Bitcoin BCH Hash War Will be Decided by Sustained 4153

With the Bitcoin BCH network upgrade on November 15, a hash war has begun with miners voting between Bitcoin SV and Bitcoin ABC – two competing implementations of the BCH protocol. As fully expected, Bitcoin ABC appeared to take a temporary lead on the first day by receiving an artificial boost from temporary, “rented” hash power subsidized by Roger Ver’s organization Bitcoin.com, which announced it would use its pool customer hash on BCH for just 24 hours, and from ABC’s main supporter Bitmain Technologies, the Chinese manufacturer of crypto mining rigs.

However, Bitcoin SV has strong support from CoinGeek, the largest BCH miner, and nChain, the leading blockchain research & development firm. CoinGeek and nChain have the resources to fight long term with their own sustained hash, long after Bitmain cannot afford to bleed money for rented hash. Therefore, the BCH hash war will not be decided in 1 or 2 days, but over many days and possibly weeks by on-going miner votes with sustained Proof of Work.

Until a dominant chain emerges, cryptocurrency exchanges, wallet and service providers are advised to remain neutral, and to run a Bitcoin SV node to be prepared for the best interests of users.

CoinGeek founder Calvin Ayre expressed his determination to fight the BCH hash war as long as it takes:

“CoinGeek and nChain are in this battle for the long haul. We will mine BCH and fight as long as it takes to protect the original Bitcoin from Bitmain, Jihan Wu, and their Bitcoin ABC development group who all want to change BCH into some alt-coin Wormhole token technology. Roger Ver’s company Bitcoin.com is subsidizing hash for only 24 hours, taken from his own customers. As for Bitmain, to keep up with us in this hash war, Bitmain will have to spend millions of dollars a day from its investors’ money and shareholder assets, while also trying to raise more investor money for its shaky IPO. This will bleed Bitmain’s cash and cryptocurrency reserves, because we are prepared to fight for months and months. If I were a shareholder or investor in Bitmain, I’d be asking why Jihan Wu is spending all your money to control BCH when Bitmain’s business supports multiple cryptocurrencies.”

Bitcoin SV is the new full node implementation for Bitcoin Cash that seeks to restore the original “Satoshi Vision” for Bitcoin and allow it to massively scale. For the November 15 upgrade, Bitcoin SV’s feature set is not compatible with that of competing client Bitcoin ABC. When there is a disagreement between rule sets, the original Bitcoin white paper described the “Nakamoto consensus” method for miners to vote with their computing power (1 CPU = 1 vote) to enforce any rules: “The majority decision is represented by the longest chain, which has the greatest proof-of-work effort invested in it.”

The current hash war is the world’s first test of Nakamoto consensus. After the November 15 upgrade, Bitcoin ABC appeared to temporarily lead with a higher portion of the BCH network’s total hash power. But ABC’s perceived first-day advantage comes from a sudden burst of hash presumably rented from the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network to move over to BCH. By November 14, the day before the hard fork, Bitcoin SV’s support consistently grew for weeks and dominated with a clear 72-78% lead over ABC (18-22%):

Bitcoin ABC even dropped to tying for 3rd place with Bitcoin Unlimited, another implementation which is compatible (as a configurable option) with both Bitcoin SV and Bitcoin ABC rule sets.

Yet suddenly on the November 15 upgrade date, a huge wave of hash magically came to support Bitcoin ABC. This came from Bitcoin.com’s pool which announced it was boosting its BCH hash for only 24 hours, by moving customer hash from the BTC chain. In addition, Bitcoin ABC is receiving more support from “rented” or subsidized from BTC mining pools controlled by (Antpool.com, BTC.com, ViaBTC) or friendly (BTC.top) to Bitmain. To obtain rented hash, Bitmain must pay to subsidize the difference in lower revenue miners receive on the BCH chain when total hash rate grows, compared to mining on the more profitable BTC network.

BTC.top’s CEO Jiang Zhuoer estimates this can cost over 100 million yuan or USD $14 million per day. The rented hash supporting Bitcoin ABC is temporary, and will leave the BCH network when not subsidized. This is a losing proposition for Bitmain; each day a hash war continues, Bitmain must pay millions of dollars to give Bitcoin ABC an artificial advantage. But when Bitmain can no longer afford to pay for it, the rented hash will leave BCH and Bitcoin SV will again dominate by virtue of its long-term, sustained hash support.

In contrast, Bitcoin SV’s support comes from CoinGeek and nChain’s BMG mining groups, which are 100% dedicated to support Bitcoin SV with their genuine hash. SVPool, a personal initiative of nChain Chief Scientist Craig Wright and the newly-formed Mempool also run Bitcoin SV; those pools gather miners supporting the Satoshi Vision and do not pay added subsidies to miners beyond the amount actually earned from participating in their pools.

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Crypto’s Great Deception: 75% of “Decentralized” Currency Controlled by Centralized Giants 1761

Billions in digital assets labeled “decentralized” are, in reality, centrally controlled by private servers, hidden admin keys, and corporate entities, all adding up to a potential financial catastrophe. Dr. David Utzke, a former U.S. Treasury cybercrimes technologist, reveals how false decentralization is covertly controlling the crypto ecosystem, and what regulators, investors, and institutions must do now to avert disaster.

A reckoning is coming for the crypto ecosystem. According to recent blockchain and financial research, between 60% and 75% of total daily digital-asset project revenue now flows through fiat-pegged tokens issued by centralized entities such as Tether (USDT) and Circle (USDC). These issuers, and many so-called decentralized projects, operate on proprietary code bases and closed governance systems, contradicting the decentralization narratives used to attract investors, institutions, and governments.

“The problem is architectural, not speculative,” said Dr. David Utzke, author of The Digital Asset Technology Guidebook. “Most of what’s sold as ‘decentralized’ runs on centralized ledgers controlled by private foundations or developer teams. When one of those hidden control points fails or disappears, billions in value can vanish overnight.”

A False Sense of Security

While Bitcoin’s 2009 launch introduced a truly distributed ledger, most newer networks, especially Layer-2 (L2) and Layer-3 (L3) projects, quietly reverted to centralized control. Despite marketing claims, their “decentralization” exists in name only.

As Dr. Utzke notes, “The term decentralization has been hijacked. It originally referred to political hierarchy, not network architecture. Today, many projects call themselves decentralized simply because they don’t interact directly with users, even though a CEO or a small developer team controls every critical system function.”

This growing re-centralization trend has been documented by the Brookings Institution, which warns that “blockchain’s decentralization promise is quietly giving way to corporate and technical centralization”. Similarly, IEEE researchers have identified persistent “centralized security risks in decentralized applications,” including hard-coded administrative access and opaque governance models.

In 2025 alone, decentralized finance (DeFi) exploits and protocol breaches have cost users more than $3 billion, according to cybersecurity trackers. Although reported hacks fell by 85% in October, a decline largely attributed to improved security tooling and law enforcement pressure, the structural vulnerabilities remain unresolved.

“These are not isolated failures,” said Dr. Utzke. “They’re warnings about systemic fragility hidden beneath the surface of crypto’s biggest platforms.”

Systemic Risks Hidden in Plain Sight

This illusion of decentralization carries far-reaching implications. Institutions holding crypto assets are often unaware they are relying on non-cryptographic frameworks or single points of failure embedded in private code. These vulnerabilities mirror the contagion risks seen in traditional finance, as when FTX’s collapse in 2022 triggered losses across the entire digital-asset sector.

“Digital assets are intertwined,” Dr. Utzke warned. “When one centralized project fails, it doesn’t fall alone—it takes others down with it. The next crash won’t be about volatility; it’ll be about trust collapsing at the code level.”

The rise of meme-token platforms like Pump.fun and Degen Chain underscores this fragility. More than seven million tokens have been minted across such systems, yet fewer than 3% retain any long-term value. Over 80% of tokens are effectively dead, a pattern Dr. Utzke calls “the PvP degen casino model” of speculative chaos. In this scenario, participants repeatedly mint and trade meme tokens as though playing a peer-vs-peer casino — chasing short-term wins where most tokens collapse to near-zero value.

Calling for Cryptographic Truth and Oversight

Dr. Utzke argues that the Path forward requires more than regulation; it demands accountability. He advises:

  • Smarter, bifurcated oversight rooted in technical expertise.
  • A self-regulatory organization (SRO), similar to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), to certify cryptographic soundness.
  • Enforcement of transparent disclosure standards for digital-asset projects.

“Federal regulators simply don’t have the technical depth to oversee blockchain architecture,” said Dr. Utzke. “We need an SRO staffed by cryptographers and cybersecurity experts who can audit code integrity, enforce smart-contract standards, and separate hype from truth. Otherwise, we’re building financial skyscrapers on invisible foundations.”

Securing Against Higher Stakes

With institutional and government adoption of blockchain assets accelerating, the stakes have never been higher. Transparency, verification, and architectural integrity—not speculation—will determine the survivability of the digital-asset economy.

“Decentralization isn’t a slogan,” Dr. Utzke concluded. “It’s a verifiable state of architecture. Until we can prove that… the crypto ecosystem remains one breach, one admin key, or one vanished developer away from its next global meltdown.”

About Dr. David Utzke:

Dr. David Utzke is a pioneering innovator in blockchain-based AI systems and decentralized data intelligence. His work synthesizes emerging technologies with financial systems to create secure, autonomous frameworks for digital asset management, DeFi, and identity verification. With over a decade serving at the U.S. Treasury’s IRS Cyber Crimes Unit, Dr. Utzke has led groundbreaking cases in digital forensics and decentralized finance. With experience spanning economics, cryptography, and machine learning, his disruptive vision focuses on establishing transparent, human-centered technology that bridges the gap between AI and trust in digital transactions.

Bitnomial Launches First-Ever Stablecoin Margin Collateral with RLUSD, Expands Digital Asset Support to XRP 1501

Bitnomial, Inc. (“Bitnomial”), a U.S. derivatives exchange company, today announced a historic milestone as Bitnomial Clearinghouse, LLC, the only U.S. registered derivatives clearing organization (DCO) accepting digital assets as native margin collateral, becoming the first to accept stablecoins. Bitnomial is launching support for Ripple USD (RLUSD) and expanding its digital asset margin program to include XRP.

This expansion builds on Bitnomial’s groundbreaking launch of crypto margin deposits in September 2025, making the CFTC-regulated Bitnomial Exchange, LLC, and clearinghouse, Bitnomial Clearinghouse, LLC, the only U.S. regulated derivatives market infrastructure accepting stablecoins and a broader range of digital assets as margin collateral.

RLUSD and XRP margin deposits are now available for institutional clients trading leveraged perpetuals, futures, and options on Bitnomial Exchange. Retail traders will gain access to RLUSD and XRP margin deposits through Botanical, Bitnomial’s retail trading platform. With RLUSD stablecoin support, traders can now margin their positions with a USD-pegged digital asset, providing seamless capital efficiency while maintaining the benefits of blockchain-native settlement.

At the Ripple Swell conference in New York, Luke Hoersten, CEO of Bitnomial said “Adding RLUSD and XRP as margin collateral represents a major evolution in how traders can deploy their digital assets, RLUSD brings stablecoin efficiency to our margin system, allowing traders to hold USD-equivalent positions on-chain while accessing our full suite of derivatives products. Combined with XRP support, this gives our clients unprecedented flexibility in how they manage capital across their trading strategies. This is a natural extension of our partnership with Ripple and our commitment to building the most capital-efficient derivatives infrastructure in the U.S. market.”

“The addition of RLUSD and XRP further enhances the capital efficiency advantages available to traders on Bitnomial Exchange,” added Michael Dunn, President of Bitnomial Exchange, LLC. “Stablecoins represent a superior payment mechanism for both retail traders and institutions alike, offering the stability of USD with the speed and efficiency of blockchain settlement. With our expanded margin collateral options, traders can now leverage their stablecoin holdings and XRP positions to access the full range of CFTC-regulated crypto derivatives, reducing the friction of moving between different asset types.”

“With today’s announcement adding native support for RLUSD and XRP as margin collateral, Bitnomial cements its position as one of the most forward-thinking derivatives exchanges in the U.S,” said Jack McDonald, SVP Stablecoins at Ripple. “Stablecoins are moving from primarily speculative use cases to real world applications, with RLUSD, as a trusted tier-1 USD-backed stablecoin, leading the pack.”

Bitnomial continues to lead innovation in U.S. crypto derivatives markets. As the first to launch regulated perpetual futures in the U.S., the first to accept digital assets as margin collateral, and now the first to accept stablecoins as margin collateral, Bitnomial has consistently pioneered capital-efficient market infrastructure. The combination of RLUSD stablecoin margin, XRP support, and Bitnomial’s existing Bitcoin and Ether margin deposits creates the most comprehensive digital asset margin system available on a U.S. regulated exchange. This initiative provides significant benefits to crypto-native funds, institutional traders, and market makers who can now deploy their digital asset portfolios more efficiently while maintaining full regulatory compliance.

All Bitnomial futures and options contracts are offered by, and subject to the rules of, Bitnomial Exchange, LLC, and cleared through Bitnomial Clearinghouse, LLC. RLUSD and XRP margin collateral acceptance is subject to all applicable regulatory approvals.

About Bitnomial, Inc.

Bitnomial, Inc. is a digital asset derivatives exchange company that owns and operates U.S. CFTC-regulated exchange (DCM), clearinghouse (DCO), and brokerage (FCM) subsidiaries. Bitnomial offers the first U.S. perpetuals, physical futures, and options on the Bitcoin Complex comprising BTC and Hashrate, and the Crypto Complex comprising the first ever U.S. XRP, ADA, and USDC futures, among other assets.

Follow Bitnomial at bitnomial.com and on X @bitnomial
Follow Botanical at botanical.finance and on X @botanical

Stablecoins New Era Begins: Inside the Next Wave of Institutional Adoption and Infrastructure Competition 1332

The stablecoin market is entering a new phase of transformation. In the landmark joint report by Alchemy Pay and Gate Research, “The New Era of Stablecoins: A Comprehensive Study on Compliance, Innovation, and Adoption”, the report dives deep into how stablecoins are reshaping the global financial infrastructure, from its exponential growth and regulatory evolution to the intensifying competition at the infrastructure layer.

Exponential Growth and Institutional Momentum

As of August 2025, the total capitalization of stablecoins has exceeded USD 280 billion, representing more than a 660-fold increase since early 2019. Annual on-chain settlement volumes have surpassed USD 30 trillion, placing stablecoins on par with traditional global payment systems such as SWIFT and Visa in terms of transaction throughput.

This growth reflects both technological maturity and regulatory acceleration. The implementation of key frameworks, such as the GENIUS Act, Stablecoin Ordinance, and MiCA, has initiated what the report identifies as the “Age of Compliance.”

The report also highlights the growing participation of major financial institutions including PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard, each embedding stablecoin functionality into retail, enterprise, and cross-border payment systems. These integrations signal the ongoing convergence between TradFi and DeFi, underscoring the transition of stablecoins from speculative instruments to operational assets within global payment and settlement ecosystems.

Meanwhile, innovation within the stablecoin sector continues to accelerate. While USDT and USDC remain dominant, emerging models such as yield-bearing stablecoins are rapidly gaining market share. The study identifies a structural evolution from single-purpose payment tools to a “Three-in-One Model”—Peg + Yield + Application—that extends stablecoin utility into yield generation, real-world asset integration, and enterprise use cases such as supply chain finance and payroll settlement.

From Tokens to Infrastructure: The New Battlefield

The narrative of competition is shifting. It’s no longer about which stablecoin dominates, it’s about who controls the rails. The report calls this the move from “token competition” to “infrastructure competition.” As stablecoins become integral to the global payments landscape, control over settlement infrastructure has emerged as the next competitive frontier. Leading players like Tether, Circle, Stripe, and Alchemy Pay are developing blockchain architectures to establish themselves as dominant settlement networks.

This strategic evolution reflects a broader recognition: in the future of digital finance, the competitive advantage will lie not merely in token issuance, but in control of the infrastructure that enables liquidity, settlement, and compliance across markets and jurisdictions.

Alchemy Chain: Building the Stablecoin Settlement Hub for Global Fiat

Within this emerging infrastructure race, the report spotlights Alchemy Chain, a Layer 1 blockchain developed by Alchemy Pay. Drawing upon years of operational experience in the fiat-crypto payment sector, Alchemy Chain represents a practice-driven approach to infrastructure design.

The blockchain’s architecture centers on a clear, efficient flow—Fiat A → Stablecoin → Fiat B—positioning stablecoins as instant settlement bridges for global cross-border transactions. Key technical innovations include:

  • FIFO (First-In-First-Out) transaction ordering, ensuring fairness and eliminating “pay-to-prioritize” congestion.
  • On-chain real-time FX rates, with validator nodes directly integrating price feeds at the consensus layer to reduce oracle latency.
  • Block-Wing hybrid storage system, combining on-chain recording of essential transaction data with decentralized off-chain storage for auxiliary files, ensuring scalability and cost efficiency.

Strategically, Alchemy Chain diverges from general-purpose blockchains. Rather than competing with ecosystems like Ethereum, it aims to redefine global settlement infrastructure, leveraging Web3 technology to rebuild payment systems traditionally represented by SWIFT. Backed by Alchemy Pay’s already built network of 3 million users across 173 countries, and supported by connections with Visa, Mastercard, local mobile wallets and global banking rails, Alchemy Chain is positioned to serve as a neutral, compliant settlement layer connecting stablecoins and fiat currencies worldwide.

The Future Trajectory: Compliance, Multipolarity, and Integration

The report concludes that stablecoins are transitioning through three structural shifts:

  • From explosive growth to compliance establishment;
  • From token-centric competition to infrastructure-centric competition;
  • From U.S. dollar dominance to regional multipolarity.

Over the next three to five years, the report predicts that the institutions capable of creating a closed-loop ecosystem, integrating compliance frameworks, proprietary infrastructure, and scalable applications, will define the next generation of the global value network.

Read the Full Report

The “New Era of Stablecoins” report offers a data-driven, forward-looking roadmap for enterprises, regulators, and developers navigating the evolving stablecoin landscape.

Read the full report to explore how compliance, infrastructure, and innovation are converging to reshape the global payments ecosystem.

About Gate Research

Gate Research is a comprehensive blockchain and cryptocurrency research platform that provides deep content for readers, including technical analysis, market insights, industry research, trend forecasting, and macroeconomic policy analysis.

About Alchemy Pay

Founded in 2017, Alchemy Pay is a payment gateway that seamlessly connects crypto with traditional fiat currencies for businesses, developers, and end users. With its offerings including On & Off-Ramp, Web3 Digital Bank, NFT Checkout and its newly launched RWA platform, Alchemy Pay supports fiat payments in 173 countries.

The Ramp is a one-stop solution to buy and sell crypto and fiat, easily integrated by platforms and dApps according to requirements. The RWA platform allows global users to invest in tokenized real-world assets using local fiat currencies, lowering entry barriers and democratizing access to traditional financial instruments. Our Web3 Digital Bank supports Web3 enterprises by providing multi-fiat accounts and instant fiat-crypto conversion capabilities. Additionally, the NFT Checkout enables direct purchases of NFTs using fiat payment methods. ACH is the Alchemy Pay network token on the Ethereum blockchain.

Bitcoin’s First Major L2 Since Lightning Launches After Two Years of Development 794

Arkade Brings Ark Protocol to Mainnet and Announces Native Asset Framework, Marking a Pivotal Moment in Bitcoin’s Evolution as Programmable Money.

Ark Labs today launched Arkade to public beta, introducing Bitcoin’s first scaling layer for programmable finance since Lightning Network’s debut nearly a decade ago. Alongside the mainnet launch, the company announced Arkade Assets, a native asset framework designed to bring stablecoins and other tokens to Bitcoin’s execution layer, with planned Tether USDT support.

Two years after the Ark protocol announcement captured developers’ imagination, the launch represents a milestone in Bitcoin scaling innovation. While numerous layer-2 proposals emerged in recent years, most remain in research and development phases. Arkade, built on Ark’s foundation, becomes the first major initiative from this wave to deliver working mainnet infrastructure without security tradeoffs.

“The Bitcoin L2 landscape has been full of promises but light on shipping,” said Marco Argentieri, CEO of Ark Labs. “Today’s release marks the beginning of Bitcoin’s evolution as programmable money.”

Introducing Arkade Assets: Bringing Stablecoins Home to Bitcoin

In a significant expansion of Arkade’s capabilities, Ark Labs today unveiled Arkade Assets, a framework that extends Arkade’s virtualization architecture to support multiple asset types.

Arkade Assets represents an important milestone for Bitcoin’s evolution as a programmable financial platform. While stablecoins have become essential infrastructure for digital finance, with over $200 billion in circulation, most activity has migrated to alternative chains due to Bitcoin’s limited programmability. Ark Lab intends to reverse this trend.

“Tether pioneered stablecoins on Bitcoin over a decade ago, but the ecosystem lacked the infrastructure to support the sophisticated applications users demand,” said Argentieri. “Arkade finally provides that foundation. We’re building the rails to bring stablecoins back to the world’s most secure blockchain, where they belong.”

From Lightning Alternative to Application Platform

Originally positioned as an alternative to popular Bitcoin scaling solution Lightning, Ark’s virtualization approach revealed potential beyond simple offchain payments. Arkade, the protocol’s first implementation, shows how this architecture can unlock advanced financial applications with no changes to Bitcoin.

“We realized we weren’t just building another payment rail,” explained Alex Bergeron, Ecosystem Lead. “Arkade supports lending protocols, trading platforms, and smart wallets directly on Bitcoin. These are applications that were previously impossible without wrapped tokens or custodial compromises.”

Virtualizing Bitcoin to Unlock Programmable Money

Bitcoin’s $2 trillion market cap cements its status as digital gold, yet its financial services potential remains untapped. Inherent constraints at the base layer have limited the asset to a narrow set of use cases and left the financial application market open to Ethereum and other competitors.

“Arkade unlocks Bitcoin’s full potential without compromising what makes it valuable” said Argentieri. “By virtualizing Bitcoin’s transaction layer, we’re enabling developers to build directly on Bitcoin, not around it.”

Instead of changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules or creating separate chains, Arkade abstracts its fundamental building block, the UTXO, into a virtual environment where it retains Bitcoin’s security properties but gains new capabilities. All user assets are secured by presigned transactions allowing control of their funds at all times and removing the need for risky bridge infrastructure. Developers can build sophisticated financial primitives in a modern development environment: structured yield products, credit markets, and advanced derivatives systems.

Roadmap

Arkade’s public beta delivers core protocol functionality. Virtual Transaction Outputs (VTXOs) enable instant offchain execution while maintaining unilateral exit paths to Bitcoin. Batch settlement compresses thousands of operations into single Bitcoin transactions, dramatically reducing costs. Lightning Network integration through Boltz enables seamless swaps between Arkade and Lightning liquidity.

Launch partners include Breez, BTCPayServer, Boltz, BullBitcoin, Lendasat and LayerZ Wallet.

The public beta represents the beginning of a broader rollout. Ark Labs will expand Arkade’s capabilities over the coming months, adding enhanced scripting environments, additional security mechanisms, and support for more complex financial primitives.

“We’re not just launching a product. We’re establishing infrastructure for the next decade of Bitcoin development,” said Bergeron. “Every major financial application needs a programmable foundation. That’s what we’re building.”

Developers can explore Arkade at arkadeos.com and access integration documentation at docs.arkadeos.com.

About Arkade

Arkade, developed by Ark Labs, is a Bitcoin-native operating system designed to unlock trillions in idle capital and enable Bitcoin as a programmable financial platform. Combining off-chain speed with on-chain security, Arkade allows developers to build decentralized applications for payments, trading, and capital markets—such as Bitcoin-backed loans, margin trading, and derivatives like options and structured products—while preserving Bitcoin’s core principles of decentralization and user control. By eliminating the need for bridges, wrapped tokens, or custodial risks, Arkade provides instant, low-cost tools to power diverse financial interactions with native Bitcoin liquidity. Backed by investors including Draper Associates, Axiom, Fulgur Ventures, and top angel investors, Ark Labs is positioning Arkade as the decentralized backend for institutional liquidity, enabling Bitcoin to power diverse financial interactions.

ANOME Unveils AnoMEME: A Meme Token Card LaunchPad Built on ERC-404: Where Meme Tokens Become Meme Cards 705

ANOME, the Web3 ecosystem uniting NFTs, GameFi, and DeFi, today announced the upcoming launch of AnoMEME, a core subsystem within the ANOME ecosystem that redefines how meme tokens are created, used, and experienced on-chain.

In the fast-moving world of crypto, speed and creativity determine who shapes the narrative. ANOME’s AnoMEME platform is a bold answer to that challenge — a first-of-its-kind LaunchPad where meme tokens are born as playable, ownable Meme Cards, powered by the innovative ERC-404 standard that merges fungible and non-fungible functionality into a single asset class.

From Token Launches to Cultural Creation

Traditional meme-token platforms end the journey the moment a contract is deployed. AnoMEME marks the beginning of a new one.

With just a few clicks, creators can connect their wallet, name their meme, upload artwork, and deploy a fully functional ERC-404 token, instantly creating a Meme Card: a tradeable, on-chain representation of their idea that evolves as the community grows. As a fully on-chain LaunchPad,

AnoMEME lowers the barrier between token issuance and cultural participation, enabling anyone to launch a meme token in minutes, no coding required, and instantly transform it into a playable asset within the ANOME ecosystem.

Every Meme Card minted on AnoMEME is not only a token but also a game-ready asset. It can battle other Meme Cards, serve as the foundation for NFT collections, and power future gameplay mechanics: all while existing transparently and verifiably on-chain.

This is where meme creation transcends speculation: when issuing a token is no longer just issuing a token, but the beginning of creating a new world.

A New Layer of Utility, Culture, and Engagement

To maintain balance, Meme Cards will operate in a dedicated battle system separate from ANOME’s official cards. This allows creators and communities to experiment, compete, and build their own ecosystems, without impacting the core gameplay economy.

The result is a new paradigm for meme tokens: assets that are functional, interactive, and culture-driven. By combining the virality of meme tokens with on-chain utility and community-driven storytelling, AnoMEME fosters deeper user engagement, stronger liquidity potential, and continuous cultural co-creation, positioning itself at the center of the next wave of meme innovation.

Launching Soon

AnoMEME — Where Meme Tokens Become Meme Cards — is set to launch on the BNB Smart Chain in the coming weeks.

Follow @Anome_Official and visit anome.xyz to join the next evolution of the meme economy.

Fractal Bitcoin Launches Wrapped FB (WFB) on Ethereum 2579

Fractal Bitcoin today announced Wrapped Fractal Bitcoin (WFB), an ERC-20 representation of the Fractal Bitcoin token (FB) on Ethereum. The introduction of WFB marks Fractal Bitcoin’s first step into the Ethereum ecosystem, and underscores a cross-chain strategy to bring Bitcoin-native value to more platforms.

“The launch of WFB is about building lasting connections between ecosystems,” said Lorenzo, Core Contributor of Fractal and Founder of UniSat Wallet. “By linking Bitcoin’s strength with Ethereum’s flexibility, and eventually with other networks, we are creating a framework where communities can grow together. This is how Bitcoin becomes more accessible, more useful, and more impactful for the entire crypto economy.”

Each WFB token is fully backed 1:1 by an FB token reserved on the Fractal mainnet, with reserves publicly verifiable onchain. An initial 2.1 million FB will be locked on the Fractal mainnet, and issued as WFB on Ethereum, drawn from a total of 8.4M FB committed to cross-chain ecosystem development.

Fractal Bitcoin emphasized that FB remains firmly anchored in the Bitcoin ecosystem. The new WFB token will serve as a wrapper, allowing Ethereum users to access Bitcoin-native value, without compromising Bitcoin’s foundation. Fractal’s goal is to serve as a hub, extending Bitcoin’s utility to Ethereum and other blockchain ecosystems.

“Our goal is to meet traders where they are,” said Spencer Yang, Core Contributor of Fractal and Managing Partner of BlockSpaceForce. “Native FB serves Bitcoin-first traders, and WFB plugs into ERC-20 markets that many traders already use. Whether a fund is focused on Bitcoin or Ethereum, Fractal Bitcoin is easy to incorporate through the tools they already use.”

Fractal views WFB on Ethereum as the first expression of a broader cross-chain strategy. By bringing its native token to Ethereum, Fractal extends Bitcoin’s value to new market participants while keeping issuance anchored to Bitcoin. The increased availability will broaden trading participation, tighten spreads through deeper liquidity, and simplify integration with custodians, trading venues, and protocols that already support ERC-20 assets.

Fractal Bitcoin aims to steadily expand FB’s applications and establish the token as a trusted asset across global blockchain ecosystems.

About Fractal Bitcoin

Fractal Bitcoin is Bitcoin’s innovation layer, using virtualized Bitcoin Core code to scale Bitcoin. Fractal has achieved remarkable traction, with 19M+ users, 4.3B+ processed transactions, and 147+ active ecosystem projects. Visit: www.fractalbitcoin.io