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NFT Sales Dip? Bitcoin & Solana NFTs Surge! What's Next?
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NFT Sales Dip? Bitcoin & Solana NFTs Surge! What's Next?

The NFT market is always changing. One constant is its rapid growth, correcting market corrections and rebound, at every turn, followed by surprise dominance shifts. Now that the latest data is starting to emerge, we get a clearer and much more nuanced picture of the NFT market. While overall NFT...

4 Cryptos for Summer 2025: The Sober Analyst's 1000x Reality Check
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4 Cryptos for Summer 2025: The Sober Analyst's 1000x Reality Check

The crypto sphere is buzzing, as always. Nikolay Kolev's piece promising potential 1000x returns for four cryptocurrencies by summer 2025 is, let's say, optimistically timed. As a veteran blockchain editor, I’ve watched too many moonshots become meteor craters to not conduct at least one epic reality slap. The potential of...

CryptoPunks Sales Surge, High Value NFTs Change Hands
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CryptoPunks Sales Surge, High Value NFTs Change Hands

Looking only at recent sales data, one could simply be overwhelmed by the major market surge for CryptoPunks. In fact, some of the most valuable non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are selling for jaw-dropping sums. The market for digital collectibles, or NFTs, is exploding. In fact, in many instances, each individual punk...

Solsniper's Exit Signals a Deeper NFT Problem Not Everyone Sees
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Solsniper's Exit Signals a Deeper NFT Problem Not Everyone Sees

Solsniper’s sunset, scheduled for June 2025, isn’t the death knell of just another crypto-related business. They are pivoting to AI and memecoin trading tools, which quite honestly reeks of a hail mary. The interesting story, though, is what their exit reveals about the fundamental flaws underlying the NFT marketplace model....

Solsniper's NFT Retreat Signals a Deeper Crisis or a Smart Pivot?
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Solsniper's NFT Retreat Signals a Deeper Crisis or a Smart Pivot?

The rug-pull news rocked the crypto community. NFT marketplace Solsniper, which operated for three and a half years, announced that they are shutting down. Are we witnessing the canary in the coal mine, signaling a collapse of the NFT hype, or a pragmatic evolution in a volatile market? I’d lean...

Nigeria's Altcoin Boom: What's Driving the Shift?
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Nigeria's Altcoin Boom: What's Driving the Shift?

Nigeria is experiencing a healthy boom in interest and adoption of altcoins, alternative cryptocurrencies to Bitcoin. This upsurge is driven by some combination of economic stressors, regulatory pressures, and technological innovations. As Nigerians seek alternatives to traditional financial systems, cryptocurrencies, particularly altcoins, are gaining traction as a means to navigate...

Art's $115B Boom: Is NFT Bubble Bursting?
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Art's $115B Boom: Is NFT Bubble Bursting?

$115 Billion art market by 2034. Sounds fantastic, right? Fact.MR is the one throwing around these big numbers, creating a doomsday scenario of disruption and growth in the art and sculpture market. Before we start popping champagne, let's talk about the elephant in the room – or rather, the pixelated...

BTC Dominance ATH: Altcoin Season Officially Cancelled?
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BTC Dominance ATH: Altcoin Season Officially Cancelled?

Bitcoin’s dominance over the cryptocurrency market has increased substantially, leading some to question whether there is a future for altcoins. Bitcoin dominance, or BTC.D, is skyrocketing to levels not seen in four years. This flood of money ensures that the chances of a dynamic altcoin season are more remote than...

Raydium's Q1: A DeFi Giant's Wobble or Strategic Pause?
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Raydium's Q1: A DeFi Giant's Wobble or Strategic Pause?

Raydium. The name that was previously known for Solana DEX dominance. Q1 2025? Headlines scream growth, record fees, market leadership. Please, let’s not uncork that champagne just yet. Because numbers, as they say, don’t lie—but man, can they be spun! In the raucous circus that is DeFi, peeling back a...

7 Under $1 Cryptos Set to Explode? A Skeptic's Reality Check
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7 Under $1 Cryptos Set to Explode? A Skeptic's Reality Check

Seven under $1 cryptos primed to explode in 2025. Color me skeptical. I’ve experienced this dog-and-pony show first hand. It always results in investors being left holding the bag while the “experts” run off in search of the next shiny object.Make no mistake, I can’t blame the desire for the...