analytics platform Block Scholes, open interest in Bitcoin (BTC) perpetual swaps remained stable throughout the year-end expirations. […]

Kekius Maximus falls as Elon Musk swaps X avi

Kekius Maximus meme coins on Ethereum and Solana plummet after Elon Musk changes his profile photo and X page name. Kekius Maximus, a meme coin on Ethereum (ETH), crashed from its $380 million market cap on Jan. 2 after Musk removed the character from his X account’s name and avatar. The Ethereum-based Kekius Maximus token […]