Pudgy Penguins Token Shoots Up 7% After Browser-Based Game Featuring PENGU Announced – Visa (NYSE:V)

Popular NFT brand Pudgy Penguins announced the launch of a free-to-play browser-based game, ‘Pudgy World’, on Monday, its latest effort to expand its universe and audience reach.

This Penguin Is Not Alone

The game, touted as one of the “most technically advanced” browser-based games, allows players to explore 12 unique “towns” and features Pudgy Penguins’s mascot PENGU. The game requires no downloads and is accessible from anywhere.

What’s Happening With Pudgy Penguins?

But it’s not all been hunky dory. The NFT brand was hit with a lawsuit filed by Perry Ellis International, the owner of the Original Penguin apparel brand, over alleged trademark infringement.

Price…

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Trump Says Iran War ‘Pretty Much’ Over, But Tehran Says They Will Decide The End — Here’s What Crypto Prediction Market Is Betting On

President Donald Trump may have signaled that the war in Iran is almost over, but cryptocurrency bettors don’t see an official declaration of the end of hostilities before this month.

When Will Trump Officially Announce The War Over?

Polymarket odds that Trump or U.S. officials will formally declare the end of the military campaign by March 31 have jumped to 44%, up from just 11% the previous day. The odds that a declaration comes by March 15 rose marginally to 11%.

Meanwhile, punters see a 73% chance that the fighting will officially end by April 30, climbing to 82% for a resolution by June 30.

Some other Polymarket contracts were also impacted. The odds that a third country, other than…

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Rally As Trump Says Iran War ‘Pretty Much’ Complete: Analyst Predicts BTC Moves If Oil Keeps Falling – Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust (BTC) (ARCA:BTC)

Leading cryptocurrencies lifted alongside stocks on Monday after President Donald Trump said that the U.S. campaign against Iran could be nearing its end.

Crypto Market Lifts

Bitcoin rose back above $69,000 as trading volume jumped 34% over the last 24 hours. Ethereum reclaimed $2,000, supported by strong buying pressure, while XRP and Dogecoin also edged higher.

Over $340 million was liquidated from the cryptocurrency market over the past 24 hours, with $184 million in bearish shorts erased, according to Coinglass data. Open interest in Bitcoin futures rose 3.11% in the last 24 hours to $44.91 billion

The market clung to “Extreme Fear” sentiment, according to the Crypto Fear & Greed…

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Spike 3% As Oil Reverses Gains – Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust (BTC) (ARCA:BTC)

Bitcoin tapped $69,000 on Monday, following a week of positive crypto asset inflows despite geopolitical turmoil.

Notable Statistics:

Coinglass data shows 95,151 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $416.72 million.

SoSoValue data shows net outflows of $348.8 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs on Friday. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw net outflows of $82.9 million.

In the past 24 hours, top gainers include DeXe, Hyperliquid and Zcash.

Notable Developments:

Trader Notes: Trader Jelle’s said Bitcoin bear markets have historically bottomed below the 0.618 Fibonacci retracement level, which currently sits near $58,000.

Based on that pattern, Jelle said he plans to wait for Bitcoin to…

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Bitcoin Has Now Mined 20 Of 21 Million Coins: Here’s Why It Matters

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has crossed a major milestone with the mining of 20 million coins, leaving less than 5% of the total supply yet to be issued

Kraken noted in a Monday blog post that unlike traditional assets such as gold, Bitcoin has a hard supply cap enforced by its code and decentralized network of nodes.

The fixed limit was embedded in Bitcoin’s design by its pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto in the 2009 genesis block.

Bitcoin’s issuance schedule is governed by the halving mechanism, which reduces the block reward roughly every four years.

When the network launched, miners earned 50 BTC per block.

The reward later fell to 25 BTC, then 12.5 BTC and 6.25 BTC. After the 2024…

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Bitcoin Has A Golden Opportunity With AI Agents, It’s Time To Build

For all of bitcoin’s life, it has been fighting an uphill battle against fiat currencies that mostly do the job of being money. Obviously, fiat has plenty of issues, but when it comes to impacts immediately visible to everyday people in much of the world, bitcoin isn’t 10x better. Some may even conclude that they would prefer a system based on neutral money to government-rigged ones, but entrenched fiat systems work well enough that few want to deal with the hassle of constant conversion. With the rapid growth in agents’ capabilities, a huge gap has opened that bitcoin has a shot at filling. Instead of competing with entrenched interests as you would with fiat, in the agentic…

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Bitcoin To $1.3 Million? Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Urges: ‘Own A Crypto Wallet’

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong says AI agents will increasingly transact using crypto wallets, while Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan argues institutional adoption could push Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) toward $1.3 million over time.

‘Own A Crypto Wallet’

Armstrong said Monday autonomous AI systems may soon execute more financial transactions than humans. “They can’t open a bank account, but they can own a crypto wallet,” he said.

These systems, including trading bots, automated services and machine-to-machine payment networks, could handle tasks such as purchasing data, paying for computing resources or executing financial trades without direct human input.

However,…

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Coinbase Launches Regulated Bitcoin And Crypto Futures Across Europe

Coinbase has rolled out futures contracts to traders in 26 European countries, including Germany, France, and the Netherlands, marking the first time the exchange has offered derivatives directly to users in the region. 

The products are available through Coinbase Advanced, the company’s high-performance trading interface, and are offered by its MiFID-registered European entity, ensuring compliance with EU financial regulations, the company said. 

European traders have historically relied on unregulated offshore platforms for crypto derivatives, navigating regulatory gaps and exposure to operational risks. 

Coinbase’s launch provides a regulated alternative, offering…

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Nasdaq And Kraken Team Up To Offer Tokenized Stocks

Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has partnered with Nasdaq to build a gateway connecting traditional stock markets with blockchain networks.

The project will use Payward’s xStocks platform to move tokenized equities between regulated institutional markets and permissionless decentralized finance (DeFi) networks in regions where the service is approved, Kraken said. 

In short, tokenization turns financial assets, like stocks, bonds, or funds, into digital tokens that can operate on blockchain networks.

For equities, tokenization allows shares to maintain their usual rights, including voting and dividends, while also being traded on digital…

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Public Bitcoin Miners Are Dumping Bitcoin For AI, A Historic Mistake

There is no doubt about it, this is the age of AI. Corporations are cutting their workforces in half to invest cash flow into hardware, while the stock market remains near all-time highs, mostly thanks to FAANG. OpenClaw, a self-hosted AI agent, has more stars on GitHub than Linux and React, while even Jack Dorsey is taking harsh measures to restructure Block in the face of digital, artificial intelligence. But how much of this AI wave is hype, and how many of the companies that build its infrastructure will actually capture the profits? 

Public Bitcoin miners in the United States have made their choice, a variety of them committing capital to building out AI datacenters, and some…

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