Cool, so that means Julian Reese, the brother to WNBA superstar Angel Reese, has signed an Exhibit 10 deal with the Lakers. Cue the hype machine, right? Particularly in the free-for-all environment of this new wild west that is sports crypto and NFTs. Now hold on before you FOMO into...

Imagine this: A young woman in Lagos, Nigeria, spends hours each day creating stunning digital art, but struggles to find a market beyond her immediate circle. To an immensely gifted young footballer in Nairobi, Kenya, that goes double. It’s hard for him to find the resources to show off his...

Cetus, the cross-chain DEX protocol developed on Sui and Aptos, has a mission to unlock Africa’s DeFi potential. Will it truly succeed, or is it just a passing craze in the crypto world’s boom-bust cycle? That’s the question that has me and Thabo burning the midnight oil. We’ve heard this...

The NFT market is flashing green again. Sales, in fact, are up a whopping 14.39% week-over-week, to $134.3 million. Sounds like a party, right? Still, more buyers are getting in – an incredible 50.56% surge, driving the total well above a million. Even the sellers are getting into the groove,...

It’s time for the penguins to waddle back into the spotlight. Pudgy Penguins, that is. We've seen the headlines: PENGU token price surging, NFT sales rebounding, whales scooping up tokens. But before you dive headfirst into this icy pool, let's ask a crucial question: Is this a genuine thaw in...

The Cardano blockchain is considering a radical departure from the traditional treasury management approach. The proposal was led by Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano. It seeks to diversify one-third of the treasury’s holdings with allocations to Bitcoin and stablecoins. This proposed move — worth up to $1.2 billion —...

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson recently floated a radical change to the project’s funding model. The proposal is to allow the funding of 5–10% of Cardano’s enormous treasury, currently worth around $1.2 billion. This would be accomplished by investing in other assets, like Bitcoin (BTC), or even stablecoins. This Solidity support...

Hoskinson wants Cardano to buy Bitcoin. It’s a pretty ambitious step, one that echoes Norway’s oil fund. But is this just shrewd portfolio diversification, or is it an indication that Cardano’s house isn’t all there? Think of it this way: is he preemptively securing the castle, or is he admitting...

The year 2025 witnessed an anomaly in the cryptocurrency market: while most digital assets struggled through a prolonged crypto winter, memecoins defied expectations and emerged as the only profitable sector. A new study found an opposite trend that wasn’t expected. This finding ignited discussions and highlighted the distinctive forces powering...

Let's be blunt: the ChainPlay study screaming that meme coins were the only crypto sector with positive returns (+33.08%) between January and May 2025 is not a victory for crypto. It’s an escalated red warning light for the whole industry. That would be akin to celebrating just the success of...