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#SparkBinanceHODLerAirdrop Three memecoins that could surge past $1 in 2025: Dogecoin, Hedera, Neo Pepe Coin

Dogecoin, Hedera, and Neo Pepe Coin eye $1 as 2025 opens with bullish sentiment and rising adoption.

As 2025 kicks into gear, the cryptocurrency world is electrified with anticipation, fueled by the exciting prospects of three standout top memecoin tokens predicted to cross the significant $1 milestone: Dogecoin, Hedera, and the rapidly emerging crypto sensation, Neo Pepe Coin (NEOP).

Dogecoin, currently trading at $0.18, is experiencing heightened activity, driven primarily by substantial whale movements and rising interest from institutional investors.

Market analysts forecast Dogecoin breaking past critical resistance levels, with several bullish predictions anticipating the coin could soar well beyond $1.20 later in the year, propelled by community enthusiasm and renewed investor confidence.

Hedera, presently valued at $0.16, continues to demonstrate steady growth, powered by its robust enterprise-grade blockchain technology. Exciting developments include potential integration with the global SWIFT payment network, a move that could dramatically accelerate cross-border transaction capabilities and further adoption.

Analysts expect Hedera to capitalize on these enhancements and ascend towards the $1 mark before the close of 2025.

Both Dogecoin and Hedera’s journeys toward this ambitious price point hinge significantly on ongoing technological advancements, overall market sentiment, and adoption rates across various sectors. Though bold, these milestones are increasingly viewed as achievable due to sustained positive market dynamics and growing global crypto adoption, further affirming them in top memecoin positioning.

Why mainstream coins thrive in bull markets
Mainstream cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cardano traditionally gain substantial traction during bullish market cycles, underpinned by their established reputation, extensive liquidity pools, and widespread adoption by investors globally.

Every bank will issue a stablecoin after GENIUS Act passage: Alchemy CTO#GENIUSActPass

Guillaume Poncin of Alchemy predicts that the passage of the Genius Act will soon bring major financial institutions into the stablecoin business.

The U.S. Senate has passed the Genius Act, bringing long-awaited regulatory clarity to stablecoins. With this development, major financial institutions are expected to roll out their own stablecoins. Guillaume Poncin, CTO of Alchemy, gave an interview to crypto.news. Alchemy is working with Visa, Coinbase, Stripe, and Robinhood on stablecoin issuance.

Until now, major banks have held back, waiting for clear regulations, a need the new bill addresses. Poncin believes that, in the future, every bank will issue its own stablecoin and operate its own blockchain.

crypto.news: You have recently suggested that banks will soon issue their stablecoins and run their blockchains. What are the main advantages of this move for them and their clients?

GP: For banks, issuing their own stablecoins allows them to capture the float on reserves, with the ability to bring in hundreds of millions in annual revenue from treasury yields at current rates. They also maintain control over their customer relationships and transaction flows rather than ceding that to third-party issuers.

For clients, bank-issued stablecoins offer instant settlement, 24/7 availability, and programmable money that is backed by the trust and regulatory protections of traditional banking relationships. The right Web3 infrastructure makes it feasible for banks to launch these capabilities without years of blockchain development.

CN: If banks get into the stablecoin business, what does this mean for major stablecoin issuers like Circle and Tether?

GP: Circle and Tether have established themselves as the default rails for crypto-native use cases and international transfers. Banks can focus on different segments, like corporate treasury, regulated institutional flows, and integration with existing banking services.

LILPEPE: Layer 2 utility where meme culture happens
The difference between Little Pepe and other projects is its base, a brand new Layer 2 blockchain built to be fast, secure and with a low fee.

The full network is driven by the LILPEPE utility token that makes possible not only a lightning-fast transaction but also community governance.

However, it is not a meme project only. It has to do with creating long-term value in a quickly moving market. Here’s how:

DeFi Tools: Lock LILPEPE or run it as a farmer to gain passive income, which will bring meme magic to life.
Community Governance: Holders do not merely observe but also suggest and vote on the project’s direction, creating a fully decentralized ecosystem.

Meme-focused Launchpad: Our future strategies involve a launchpad of meme-based projects that can fuel the strength of meme-based creators and the Little Pepe universe.

By incorporating meme culture into these utilities, LILPEPE provides its community with genuine motivations to hold, participate, and co-build.

The Little Pepe roadmap: Journey through memes
And the journey with Little Pepe is only getting started, and it happens in clean, meme-worthy phases:

Pregnancy: Word of mouth and early publicity cranked up, and influencer and presale buzz were still in the background.

Birth: The ICO, when LILPEPE is placed at the leading exchanges, and an explosive marketing campaign. The mission? Surpass the 1b market cap and have the entire meme world spell, LILPEPE GO BRRRRR.

Expansion: Little Pepe is one of many currently established on a Layer 2 EVM chain, but Little Pepe is focused on the big leagues: affordable, safe, lightning fast, and with goals to enter the Top 100 on CoinMarketCap.

Why Little Pepe could be the Next big memecoin
Little Pepe is not only a viral phenomenon. Integrating real blockchain utility, transparent tokenomics, and owner-driven governance with meme culture, LILPEPE is carving a new chapter in memecoin history.

Currently in Stage 2 of its presale, tokens are priced at $0.0011, with the next stage set to increase.

Shiba Inu exploded in 2021, PEPE in 2023, this frog token under $0.002 could soar in 2025

Little Pepe emerges as the next big frog-themed memecoin after SHIB and PEPE.

Not many crypto tales have rattled the market as much as the phenomenon of the skyrocketing of the memecoins. Cryptocurrency Shiba Inu made splashes in 2021 and turned an ordinary joke into an international sensation.

In 2023, another example of a green frog, PEPE, a memecoin (taken off a meme), impressed the minds of traders all over the place and became the third-ranked memecoin by its market capitalization. With these viral outbreaks well and truly over, the burning question seems to be, among everyone, why meme coins? Little Pepe (LILPEPE) is the frog token with a price of below $0.002 that is set to be the next shake-up in the crypto sphere.

The memecoin boom: Shiba Inu to PEPE
The 2021 story of Shiba Inu can be called legendary. Started off as a lighthearted experiment but soon became a movement due to the virality of it at the hands of a passionate community and viral marketing.

The rise of SHIB showed that memecoins were not just mere fads and could gain some attention, liquidity, and even utility. The next one is PEPE in 2023. It was indisputable that the entry of the green frog memecoin was through a bang. Exploited by the FOMO and internet culture, PEPE turned into one of the most discussed names in the crypto scenario and harvested huge trading volumes and a huge following. However, once the hype subsided, the old issue appeared again: some memecoins, regardless of their popularity, were actually bad. It did not have lasting tokenomics, actual utility, and a roadmap to development.

Little Pepe: Memecoins: The movement
The market is now keeping an eye out for the next memecoin that does not simply usher in the wave of virality. This new age is headed by Little Pepe. It is not another frog meme but a promising experiment that combines the joy of meme status with real-life blockchain utility, which is an iteration of our iconic meme character. It is a next-gen, degen-owned memecoin

Why Ethereum should not be ignored amidst massive institutional capital inflows

Ethereum has amassed $425 million in capital from SharpLink Gaming’s treasury allocation. The largest altcoin has attracted large volumes of institutional capital inflows to ETFs in the past week. Whales and institutions have attempted to reinstate confidence among traders, however the process has proven painfully slow.

We dive deeper and find out why traders are not buying Ethereum’s Ethereum
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Ethereum new narrative and what it will take for ETH to break out of the consolidation and hit a new all-time high this cycle.

Ethereum ETF flows and whale accumulation
Ethereum Spot ETFs have attracted consistently large inflows from institutional investors in the last four weeks. Data from crypto intelligence tracker SoSoValue shows that the daily total netflow to Ethereum ETFs exceeds $11 million.

Ethereum ETFs recorded a large spike on June 11 with a daily net inflow that exceeds $240 million. This week the inflows have been relatively below average, expected to pick up in the latter half, amidst recent bullish developments.

Data from crypto intelligence tracker Glassnode shows that the daily whale accumulation has exceeded 800,000 Ether. The Ethereum holdings of whales that own 1,000 to 10,000 Ether have exceeded 14.3 million Ether, as of June 16. June 12 alone recorded the highest daily net inflow, where large wallet investors added over 871,000 Ether.

Crypto analysts at Cryptorank observed that the scale of whale accumulation seen in this cycle is unusual and has not been seen since the beginning of the bull run in 2017. Starting H2 2024, whales have been accumulating ETH, with the trend rising sharply in the last four weeks, supporting a bullish thesis for Ether.

#GENIUSActPass DOJ seeks forfeiture of $225m tied to crypto ‘pig butchering’ scams

The United States Department of Justice has filed an enforcement action as it moves to seize more than $225 million in cryptocurrency tied to massive pig butchering scams.

On June 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said it had filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking the forfeiture of approximately $225.3 million in crypto linked to large-scale cryptocurrency confidence fraud schemes.

Tether helped freeze $225 million

Most of the seized funds, according to the DOJ, were in the Tether Tether
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Tether, the issuer of the U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, acknowledged its collaboration with authorities as it helped to seize the assets. An investigation by the U.S. Secret Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation had deemed the millions of dollars in USDT to have been from proceeds of crypto scams.

The DOJ said the funds were tied to an extensive pig butchering scheme that targeted victims around the world. The wallet addresses holding the seized assets were part of what officials described as “a sophisticated blockchain-based money laundering network.”

Blockchain tools unearth extensive scheme

The perpetrators of the crypto investment fraud used a complex web of transactions in an attempt to obfuscate the flow of illicit funds.

However, authorities leveraged blockchain analytics tools to trace the transactions and link them to the fraudulent operation. According to the DOJ, the scammers defrauded more than 400 victims globally.

“Under my leadership, with the support of President Trump and Attorney General Bondi, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia is taking a leading role in the fight against crypto-confidence scams, partnering with law enforcement throughout the country to seize and forfeit stolen funds and rip them from the hands of foreign criminals, all with the eye toward making victims whole,” U.S. Attorney Pirro said in a statement.

#FOMCMeeting Onyxcoin price plummets 11%: what triggered the decline?

The token fell from $0.01421 to $0.01319 during Wednesday’s Asian evening session. The 10.98% plunge came without any clear news catalyst, suggesting a reaction to broader crypto market weakness and a technical retest of key support.

According to CoinMarketCap data, Onyxcoin (XCN) saw a volatile 10.98% correction during Wednesday’s Asian trading session, plummeting from its daily high of $0.01421 to a swing low of $0.01319 within hours.

As of press time, Onyxcoin had recovered slightly to trade at $0.01339, with the partial rebound coinciding with Bitcoin’s bounce above $104,000. XCN now faces immediate resistance at the $0.01380 breakdown point, while sustained buying pressure could see a retest of the $0.014 psychological level.

Why XCN price plunged

Several key factors help explain Wednesday’s tumble. Over the past week, XCN’s 24-hour trading volume has fluctuated between $24 million and $27 million, relatively modest compared to mid-cap peers, but still liquid enough for small order imbalances to cause sharp swings.

That backdrop means even modest order imbalances, whether profit‑taking by insiders or stops activated by bots, can trigger outsized moves. Despite the absence of any negative news, the broader altcoin sector has been under pressure as Bitcoin’s recent indecision and macro uncertainty weigh on sentiment.

In XCN’s case, the $0.01330–$0.01340 range acted as a short-term support zone. The token stabilized around $0.01339 in early U.S. hours as buyers stepped in to absorb recent liquidations.

$USDC Circle raises IPO target to $896M amid strong investor interest

Circle has increased its IPO target to $896 million amid rising investor interest, growing stablecoin adoption and a more favorable US regulatory environment.

Major stablecoin issuer Circle has increased its initial public offering (IPO) target to $896 million.

According to a June 2 filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Circle now plans to offer up to 32 million shares at an IPO price range of $27 to $28 per share, an increase from the previous offering of 24 million shares priced between $24 and $26.

The news follows a late May announcement that the company would issue 9.6 million shares of Class A common stock. At the time, Circle hinted at a target valuation of $6.7 billion.

An increase in the IPO target suggests strong investor interest in Circle stock. This occurs as the US administration under President Donald Trump continues to foster an increasingly favorable regulatory environment for the industry.

Circle declined to comment on the developments regarding its IPO. A company spokesperson told Cointelegraph:

“We are in a quiet period so cannot comment to press.”
A quiet period is standard practice, and US securities law expects them in IPO timelines. Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 bars an issuer from “offers” before the SEC declares its registration statement effective to avoid what market lawyers call gun-jumping.

Bitcoin Traders’ Are Looking at a Key Data Point in Fed Meeting and Its Not Interest Rate Decision

The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, with a decision announcement scheduled for Wednesday at 18:00 UTC.

What to know:

The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, with a decision announcement scheduled for Wednesday at 18:00 UTC.

Crypto traders are focusing on the Fed's interest rate dot plot, which could influence market dynamics depending on the projected rate cuts.

A hawkish outlook from the Fed could pressure bitcoin prices and impact the U.S. fiscal situation by increasing debt servicing costs.

The Federal Reserve's (Fed) Open Market Committee, comprising 12 officials, is scheduled to announce its decision on interest rates at 18:00 UTC on Wednesday, followed by Chairman Jerome Powell's press conference half an hour later.

The CME Group's FedWatch tool indicates that the central bank is again likely to hold ground and keep interest rates unchanged in the range of 4.25%-4.50% despite President Donald Trump's repeated demands for lower borrowing costs.

The rate decision, therefore, is a foregone conclusion and crypto traders are likely to focus on the interest rate dot plot – the graphical representation that records each Fed official's projections for interest rates.

"With rates expected to stay on hold, traders are focused on the dot‑plot: fewer than two projected cuts would harden the higher‑for‑longer narrative; a dovish surprise would lighten the dollar and could unfreeze crypto's bid. Until then, patience rules," crypto trading and market-making firm XBTO said.

A hawkish dot plot, suggesting fewer rate cuts, could put pressure on bitcoin and the broader crypto market. BTC's rally has already stalled above $100,000, with geopolitical tensions in the Middle East adding to the trade war-led inflation uncertainty.

During 2025, expectations for rate cuts have already declined sharply, from an initial 100 basis points to just 50 basis points currently.

#MyTradingStyle Spain's BBVA is Advising Clients to Invest Up to 7% of Portfolio in BTC, ETH: Reuters

The bank's head of blockchain solutions Philippe Meyer told the DigiAssets conference in London that it started advising on bitcoin in September last year.

What to know:

BBVA is advising its wealth clients to invest 3-7% of their portfolios in cryptocurrencies, an executive of the Spanish bank said.

BBVA's advice of investing 3-7% of portfolios in crypto currently applies to bitcoin and ether, but the bank plans to expand this to other cryptocurrencies later this year.

Spanish lender BBVA is advising its wealth clients to invest 3%-7% of their portfolios in cryptocurrencies, an executive of the Spanish bank said on Tuesday.

The bank's head of digital and blockchain solutions Philippe Meyer told the DigiAssets conference in London that it started advising clients on bitcoin
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in September last year, according to a report by Reuters.

"The riskier profile, we allow up to 7% of (portfolios in) crypto," Meyer said.

BBVA's advice of investing in crypto currently applies to bitcoin and ether
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, but the bank plans to expand this to other cryptocurrencies later this year, he added.

While many major financial institutions are showing a distinctly warmer attitude toward cryptocurrency investments in 2025 than in years past, BBVA's news is noteworthy in that it is actively advising its clients to buy crypto.

#GENIUSActPass Every Fintech Firm Will Run Its Own Blockchain `in Next Five Years:' Optimism

The logic behind this assertion is straightforward and simple, says OP Labs head of product Sam McIngvale.

What to know:
The runaway success of Coinbase’s layer-2 network, Base, has prompted many other firms to follow suit, OP Labs' Sam McIngvale said.

Layer 2s allows companies to attract customers and generate revenue, he said.

Rather than paying to hold crypto in dormant custody, L2 chains make it easy to lend and borrow.

It’s only a matter of time until every cryptocurrency exchange and fintech firm is running its own blockchain, according to OP Labs, builder of Ethereum overlay protocol Optimism.

The logic is straightforward and simple, says OP Labs head of product, Sam McIngvale, pointing to the runaway success of Coinbase’s layer-2 (L2) network Base since its debut in 2023.

For a start, Base has accrued an incredible ecosystem of users and developers to back the exchange, McIngvale said. But the biggest no-brainer is how a system like Base, combined with Coinbase’s bitcoin-backed loans, allows dormant crypto assets sitting in custody to be monetized by lending them out, he added.

Base was built using Optimism's OP Stack, a software product that helps users to develop layer-2 blockchains that work with Ethereum but provide faster, cheaper transactions. McIngvale said Base's success, it's the largest layer 2 by a number of metrics including total value locked, is an illustration of how the industry is likely to develop.

“I expect every crypto exchange and every fintech company to run their own blockchain in the next five years,” McIngvale said in an interview. “If you own bitcoin on Coinbase, in one button, they will take that bitcoin, move it to Base, which then lets you borrow USDC from it. And now you can go do whatever you want with that USDC

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#TradingPairs101 Cryptocurrency Pairs: Trading & How They Work

Understanding trading pairs is necessary primarily for buying certain cryptocurrencies and for engaging in advanced arbitrage trading strategies.

Trading pairs” or “cryptocurrency pairs” are assets that can be traded for each other on an exchange. Two specific examples of trading pairs are bitcoin/litecoin (BTC/LTC) and ether/bitcoin cash (ETH/BCH). There are two main reasons for investors to understand trading pairs: Some cryptocurrencies can only be bought with other cryptocurrencies, so knowledge of cryptocurrency pairs is necessary to expand your crypto holdings beyond the most common coins. And, knowledge of crypto trading pairs gives savvy crypto investors the chance to exploit arbitrage opportunities — i.e., to profit from differences in asset prices between markets.

How Do Crypto Trading Pairs Work?
Cryptocurrency pairs allow you to compare costs between different cryptocurrencies. These pairings help illustrate the relative worth of specific crypto assets — e.g., how much BTC equals in ETH, and how much ETH equals in BCH. Exchanges usually offer several pairing options, which gives you the chance to choose a pairing based on currencies you already possess. For example, if you own BTC, then you can trade with any pairing listed on an exchange that includes BTC. $BTC

The most versatile cryptocurrency pairs to trade are usually BTC and ETH, as they’re offered by most exchanges. Many crypto exchanges offer pairings for cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar (USD), while some do not

What Is a Base Currency and Why Is It Important?
To take full advantage of crypto trading pairs, you need to understand base currencies. A base currency is a way to denote an agreed-upon value of different assets. Base currencies are a common tool for comparing exchange rates across fiat currencies in different countries. An American traveling to Italy will want to convert USD into the Italian currency, the Euro. In this case, the USD serves as the base currency. The same principles.

#TradingPairs101 Cryptocurrency Pairs: Trading & How They Work

Understanding trading pairs is necessary primarily for buying certain cryptocurrencies and for engaging in advanced arbitrage trading strategies.

Trading pairs” or “cryptocurrency pairs” are assets that can be traded for each other on an exchange. Two specific examples of trading pairs are bitcoin/litecoin (BTC/LTC) and ether/bitcoin cash (ETH/BCH). There are two main reasons for investors to understand trading pairs: Some cryptocurrencies can only be bought with other cryptocurrencies, so knowledge of cryptocurrency pairs is necessary to expand your crypto holdings beyond the most common coins. And, knowledge of crypto trading pairs gives savvy crypto investors the chance to exploit arbitrage opportunities — i.e., to profit from differences in asset prices between markets.$BTC

How Do Crypto Trading Pairs Work?
Cryptocurrency pairs allow you to compare costs between different cryptocurrencies. These pairings help illustrate the relative worth of specific crypto assets — e.g., how much BTC equals in ETH, and how much ETH equals in BCH. Exchanges usually offer several pairing options, which gives you the chance to choose a pairing based on currencies you already possess. For example, if you own BTC, then you can trade with any pairing listed on an exchange that includes BTC.

The most versatile cryptocurrency pairs to trade are usually BTC and ETH, as they’re offered by most exchanges. Many crypto exchanges offer pairings for cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar (USD), while some do not.

What Is a Base Currency and Why Is It Important?
To take full advantage of crypto trading pairs, you need to understand base currencies. A base currency is a way to denote an agreed-upon value of different assets. Base currencies are a common tool for comparing exchange rates across fiat currencies in different countries. An American traveling to Italy will want to convert USD into the Italian currency, the Euro. In this case, the USD serves as the base currency. The same principles.

#Liquidity101 What Are Liquidity Pools?

Liquidity pools enable users to buy and sell crypto on decentralized exchanges and other DeFi platforms without the need for centralized market makers.

A liquidity pool is a crowdsourced pool of cryptocurrencies or tokens locked in a smart contract that is used to facilitate trades between the assets on a decentralized exchange (DEX). Instead of traditional markets of buyers and sellers, many decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms use automated market makers (AMMs), which allow digital assets to be traded in an automatic and permissionless manner through the use of liquidity pools.

The Role of Crypto Liquidity Pools in DeFi
Crypto liquidity pools play an essential role in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem — in particular when it comes to decentralized exchanges (DEXs). Liquidity pools are a mechanism by which users can pool their assets in a DEX’s smart contracts to provide asset liquidity for traders to swap between currencies. Liquidity pools provide much-needed liquidity, speed, and convenience to the DeFi ecosystem.

Before automated market makers (AMMs) came into play, crypto market liquidity was a challenge for DEXs on Ethereum. At that time, DEXs were a new technology with a complicated interface and the number of buyers and sellers was small, so it was difficult to find enough people willing to trade on a regular basis. AMMs fix this problem of limited liquidity by creating liquidity pools and offering liquidity providers the incentive to supply these pools with assets, all without the need for third-party middlemen. The more assets in a pool and the more liquidity the pool has, the easier trading becomes on decentralized exchanges, regardless of fluctuations in Ethereum's price, which can influence trading volume and pool activity.

Why Are Crypto Liquidity Pools Important?
Any seasoned trader in traditional or crypto markets can tell you about the potential downsides of entering a market with little liquidity. Whether it’s a low cap cryptocurrency or penny stock, slippage will be a concern.

#OrderTypes101 Crypto Trading Strategies: A Guide to Trading Order Types

Explore essential crypto trading strategies with this guide to trading order types. Learn about market, limit, stop-loss, and advanced order types.

Crypto trading has rapidly evolved, offering strategies to maximize profits and minimize risk. An essential part of successful cryptocurrency trading strategies is understanding trading order types, which help traders achieve specific entry, exit, and risk management goals.

What Are Crypto Order Types?

Order types are instructions given to a trading platform on how to execute buy or sell orders for crypto assets.

The variety of order types available allows traders to tailor trades based on market conditions and personal strategies. Market, limit, and stop-loss orders are the most common, but advanced order types offer further versatility.

Whether you’re a beginner or a pro when it comes to price changes, crypto exchange, and day trading, it’s important to stay informed.

By learning how each order type functions, traders can align their orders with their broader trading approach, enabling them to execute trades that reflect specific financial objectives.

1. Market Orders

Market orders are one of the most straightforward types of orders. They execute immediately at the current market price, prioritizing speed over price control.

Market orders are advantageous for traders needing to enter or exit a position rapidly, particularly in highly liquid markets. However, due to the lack of price control, market orders may not always achieve the desired price, especially during market fluctuations or when trading less liquid assets.

Market orders are commonly used by traders who prioritize immediacy, as they ensure the order will be fulfilled quickly. However, the trade-off is that the exact price of execution might vary, particularly in volatile markets, which can be a disadvantage if price precision is a primary goal.

2. Limit Orders

Limit orders allow traders to specify a maximum or minimum price at which they want to execute.

#CEXvsDEX101 Centralized vs. decentralized crypto exchanges—which should you choose?

Understanding CEX and DEX.

Are you buying, selling, or trading cryptocurrencies? You’re probably using a cryptocurrency exchange to complete your transactions. These exchanges are either centralized or decentralized—a core design choice that affects almost every part of your trading experience.

Decentralized exchanges—like the blockchain technology on which they’re built—rely on consensus mechanisms, with data distributed across users. But centralized exchanges are undeniably more accessible. Which should you choose? The decision is about trade-offs—and priorities.

Crypto exchange types: Summary table
Before deciding which type of exchange you would like to use, you’ll need to assess not only your needs, but also your personal “crypto philosophy.” For example, do you trust your crypto assets with a single entity, or are you fully on board with the distributed nature of blockchain technology? Do you plan to trade a few of the top cryptocurrencies, or would you like access to thousands? And what about privacy, security, and platform transparency?

The following table summarizes the many criteria to consider. Take a look, then keep reading for a deeper explanation of each factor to help you decide.

Controlling entity or system
A centralized exchange (CEX) is controlled by a singular group or entity, such as a privately held company or publicly traded corporation. The controlling entity is fully responsible for all aspects of the platform’s business.

A decentralized exchange (DEX) is governed by a technology protocol that enables a large group of people to participate in cryptocurrency exchange on a peer-to-peer basis. DEXs rely heavily on smart contracts as the “controlling entities” that determine how the decentralized exchange operates.

Range of crypto offerings
If you’re looking for the biggest selection of cryptocurrencies, then you’ll likely find it on a decentralized exchange. Users can buy nearly any digital token on decentralized exchanges

#TradingTypes101 Crypto Orders - Market Orders, Stop Limit Orders, Limit Orders

A trade order refers to an agreement to sell or purchase a particular crypto asset at a certain price range or price. Crypto investors can sell or buy several cryptos via three basic trading orders — limit, market, and stop-limit orders. Thus every crypto enthusiast needs to understand these basic trading order types.

Market Orders
Market orders are the simplest type of trade orders. Usually, traders place these if they are willing to ensure that a trade is executed. It simply refers to an order a trader places to sell or purchase any asset such as Bitcoin immediately at its current price.

An example of market order: Mr X is looking forward to selling 0.75 Bitcoin (BTC) at this moment or as soon as possible.

A market order is supposed to be executed instantly or, at least, as close to instant execution as possible. When a particular market transaction has occurred and the order is completed, traders refer to it as “the order has been filled”. It’s worth noting that a market order will be instantly filled always, or it will not be executed.

Advantages of a market order
Some major advantages of market orders are their efficiency, immediacy, simplicity, and ability to fill (in most cases).

Disadvantages of a market order
Placing a market order on an exchange comes with the disadvantage that the concerned individual agrees that the exchange fills the order at the best possible price for that timeframe. This again gives rise to another limitation: the more price-sensitive traders lose out, and those agreeing to increased prices get their market orders filled first.

Limit Order
A limit order is an order to sell or purchase an asset at a particular price. The purpose placing these orders is to limit price risks.

An example of a limit order: Suppose the price for BTC/EUR is currently EUR 9000 and Mr X places a limit buy order for a limit price of EUR 8500. In this case, the order is supposed to execute at EUR 8500 when there comes a matching sell order at this price.

$BTC #TrumpVsPowell Trump’s knives are out for Jerome Powell

President Trump has spent the first months of his presidency upending longstanding norms, from firing commissioners of independent agencies to ramping up tariffs against U.S. allies and rivals alike. But there is one line he hasn’t crossed: Firing the head of the central bank. This week, though, new developments have raised fears that Trump could take the once-unthinkable step of dismissing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

On Thursday, Trump issued a tirade on his social media platform Truth Social, blasting the Fed Chair as always “too late and wrong” about cutting interest rates, adding “Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!”

Meanwhile, a new report claims Trump has been privately telling aides he wants to remove Powell before his term expires in a year. Powell has said he would not resign if Trump asked. All of this sets up a potential legal showdown that could upend nearly a century of legal and political precedent—and that critics fear would destroy confidence in the U.S. economy. To understand what’s at stake, Fortune asked law professors and policy experts for their view on an explosive issue that is fast making its way to the Supreme Court.

What is Humphrey’s Executor?

Trump, whose recent outburst came after a Powell speech stating that tariffs could exacerbate inflation, has not taken formal steps to dismiss the Fed Chair. But he has fired commissioners from other independent agencies that fall under the executive branch, including the Federal Trade Commission and the National Labor Relations Board. These moves come as a direct challenge to a nearly century-old precedent, where a unanimous Supreme Court, in a case called Humphrey’s Executor v. United States held that President Franklin Roosevelt could not remove the heads of an independent agency without a good reason such as neglect or wrongdoing

“That’s a really foundational Supreme Court precedent,” said Hayley Durudogan, a senior policy analyst at the left-leaning Center for American Progress.

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