Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Memecoiners have unveiled a 14-foot golden statue of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao outside the U.S. Capitol less than a week after the cryptocurrency billionaire received a pardon from President Donald Trump. The statue of Zhao holding up four fingers in a nod to his code for ignoring fear, uncertainty and doubt was unveiled during the day on Monday. Zhao in 2023 pleaded guilty to violating U.S. money la ...

BNB Chain has a surprise for memecoin traders. The developers behind the blockchain announced on Monday that they will give out $45 million worth of the network’s BNB token to those who traded memecoins over the past week after a record-breaking crypto crash crushed the asset group. “Recent market conditions have created turbulence across the broader crypto landscape, yet the BNB community continues to build, create and stay engaged through it all,” a post from the official BNB Chain X account said. “Th ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. First lady Melania Trump has made a rare public endorsement of her official memecoin with a repost of a cryptic video of her likeness from the project’s official X account. “Into The Future,” Trump said last week on X, sharing a video from the Melania Meme official X account that showed what seemed like a holographic image of her materializing out of nowhere. Trump last posted about the project on Jan. 19 ...

Solana has posted $2.85 billion in annual revenue, cementing its position as the fastest-growing blockchain of the year, according to a new report from Swiss asset manager 21Shares. Key Takeaways: Solana generated $2.85 billion in annual revenue, with trading platforms contributing nearly 40% of the total. The network peaked at $616 million in January during the memecoin boom, maintaining strong monthly revenues afterward. Solana’s growth now outpaces Ethereum’s early performance by over 30x, fueled ...

Penny stock C2 Blockchain (CBLO) has significantly increased its holdings of DOG (DOG) memecoin. According to a recent press release, the company’s treasury now contains over 477 million DOG tokens, up from 406 million. The penny stock claims to be the largest institutional holder of DOG in public markets, with all assets held on the Kraken exchange. DOG differs from Dogecoin in that it operates directly on Bitcoin's (BTCUSD) blockchain through the Runes protocol, which was launched during the last Bitcoi ...