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Pixelmon has signed an exclusivity deal with Avalanche as the franchise gears up to launch two mobile games on the network.

Sia’s Q1 2025 was shaped by macro-driven headwinds in transaction volume, revenue, and market cap, yet showed signs of strengthening fundamentals. Network utilization climbed to a five-quarter high, supported by infrastructure upgrades and ecosystem tools ahead of the pivotal V2 hardfork. Core modules renterd, hostd, walletd, and explored received critical enhancements, while grant-funded projects advanced usability across mobile, web, and analytics. With the V2 upgrade slated for June, Sia enters the next quarter poised for renewed adoption and ecosystem growth.

In Q1 2025, Filecoin continued its strategic transition from emphasizing raw storage volume to prioritizing high-value, enterprise-grade users and storage providers. Although active storage deals and network utilization declined, these shifts reflected a deliberate pivot toward long-term archiving, AI-optimized datasets, and Web2/Web3 enterprise integrations. Key developments during the quarter included the near-finalization of Proof of Data Possession (PDP) for continuous data verification, ongoing Layer-2 scaling initiatives (Basin, Akave, Storacha), and preparation for the Fast Finality (F3) upgrade to improve transaction settlement speeds. Despite a 41% drop in FIL’s market cap and a 49% decline in DeFi TVL (USD), native FIL-denominated activity remained resilient, supported by new client onboarding and retrieval market growth. The ecosystem expanded through partnerships with major networks (Cardano, Solana) and AI infrastructure projects (Aethir, KiteAI, Nuklai). New community initiatives like FIL ProPGF...

OORT's AI image data set reached Kaggle’s front page in multiple categories, highlighting increasing demand for high-quality, community-sourced training data. An artificial intelligence training image data set developed by decentralized AI solution provider OORT has seen considerable success on Google’s platform Kaggle. OORT’s Diverse Tools Kaggle data set listing was released in early April; since then, it has climbed to the first page in multiple categories. Kaggle is a Google-owned online platform for data science and machine learning competitions, learning and collaboration. Ramkumar Subramaniam, core contributor at crypto AI project OpenLedger, told Cointelegraph that “a front-page Kaggle ranking is a strong social signal, indicating that the data set is engaging the right communities of data scientists, machine learning engineers and practitioners.“ Read more

Billy Bets is an AI agent that is looking to upend the sports betting industry by using blockchain networks to promote transparency.

“Bitcoin still needs to mature before decoupling from stock markets,” but presents significant benefits as a portfolio diversifier, according to the co-founder of Redstone Oracles. Bitcoin’s fluctuating correlation with US equities is raising questions about its role as a global safe-haven asset during periods of financial stress. Bitcoin (BTC) exhibited a strong negative correlation with the US stock market when analyzing the short-term, seven-day trailing correlation, according to new research from blockchain data provider RedStone Oracles, shared exclusively with Cointelegraph. However, RedStone said that the 30-day indicator signals a “variable correlation” between Bitcoin price and the S&P 500 index, with the correlation coefficient ranging from -0.2 to 0.4. Read more

Scam crypto investment platforms are everywhere, and spotting them isn’t as complicated as you may think. Fake crypto investment platforms give themselves away in a few obvious ways. Many use fake reviews, incorrect contact information and unrealistic promises to lure you in. The best approach is a healthy dose of skepticism. Watching for these red flags will keep you safe while investing. Read more

The CEO offered DOGE staffers a fast track into Coinbase after a viral clip showed a Harvard dropout facing backlash for joining the agency.

The indictment came in part because blockchain investigators have been tracing how cartel drug profits are being laundered through crypto.

Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor told the Financial Times in a new documentary that his company is well-positioned to become a $10 trillion enterprise one day. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, may become the top publicly traded equity one day, according to a Strategy analyst. Strategy will be the “number one publicly traded equity in the entire market” because of its future financial strength enabled with Bitcoin (BTC), Strategy analyst Jeff Walton predicted in the new Financial Times documentary, Michael Saylor’s $40 billion Bitcoin bet. The company currently holds about 568,840 Bitcoin, worth roughly $59 billion, and Walton said that advantage could push it past all other publicly listed firms in the future. Read more

Kazakhstan’s digital minister says lifting crypto restrictions and expanding regulations could turn the country into Central Asia’s top blockchain hub. Kazakhstan has the potential to become a leading crypto hub in Central Asia if regulatory restrictions are eased, according to Kanysh Tuleushin, the country’s first vice minister of digital development, innovation and aerospace industry. In a recent op-ed for the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper, Tuleushin said digital mining and smart policy shifts could position Kazakhstan as a regional leader in blockchain innovation. “If all restrictions were lifted and digital asset trading was allowed across Kazakhstan, the impact could be significant,” he wrote.   Read more

Over 80% of investors are betting on the approval of a Solana and Litecoin ETF in 2025, despite the latest delay from the SEC. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pushed back its decision on a proposed spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF), with the cryptocurrency industry now looking to the deadlines for the Polkadot and XRP-based ETFs in June. The SEC pushed its decision on listing Grayscale’s spot Solana (SOL) Trust ETF on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to October 2025, according to a May 13 filing by the securities regulator. The decision came the week after the SEC delayed its ruling on Canary Capital’s Litecoin (LTC) ETF, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst James Seyffart wrote in a May 5 X post. Read more

Banking giant UBS says its high-net-worth clients in Asia are pivoting from US dollar assets toward gold, crypto and Chinese markets. High-net-worth clients across Asia are gradually pivoting away from US dollar-based investments, favoring gold, cryptocurrencies and Chinese assets instead, according to financial services giant UBS Group. “Gold is getting very popular,” Amy Lo, the Swiss bank’s co-head of wealth management for Asia, said during Bloomberg’s New Voices event held in Hong Kong on May 13. She cited rising geopolitical uncertainty and persistent market volatility as primary factors behind the shift. Investors, traditionally concentrated in US-centric assets, are now seeking broader exposure across alternative asset classes, including crypto, commodities and other currencies. Read more

Daniel Schatt and Joseph Podulka admitted to misleading customers before Cred's 2020 collapse erased millions in crypto deposits.

Bitcoin miners may be reversing a lengthy selling trend that has become more intense since late 2023, recent data shows. Key points: Bitcoin miners have stopped selling their BTC in what may signal the end of a lengthy distribution streak. Over the past month, miner wallet balances have increased by around 2,700 BTC. Read more

The move aims to take advantage of growing international appetite for digital assets as global banks expand crypto services.

The Senators said the tax rule would leave U.S. firms at a disadvantage to foreign competitors and urged Treasury to “act swiftly.”

The daughter and grandson of a French crypto exchange co-founder have narrowly escaped armed abduction in Paris.

Rooted in warmth and sunshine, boosted by pop culture, the name Solana is now one of America's most popular baby names.

Tether’s market cap just passed $150.66 billion, setting yet another record and extending its dominance over every rival combined. Data from DeFiLlama showed USDT expanded by roughly $830 million in the past week and more than $5.5 billion since mid‑April. The headline total matters on its own, but the real insight lies in how the tokens are distributed: […] The post Tron strengthens grip on USDT, claiming nearly half of its $150B supply appeared first on CryptoSlate.