🐙 Visit Kraken.com to learn more 🐙 Metaversal is a Bankless newsletter for weekly level-ups on NFTs and the onchain frontier Subscribe now Dear Bankless Nation, One of the biggest success stories in our space right now is Base. A Layer 2 (L2) scaling solution incubated by crypto exchange giant Coinbase, Base has surged and…
Joseph Lubin-backed SharpLink Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBET), the world’s largest corporate holder of Ethereum reported a major expansion in its crypto treasury holdings for the week of July 14 to July 20, 2025. The company’s ETH balance rose to 360,807 ETH, reflecting a 29% increase from the previous week. This growth was driven by the…
Strategy, the digital asset-focused firm led by Michael Saylor and known as the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, is launching a new financial product designed to raise $500 million for further BTC accumulation. The company announced plans to conduct an initial public offering of a new class of preferred stock called the Variable Rate Series…
Nasdaq-listed entertainment company GameSquare has increased its digital asset treasury management authorization from $100 million to $250 million. The company’s Board of Directors has reached this decision as a result of the program’s “mounting success,” the press release says. Notably, GameSquare has bought an additional 8,351.89 Ethereum (ETH) for $30 million, at a weighted average…
Wallet in Telegram has announced the launch of its self-custodial TON Wallet for tens of millions of Telegram users in the US, not as a bot or add-on, but as fully and natively embedded into the app. “TON Wallet is now the first self-custodial crypto wallet natively integrated into a mainstream messaging platform in the…
Solana could be on track for a massive 323% rally this altcoin season, according to a new technical analysis by crypto strategist Quantum Ascend, who projects a potential peak around $830 based on market cap extensions and Elliott Wave structures. In a detailed July 22 breakdown, the analyst argues that most retail traders continue to…
Ethereum validators are experiencing the longest wait times in over a year to withdraw their staked ETH, as growing demand for staking collides with the network’s built-in exit limitations. According to data from ValidatorQueue.com, validators seeking to exit the Ethereum network must now wait approximately 8 days and 6 hours to complete the process, marking…
Decentralized exchange (DEX), PancakeSwap announced the launch of PancakeSwap Infinity on Base, an Ethereum Layer 2 network experiencing rapid growth. This latest iteration introduces a significant upgrade to the DEX infrastructure, designed to accommodate a broad spectrum of decentralized finance (DeFi) users. PancakeSwap Infinity incorporates a range of new functionalities, including support for two types…
Cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask has introduced native support for the Solana blockchain, marking its first direct integration with a non-Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) network. This development is supported by Transak, a Web3 payments infrastructure provider, which has partnered with MetaMask to facilitate fiat-to-SOL transactions. As a result of this integration, MetaMask users can now purchase Solana’s…
Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block has laid out a policy agenda that it argues could unlock Bitcoin’s evolution from reserve asset to routine means of payment in the United States. “A path towards Bitcoin as everyday money,” Dorsey posted on X today, amplifying a detailed blog post and earlier thread by Thomas Templeton, the company’s…