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Copper, a provider of digital asset custody and collateral management, has partnered with staking infrastructure provider Figment to enhance institutional staking options.  The collaboration enables Copper’s institutional clients to stake assets securely while earning rewards across multiple blockchain networks, including Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and Polkadot (DOT). The move comes as institutional investors are looking at staking as a way to generate passive income on their crypto holdings while maintaining security and compliance. By integrating Figment’s staking services with Copper’s custody solutions, clients can stake assets without compromising asset protection or regulatory adherence, crypto.news can exclusively report. Secure staking environment…

Redstone’s native token RED is pumping after a series of developments in a single day. RedStone (RED) price has surged by 18% in the past 24 hours, trading at $0.57 with a 24-hour trading volume of $188 million, up 287%. The main catalyst for the surge seems to be the recent official announcement that RedStone has received a grant of EIGEN tokens from Eigen Foundation to be used as staking rewards. EIGEN tokens will be periodically released to stakers in RedStone’s EigenLayer AVS, with rewards are accumulating already. According to the announcement, a snapshot will be taken soon to record…

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. BitLemons is turning heads with real revenue, live games, and a nearly sold-out presale, while SOL and DOT struggle to find their footing. A month ago, Solana was soaring, and Polkadot was climbing. Now, SOL is down 38%, and DOT has lost 8.6%, leaving traders searching for the next breakout play. The problem? Hype doesn’t hold up when revenue dries up, and technical breakthroughs don’t translate to gains. That’s why BitLemons (BLEM) is attracting serious attention. With a fully…

Wallet in Telegram is getting a new upgrade with a new interface, expanded crypto trading, and permanent rewards for holding TON and USDT. Crypto wallet dubbed “Wallet in Telegram,” which is developed by a third-party company called The Open Platform and based on Telegram as a mini-app, has rolled out new features, adding support for multi-asset trading and passive income through yield rewards. In a March 13 announcement on its official channel, Wallet in Telegram revealed that users could soon trade “hundreds of new cryptocurrencies,” including Bitcoin (BTC) and memecoins like PEPE (PEPE), as well as earn “long-term passive rewards”…

Aave has launched MiCA-compliant EURC stablecoin on Base, enabling users to use it as collateral for lending and borrowing. The decentralized lending and borrowing platform Aave (AAVE) has launched Circle’s EURC (EURC) stablecoin on Base layer 2 blockchain. With EURC on Aave’s Base market, users can now borrow EURC or use it as collateral to take out other loans on the platform. This addition expands the options for Aave users in terms of borrowing and leveraging their assets beyond USD-pegged stablecoins available on the platform, namely USD Coin (USDC), Dai (DAI), and Tether (USDT). . This development represents a part…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The Australian housing market has long been a focal point of economic debate. While many blame the affordability crisis on slow construction and rising immigration, another critical factor often goes unnoticed: financial regulations. Restrictive licensing and compliance in the financial sector create an uneven playing field, pushing more capital into real estate and making the crisis even worse. The unintended consequences of financial overregulation Over the past few years, the Australian fintech industry has repeatedly urged the…

At least half a dozen Trump cabinet members hold Bitcoin investments with a combined total worth reaching millions, according to the latest financial disclosures. At least six out of the 22 members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet members hold Bitcoin (BTC) assets in crypto wallets or indirect holdings through investment vehicles such as crypto-backed exchange-traded funds. The information was compiled from the public officials’ financial disclosures dated December 2024 and January 2025, which are made available to the public. According to his public financial disclosure report, Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. owns a Bitcoin Fidelity crypto…

The Russian Ministry of Finance says it’s working to regulate crypto by rolling out national infrastructure that would move the local crypto market out of the gray area. Russia‘s Ministry of Finance is stepping up efforts to bring crypto into the light, with plans for national infrastructure that could move the country’s crypto market out of the shadows, says Deputy Minister Ivan Chebeskov, Russia’s state-controlled news agency TASS reports. “We not only support this, but we’ve worked together with the central bank. As you know, the Ministry of Finance has always had the position that the digital currency market needs…

Pi Network’s native token PI continued to rally for the second consecutive day amid community hype ahead of Pi Day. According to data from crypto.news, Pi Network (PI) rose to an intraday high of $1.79 on March 13, nearly 42% above its lowest point this week. Its market cap was seated at a little over $12.2 billion, while its daily trading volume doubled over the previous day, hovering over $930 million at the time of writing. Although the crypto is still down over 42.5% from its all-time high of $2.99 in February, PI has recently made a huge leap in…

Loaded Lions crypto has continued its upward trend for the seventh day as the project teased a major announcement set to be revealed this week. Loaded Lions (LION) surged 35.3% over the past day, reaching an intraday high of $0.0081 at the time of writing, while its market cap remained just shy of $187 million, approaching the $1 billion mark. The price gains came along with a jump in trading volume, which nearly doubled over the past day, hovering around $3.4 million. The altcoin has continued its uptrend over the last nine days, rising over 250% during this period, outpacing…