A subtle but powerful shift is taking place in the altcoin market. After months of cautious trading, investor focus is returning to smart contract networks, foundational DeFi plays, and high-upside early-stage tokens. Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), and Ripple (XRP) have all posted meaningful recoveries in Q2 2025, buoyed by utility, protocol upgrades, and strategic partnerships. […] The post As Solana and Cardano Push Higher While Ripple Recovers, Web3 ai Joins the List of 2025’s Best Altcoins to Buy appeared first on MoneyCheck.
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Solana (SOL) reached its highest April price on Thursday, trading at nearly $136 according to CoinGecko data, marking the first time it has hit this level since March 28. The cryptocurrency outperformed other major coins with a 6% daily gain, surpassing increases from Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and other top-10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Over the…
Stanford University’s AI research lab will leverage Theta EdgeCloud’s decentralized GPU infrastructure to advance their work in discrete optimization and algorithmic reasoning. The lab, led by Assistant Professor Ellen Vitercik from Stanford Engineering, will utilize the platform’s scalable, high-performance computing resources to accelerate AI model training and research at reasonable costs, according to an announcement…
Bybit, a major cryptocurrency exchange, announced it will discontinue several Web3 services by May 31, 2025, as part of a strategic refocusing on its core products. This move follows the earlier closure of its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace in April, according to an April 16 announcement from the company.
IOG announced a significant upgrade to Cardano’s consensus protocol in a blog post published on April 11, 2025. The new protocol, called Ouroboros Peras, will replace the current Ouroboros Praos system and dramatically accelerate transaction settlement times on the Cardano blockchain. This improvement will reduce transaction finality from the current timeframe to approximately two minutes.
Bank of America has launched a lobbying campaign aimed at influencing Congress to pass legislation that would give traditional banks an advantage in the stablecoin market. The financial giant, valued at $284 billion and classified as a Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB), is specifically targeting regulations that would limit non-banking institutions’ ability to create and…
Osman Kabaloev, a Deputy Director at the Russian Finance Ministry, has proposed that Russia develop its own stablecoin to facilitate international trade payments while navigating around sanctions. The suggestion comes after Tether recently froze $28.5 million belonging to sanctioned Russian crypto exchange Garantex, forcing the platform to suspend operations, as western sanctions continue to limit…
Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert admitted that holding onto his early Bitcoin purchases would have yielded better returns than his investments in crypto startups. During an April 17 appearance on the Journey Man podcast with Raoul Pal, Silbert revealed he first bought Bitcoin at $7-$8 per coin in 2011 before using his BTC to…
Solana’s price jumped more than 4% on Thursday, outpacing the broader cryptocurrency market as the CoinDesk 20 index rose only about 3%. Technical analysis reveals that SOL has established a critical support zone between $125-$127, which has successfully rejected multiple downside attempts, while facing resistance at the $133.50-$133.60 level.
Cardano (ADA) has been trading below the $0.70 mark since March 29, struggling to regain bullish momentum. Despite brief signs of strength, recent indicators now point to weakening trend conditions. Both the BBTrend and ADX show fading buying pressure, while EMA alignment remains bearish. With price stuck between key support and resistance levels, ADA’s next move could define its short-term direction. Cardano BBTrend Turns Negative, Signaling Momentum Reversal Cardano’s BBTrend has flipped negative, currently sitting at -0.78 after spending the last five days in positive territory. The indicator reached a peak of 9.76 on April 14, signaling strong bullish momentum at the time. BBTrend, short for Bollinger Band Trend, measures the strength and direction of a price move relative to its Bollinger Bands. Positive values typically indicate bullish trends, while negative values point to bearish conditions or weakening momentum. ADA BBTrend. Source: TradingView. The shift to -0.78 suggests that Cardano’s recent uptr