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6 Best Altcoins To Watch 👀 – Theta Network, IOTA, Tezos, Uniswap 🚀 📈

Based on projections, 2025 could mark an extremely bullish era for AI solutions and Bitcoin. An analyst who shared data on the ARC-AGI semi-private v1 score and the BlackRock iShares ETF AUM illustrated how the assets have performed historically while also projecting what will come in 2025.

According to the shared data, 2024 is the breakout year for ARC-AGI, positioning the metric for a vertical surge in the coming months. In light of the positive crypto market wave, this article outlined other affordable tokens, particularly the best altcoins to watch today.

👉 6 Best Altcoins To Watch Today

Theta Token (THETA) is currently valued at $2.23, reflecting a 19.81% rise over the past 24 hours. Lido DAO’s token (LDO) has also performed well, reaching $1.75 after a 13.24% gain within the same period. Following the community’s approval of the IOTA Rebased protocol upgrade, IOTA is expected to undergo major technological and token economy advancements. Meanwhile, Tezos (XTZ) is trading at $1.32, recording a 15.02% increase over the last day.

Wall Street Pepe (WEPE), a recently launched crypto initiative, has secured $32 million during its ongoing presale. Uniswap (UNI) is now priced at $13.46, climbing 13.76% in the past 24 hours. In contrast, Bitcoin has dropped to $96,000 amid heightened market volatility affecting cryptocurrency assets.

THETA is trading well above its 200-day simple moving average at $1.71508, suggesting strong bullish momentum. The token has shown positive performance since its initial sale price, with 63% of the days in the last month being green, indicating consistent growth.

Liquidity is high, evidenced by a market cap-to-volume ratio of 4.16%, which is favorable for traders. However, potential investors should consider the broader market conditions and their risk tolerance before making investment decisions.

2. Lido DAO (LDO)

Over the past month, Lido Finance’s Community Staking Module (CSM) has significantly influenced Ethereum staking by introducing a more inclusive and decentralized approach. The CSM, operational on Ethereum’s mainnet, has been pivotal in lowering the entry barriers for staking, allowing participation with just 1.3 ETH. This development is part of Lido’s broader strategy to enhance Ethereum’s staking ecosystem through its modular Staking Router. It supports new and seasoned stakers by offering features like smooth rewards and cost-efficient staking setups.

The introduction of CSM has democratized access to Ethereum staking. It supports the network’s decentralization efforts by enabling solo stakers to participate more easily. This move is crucial for maintaining the integrity and security of the Ethereum network, as it encourages a wider distribution of node operators.

Lido DAO’s token (LDO) has also seen a positive market response, with its price currently at $1.75 after a 13.24% increase over the last day. The token’s market cap is robust at $1.56 billion, and it’s trading above its 200-day simple moving average, indicating strong market confidence. The high liquidity, as evidenced by a volume of $375.47 million over 24 hours, suggests active trading and investor interest.

3. IOTA (IOTA)

After the community’s approval of the IOTA Rebased protocol upgrade, IOTA is set to experience significant improvements in its technology and token economics. The price of IOTA is currently at $0.3039, with a market capitalization of $1.08 billion. Over the last year, the token has seen an increase of 9%, trading above its 200-day simple moving average, which suggests a bullish trend. However, the neutral price prediction sentiment and ‘Greed’ level on the Fear & Greed Index indicate a cautious optimism among investors.

The Rebased upgrade introduces a Move-based object ledger to enhance transaction speed and network capacity. This is essential for real-world applications that need high throughput and low latency. With these improvements, IOTA aims to compete more effectively in the blockchain industry.

The community overwhelmingly supported the upgrade, with 98.37% in favor. This strong backing suggests a positive outlook for future developments and the adoption of IOTA. For investors, the upgrades could mean increased value and utility of IOTA tokens. For users, particularly those in IoT sectors, the enhanced scalability and security could make IOTA a more appealing platform for application deployment.

4. Tezos (XTZ)

Tezos (XTZ) is trading at $1.32, marking a 15.02% increase in the past 24 hours. Over the past year, XTZ has gained 35%, reflecting steady growth. The token is trading 39.72% above its 200-day simple moving average (SMA) of $0.947823, signaling a strong uptrend. In the last 30 days, Tezos has recorded 16 green days, making up 53% of the period, which supports a neutral price prediction sentiment.

The Fear & Greed Index currently stands at 73 (Greed), indicating optimistic market sentiment. Tezos has also seen an uptick in community activity. For example, the Share4Tez initiative on Objkt.com promotes NFT referrals. At the same time, several community members have celebrated achievements such as sold-out collections and seasonal showcases.

Tezos continues to build momentum, driven by strong technical performance, market sentiment, and active community engagement. Given market conditions, investors should monitor its ongoing developments and the sustainability of the recent price increase.

5. Wall Street Pepe ($WEPE)

Wall Street Pepe (WEPE), a new cryptocurrency project, has raised $32 million in its ongoing presale. The project aims to provide retail investors with market insights, staking opportunities, and community-driven trading rewards. Since launching on December 3, WEPE tokens have been available at 0.000365 per token. Buyers can purchase the tokens directly from the project’s website using cryptocurrency or card payments.

The project has allocated 20% of its 200 billion token supply to early presale participants. It also offers early staking opportunities. Investors can stake their tokens before the official launch, earning rewards distributed over three years.

According to the project, 3,044 WEPE tokens will be issued per Ethereum block. However, the presale has no set hard cap or end date. The roadmap indicates an exchange listing is planned shortly after the presale ends. Tokens will also become claimable at that point.

Coinsult has audited the smart contract and found no major vulnerabilities. The project continues to share updates through platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Telegram, drawing attention from the wider crypto community. Wall Street Pepe’s combination of entertainment and utility could appeal to retail investors seeking engagement and practical tools.

6. Uniswap (UNI)

Uniswap (UNI) trades at $13.46, reflecting a 13.76% gain in the last 24 hours. Over the past year, UNI’s price has increased by 115%, outperforming 72% of the top 100 cryptocurrencies. The token trades 41.53% above its 200-day simple moving average (SMA) of $9.56, indicating a bullish trend. Notably, 19 of the last 30 days (63%) have been marked by positive price movements.

Uniswap has high liquidity relative to its market cap, making it a stable option for traders. Recent integration on the Saga Chainlet introduces gasless trading, enhancing the DeFi experience and contributing to Uniswap’s adoption and usability. The Fear & Greed Index reads 73 (Greed), signaling a favorable market sentiment.

Looking ahead, Uniswap is predicted to close 2024 within the $14.23–$17.44 range, with an average price of $15.97. This would represent a 19.36% price increase from current levels, offering a potential return on investment (ROI) of 30.34%. By 2025, UNI’s price is forecasted to trade between $15.55 and $85.90, with an average of $50.53.

https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/6766d6b487e395132b764490/

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📽️ One of the most important things we’ve done at Pyth is help bring U.S. GDP onchain 🏛️

Working with the U.S. Department of Commerce to publish official economic data on a public blockchain is a powerful signal of where global market infrastructure is headed. When core economic indicators become cryptographically verifiable, composable, and accessible in real time, it opens the door to a more transparent and more efficient financial system for everyone.

Thanks to Roundtable and Jackson Hinkle for hosting a thoughtful conversation on how this came together and what it means for the future of market data.

In a conversation with Jackson Hinkle

Full interview link: https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/policy/why-washington-is-experimenting-with-public-blockchains-for-economic-data

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Patent US10144532B2 | Craft using an inertial mass reduction device

🚀 The Mind-Blowing Patent That Could Revolutionize Space Travel: US Navy's Anti-Gravity Craft! 🛸

December 4, 2018 - The day physics got weird

🤯 What If I Told You...

The US Navy patented a spacecraft that could bend the laws of physics as we know them? No, this isn't science fiction or the latest Marvel movie – this is US Patent US10144532B2, and it's about to blow your mind! 💥

🎯 The Patent That Made Physicists Go "Wait, WHAT?!"

Filed on April 28, 2016, and granted on December 4, 2018, this patent describes a "Craft Using an Inertial Mass Reduction Device" – which is fancy talk for "spaceship that can make itself lighter than physics allows."

Invented by Salvatore Cezar Pais and assigned to the US Department of Navy, this isn't your average paper airplane design. We're talking about technology that could theoretically allow spacecraft to travel at extreme speeds by literally manipulating the fabric of spacetime itself! ⚡

🔬 The Science Behind the Magic✨

👉Here's where it gets really wild:

🌀 The ...

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🚨Senate Delays CLARITY Act Vote After Coinbase Pulls Support🚨

The bipartisan CLARITY Act seeks to clarify digital asset rules by dividing oversight between the SEC and CFTC, while covering stablecoins, DeFi, and tokenized assets. Coinbase withdrew support over a provision blocking interest payments on payment stablecoins, arguing it favors banks that pay depositors just 0.14% while stablecoin reserves earn 3.8% in Treasuries. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan countered that yield-bearing stablecoins could drain $6 trillion in deposits, hurting lending for small businesses. Lawmakers are negotiating revisions, with a possible vote by late January.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple chimes in...

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👉 Coinbase just launched an AI agent for Crypto Trading

Custom AI assistants that print money in your sleep? 🔜

The future of Crypto x AI is about to go crazy.

👉 Here’s what you need to know:

💠 'Based Agent' enables creation of custom AI agents
💠 Users set up personalized agents in < 3 minutes
💠 Equipped w/ crypto wallet and on-chain functions
💠 Capable of completing trades, swaps, and staking
💠 Integrates with Coinbase’s SDK, OpenAI, & Replit

👉 What this means for the future of Crypto:

1. Open Access: Democratized access to advanced trading
2. Automated Txns: Complex trades + streamlined on-chain activity
3. AI Dominance: Est ~80% of crypto 👉txns done by AI agents by 2025

🚨 I personally wouldn't bet against Brian Armstrong and Jesse Pollak.

👉 Coinbase just launched an AI agent for Crypto Trading

🚨 Ripple Drops $2.7 B Cash-and-Stock Deal for Full-Stack Financial Platform 🚨

Ripple has agreed to buy (subject to CFIUS and EC clearance) a yet-unnamed “full-stack” payments, FX and treasury-suite provider—valued at $2.7 B, its largest acquisition to date—to fold fiat rails, card issuing and 200+ country licenses directly into the XRP Ledger ecosystem, according to Crypto Threads’ unnamed sources close to the board.

🔑 Key points

🔹 Target profile:

  • 1,100 employees, 42 offices; owns EMI licenses in EU/UK, MSB registrations in 47 U.S. states, PI/PF licenses in Singapore, HK, UAE; processes $48 B annual payments volume, 65 % B2B cross-border.

  • Proprietary FX engine aggregates 450+ correspondent-bank routes plus four CSD access points (Fedwire, TARGET2, BOJ-NET, CHATS); average FX markup 18 bps vs Ripple ODL’s current 60 bps.

  • White-label card platform (Visa Fintech Fast-Track member) with 3.2 M virtual cards issued; instant push-to-debit rails in 70 countries.

🔹 Deal ...

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🚨 BIS Project Agora Enters Testing Phase for Tokenized Cross-Border Payments 🚨

The Bank for International Settlements’ “Project Agora”—a joint venture with seven G-7 central banks and 24 commercial banks—has moved from design to live sandbox, testing a unified ledger where tokenized wholesale CBDCs (wCBDCs) and commercial bank deposits move atomically across borders, cutting correspondent-bank delays from days to seconds.

🔑 Key points

🔹 Test architecture: Agora’s permissioned network hosts distinct “currency partitions” run by each participating central bank (Fed, ECB, BoJ, BoE, SNB, BdF, BoC); commercial banks mint mirror claims (tokenized deposits) that trade 1:1 with wCBDCs inside a single smart-contract venue.

🔹 Live pilots:

  • Fed/BoE leg: Citigroup and JPMorgan swap tokenized USD and GBP for FX spot settled T+0 vs. current T+2.

  • EUR/JPY corridor: BNP Paribas and MUFG use Agora to fund intraday NOSTRO buffers, saving €140 M in trapped liquidity per day....

Introducing the University Digital Asset Xcelerator (UDAX). 🎓

UC Berkeley and Ripple's University Blockchain Research Initiative launched a pilot program to accelerate the transition from academic innovation to institutional XRP utility.

The UDAX - UC Berkeley mission:

➡️ Scaling enterprise solutions using XRP
➡️ Bridging the gap between early-stage ideas & market readiness
➡️ Connecting founders with Ripple engineers & global VCs

https://ripple.com/insights/ripple-and-uc-berkeley-launch-the-university-digital-asset-xcelerator-udax-to-supercharge-the-xrp-ecosystem/

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🚨David Grusch on The Megyn Kelly Show🚨

Earlier this week, UFO/UAP whistleblower David Grusch appeared on The Megyn Kelly Show for a brief but revealing interview. During the conversation, Grusch named individuals he claimed were involved in managing the alleged UFO/UAP Legacy crash retrieval program, statements that immediately drew attention across the disclosure community.

Most notably, Grusch asserted that former Vice President Dick Cheney played a central role in overseeing the program. Cheney’s name has circulated within UFO/UAP research circles for years, but this marks the first time it has been spoken publicly by a former intelligence official who claims direct knowledge of the issue. It is also notable that just weeks ago, journalist Ross Coulthart independently referenced Cheney in a similar context, lending additional weight to the consistency of these claims.

Grusch also named former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, stating that Clapper was not only aware of the crash retrieval issue, but managed it and helped place individuals into key roles, both publicly and behind the scenes. These are serious assertions that warrant scrutiny and further investigation, given their potential implications for disclosure.

Please watch the full interview and consider its significance within the broader context of the disclosure conversation. Please note that the interview concludes with a paid promotional pitch, and Grusch does not provide any additional comments after the pitch.

 

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Stellar CEO Reveals Where Real Opportunity Lies in Crypto Market: Details

In a recent tweet, Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) CEO and Executive Director Denelle Dixon defines what "real opportunity" is in blockchain as a new financial future beckons.

The SDF CEO was reacting to a recent Bloomberg report on Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BNY), Nasdaq, S&P Global and iCapital participation in a new $50 million investment round by Digital Asset Holdings. This comes as some of Wall Street’s biggest names embrace the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies to handle traditional assets.

Reacting to this development, Stellar Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon stated that every blockchain investment is a bet on a different financial future. Dixon added that seeing banks explore blockchain technology validates what has been known over the years.

Real opportunity defined

While Wall Street’s biggest names betting on blockchain might be one of the most significant adoption milestones in the digital asset market, Dixon defines what real opportunity is and what it is not.

According to the SDF executive director, real opportunity is not replicating old systems on new rails but rather building open networks that fundamentally expand global finance participation.

"But the real opportunity isn’t replicating old systems on new rails—it’s building open networks that fundamentally expand who gets to participate in global finance. That’s the opportunity," Dixon tweeted.

At the Meridian 2025 event, Stellar outlined its long-term privacy strategy, committing to investing in critical privacy infrastructure and building foundational cryptographic capabilities.

Stellar eyes privacy upgrade

A new protocol upgrade is on the horizon for the Stellar network: X-Ray, which lays the groundwork for developers to build privacy applications on Stellar using zero-knowledge (ZK) cryptography.

The protocol timeline testnet vote is anticipated for Jan. 7, 2026, while the mainnet vote is expected for Jan. 22, 2026.

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XDC Network's acquisition of Contour Network

XDC Network's acquisition of Contour Network marks a silent shift to connect the digital trade infrastructure to real-time, tokenized settlement rails.

In a world where cross-border payments still take days and trap trillions in idle liquidity, integrating Contour’s trade workflows with XDC Network Blockchains' ISO 20022 financial messaging standard to bridge TradFi and Web3 in Trade Finance.

The Current State of Cross-Border Trade Settlements

Cross-border payments remain one of the most inefficient parts of global finance. For decades, companies have inter-dependency with banks and their correspondent banks across the world, forcing them to maintain trillions of dollars in pre-funded nostro and vostro balances — the capital that sits idle while transactions crawl across borders.

Traditional settlement is slow, often 1–5 days, and often with ~2-3% in FX and conversion fees. For every hour a corporation can’t access its own cash increases the cost of financing, tightens liquidity that could be used for other purposes, which in turn slows economic activity.

Before SWIFT, payments were fully manual. Intermediary banks maintained ledgers, and reconciliation across multiple institutions limited speed and volume.

SWIFT reshaped global payments by introducing a secure, standardized messaging infrastructure through ISO 20022 - which quickly became the language of money for 11,000+ institutions in 200 countries.

But SWIFT only fixed the messaging — not the movement. Actual value still moves through slow, capital-intensive correspondent chains.

Regulated and Compliant Stablecoin such as USDC (Circle) solves the part SWIFT never could: instant, on-chain settlement.

Stablecoin Settlement revamping Trade and Tokenization

Stablecoin such as USDC is a digital token pegged to the US Dollar, still the most widely used currency for trade, enabling the movement of funds instantly 24*7 globally - transparently, instantly, and without the need for any intermediaries and the need to lock in trillions of dollars of idle cash.

Tokenized settlement replaces multi-day reconciliation with on-chain finality, reducing:

  • Dependency on intermediaries
  • Operational friction
  • Trillions locked in idle liquidity

For corporates trapped in long working capital cycles, this is transformative.

Digital dollars like USDC make the process simple:

Fiat → Stablecoin → On-Chain Transfer → Fiat

This hybrid model is already widely used across remittances, payouts, and treasury flows.

But one critical piece of global commerce is still lagging:

👉 Trade finance.

The Missing link is still Trade Finance Infrastructure.

While payments innovation has raced ahead, trade finance infrastructure hasn’t kept up. Document flows, letters of credit, and supply-chain financing remain siloed, paper-heavy, and operationally outdated.

This is exactly where the next breakthrough will happen - and why the recent XDC Network acquisition of Contour is a silent revolution.

It transforms to a new era of trade-driven liquidity through an end-to-end digital trade from shipping docs to payment confirmation – one infrastructure that powers all.

The breakthrough won’t come from payments alone — it will come from connecting trade finance to real-time settlement rails.

The XDC + Contour Shift: A Silent Revolution

  • Contour already connects global banks and corporates through digital LCs and digitized trade workflows.
  • XDC Blockchain brings a settlement layer built for speed, tokenization, and institutional-grade interoperability and ISO 20022 messaging compatibility

Contour’s digital letter of credit workflows will be integrated with XDC’s blockchain network to streamline trade documentation and settlement.

Together, they form the first end-to-end digital trade finance network linking:

Documentation → Validation → Settlement all under a single infrastructure.

XDC Ventures (XVC.TECH) is launching a Stable-Coin Lab to work with financial institutions on regulated stablecoin pilots for trade to deepen institutional trade-finance integration through launch of pilots with banks and corporates for regulated stable-coin issuance and settlement.

The Bottom Line

Payments alone won’t transform Global Trade Finance — Trade finance + Tokenized Settlement will.

This is the shift happening underway XDC Network's acquisition of Contour is the quiet catalyst.

Learn how trade finance is being revolutionised:

https://www.reuters.com/press-releases/xdc-ventures-acquires-contour-network-launches-stablecoin-lab-trade-finance-2025-10-22/

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