Political finance (PolitiFi), an emerging trend in the broader crypto sector, is taking the memecoin realm by storm, and just a few months before the November elections, PolitiFi memecoins can play a role in the campaigns of the three presidential frontrunners.
Memecoins and political-themed tokens surged Tuesday night following Bitcoin's recovery to $62,000 and news that Donald Trump may speak at the upcoming Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville.
Following this year's high-profile exploit of the MicroStrategy X account, popular heavy metal band Metallica's handle was compromised by hackers who promoted a fake token that is said to have resulted in losses to crypto users who bought the scam coin.
A consumer-focused nonprofit has accused Tether of "shady" business practices, running an ad campaign on a Times Square billboard that featured a website dedicated to the cause of warning consumers over supposed corruption at the stablecoin giant.
The memecoin that saw its popularity spike Monday after being rumored to be the official Donald Trump token, has now started falling from its one-day glory.
A Trump-themed memecoin on the Solana blockchain saw its price and trading activity surge in the last 24 hours after a report revealed that the ex-president is launching the token in question.
The $MAGAA memecoin launched with much support from the memecoin community, including some prominent names in the business world, including Donald Trump's son and Dan Bilzerian.
The value of memecoins in a wallet linked to Donald Trump has plunged, wiping millions from the account that at one point hit over $33 million.
Fans and users of DOGE blasted Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse after his comments during last week's Consensus 2024 event about the world's top memecoin emerged.
BRETT, the king of memecoins on Ethereum layer 2 blockchain Base, nearly reached a $2 billion market cap Sunday night, triggering a wave of celebrations among crypto users who invested in the iconic digital token.
Franklin Templeton has been in the crypto space for several years now and it appears the asset management giant isn't slowing down as a new report revealed that it is considering the launch of an altcoin-based crypto fund.
$BRETT has reached a major milestone as it surpassed the $1 billion-mark in market capitalization late Sunday night. The token has seen significant growth since launching in February and remains the top memecoin on Base.
Several Trump-themed memecoins plummeted after news of the ex-president's conviction in the hush money case, but some Trump tokens did survive the beating and skyrocketed instead.
A digital assets expert has issued a dreary prediction for the ever-busy altcoin market, and it comes at a time when all eyes are on two of the world's largest digital assets: Bitcoin and Ether.
A crypto whale who has held billions of SHIB for more than three years has sold off his holdings, turning the value of his tokens from $2,600 to a massive $1.1 million.
Base memecoin $NORMIE has been exploited, and details are still scant regarding the exact amount of losses in the hack that a reported 72,000 holders suffered from.
NotWifGary is a new memecoin that will launch on Linea, and was established to represent the Ethereum community's resistance to the SEC's regulatory crackdown.
$BRETT remains the largest memecoin on Base even with the decline of some leading tokens, and the team behind it has a bullish growth picture for the rest of the year.
Shiba Inu has raised millions through a new utility token that will power the ecosystem's new layer-3 blockchain that promises improved security and regulatory compliance.
The study used Google searches to find out which among nearly 23,000 crypto assets were the most preferred alternatives to Bitcoin for investors this year.
Kusama clarified that while Shibarium is already producing blocks, it is still being tested and the team is making sure to put necessary measures in place.
It appears that the ongoing lawsuit does not discourage Musk from doing what he is usually doing, and that is, shilling Dogecoin at every chance he gets.
The amendment centered on the "deliberate course of carnival barking, market manipulation and insider trading" allegedly devised by Musk to artificially boost the price of Dogecoin.
"Most know by now that when Elon does something on Twitter, it's usually for the purpose of getting laughs, attention, or money," an on-chain data provider said following the Musk-induced DOGE surge earlier this week.
"Notwithstanding a regulatory framework around stablecoin, they're going to be commodities in my view," the CFTC chairman said.
Kusama said they are "working on that and some other final details to ensure a smooth launch based on the above info."
The recent achievement, alongside its active community and use cases, could position the meme coin as a viable financial instrument.
Market intelligence platform Santiment, in a report last week, identified nine undervalued crypto assets in terms of short-term and long-term returns.
The positive news fueled the price of DOGE and compelled it to signal a potential break out from the descending wedge pattern.
"Haters, you can deal with that, it is what it is," Matt Wallace said, adding that "it is time to continue making videos for Dogecoin."
