TL;DR The Season 12 Final of Axie Infinity Origins is officially underway, with 24,000 AXS and extra rewards up for grabs for the top 30,000 players. Player “Enrico” dominated the Mystic Era, positioning himself as the top contender for this season's grand finale.

Japanese hotel giant Metaplanet (3350) is going big on Bitcoin as the firm just scooped up 160 BTC. The firm acquired Bitcoins for around $83,600 each, adding $13.4 million to their crypto stash. This brings their Bitcoin holdings to 4,206 BTC, and their total investment to $363.5 million.

The crypto market continued to increase over the past 24 hours, rising almost 1% to $2.86 trillion as it inches towards the $3 trillion mark. Bitcoin (BTC) saw a marginal rebound as it went from $86,380 to $88,447 before declining to its current level.

Tthe OP Stack has remained dominant, with "bridge abstraction" volume surging ahead of Ethereum's next major upgrade.

Once the stars of the crypto market, metaverse tokens like MANA, SAND, and AXS have struggled lately.

The crypto market recovered over the past 24 hours as prices rose after experiencing significant declines over the past few sessions. Bitcoin (BTC) dipped to a low of $76,982 on Tuesday before rebounding to reclaim $80,000 and reach $83,737 before losing momentum and declining to its current level.

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance again captured noteworthy market attention with its latest update on 6 tokens this Tuesday. Notably, the exchange revealed that it is updating the leverage and margin tiers for RARE, AXS, ZEN, XTZ, SAGA, and CATI.

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The team behind Axie Infinity AXS has introduced Axie Infinity: Atia's Legacy , a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game.

The crypto market slid back into the red as it declined over 4%, slipping below the $3 trillion mark and moving to its current $2.87 trillion. Bitcoin (BTC) is down nearly 5% despite Donald Trump's announcement of a strategic reserve consisting of Bitcoin.

Axie Infinity has created history with its mind blowing hold over the world. The financial system was revolutionized when Axie Infinity started climbing the ladder.

Stacks has created history with its mind blowing hold over the world. The financial system was revolutionized when Stacks started climbing the ladder.

A bank teller has been arrested for allegedly grabbing $1,000,000 in cash from his employer's vault and successfully sneaking it out of the premises. Daniel A. Acebo was hired by a New York bank – which hasn't yet been named – as a business banker, according to local reports.

Stacks (STX) has been facing a challenging market environment, aligning with the broader downturn in the cryptocurrency market. After reaching a peak of around $2.5 in December 2024, the price of STX has steadily fallen, with each subsequent peak lower than the previous one.

In this piece, we'll assess if Stacks (STX) can rebound above its key EMAs.

Bitcoin's drop below $80,000 comes as ETF outflows surge and macro pressures mount. But how does the current dip stack up against the past?

TL;DR Companies like Jump Crypto, SNZ, and UTXO have made strong commitments to this innovative Bitcoin solution. Due to this, the value of the Stacks' token has increased by more than 11%, currently trading at $0.8629.

While Bitcoin remains below the supply zone around $90k, bulls have seen BTC bounce from lows of $82k hit on Wednesday as cryptocurrencies crashed. Despite the lingering economic concerns and tariffs, Bitcoin has reclaimed the $86k area. Several altcoins have also held up at key support levels, including Ethereum, XRP and Solana.

Stacks, the leading Bitcoin (BTC) Layer-2 (L2) network for BTC-oriented decentralized finance (DeFi), has announced that its sBTC token has been adopted by a number of institutional clients, as detailed to Finbold on Thursday, February 27.

Stacks, a prominent layer-2 solution designed to unlock the potential of Bitcoin for decentralized finance (DeFi), is gaining significant momentum. The platform announced today that a number of major institutions are adopting sBTC, a 1:1 Bitcoin-backed, decentralized programmable asset, as a key component of their Bitcoin strategies.

Blockchair announced today the launch of its Stacks Explorer, further expanding its mission to provide comprehensive blockchain analytics.

Metaplanet shares have risen 4,800% as the company, known as “Asia's MicroStrategy,” has stacked Bitcoin.

Bitcoin (BTC) dived back into the red as momentum stalled around the $99,000 price level and fell to a low of $95,891 before recovering and moving to its current level. The flagship cryptocurrency is down almost 1% as it oscillates between $95,000 and $99,000, nearly 11% below its all-time high as it struggles to reclaim $100,000.

Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market took a turn for the worse over the weekend in price drops that have largely been blamed on Trump's promised tariffs. I overheard a handful of X Spaces hosts sound the alarms about it on Monday, acting as though the bull market was over.

Velar launches the BTC Name Grant Program to drive .btc digital identity adoption and unify the Stacks ecosystem.

Velar's new initiative aims to improve Bitcoin interactions, partnering with Stacks and other leaders to enhance user identity management.

Velar and its partners have raised more than 6,000 STX to incentivize users to adopt the .BTC digital identity on the Stacks layer-2 network.

Hermetica, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol operating on Bitcoin Layer 2 Stacks, has announced a major liquidity initiative that is set to establish USDh as the largest stablecoin within the Stacks ecosystem. USDh is Hermetica's Bitcoin-backed yield-bearing stablecoin. The protocol has finalised a liquidity deal that will bring in approximately $3 million in USDh liquidity.

Fresh off completing significant technical upgrades, Ali is now laser focused on growing Stacks' user base.

Stacks, a layer-2 blockchain built on Bitcoin, has faced a significant outage lasting over four hours. According to its status page, the network ceased producing transaction blocks at 7:15 UTC on Jan. 6.

Story Highlights The live price of GMT is . GMT price could soar as high as $0.42 in 2025. Stepn price could reach a high of $1.49 by 2030. The crypto space has been cordial to budding projects in the industry. A number of which cater to diverse sectors of the business.

In a series of surprising events, the GMT price began skyrocketing, especially today, as it's up 40%. It's surprising, as the token has been under a major downtrend and consolidation for years.

StepN's Green Metaverse Token formed a God candle on Friday, making it one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies. StepN (GMT) price surged by 50%, reaching an intraday high of $0.2275, its highest level since December 9.

GMT, the native token of Stepn, is making waves in the cryptocurrency realm with its impressive performance. On December 27, 2024, while the overall cryptocurrency market struggles to gain momentum including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and XRP, GMT has outperformed all major assets with a significant 55% upside momentum.

In the past 24 hours, three altcoins—CLANKER, PARSIQ (PRQ), and STEPN (GMT)—have shown significant market activity. CLANKER has surged by 60%, reaching a $60 million market cap and attracting attention within the Base ecosystem.

Stacks (STX) has experienced a significant 26% decline over the past week, with its price falling to around $1.71 at the time of writing. The cryptocurrency has dropped sharply, but it is approaching a crucial support level, which could signal a potential rebound.

Altcoin resumed its decline, approaching a month-long consolidation range that it previously broke out of.

Stacks (STX) tumbled by 26% in a week, approaching the critical $1.75 support within a bullish channel.

Bitflow, a decentralized exchange (DEX), and Pontis, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, have introduced the first-ever Bitcoin Runes Automated Market Maker (AMM) on Stacks, a Bitcoin (BTC) Layer-2 (L2) scaling solution, as reported to Finbold on Wednesday, December 18.

Bitflow's automated market maker uses Stacks' Nakamoto upgrade with the aim of addressing some shortcomings inhibiting Runes trading.

Starting in January 2025, Travala is the top crypto-friendly travel platform. This will let users book flights, hotels, and activities using sBTC and $STX.

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TL;DR Stacks has successfully launched sBTC on the mainnet, enabling Bitcoin integration into decentralized finance (DeFi). sBTC is fully backed by Bitcoin, ensuring its security and offering new opportunities in decentralized lending and exchanges.

The initial launch will allow deposit-only functionality with multiple features expected to follow in the first half of 2025.

According to reports from Bitcoin L2Labs, which leads the development of the layer-2 of Bitcoin Stacks, the launch of sBTC has been made official.

Stacks (STX), the blockchain project aimed at bringing smart contracts and decentralized applications to Bitcoin, has been experiencing notable upward momentum recently. In the past 24 hours alone, the cryptocurrency has surged by 11.63%, climbing from $2.27 to a high of $2.62 before slightly pulling back to $2.53.

Bitcoin L2 Labs, the core development team behind Stacks, announced the successful mainnet launch of a programmable 1:1 Bitcoin-backed asset, sBTC. It marks a major step toward building an on-chain Bitcoin economy and follows October's Nakamoto Upgrade, which delivered faster transactions and 100% Bitcoin finality to the Stacks network.

STX has experienced a strong upswing over the past month, hiking by 29.42%.