Author Ahmed Barakat Author Ahmed Barakat Part of the Team Since Aug 2025 About Author Ahmed Balaha is a journalist and copywriter based in Georgia with a growing focus on blockchain technology, DeFi, AI, privacy, digital assets, and fintech innovation. Share Last updated: June 18, 2026 Breaking Solana news: Moody’s Ratings deployed its credit ratings infrastructure on Solana mainnet on June 17, 2026, through a partnership with AlphaLedger, making Solana the first major public, permissionless blockchain to carry live Moody’s credit ratings in machine-readable form.The integration embeds ratings directly into the token metadata of tokenized bonds and other fixed income…
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Author Ahmed Barakat Author Ahmed Barakat Part of the Team Since Aug 2025 About Author Ahmed Balaha is a journalist and copywriter based in Georgia with a growing focus on blockchain technology, DeFi, AI, privacy, digital assets, and fintech innovation. Share Last updated: June 18, 2026 In the latest XRP News, Ripple Swell 2026 is scheduled for October 27–29 at The Shed in Hudson Yards, New York City, and for the first time it absorbs XRPL Apex, Ripple’s developer summit, into a single three-day event.The result is the largest Swell in the conference’s history: more than 1,500 attendees, 75+ speakers,…
Audiera (BEAT) price has emerged as one of the most controversial tokens in the crypto market this month after suffering a staggering 88% decline in less than a week. The collapse came shortly after the token completed a meteoric rally that briefly pushed its valuation into the billions.The token surged thousands of percent within weeks, only to erase the majority of those gains in a matter of days, leaving many investors questioning whether the rally was driven by genuine demand or by structural factors that made the move inherently unsustainable.Adding to the concerns are several fundamental factors that often accompany…
Ripple’s native token XRP is trading at the $1.16 level on Thursday and has slumped nearly 4.5% in the day’s trade. The chart below shows the leading altcoin relentlessly heading south in 2026, with little to no price spurts. It has fallen close to 47% in a year and shed all gains it generated.On the heels of the recent slump, the founder of the Black Swan Capitalist, Versan Aljarrah said that XRP “won’t climb in a steady line,” anymore, but “it’s going to climb in violent leaps.” He explained that while the demand for “tokenization explodes, XRP will provide the…
Story HighlightsThe live price of Starknet crypto is Loading live price .The Starknet price is expected to reach a high of $0.2762 in 2026.With a potential surge, the price may achieve a top of $3.66 by 2030.Starknet, a Layer-2 scaling solution built on Ethereum, enhances the overall experience of an average Ethereum network user. Starknet delivers enhanced scalability, reduced fees, and faster transactions while maintaining Ethereum’s robust security and decentralization. With a growing crypto community and the DeFi segment heating up, Starknet positions itself as the next Ethereum-based altcoin in the industry. Are you considering investing in Starknet? This Coinpedia’s latest Starknet…
The memecoin boom that once defined Solana’s identity as a high-throughput speculation machine is unraveling in real time, and Pump.fun is bearing the brunt of it.The seven-day average of Pump.fun‘s token graduation rate — the share of newly created tokens that accumulate enough market cap to list on decentralized exchanges — has fallen to just 0.26%, representing an 80% decline over the past three months. The collapse is structural, not cyclical, and its effects are rippling well beyond the launchpad itself.A Platform Running on FumesToken graduation is the core value proposition of any memecoin launchpad. When a token created on…
Coinbase has unveiled what may be the most ambitious single-day product announcement in its history. Dubbed the “System Update,” the June 16 release covered every major segment of finance, with Coinbase framing the rollout around three pillars: more assets to trade, smarter trading tools, and a broader financial services suite. In total, the company announced 21 new products and features, expanding its platform across trading, lending, payments, and on-chain infrastructure.The scale of Tuesday’s announcement makes clear that Coinbase is no longer positioning itself as a crypto exchange that also does some other things. It is making a direct play to…
Aster, the trading and settlement platform, has just flipped the script on its token economics in a way that could directly reshape supply dynamics for its native token ASTER. Instead of incremental adjustments, the protocol has committed to a sweeping redistribution of value that ties nearly all its platform revenue to buybacks and staking rewards. According to the original report from WuBlockchain, the overhaul took effect on June 17 at 12:00 UTC. Under the new mechanism, 99% of daily platform fees will be automatically used to purchase ASTER from the open market. Simultaneously, an equal amount of ASTER will be…
Author Ahmed Barakat Author Ahmed Barakat Part of the Team Since Aug 2025 About Author Ahmed Balaha is a journalist and copywriter based in Georgia with a growing focus on blockchain technology, DeFi, AI, privacy, digital assets, and fintech innovation. Share Fact Checked by CryptoNews Editorial Team Author CryptoNews Editorial Team Part of the Team Since Sep 2018 About Author The CryptoNews editorial team is composed of seasoned writers specializing in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Their expertise ensures comprehensive, accurate, and insightful content for… Last updated: June 17, 2026 A fresh strategic investment in Flutterwave’s Series E round positions RLUSD…
XPL finally delivered a breakout-worthy move, surging more than 35% in a single day as traders reacted to the long-awaited launch of Plasma One. The rally pushed the token toward the critical $0.120 resistance zone, although momentum cooled after encountering selling pressure near that level.For a market that has spent weeks searching for fresh narratives, the Plasma One launch appears to have provided exactly that.Plasma One Finally Goes LiveThe catalyst behind today’s move was straightforward. Plasma officially announced the launch of Plasma One, a product that many within the ecosystem had been anticipating for months.Naturally, product launches tend to attract…
