The9 Limited Receives Strategic Investment from Cryptocurrency Investment Funds to Operate Global GameFi Platform

SINGAPORE, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The9 Limited (NASDAQ: NCTY) (hereinafter referred to as “The9”), an established Internet company, announced today that it has signed private placement agreements with industry-leading cryptocurrency investment funds Elune Capital, Fine Vision Fund and Bripheno Pte. Ltd. (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Investors”). Pursuant to the agreement, the Investors will invest US$8 million in The9. The9 will issue Class A common shares to the Investors with share price equal to the average closing price of the 30 consecutive trading days before the signing of the…

Top Global Crypto Exchange Binance To List New Blockchain Gaming Token via the Launchpool Platform

Binance plans to use its Launchpool platform to launch trading support for the new native asset of a gaming blockchain. Binance Launchpool, which lets users stake coins to farm new assets, says its 66th project will be GUN, the official token of the GUNZ blockchain, which was built by developer Gunzilla Games. The chain currently powers Gunzilla’s Extraction Royale game “Off The Grid” and its infiltration game “Technocore.” Gunzilla says in the project’s whitepaper that the chain was “purpose-built for AAA web3 gaming.” “Originally created to support a community-driven economy…

LatAm Exchange TruBit Taps Crypto Lending Platform Morpho for DeFi Earn Offering

TruBit, a Latin America-based cryptocurrency exchange with regulatory licenses in Mexico and Argentina, is offering users in the region a decentralized finance (DeFi) yield product powered by crypto lender Morpho. Catering to a growing demand for crypto-backed lending, this move by retail exchanges is all about creating an easy way for users to interact with decentralized, automated lending and borrowing, a so-called “DeFi mullet” (fintech on the front end, DeFi at the back). Morpho’s TruBit partnership follows the DeFi lending protocol’s announcement earlier this year with Coinbase, to offer bitcoin-backed…

eToro trading platform publicly files for US IPO

Cryptocurrency-friendly trading platform eToro has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States following several previous attempts. The company said in a March 24 announcement that it had submitted a registration statement on Form F-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission related to the IPO of its Class A common shares. EToro has applied to list its Class A common shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “ETOR,” according to the announcement, which stated: “A registration statement on Form F-1 relating to…

DEX Platform Pancakeswap Dethrones Uniswap in Weekly Volume Race

Per data aggregated from coinmarketcap.com and defillama.com, the decentralized exchange (DEX) platform Pancakeswap has eclipsed Uniswap in seven-day trading volume this week. DEX Volume Wars Analytics unveiled via a Sunday post on X by coinmarketcap.com’s social media account reveal that the DEX Pancakeswap secured the top position in this week’s trading volume figures. “With over […] Source BitcoincryptoexchangeExchanges CryptoX Portal

Crypto Exchange Kraken Acquires Leading US Retail Futures Trading Platform NinjaTrader

The second-largest US-based crypto exchange by trading volume is expanding its repertoire as it prepares to go public. Earlier this month, Kraken announced plans to offer an Initial Public Offering (IPO) early next year. On the heels of the announcement, Kraken now says it has acquired the leading US retail futures trading platform NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader was founded in 2003, provides services for nearly two million traders, and is a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-registered Futures Commission Merchant (FCM). According to Kraken, the deal represents the largest ever between traditional finance…

Sanctioned crypto exchange Garantex shifts millions as it reboots platform

Shuttered crypto exchange Garantex is reportedly back under a new name after laundering millions in ruble-backed stablecoins and sending them to a freshly created exchange, according to a Swiss blockchain analytics company.   Global Ledger claims the operators of the Russian exchange have shifted liquidity and customer deposits to Grinex, which they say is “Garantex’s full-fledged successor,” in a report released to X on March 19. “We can confidently state that Grinex and Garantex are directly connected both onchain and offchain.” “The movement of funds, including the systematic transfer of A7A5…

Crypto platform Debiex must pay $2.5M in CFTC ‘pig butchering’ case

Crypto platform Debiex has been ordered to pay around $2.5 million after it failed to respond to a US Commodity Futures Trading Commission suit accusing it of being a romance scam ring. Arizona federal court Judge Douglas Rayes on March 13 granted the CFTC’s earlier motion for summary judgment in its case and ordered Debiex to pay back around $2.26 million it stole from its customers, along with a civil penalty of nearly $221,500. Judge Rayes said there was no evidence that Debiex’s failure to respond to the CFTC was…

Coinbase Ventures Debuts Base Ecosystem Group on Echo Platform

Base has become Ethereum’s top layer two (L2) across several metrics and Base projects will now have access to onchain startup capital on Echo. Echo Hosts Coinbase Ventures’ New Base Ecosystem Group to Expand Crypto Development Projects building on Ethereum’s largest L2 network Base will now have access to early startup capital via the Echo […] Source CryptoX Portal

De-Dollarization Push: African Payment Provider Tests Platform to Facilitate Local Currency Trade

An African payment infrastructure provider is piloting the Africa Currency Marketplace, which seeks to enable countries to settle trades with local currencies. PAPSS Fees to Be Market-Driven The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), a payment infrastructure provider backed by 15 central banks, is reportedly piloting a currency platform to enable countries to settle trades […] Source CryptoX Portal