Alex LeRoux
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Editor-in-Chief for CoinAcademy.
Curious and passionate about innovation, cryptocurrencies attracted me in 2017 while NFTs absorbed me in 2021.
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The crucial support at $105,000 has been breached, with Bitcoin falling to $103,700, now exposing the critical zone…
OpenAI’s Transformation and Ambitious Visions
OpenAI is shifting into high gear. The company behind ChatGPT has just finalized a monumental deal of 38…
November 3, 2025
Cryptocurrency Market Turmoil: November Shakeout
Bitcoin slips below $106,000 after a 4% drop, erasing almost all gains since the October 10 crash. Over…
November 3, 2025
Europe’s Financial Supervision Reform: Shaping the Future of Markets
Brussels is taking the lead. The European Commission is preparing a major reform that would place stock exchanges,…
November 3, 2025
Massive Hack Hits DeFi Protocol Balancer on Ethereum
Balancer, a historic DeFi protocol on Ethereum, has been hacked with an estimated value exceeding $120 million, mainly…
November 3, 2025
The Rise of ASTER: A New Player in the DEX Market
The ASTER token experienced a sudden surge in the markets. Within a few hours, its price jumped by…
November 3, 2025
Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade: Reinforcing the Blockchain
Ethereum is taking it up a notch. The developers at Ethereum Foundation have confirmed that the next major…
October 31, 2025
Bitcoin Bounces Back Amid Trade Truce
Bitcoin rebounds towards $110,000 after a trade truce between the US and China, signaling a renewed appetite for…
October 31, 2025
Unveiling the FTX Controversy: Bankruptcy, Accusations, and Presidential Pardons
Sam Bankman-Fried claims FTX was not insolvent but a victim of a mere liquidity crisis, asserting that the…
October 31, 2025
JPMorgan’s Blockchain Revolution: Tokenized Finance and Wall Street’s Shift
JPMorgan is no longer content with just using blockchain for payments or repo operations. The largest American bank…
October 30, 2025
Analyzing the US-China Trade Truce Agreement
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have signed a one-year trade truce in Busan, suspending the mutual restrictions and…
October 30, 2025
MegaETH: Breaking Records with a Phenomenal Sale
MegaETH has closed its public ICO, raising $50 million for a fully diluted valuation estimated at $27.8 billion,…
October 30, 2025
Bitcoin Struggles After Federal Reserve Rate Cut and Powell’s Cautious Remarks
Bitcoin Struggles After Federal Reserve Rate Cut and Powell’s Cautious Remarks The Fed Cuts, But Remains Cautious The…
October 30, 2025
Mastercard’s Strategic Move in Blockchain Finance
Mastercard is gearing up to acquire Zero Hash, a key player in the stablecoin infrastructure, for an estimated…
October 30, 2025
Consensys Prepares for IPO: A Milestone for Ethereum Ecosystem
Consensys, the company behind MetaMask, is gearing up for its IPO with JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, marking a…
October 30, 2025
Nvidia’s AI Boom Vs. Bitcoin Shift
The American stock market continues its triumphant march, propelled by a wave of excitement surrounding artificial intelligence. Leading…
October 29, 2025
Riding the Wave: Hyperliquid ETF, 21Shares, and FalconX Partnership
21Shares has filed a Form S-1 with the SEC to create an ETF on Hyperliquid (HYPE), with Coinbase…
October 29, 2025
The Rise and Fall of CZ Coin: A Memecoin Saga
One tweet was enough to make a memecoin skyrocket and then crash. Within 24 hours, the token “czstatue”,…
October 29, 2025
Solana ETFs on the Rise: Institutional Interest Growing
Solana continues to attract the attention of institutional investors. The Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL), launched on October…
October 29, 2025
Wall Street Embraces Crypto ETFs: A New Era of Digital Asset Democratization
The spotlight of Wall Street turns once again towards crypto. As the US markets prepare to open in…
October 28, 2025
Unveiling Crypto Treasury Strategies
ETHZilla, the Ethereum treasury giant trading under the ticker ETHZ, has sold $40 million worth of ETH to…
October 28, 2025
MetaMask Token Mystery and Airdrop Speculation
Un site nommé claim.metamask.io a récemment fait surface, déclenchant une vague de spéculations sur un possible airdrop du…
October 27, 2025
Power Shift: Crypto Influence on Federal Reserve Leadership
Michelle Bowman, the vice chair of the Federal Reserve known for her pro-crypto stance, is now among the…
October 27, 2025
Crypto Assets Ride Wave of Optimism in Market Rally
The Bitcoin surged past $116,000 overnight from Sunday to Monday, fueled by hopes of a trade deal between…
October 27, 2025
MegaETH ICO Success: Reaching Billion-Dollar Valuation in Record Time
MegaETH Raises $50M in Minutes During ICO, Reaching Billion-Dollar Valuation The MEGA token ICO turned into a frenzy.…
October 27, 2025
IBM Unveils Digital Asset Haven: A Paradigm Shift in Financial Infrastructure
IBM takes a significant step towards on-chain finance with the launch of Digital Asset Haven, a new platform…
October 27, 2025
Tether Launches USAT to Target Creator Economy
Tether, the powerhouse behind USDT, is gearing up to launch a new stablecoin tailored specifically for the United…
October 24, 2025
Polymarket Unveils POLY Token Launch and Major Airdrop
Polymarket has officially launched its token POLY and announced a major airdrop reserved for its most active users.…
October 24, 2025
Trump Pardons Crypto CEO CZ: A New Era in American Crypto Politics
Yesterday, the US President officially pardoned Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the former CEO of Binance, who was convicted in…
October 24, 2025
Sygnum Banks on Debifi Partnership to Redefine Banking and Finance
The Swiss banking world once again proves its pioneering role in digital finance. Geneva’s Sygnum Bank teams up…
October 24, 2025
Revolut Expands in European Crypto Market
Revolut has just obtained the coveted MiCA license from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC). This milestone…
October 23, 2025
Trump’s Pardon Reshapes Crypto Landscape
Thunderstruck in the crypto world: Donald Trump has just pardoned Changpeng CZ Zhao, the founder of Binance, convicted…
October 23, 2025
Revolutionizing Security: Ledger Launches Nano Gen5 with Advanced Features
Ledger undergoes a transformation with Ledger Wallet and unveils its new flagship product: the Ledger Nano Gen5. Ledger…
October 23, 2025
Polymarket: Riding the Boom in Prediction Markets
Polymarket, a prediction market giant, is gearing up for a new funding round that could propel its valuation…
October 23, 2025
Bridging Nasdaq and DeFi: The Rise of Hyperliquid Strategies
The financial giant is preparing a masterstroke. Hyperliquid Strategies, a nascent company born from the merger of Sonnet…
October 23, 2025
Bitcoin Price Projections: Standard Chartered’s Analysis
The banking giant Standard Chartered is making bold predictions. According to Geoffrey Kendrick, its global head of digital…
October 22, 2025
MegaETH Unveils Unique Token Offering through Innovative Auction
The Ethereum scaling solution, MegaETH, is making waves by offering 5% of its total MEGA tokens in a…
October 22, 2025
FalconX Ventures into Crypto ETF Market with 21Shares Acquisition
FalconX acquires Swiss asset manager 21Shares, a pioneer in crypto ETFs, marking a strategic transformation for the company…
October 22, 2025
Energy Menace: US and Qatar Threaten Europe’s Gas Supply
Washington and Doha have raised their voices. The energy giants warn Brussels: if the European Union does not…
October 22, 2025
Kadena: The Rise and Fall of an Ambitious Blockchain Project
Kadena, founded by two former JPMorgan and SEC executives, has announced the immediate end of its operations due…
October 22, 2025
Gold and Bitcoin: Shifting Market Tides
Gold has just experienced its biggest drop in five years: a staggering 5.7% decrease, bringing its price down…
October 21, 2025
Federal Reserve Embraces Crypto Innovations
Christopher Waller, governor of the Fed, asserts that blockchain and crypto assets are now integrated into the financial…
October 21, 2025
SharpLink Gaming: A Strategic Move in the Crypto Arena
The crypto giant listed on the Nasdaq, led by Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, is opening its wallet wide.…
October 21, 2025
Coinbase Acquires Echo for $375 Million: Revolutionizing Investment
Coinbase strikes again. The platform has just acquired Echo, the key player in decentralized fundraising founded by Cobie,…
October 21, 2025
A Pivotal Shift: Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Takes Office
Japan has just experienced a historic day: Sanae Takaichi has become the first woman to lead the country.…
October 21, 2025
Blockchain.com: Aiming for the Spotlight in the Stock Market
Blockchain.com, one of the oldest players in the crypto ecosystem, is currently in talks to join the ranks…
October 20, 2025
Solana’s Percolator: A Decentralized Perpetual Contracts Exchange
Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, is embarking on a new challenge: building a fully on-chain decentralized perpetual contracts…
October 20, 2025
Michael Saylor’s Strategy Expands Bitcoin Reserves with Precision and Confidence
Michael Saylor continues to make headlines in the crypto world. The company, now known as Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy),…
October 20, 2025
UK Greenlights Bitcoin Trading, Embraces Crypto Revolution
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Finally Approves Bitcoin-based ETP Trading, Allowing BlackRock to Launch its iShares Bitcoin…
October 20, 2025
Internet Disrupted: AWS Outage Impacts Coinbase, Snapchat
The recent AWS major outage has caused a significant disruption to a part of the Internet, impacting giants…
October 20, 2025
Bitcoin Price Rally and Market Outlook
Bitcoin regains momentum and surpasses $110,000 fueled by optimism regarding a potential decrease in US interest rates, supported…
October 20, 2025
MegaETH Makes Strategic Move in the Crypto Space
MegaETH acquires 4.75% of its capital and token warrants from its early investors, a rare operation approved by…
October 17, 2025
Japanese Banks Collaborate on Yen-Based Stablecoin
Japanese financial giants Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui, and Mizuho are joining forces to create a stablecoin backed by…
October 17, 2025
Daylight Energy Raises $75M for Solar Network Expansion
Daylight Energy has raised $75 million, with $15 million in equity led by Framework Ventures and $60 million…
October 17, 2025
Market Fear Escalates Amid Alleged Fraud Scandal
Two American regional banks, Western Alliance and Zions, are embroiled in an alleged fraud case, sparking fears of…
October 17, 2025
Ripple’s Financial Expansion and Acquisition Strategy
Ripple Labs is making headlines. According to Bloomberg, the company is gearing up for a $1 billion fundraising…
October 17, 2025
Crypto Market Volatility: Impact of the Fed Meeting
Bitcoin slips below $105,000, erasing its technical rebound, while altcoins plummet 7 to 25% in a risk-off market…
October 17, 2025
Hyperliquid Unleashes On-Chain Perpetual Markets with Major Upgrade
Hyperliquid takes a significant step with the launch of HIP-3, allowing any entity to freely create its own…
October 13, 2025
Cryptocurrency Market Rebounds After Record Crash
The cryptocurrency market is healing its wounds after a record blast. Within hours, over $19 billion worth of…
October 13, 2025
Signs of a Market Resurgence with Massive Whale Bets
An investor known as the ’11 billion-dollar whale’ has resurfaced with a massive bet: nearly $900 million in…
October 10, 2025
Kalshi Secures Record Funding: A Global Shift in Trading Dynamics
The success story of Kalshi continues as the company secures a record-breaking $300 million funding, reaching a valuation…
October 10, 2025
Crypto Market Fluctuations: Silver, Gold, Bitcoin
More than $600 million in leveraged positions were liquidated, causing a drop in altcoins and an increase in…
October 9, 2025
Revolutionizing Global Payments with xMoney
xMoney has secured $21.5 million in funding from backers like Sui to establish a global payment infrastructure compliant…
October 9, 2025
MetaMask Evolves into Web3 Hub
MetaMask wants to be much more than just a crypto wallet. The Consensys giant has just announced two…
October 8, 2025
KRYPTO-TOUR in Lyon: A Day of Web3 Showcase and Innovation
Le KRYPTO-TOUR returns to Lyon on October 11, 2025, at H7, bringing together over 1,000 participants, 40 speakers,…
October 8, 2025
Wall Street’s Foray Into Web3: The Rise of Polymarket
The owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is set to invest nearly 2…
October 7, 2025
BNY Mellon Revolutionizes Payments Through Tokenization
BNY Mellon, the world’s largest custodian bank with over $55.8 trillion in assets under custody, is testing a…
October 7, 2025
S&P Global Introduces Digital Markets 50: A Bridge Between Stocks and Crypto
S&P Global launches Digital Markets 50, a groundbreaking index combining 15 cryptocurrencies and 35 blockchain-related company stocks, marking…
October 7, 2025
OpenAI and AMD Forge an Epic Alliance for AI Chips
OpenAI has just triggered a seismic shift in the semiconductor industry. The AI giant has signed a colossal…
October 6, 2025
France in Turmoil: A Political Crisis Unfolds
Sébastien Lecornu resigns after just four weeks at Matignon, becoming the most fleeting Prime Minister of the Fifth…
October 6, 2025
Stake Your Claim: Grayscale’s Innovative Approach to Crypto ETFs
Grayscale has become the first manager to offer staking for ‘spot’ crypto ETFs in the United States, allowing…
October 6, 2025
Pyth Network: A Strategic Partnership with Blue Ocean ATS
Pyth Network has entered into a partnership with Blue Ocean ATS, which will exclusively provide its overnight trading…
September 30, 2025
Vanguard Eyes Opening Access to Competitor’s Crypto ETFs
Vanguard, with assets under management exceeding $10 trillion, is considering opening access to its clients to competitor’s crypto…
September 26, 2025
Aster: Controversy Hits Rising Crypto Platform
Aster, the platform for perpetual contracts gaining momentum with the support of CZ, has just experienced a major…
September 26, 2025
Innovative DeFi Protocol: Yield Basis Revolutionizes Bitcoin Yield Generation
Michael Egorov, the founder of Curve Finance, is making waves with Yield Basis, a decentralized protocol dedicated to…
September 26, 2025
Cryptocurrency Market in Chaos: A Dive into Recent Turmoil
The cryptocurrency market has just experienced a rapid carnage. Within a few hours, over 1.1 billion dollars in…
September 26, 2025
Revolutionizing Finance: Tokenization of Shares on Ethereum
The tokenization of shares takes a new leap. SharpLink Gaming, listed on the Nasdaq, has announced that it…
September 25, 2025
Plasma Revolutionizing the World of Stablecoins
Plasma launches its mainnet dedicated to stablecoins with its XPL token, immediately reaching over $2 billion in liquidity,…
September 25, 2025
Abu Dhabi’s Crypto Ambitions with M2 Capital Investment in Ethena
M2 Capital invests $20 million in Ethena to bolster the adoption of its stablecoin USDe and position Abu…
September 25, 2025
Unveiling the Euro Stablecoin Initiative: Banking Consortium Makes a Move
Neuf heavyweight European financial institutions are coming together to launch a Euro stablecoin compliant with the MiCA regulations.…
September 25, 2025
Shaky Financial Shakeup: Bankruptcies and Market Turmoil
Tricolor Holdings and First Brands Group both filed for bankruptcy almost simultaneously, revealing the extreme fragility of companies…
September 24, 2025
Hyperliquid Launches USDH Stablecoin Amid Native Markets Victory
USDH, the new stablecoin, has officially entered the scene on Hyperliquid. Native Markets emerged victorious in the validator…
September 24, 2025
CFTC Greenlights Stablecoins as Regulatory Collateral on Derivative Markets
The CFTC is paving the way for the use of stablecoins as regulatory collateral on derivative markets, a…
September 24, 2025
Tether’s Mega Fundraising: A Game-Changer in the Crypto Revolution
Tether aims to raise between 15 and 20 billion dollars through a private placement led by Cantor Fitzgerald,…
September 24, 2025
Shaping the Future: Crypto Regulation Evolution in the US
Paul Atkins, the new head of the SEC, aims to establish an ‘innovation exemption’ by the end of…
September 23, 2025
Morgan Stanley’s Game-Changing Investment in Zerohash
Morgan Stanley invests in Zerohash with a $104 million funding round, led by Interactive Brokers and supported by…
September 23, 2025
CZ Reinvents His Financial Empire
Changpeng Zhao, the former head of Binance, is preparing for the next step in his career. YZi Labs,…
September 23, 2025
Nvidia’s Groundbreaking Partnership with OpenAI: Pioneering the Future of AI
Nvidia has announced an extraordinary strategic partnership with OpenAI. The semiconductor giant plans to invest up to $100…
September 22, 2025
Plasma One: Revolutionizing Access to Digital Dollars
Plasma lance Plasma One, a 100% stablecoin neobank, offering quick onboarding, fee-free USDT transfers, and card payments with…
September 22, 2025
Arthur Hayes Token Drama Unveiled
Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and currently heading the Maelstrom fund, has just liquidated some of his HYPE…
September 22, 2025
Breaking News: Grayscale Unveils Revolutionary Multi-Crypto ETF in the US
Grayscale Launches First Multi-Crypto ETF in the US: Grayscale has introduced the Grayscale CoinDesk Crypto 5 ETF (GDLC),…
September 19, 2025
Ethereum Update: Accelerating Scalability Milestones
Ethereum continues to accelerate its scalability efforts. Following the introduction of “blobs” with Dencun in March and the…
September 19, 2025
MetaMask Token Announcement 2025
Joseph Lubin confirmed the imminent launch of MetaMask’s MASK token, aimed at strengthening ConsenSys’ governance and decentralization of…
September 19, 2025
Altcoin ETFs Break Records on US Debut
ETFs linked to XRP and Dogecoin have generated a record volume of $54.7 million on their first day…
September 19, 2025
PayPal Expands Multichain Strategy with PYUSD
The stablecoin from PayPal, PYUSD, is reaching a new milestone. After Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, and Stellar, it is…
September 18, 2025
From Meme to Mainstream: Dogecoin ETF Debuts in the US
An ETF directly linked to Dogecoin (DOGE) has just been launched in the United States. Listed under the…
September 18, 2025
Plasma Unveils Mainnet Beta with XPL Token Launch
Plasma is set to launch its mainnet beta and the XPL token on September 25, 2025, with over…
September 18, 2025
Nvidia and Intel Join Forces: A Tech Giants Alliance
Nvidia is making a bold move by investing 5 billion dollars in Intel, its longtime rival, through a…
September 18, 2025
Crypto Market Showdown: Rise of DEX Tokens
Token Hype by Hyperliquid hits a new all-time high at $59.39, with a market cap close to $16…
September 18, 2025
SEC Accelerates Approval Process for Crypto ETFs
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently given a historic push. On Wednesday night, the regulator…
September 18, 2025