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BTC follows Gold higher, NASDAQ back in bear market, FARTCOIN hits $1B - FOMO HOUR EP341 FOMO HOUR brings you the biggest daily news, updates and events from inside and outside of the crypto and macro spheres! Join hosts Farokh, Mando and Tyler as they cover some of the biggest topics at present with some of the biggest names in the ecosystem. Streaming live 5 days per week, Monday to Friday 10:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST on YouTube and X. BTC rallies, catch up trade to gold is on. BTC dominance hits new 5-year high. Last chance to buy BTC below $100k: Hayes. Strategy buys $556m BTC. ETH/BTC lowest since Jan 2020. Upexi to build $90m SOL treasury. Galaxy Digital flips $105m ETH into SOL. Atkins sworn in as SEC chair, to meet Trump today. 72 crypto-related ETFs awaiting SEC approval. Crypto firms plan to apply for banking licenses. Singapore to launch BTC perp futures in 2H25. DB, StanChart seek to expand crypto ops in US. Circle launches CPN for real-time settlement. Maple active loan growth outpacing AAVE. Bit...

Former Love Island Australia star turned crypto influencer, Vanessa Sierra, shares her secrets for going viral in crypto. Vanessa Sierra went on Australian national television to find love but that didnt work out. A few years later, she accidentally got big on Crypto Twitter, which is almost as good. She says anyone can learn to go viral in crypto if they follow the right steps. Sierra thinks Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin would do well on Love Island as he is quite a funny person. I think hed be entertaining, Sierra tells Hall of Flame, but adds theres little chance hed ever join the show. After making a name for herself on Love Island Australia in 2019 and spending 14 days in the villa, Sierra says she had no intention of blowing up on Crypto Twitter. Read more

Fasset founder and CEO Mohammad Raafi Hossain talks to Decrypt about its mission to foster financial inclusion, tokenized assets in emerging markets, and the launch of Own—the first Ethereum Layer 2 protocol built for the creation, management and distribution of tokenized RWAs.

OpenServ's vision is to create a collaborative ecosystem of multimodal AI agents capable of advanced reasoning, autonomous decision-making, and seamless integration into everyday workflows. Throughout 2025, OpenServ plans to rapidly iterate on its product offering, starting with developer feedback from its first DeFAI hackathon. OpenServ aims to expand features and partnerships in subsequent quarters, culminating in enterprise-level solutions by the end of the year. Furthermore, OpenServ’s SERV token is intended to be burned from platform activities, creating demand for SERV through user actions. The first application to be powered by OpenServ’s infrastructure will be dash.fun, OpenServ’s flagship consumer application. It aims to be an all-in-one AI agent-powered dashboard to streamline crypto discovery, research, and execution. With its agentic platform and consumer-facing application, dash.fun, OpenServ will be well-positioned in the DeFAI space.

Fogo is an SVM-based Layer-1 blockchain that applies decentralized infrastructure tradeoffs such as (i) a single Firedancer client, (ii) multi-local consensus, and (iii) a curated validator set to match traditional finance performance. The permissioned testnet launched on March 31, 2025, following a devnet in January, is being used to evaluate throughput, latency, and stability in a controlled environment. Early testnet results show ~40ms block times and a TPS of ~46,000. A public explorer was released on April 11 for real-time monitoring, and the Fogo Flames (Points) Program, launched on March 13, tracks participation across staking, trading, and community activity.

Crypto rallies on Weaker Dollar, Gold keeps Soaring, Stocks open Weak FOMO HOUR EP340 FOMO HOUR brings you the biggest daily news, updates and events from inside and outside of the crypto and macro spheres! Join hosts Farokh, Mando and Tyler as they cover some of the biggest topics at present with some of the biggest names in the ecosystem. Streaming live 5 days per week, Monday to Friday 10:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST on YouTube and X. BTC hits $87k on weaker dollar, rise in gold. Strategy may announce up to $2bn BTC buy today. SOL overtakes ETH in market cap staked. SOL/ETH weekly close hits another ATH. Vitalik wants RISC-V to replace ETH’s EVM. SOL has better roadmap than ETH: Adams. Charles Schwab to offer crypto trading in a year. Only 68% of ByBit hacked funds still traceable. Metaplanet buys $28m BTC. Abraxas Capital buys $250m BTC in 4 days. ECB set to launch Digital Euro in Oct 2025. StanChart forecasts $2T of stablecoins by 2028. Public firms now hold $56bn BTC, +16% y/y in Q1. Hashkey launches XRP t...

Reserve, founded in 2017 by Nevin Freeman and Matt Elder, initially aimed to offer stable monetary solutions for users facing inflation and unstable currencies. Today, Reserve has evolved into a sophisticated ecosystem offering DTFs, crypto’s decentralized equivalent to traditional ETFs. Through two specialized protocols — Yield and Index — Reserve provides investors with accessible yield opportunities and thematic crypto portfolios, governed transparently by community-chosen governance tokens. Yield RTokens have rapidly achieved product-market fit, capturing significant market share, while Index RTokens, launched in early 2025, are quickly expanding. Reserve’s strategic roadmap focuses on extending its decentralized Index Protocol onto blockchains like Solana, further widening investor access. Beyond decentralized investing, Reserve’s mission is to develop an asset-backed currency that provides global stability and resilience. By combining diversified asset portfolios with decentralized governance, Reserve s...

FITCHIN is redefining the esports landscape for Spanish-speaking audiences by seamlessly integrating blockchain-enabled tokenization with competitive gaming. By leveraging its robust tournament platform, active community hubs, and the utility of the CHIN token, FITCHIN is expanding beyond traditional esports to create a decentralized ecosystem where engagement and digital ownership converge. With over 200,000 verified users, more than 500 tournaments, and significant social media reach, FITCHIN has built a solid foundation in the LATAM market. The CHIN Token Generation Event and the upcoming launch of Clans Arena further reinforce its strategy to deepen token utility and empower gaming communities through decentralized Clan economies.

Swiss bank Sygnum says altcoins may see a resurgence in Q2 2025, Mantra CEO plans team token burn: Hodler’s Digest Mantra CEO John Mullin said he is planning to burn all of his teams tokens in order to win back the trust of the networks community following the sudden collapse of the Mantra (OM) token on April 13. Im planning to burn all of my team tokens and when we turn it around the community and investors can decide if I have earned it back, Mullin posted to X on April 16. Mantra set aside 300 million OM, 16.88% of the tokens nearly 1.78 billion total supply, for its team and core contributors. They are currently locked and were scheduled to be released in stages between April 2027 and October 2029, according to an April 8 blog post. Read more

CESS provides a decentralized data value infrastructure supporting applications across DePIN, AI, and DeSci sectors. It employs technologies including DeOSS (Decentralized Object Storage Service), Random Rotational Selection (R²S), Proof of Data Reduplication and Recovery (PoDR²), Proof of Idle Space (PoIS), Proxy Re-encryption Technology (PReT), and Multi-Format Data Rights Confirmation (MDRC) to enhance data sovereignty, integrity, and secure sharing. Its modular architecture, comprising the Blockchain Layer, Distributed Storage Resource Layer, and Content Decentralized Delivery Network (CD²N), is designed to address data privacy, security, and decentralization challenges within Web3 ecosystems.

As AI becomes increasingly central to scientific research, access to high-quality, diverse datasets is emerging as a critical constraint. Traditional models struggle with privacy risks, fragmented data sources, and limited individual control over data use. This report outlines how DeSci offers a new model for data aggregation and utilization that respects user sovereignty and rewards contribution. Projects across the data value chain, from collection and transformation to storage and computation, are building solutions that could collectively reshape how scientific data is shared, monetized, and applied in AI. Though still nascent, the DeSci x AI data ecosystem is seeing rapid development, particularly in areas like wearables, DataDAOs, and privacy-preserving compute. If DeSci protocols can match the usability and performance of Web2 platforms, they stand a strong chance of becoming the next generation of suppliers for data-hungry AI applications.

MapleStory Universe is a blockchain-integrated expansion of the long-standing MapleStory IP, introducing a utility-driven token model and player-owned asset economy. Built on a custom Avalanche subnet using AvaCloud, the ecosystem is designed to support long-term engagement through composable infrastructure, controlled item issuance, and user-generated content. The NXPC token is the core economic engine, enabling ETF-style mechanics to balance supply and demand. With tools like the MapleStory SDK and Synergy Apps, the project aims to enable modular development while preserving the integrity of the in-game economy.

Korea’s “cage pumping” crypto market manipulation, Chinese exchange grooming scandal, 67K scammed in Indian pig butchering con. Asia Express. Major cryptocurrency exchanges are under fire over allegations that they gave leveraged platform-locked funds to university students in China to encourage speculative trading. The controversy has drawn comparisons to the countrys campus lending scandal nearly a decade ago, when students burdened with debt were offered exploitative naked loans in exchange for nude pictures as collateral. Bruce Xu, co-founder of ETHPanda, claimed that centralized exchanges were giving students non-withdrawable trial funds for futures trading. Profits could be kept, and students who posted high-return screenshots on WeChat were reportedly offered additional rewards. Xu called the model a way of grooming the next generation of gambling degens. Crypto media outlet BlockBeats called on all exchanges to halt any trial fund promotions targeting students, describing the campaigns as exploitative...

HYPE & SOL lead L1s, Powell scares Markets, Base launches memecoin FOMO HOUR EP339 BTC dives on Powell tariff comments, rebounds. BTC dominance at 4 year highs. BTC hashrate hits new ATH. BTC supply on exchanges dips to record lows. ETH 24 hour revenue drops below $100k. BTC/ETH ratio up ~100% in a year. HYPE & SOL lead rebound in L1s. SOL hits highest REV since February. Powell bullish on the path forward for crypto in US. BTC may be around for a long time: Gensler. Countries printing unlimited money to buy BTC: CZ. Russia floats plans to create stablecoin. Court pauses 18-state lawsuit against SEC. VanEck to launch ‘crypto-related ETF’. JOIN YEET = https://yeet.com/register?aff=fomohour PLAYLIST = https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGSgoImPFTiVpkHhLXF78cE_Z3uG7VNGL PODCAST = https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fomohour LIVE SPACE = https://x.com/i/spaces/1lDGLzQVOjZxm Links: https://linktr.ee/fomohour https://twitter.com/fomohour https://www.rug.fm/ https://x.com/rugradio https://linktr.ee/rugradio ...

The question of whether Ethereum ETFs will include staking is no longer hypothetical. The regulatory posture is softening, issuers have already filed, and the infrastructure to support staking at an institutional scale is well-developed. What remains is the hard part: ensuring that the design of these products accounts for Ethereum’s unique risks while meeting the expectations of regulators and investors alike.

Former X Factor star Violetta Zironi, sold a song for 1 BTC and generated 340 ETH in sales but says OnlyFans performers get more respect. Violetta Zironi, a 30-year-old Italian singer-songwriter, might just be the poster child for Web3 music. Her path as a musician shot out of the gates at the age of 18, when she finished third on the popular reality TV show, X-Factor Italy in 2013.  Since her TV stardom, Zironi ditched a music label deal with Sony Records that she felt took advantage of her and now mints her songs on the blockchain. In a little over three years, Zironi has built and cultivated a community of fans who see value in owning her music as NFTs. Now based in Nashville, Tennessee, she recently sold a 1 of 1 song titled “n0 0rdinary kind” for 1 Bitcoin ($60,000 at the time) as an Ordinal, and has amassed over $2.5 million in revenue through her music NFTs, including her debut collection “Moonshot” on Ethereum where the artwork was done by her father, a renowned Disney visual artist.  Read more

Crypto dips, China open to Tariff talks, Nvidia faces chip ban FOMO HOUR EP338 BTC falls below 200D MA in bearish sign. BTC correlation to stocks nearly 0. BTC miners are main sellers amid higher costs. US may purchase BTC with tariff revenue. Oklahoma BTC reserve bill fails to pass. Semler Scientific to raise $500m to buy BTC. Metaplanet issues $10m bonds to buy BTC. XRP ETFs may be the next SEC approved product. VanEck proposes US refinance debt with BTC. Tether & Ethena set to collab on ecosystem. OKX launches CEX and wallet in US. BNB chain completes 31st quarterly burn. MOVE to conduct internal investigation on founder. New OM CEO to burn all of his team’s tokens. PLAYLIST = https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGSgoImPFTiVpkHhLXF78cE_Z3uG7VNGL PODCAST = https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fomohour LIVE SPACE = https://x.com/i/spaces/1jMKgkyMZYkKL JOIN YEET NOW = https://yeet.com/register?aff=fomohour Links: https://linktr.ee/fomohour https://twitter.com/fomohour https://www.rug.fm/ https://x.com/r...

AI replicas trained on your digital footprint can take meetings, answer questions from clients and comfort loved ones after you die. If artificial intelligence could stand in for you, take your meetings, answer your emails, and even comfort your loved ones long after youre gone, would you let it? Thats no longer a hypothetical question. Around the world, a new class of startups is building digital twins AI replicas of real people that act, speak and remember just like their human counterparts. These arent just souped-up chatbots or gimmicky holograms; theyre serious attempts to capture human essence in machine form, with real-world use cases and profound cultural implications. The idea might sound like science fiction. In some cases, it already looks like an episode of Black Mirror. The Re;Memory project in South Korea helped pioneer the concept by allowing bereaved families speak to a hyper-realistic AI version of their deceased loved ones, complete with recorded memories and facial expressions. DeepBrain AI...

UNDER EXPOSED EP21: Macro, BTC Outperforms and Trading Roundtable UNDER EXPOSED brings you coverage of the biggest macro news of the week impacting crypto and broader markets, with a focus on the newest trends, trades and narratives. Join hosts TylerD, Deeze, Geebz and Peter Jennings as they have longer conversations on the hottest sectors in crypto and NFTs, what is moving markets and what they’re buying and selling. Streaming live every Tuesday from 12:00 PM EST to 1:00 PM EST on YouTube and X. LIVE AUDIO SPACE - https://x.com/i/spaces/1LyxBWbvloYKN/peek Links: https://www.rug.fm/ https://x.com/rugradio https://linktr.ee/rugradio Hosts: https://twitter.com/deeze https://twitter.com/CSURAM88 https://twitter.com/artgeebz https://twitter.com/tyler_did_it Myriad: https://myriad.markets https://x.com/MyriadMarkets https://www.instagram.com/myriadmarkets #bitcoin #crypto #podcast

BTC at $86K, dollar at 3-year Low, SOL ETF coming to Canada. FOMO HOUR EP337 BTC back up to $86k, dominance at 64%. Strategy acquired $286m more BTC. SEC delays decision on staking for ETH ETFs. Whale accumulates $26m ETH. Canada to launch world’s first SOL ETFs this week. ZachXBT identifies key figures in OM crash. IP has 20% flash crash, quick rebound. Binance, KuCoin, MEXC report issues due to AWS. Visa joins Paxos, Robinhood stablecoin consortium. Kraken to expand into stocks, ETFs. Anchorage investigated by US Homeland Security. Supply of Circle’s EURC at ATH. Argentina approves tokenisation sandbox. PLAYLIST = https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGSgoImPFTiVpkHhLXF78cE_Z3uG7VNGL PODCAST = https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fomohour LIVE SPACE = https://x.com/i/spaces/1dRJZYqwWDoGB JOIN YEET NOW = https://yeet.com/register?aff=fomohour Links: https://linktr.ee/fomohour https://twitter.com/fomohour https://www.rug.fm/ https://x.com/rugradio https://linktr.ee/rugradio Hosts: https://twitter.com/far...