Crypto Whale Makes $16.8M on PNUT and FRED in a Week, is PEPU the Next Millionaire Maker?

One whale risked over $2 million on new meme coins Peanut the Squirrel ($PNUT) and First Convicted Raccoon ($FRED) last week, but it paid off in dividends. The trader has made millions in unrealized profits. But now, investors are searching for the next millionaire-making meme coin โ€“ and it might be Pepe Unchained ($PEPU). Unknown [โ€ฆ] Source CryptoX Portal

Coinbase Launches Regulated Crypto Benchmark โ€” Who Can Invest?

Coinbaseโ€™s new cryptocurrency index introduces a regulated crypto benchmark, offering investors broad exposure and setting a new standard for transparency in the digital asset market. A New Crypto Benchmark Emerges โ€” Coinbaseโ€™s Bold Move with COIN50 Index Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) has launched the Coinbase 50 Index (COIN50), which the crypto exchange described as โ€œa regulated [โ€ฆ] Source CryptoX Portal

Italy lowers proposed crypto tax hike to 28%: reportย 

Italyโ€™s government is considering lowering its proposed tax hike on crypto trades, reducing the planned rate increase from 42% to 28%. This shift comes as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloniโ€™s coalition appears inclined to amend the tax proposal, which was initially part of Octoberโ€™s budget plan, to support the countryโ€™s growing digital asset sector, according to Bloomberg. Italyโ€™s steep crypto rate increase Currently, crypto transactions in Italy face a 26% tax, but officials had proposed raising this to 42% to boost public finances.ย  Crypto industry executives, however, voiced concerns, arguing that…

Crypto Bull Market Arrives: Analysts Say โ€˜Buy Everything You Canโ€™

Bernstein analysts foresee a crypto bull market fueled by Trumpโ€™s pro-bitcoin stance, urging investors to seize this opportunity for gains, with a $200K bitcoin target by 2025. Bernstein Calls for Aggressive Crypto Investment Amid Pro-Bitcoin Policies Leading research and brokerage firm Bernstein, with analysts led by Gautam Chhugani, has issued a strong recommendation for cryptocurrency [โ€ฆ] Source CryptoX Portal

Devs Debate Tech Upgrades to Top Crypto

Proposed soft forks percolate up from the bitcoiner community. They undergo study and debate, and if they find sufficient interest, get a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) number. From there, they face more debates, security reviews, debates, and also debates. BIPs that win community consensus (whatever that means) must then be activated as a soft fork โ€“ a mechanism that itself is up for debate. Source

Bitcoin (BTC) Price Blasts to $90K on Coinbase as Crypto Rally Shakes Out Leveraged Traders

The largest crypto retraced around 5% to the low-$85,000 level earlier Tuesday, shaking out some late leveraged buyers. The pullback didnโ€™t last long, though, with prices quickly rebounding and clinching a new all-time high of $90,100 on Coinbaseโ€˜s BTC-USD pair towards the later hours of the U.S. session before giving back some of the gains. The CryptoX Bitcoin Index (XBX), which tracks pricing data from multiple exchanges, hit $89,971 as the price on Coinbase topped $90,000. Source CryptoX Portal