Day: February 7, 2025

Cboe Files for XRP ETFs Amid SEC Uncertainty

Chicago’s Cboe Exchange has officially filed four separate applications with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), aiming to list and trade spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The filings—submitted on Thursday, February 8—represent efforts from major asset managers, including: These firms are now competing to launch the first XRP ETF in the U.S., following the […]

Ripple Expands RLUSD Stablecoin With Key Partnerships

Ripple is rapidly expanding the reach of its stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD), by securing key partnerships with Zero Hash and Revolut, the company announced on February 5. Designed to maintain a 1:1 peg to the U.S. dollar, RLUSD is natively issued on both the XRP Ledger and Ethereum blockchain, ensuring seamless integration across multiple platforms. […]

Gods Unchained Launches Battle Pass

Gods Unchained, the popular Ethereum layer-2 trading card game built on Immutable zkEVM, has announced the launch of a battle pass system ahead of its highly anticipated Fallen Age expansion, set to debut on February 18. The battle pass, which includes free and premium reward tiers, will be available for pre-purchase from February 9 to […]

Crypto Founder Jailed Again for Hiding 450 BTC

A U.S. federal judge has sentenced Canadian crypto payments app founder Firoz Patel to another 41 months in prison for attempting to conceal 450 Bitcoin (BTC) after being convicted on money laundering charges. The sentencing, handed down by Judge Dabney Friedrich in Washington, D.C., follows Patel’s September guilty plea to obstruction of an official proceeding, […]

Hawk Tuah Meme Coin Drama Resurfaces

After months of silence following her disastrous Solana meme coin launch, Hailey Welch, better known as the “Hawk Tuah” girl, has resurfaced—but things are just as chaotic as before. Welch appeared in a new episode of her “Talk Tuah” podcast on Thursday, marking her first major public appearance since the HAWK token debacle in early […]

Ondo Chain Debuts With Wall Street and Trump-Backed Support

A new blockchain for tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) has officially launched, with Wall Street powerhouses and the Trump-backed crypto sector wasting no time jumping in. Ondo Chain, a layer-1 blockchain developed by Ondo Finance, aims to bring institutional-grade financial markets on-chain, according to Thursday’s announcement. The project has already attracted major attention—not just from traditional […]