AI companies used to measure themselves against industry leader OpenAI. No more. Now that China’s DeepSeek has emerged as the frontrunner, it’s become the one to beat. On Monday, DeepSeek turned the AI industry on its head, causing billions of dollars in losses on Wall Street while raising questions about… Listen ⇢

The founders of Bioniq, a marketplace for Bitcoin-based collectibles, launched Odin.fun Thursday—aiming to reinvigorate a tepid Runes meme coin market by mirroring Solana’s immensely popular Pump.fun token launchpad. Letting users launch Bitcoin-based meme coins in a way that parallels the popular Solana app, Odin.fun was designed around speed, Bioniq CEO… Listen ⇢

Pump.fun faces a new class action lawsuit accusing it of profiting $500 million while violating U.S. securities laws. The lawsuit claims Pump.fun enabled the creation of “worthless” tokens, including FWOG, FRED, and GRIFFAIN. The platform has faced multiple legal and regulatory challenges, including a ban on U.K. users and criticism… Listen ⇢

Tether is launching its $140 billion USDT stablecoin on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network for faster, global payments. The integration is powered by Taproot Assets, enabling secure, low-cost transactions through Lightning’s scalability. This move aims to expand Bitcoin’s role from a store of value to a practical platform for remittances… Listen ⇢

Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, is coming to Bitcoin.  USDT, the company’s dollar-backed stablecoin, will soon be fully functional across both Bitcoin’s base layer and the Lightning Network, a Bitcoin scaling network, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced onstage Thursday at a Bitcoin conference in El Salvador. The integration marks… Listen ⇢

Crypto trading venue Coinbase Derivatives has applied for self-certification with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to list the Solana Futures Contract. The exchange directed the letter to CFTC’s Christopher Kirkpatrick, highlighting February 18 as its desired launch date for the product. Coinbase Derivatives and the Solana Futures Product… Listen ⇢

Popular mixed martial arts organization the UFC had its Instagram hacked on Wednesday, as a fraudulent post promoted an unauthorized Solana meme coin that rapidly soared to an $11 million market cap. That’s before the attackers sold their 40% supply, of course, profiting $1.4 million in the process—that’s more than… Listen ⇢

The Ethereum 2.0 migration brought a new era for the altcoin giant. As of now, Ethereum’s price stands at $3,096 and looks ready to set a new price record. Elsewhere, the Ripple price has also continued its fast rise to the top, climbing more than 51% in the last 30… Listen ⇢

Recent news of Chinese company Deepseek rivaling US OpenAI sent the stock market tumbling. But the impact rippled over to the crypto market, driving the King of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, to a crash from $105k to $98k. The crypto market was quick to rebound, and with Bitcoin currently trading at $102k,… Listen ⇢