The crypto market is surging along with the broader financial market after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated during a closed-door meeting that the trade war between the US and China is unsustainable. Bitcoin (BTC) continued its upward trajectory, crossing $93,000, a key resistance level.

IOTA is gaining momentum fast. With price surging past key resistance levels and volume picking up, is this the start of a major rally?

Memes have followed the overall resurgence of the cryptocurrency market.

May 5, 2025, will mark a historic date for the blockchain ecosystem: the IOTA network is preparing to complete an unprecedented upgrade, transforming into a fully decentralized, scalable platform ready to handle a wide range of Web3 applications. The arrival of the new protocol, IOTA Rebased, indeed promises to revolutionize the network's operation, strongly pushing for real adoption and the usability of its $IOTA token. Since 2015, IOTA has undergone several technical transformations to meet the growing demands of the blockchain ecosystem. With the IOTA Rebased protocol, the most complex and decisive update ever faced arrives. After months of technical testing, auditing, and community governance-based decisions, the network will finally become a decentralized Layer 1 blockchain, based on a Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) consensus mechanism.

Fartcoin, a meme token built on the Solana blockchain, has surged past Bonk to become the second-largest meme coin on the network.

The seven-day moving average (7DMA) of the number of active addresses on Aptos has dropped to a yearly low of approximately 644,000.

IOTA has confirmed plans to implement its historic upgrade on May 5, migrating from Stardust to the IOTA Rebased protocol. The upgrade represents a key milestone as it ushers in a new dawn for the blockchain and its community.

Popcat (CRYPTO: POPCAT) and Bonk (CRYPTO: BONK) are benefiting from Fartcoin (CRYPTO: FARTCOIN) crossing the $1 milestone, with traders speculating they might mirror the latter's rally. What Happened: Popcat and Bonk are up 25% and 9%, respectively, on the day.

IOTA has officially announced that the much-anticipated Rebased network upgrade will go live on May 5, 2025. This marks a historic shift as the network migrates from the current Stardust architecture to the all-new IOTA network.

Layer-1 blockchain Iota's “largest, most complex, and most important upgrade” to the Rebased Protocol is set for 5 May 2025. The post IOTA Moves to Rebased Protocol in Two Weeks, Its ‘Most Technical' Upgrade Yet appeared first on Cryptonews.

IOTA will implement its largest network upgrade to date on May 5, transitioning its mainnet to the new IOTA Rebased protocol.

Solana meme coin Fartcoin has broken into the top five meme coins by market cap, after climbing 21% over the past 24 hours.

Fartcoin has just flipped Bonk to become the second-largest Solana memecoin by market cap, following a 15% rally that pushed its market cap above the $1 billion mark.

IOTA prepares for its Rebased mainnet upgrade on May 5, 2025, promising a seamless transition with no token migration needed. Key details and steps are outlined by the IOTA Foundation.

The crypto market has started the week well, with Bitcoin and many altcoins beating the American stock market. Bitcoin price has held steady above $88,000, while the valuation of all cryptocurrencies has jumped to $2.75 trillion. This article provides the forecast of top altcoins like Reserve Rights (RSR), IOTA (IOTA), Pendle, and Solana (SOL).

When market noise drowns out logic, platforms built on function—not hype—tend to stand out. Mantle is gaining attention with its recent Bankless partnership, while Aptos expands its global reach through strategic regional offices. Both reflect efforts to build long-term value through ecosystem moves.

AIP-119 proposes a 44% reduction in APT staking yields.

Aptos is shaking things up with a bold new proposal that slashes staking rewards nearly in half. Supporters say it'll drive real network growth.

The Aptos community is currently evaluating a new governance proposal, AIP-119, that could halve staking rewards over the next three months. It seeks to reduce the current annual staking yield from around 7% to 3.79%.

Aptos is making waves as a community member recently submitted a proposal on April 18 to slash the staking rewards nearly by almost 50%. The plan submitted by the member, MoonSheisty suggests lowering the rewards from 7% to 3.79% over the next three months.

Aptos community member MoonSheisty submitted a proposal to slash staking rewards for the network's native token, Aptos (APT), by almost half.

An Aptos community member submitted a proposal on April 18 to slash staking rewards for the network's native token, Aptos (APT), by nearly 50%The proposal, submitted by a community member called MoonSheisty, aims at reducing reward yields from 7% to 3.79% in a three-month period, aligning Aptos staking rewards with other layer-1 blockchains and encouraging capital efficiency. The proposal has sparked curiosity on X, but early comments on GitHub show some initial resistance.

An Aptos community member submitted a proposal on April 18 to slash staking rewards for the network's native token, Aptos (APT), by nearly 50%The proposal, submitted by a community member called MoonSheisty, aims at reducing reward yields from 7% to 3.79% in a three-month period, aligning Aptos staking rewards with other layer-1 blockchains and encouraging capital efficiency. The proposal has sparked curiosity on X, but early comments on GitHub show some initial resistance.

The proposal echoes Solana's recent SIMD-228, which sought to curb inflation on the network, but was voted down by validators in March.

Bonk (BONK), one of the more energetic players in the meme coin space, is showing signs of a potentially explosive move as it coils tighter within a symmetrical triangle pattern. This classic chart formation, characterized by converging trendlines of lower highs and higher lows, often acts as a pressure booster for price action — the longer the squeeze, the more powerful the breakout tends to be.

Aptos' proposal targets a 1% monthly staking yield decrease.

The crypto market registered a substantial drop on Wednesday before recovering towards the end of the day after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell flagged concerns about inflation and slowing growth due to tariffs. However, markets recovered as crypto remained strong in the face of adversity even though traditional stock markets took a beating.

According to Wifi Dabba CEO and founder Karam Lakshman, India's rapid digital growth has outpaced its broadband infrastructure, leaving hundreds of millions without stable access. He believes decentralized networks may offer a way to bridge that gap, using global capital, local deployment partners, and tokenized incentives to scale internet access cost-efficiently.

AAVE's ecosystem upgrade could mark the beginning of a new wave of liquidity inflows.

After falling from its Macro Range, Aptos (APT) has faced rejection from key levels. Amid its 15% monthly decline, some analysts suggest that APT's party won't continue until the $5 resistance is reclaimed.

BONK's descending channel highlighted the bearish trend and the attempted consolidation around the 2024 low.

Top crypto prices remained under pressure this week as market participants focused on the ongoing trade war between the US and other countries. Bitcoin was stuck around $84,000, while the crypto fear and greed index moved to the fear zone of 25.

AI crypto tokens are facing renewed pressure after Nvidia warned of a massive financial hit due to new U.S. export restrictions on chip sales to China.

BONK is trading at a key high time frame support level while showing signs of a potential trend reversal.

The crypto market tanked over the past 24 hours, with the market cap declining almost 3% to $2.63 trillion as bearish sentiment returned. Bitcoin (BTC) peaked at a local high of $86,397 before investors began booking profits.

Story Highlights The live price of the BONK token is BONK coin price may reach a high of $0.00035 by the end of 2025. BONK, with a potential surge, could reach a maximum of $0.0050 by the end of 2030.

IOTA has registered a 6% price increase in the past week, but is printing a potential bearish flip pattern that could see its price drop sharply. This price prediction for IOTA aligns with overall market weakness, where major cryptocurrencies are trading near key support or resistance levels.

BONK could be ready for another leg up.

A closely followed crypto analyst believes one meme token operating on Solana (SOL) is in the early stages of a market recovery. Pseudonymous analyst Altcoin Sherpa tells his 243,800 followers on the social media platform X that he's bullish on the memecoin Bonk (BONK).

IOTA token price has moved sideways in the past few days as it formed a rare bullish pattern ahead of the Rebased upgrade. IOTA (IOTA) was trading at $0.1670, a few points above the year-to-date low of $0.1360.

FARTCOIN is gaining momentum, potentially reshuffling the Solana memecoin leaderboard.

As the net capitalization of the cryptocurrency segment is growing, meme coin holders benefit. Bonk (BONK) is attempting to blast past the $1 billion cap yet again while Pengu (PENGU) and Dogwifhat (WIF) meme coins are also posting double-digit gains overnight.

Cryptocurrencies struggled in the past sessions as macroeconomic developments, including Trump's trade war, dented the appetite for risk assets. However, Sonic defied the bearish trends with consistent total value locked (TVL) growth. Sonic's TVL skyrocketed past $1 billion in April (data extracted from DeFiLlama), reflecting massive growth in 2025 (so far).

A blockchain with Meta DNA, Aptos faces a challenge of differentiation in an increasingly skeptical market. Head of ecosystem Pampati talks with CoinDesk ahead of his appearance at Consensus 2025 in Toronto May 14-16.

The crypto market resumed its downward trajectory after a brief recovery on Tuesday. Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies crashed on Monday thanks to tariff-induced uncertainties but recovered on Tuesday.

Bonk (BONK), the popular Solana-based meme coin, is on the verge of a massive price crash. This bearish outlook emerges during a period when major cryptocurrencies are experiencing massive sell-offs and price crashes.

Altcoin prices bounced back as some investors bought the dip following the recent crypto Black Monday, when most of them crashed.

The realized cap helps highlight BONK's investor losses, and plummeting on-chain activity gives little hope of recovery.