In a landmark move bridging traditional finance with cryptocurrency, Malaysia-based VCI Global (Nasdaq: VCIG) has announced a comprehensive $100 million acquisition of OOB tokens and will assume management of the digital treasury for OOBIT, a Singapore-based crypto payments platform. This strategic partnership, backed by industry titans including Tether and Solana’s co-founder, positions the stablecoin giant as the largest shareholder in the Nasdaq-listed company, signaling a significant vote of confidence in the convergence of public markets and digital assets.
about VCIG Buys $100M in OOB Tokens, Tether Becomes Top ShareholderAnatoly Yakovenko
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Co-Founder of Solana Labs, the team behind the Solana blockchain.
Ether Nears $4.1K as Analysts Spot Bullish Pattern Repeat
Ethereum is trading near $4,100 as analysts identify striking similarities to previous breakout patterns that preceded major rallies. The current consolidation phase mirrors setups from both 2025 and 2020, with traders closely watching key resistance levels for signs of the next significant price movement amid ongoing developer debates about Layer 2 security.
about Ether Nears $4.1K as Analysts Spot Bullish Pattern RepeatButerin vs Yakovenko: Ethereum L2 Security Debate
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko have engaged in a public debate over the security claims of Ethereum’s Layer 2 networks. The discussion highlights fundamental disagreements about whether L2s truly inherit Ethereum’s security properties. This exchange reveals ongoing tensions between competing blockchain architectures.
about Buterin vs Yakovenko: Ethereum L2 Security DebateSolana Founder Criticizes Ethereum Layer-2 Security Flaws
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has launched a blistering critique of Ethereum’s layer-2 scaling networks, exposing what he describes as fundamental security vulnerabilities and centralization flaws that threaten user assets. His comments during a heated industry debate challenge the core value proposition of these secondary networks, arguing that massive attack surfaces and un-auditable code bases create unacceptable risks for the Ethereum ecosystem.
about Solana Founder Criticizes Ethereum Layer-2 Security FlawsCrypto Weekly: Trump Pardons CZ, Ethereum Upgrade, DeFi Shifts
This week brought seismic shifts across cryptocurrency markets and regulation. President Trump’s pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao signals a friendlier regulatory stance, while Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade enters final testing ahead of its December deployment. The cryptocurrency landscape is experiencing unprecedented transformation as regulatory developments, technological advancements, and market infrastructure expansions converge to reshape the industry’s future trajectory.
about Crypto Weekly: Trump Pardons CZ, Ethereum Upgrade, DeFi ShiftsSolana Co-Founder Unveils Percolator DEX Amid Hyperliquid Competition
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has announced plans for a new decentralized exchange called Percolator, targeting the competitive perpetual futures market. The announcement comes as rival platform Hyperliquid has been attracting users away from Solana and other major blockchains. Yakovenko has released implementation-ready code for the sharded perpetual exchange protocol on GitHub, signaling Solana’s strategic response to the rapidly evolving DeFi derivatives landscape.
about Solana Co-Founder Unveils Percolator DEX Amid Hyperliquid CompetitionSolana’s Percolator DEX: Sharded Perpetuals Protocol Unveiled
Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has unveiled Percolator, a groundbreaking sharded perpetuals protocol built directly on the Solana blockchain that promises to revolutionize decentralized derivatives trading. This new decentralized exchange aims to provide high-speed, self-custodial trading for perpetual futures contracts through an innovative architecture that isolates risk while maintaining atomic execution. With implementation-ready documentation already published on GitHub, Percolator represents Solana’s ambitious entry into the fiercely competitive crypto derivatives market at a time when the platform faces both technical challenges and growing competition from emerging protocols.
about Solana's Percolator DEX: Sharded Perpetuals Protocol UnveiledSolana Founder’s Accidental Perp DEX Code Sparks Frenzy
Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko accidentally published code for a perpetual futures exchange on GitHub, triggering massive speculation about a potential Hyperliquid competitor and igniting a $6.23 million meme coin frenzy. While Yakovenko clarified he was merely experimenting with AI tools and never intended to develop the platform, the incident revealed the intense market appetite for new perpetual futures trading venues on the Solana network.
about Solana Founder's Accidental Perp DEX Code Sparks FrenzySolana CEO Unveils Percolator Perpetual DEX Protocol
Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko has announced plans for a new perpetual decentralized exchange protocol called Percolator, marking a strategic response to growing competition in the decentralized derivatives market. The sharded perpetual exchange protocol, built on the Solana blockchain, aims to capture market share following recent success stories like Hyperliquid and comes just two months after a VanEck report highlighted Hyperliquid’s growth at the expense of Solana and other major chains.
about Solana CEO Unveils Percolator Perpetual DEX ProtocolRyder Raises $3.2M Seed Round Led by Tim Draper for Crypto Wallet
Singapore-based crypto hardware wallet company Ryder has successfully closed a $3.2 million seed funding round led by legendary investor Tim Draper of Draper Associates. The investment, which includes participation from prominent venture capital firms and angel investors like Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, will accelerate production of Ryder One – a hardware wallet that enables secure crypto setup in under 60 seconds. This funding signals strong market confidence in Ryder’s mission to make self-custody accessible to mainstream users while eliminating the security vulnerabilities of traditional seed phrases.
about Ryder Raises $3.2M Seed Round Led by Tim Draper for Crypto Wallet