Day: October 12, 2025

While Ethereum laid down the groundwork for smart contracts,21Shares found that Solana’s speed and cheap transactions are driving adoption across a broader spectrum, faster than Ethereum. Solana’s revenue engine has matured at a pace few in the industry could have anticipated, and has now clearly surpassed Ethereum’s early growth trajectory. From meme coin mania, DeFi, AI, and RWAs, Solana has managed to capture several on-chain revenue streams that Ethereum couldn’t monetize early, a new report suggests. Solana’s Early Growth Curve According to 21Shares, the blockchain generated roughly $2.85 billion…

XRP tumbled to under $1 on some exchanges. While bitcoin and ether crashed by up to 30% during the market-wide meltdown on Friday evening and Saturday morning, XRP, which is among the largest altcoins, suffered a substantially more painful decline that saw it dump well below $1.5 on most exchanges and even beneath $1 on Binance. In the span of just 30 minutes, the asset’s market capitalization experienced a 50% dump that pushed the metric to $80 billion by 5:20 PM ET. It was at $161 billion at 4:50…

CoinLaw found that RippleNet processes more than $15 billion monthly in cross‑border transactions in 2025. Blockchain technology has rapidly matured into a key pillar of global finance, with cross-border payments emerging as one of its most cornerstone applications, according to a new report by CoinLaw. The study found that blockchain-based cross-border payments have grown at an annual rate of 45% over the past decade and are projected to reach $3 trillion in 2025. Blockchain Cuts Costs, Accelerates Payments The average transaction fees on blockchain networks have fallen by 70%-80% compared…

Bitcoin and Ethereum continue driving returns, but tokenized public and private assets are gaining momentum in institutional strategies. Over the next three years, a majority of institutional investors plan to significantly increase digital asset allocations, and more than 50% expect tokenized assets to make up 10-24% of total investments by 2030, according to State Street’s 2025 Digital Assets and Emerging Technology Study. The report, which surveyed senior executives across asset management and ownership firms, reveals that digital assets are steadily moving from experimental holdings to mainstream components of institutional…

He said the collapse will take place in 2025 but it’s not here yet. The meltdown on Friday, which affected crypto and stocks, is not the most painful collapse this year will see, predicted the author of the best-seller, Rich Dad, Poor Dad. In a recent post over the weekend, Robert Kiyosaki envisioned a doomsday scenario in which Baby Boomers’ retirement funds are “going to be wiped out.” Worst Crash to Come Soon? The author and investor began his post by outlining the “biggest crash in world history” in…