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VeChain has rolled out comprehensive documentation for StarGate, its staking platform that went live in July 2025 as part of the Hayabusa phase of the VeChain Renaissance. The system replaces the legacy node structure with an NFT-based framework that opens staking to any holder with at least 10,000 VET—roughly $82 at current prices.The timing matters. Legacy X Node and Economic Node holders face a hard deadline: March 15, 2026. After that date, the old rewards system shuts down permanently.How the New System WorksVeChainThor runs on Delegated Proof-of-Stake with 101 validators producing blocks. Most users won’t run validator nodes—they’ll stake VET,…

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) granted a crypto license to Victory Fintech (VDX), an affiliate entity of publicly listed financial services firm Victory Securities (8540).Victory won permission to operate a digital asset trading platform on Friday, according to the SFC’s registry of licensed crypto firms, the first addition since June 17 last year.Hong Kong introduced its current regime for the regulation of companies providing crypto services in 2023, with Hashkey Exchange and OSL Digital Securities the first two parties to receive approval. There are now 12 approved platforms on the registry, including New York Stock Exchange-listed Bullish (BLSH),…

Businessman and TV personality Kevin O’Leary has won a multi-million-dollar defamation lawsuit against crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, also known as “Bitboy.”Miami federal judge Beth Bloom on Friday ordered Armstrong to pay almost $2.83 million in damages to O’Leary over a series of social media posts accusing the Shark Tank star of being a murderer.O’Leary and his wife, Linda, were in a boating accident in 2019 that resulted in two deaths when their boat struck another. Armstrong accused O’Leary of murder in multiple X posts in March 2025 and claimed he paid millions to cover up the incident. Kevin O’Leary, pictured…

AAVE Price Prediction Summary • Short-term target (1 week): $132-135 • Medium-term forecast (1 month): $125-140 range• Bullish breakout level: $135.18 • Critical support: $122.64 What Crypto Analysts Are Saying About Aave While specific analyst predictions are limited for the current period, on-chain data from major platforms suggests mixed sentiment around AAVE’s current price action. According to technical data from exchanges, the token is experiencing consolidation after recent volatility, with trading volume remaining steady at approximately $14.9 million over the past 24 hours. Market data indicates that institutional interest in DeFi protocols like Aave continues to drive longer-term adoption, though…

NEW YORK — While BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) is among the most successful product launches in Wall Street history, the crypto market’s growing reliance on leverage could be doing long-term damage to bitcoin’s BTC$69,020.05 institutional appeal, according to Robert Mitchnick, head of digital assets at BlackRock.During a conversation with Anthony Pompliano and investor Dan Tapiero at the Bitcoin Investor Week conference in New York on Thursday, Mitchnick said that while bitcoin’s fundamentals remain strong, excessive speculation — particularly on leveraged derivatives platforms — is introducing instability that threatens the asset’s positioning as a serious portfolio hedge.“These days where you…

AAVE Price Prediction Summary • Short-term target (1 week): $133-135 • Medium-term forecast (1 month): $135-$145 range• Bullish breakout level: $139.66 • Critical support: $116.96 What Crypto Analysts Are Saying About Aave While specific analyst predictions from major KOLs are limited in recent data, earlier forecasts from January 2026 provide context for current price action. Caroline Bishop projected an AAVE price prediction targeting the $190-$195 range by February 2026, citing oversold RSI recovery and analyst targets up to $213. However, with AAVE currently trading at $127.75, this bullish scenario has not materialized. Joerg Hiller’s analysis suggested AAVE could rally 18-25%…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he is starting to “worry” about the direction of prediction markets and suggested that they shift to become marketplaces to hedge against price exposure risk for consumers. Prediction markets are “over-converging” to “unhealthy” products that are focused on short-term price betting and speculative behavior as opposed to long-term building, Buterin said in an X post. Source: Vitalik ButerinInstead, onchain prediction markets coupled with AI large-language models (LLMs) should become general hedging mechanisms to provide consumers with price stability for goods and services, Buterin said. He explained how this system would work:“You have price indices on…

Bitcoin BTC$70,416.69 has clawed its way back above $70,000, recovering from a sharp drop near $60,000 earlier in the month.The cryptocurrency is up nearly 5% in the last 24-hour period, while the broader CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index rose 6.2% in the same period.The rebound comes as investors react to a cooler-than-expected U.S. inflation print and signs of renewed risk appetite. The Consumer Price Index for January rose 2.4% year-over-year, just below the forecasted 2.5%.That gave markets a reason to believe interest rate cuts could arrive sooner than expected, lifting both stocks and cryptocurrencies. Lower interest rates make risk assets more…

Crypto payments are becoming increasingly demanded among international businesses as this option provide cost reduction comparing to card acquiring, but some hidden expenses may still reduce the revenue. Consulting agency Monoup helps digital merchants to structure their payments to achieve high conversions and lower costs including with crypto. Today we concentrate on main ways to not to overpay for crypto rails and get the most of their benefits. Connect What you Actually Need First and foremost, do not be overwhelmed by the number of available tokens on the market. Nowadays a lot of companies create their own coins and not…

Online gambling has always relied on one fragile element — trust. Players deposit real money into systems they cannot inspect, accept that games are fair, and hope payouts arrive without friction. Even when operators act responsibly, the experience often feels like stepping into a black box: you click, you play, and you believe everything works as promised. Crypto casinos emerged as an answer to that problem. What began as a niche corner of the Bitcoin community has grown into a serious segment of the gambling industry, driven by one simple idea: don’t ask players to trust — let them verify.…