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Crypto Crime Wave: Rug Pulls Surge to $3.4 Billion in 2024

Crypto Crime Wave: Rug Pulls Surge to $3.4 Billion in 2024

• DeFi

The rapidly evolving cryptocurrency ecosystem, for all of its potential to expand access to finance, has created new opportunities for scammers, specifically rug pulls. In 2024, investors were defrauded by an astounding $3.4 billion in rug pulls—up 22% over last year. This increase is evidence of the growing sophistication and...

Eyenovia and LGHL Pioneer Corporate Crypto Treasuries with Hyperliquid (HYPE)

Eyenovia and LGHL Pioneer Corporate Crypto Treasuries with Hyperliquid (HYPE)

• DeFi

Eyenovia, a Nasdaq-listed ophthalmic technology company, is making headlines as the first publicly traded U.S. entity to integrate Hyperliquid (HYPE) into its corporate treasury, allocating $50 million to the initiative. This shift marks a prominent step representative of increasing institutional adoption and favor of DeFi assets. Beyond that, LGHL is...

IOST's Signet Ring: Genius or Just Another Crypto Gimmick?

IOST's Signet Ring: Genius or Just Another Crypto Gimmick?

• Callout

Everyone's buzzing about verifiable identity in Web3. We’re sold a utopia where our online counterparts are just as genuine and protected as, uh, our real world counterparts. On the other hand, IOST’s Signet Ring with its biometric “wear-to-earn” proposition just rang in. But before we all rush to sign up...

Top Crypto Games 2025: Play, Earn, & Own the Future of Gaming

Top Crypto Games 2025: Play, Earn, & Own the Future of Gaming

• Writer's Block

The collision of cryptocurrency and gaming has taken off! Players have been put into these immersive experiences and people are creating real-world value. As we head into 2025, the best crypto games will continue to enthrall players with exhilarating experiences. Unlike their predecessors, these real earning opportunities are tied to...

Crypto Gaming's Identity Crisis: Is It Just a Ponzi Scheme?

Crypto Gaming's Identity Crisis: Is It Just a Ponzi Scheme?

• Callout

The promise is seductive: Play games, earn real money. Escape the soul-crushing monotony of a 9-to-5. Join the grind and get rich beyond your wildest dreams in a pixelated new world. As someone who's spent years investigating the murky corners of the internet, I can't help but feel a growing...

5 Crypto Games in 2025 That Actually Make You Money

5 Crypto Games in 2025 That Actually Make You Money

• Callout

Let's be frank. After all, the first wave of crypto gaming hype left a lot of scorched earth in its wake. Dreams of creating generational wealth quickly soured into exhausting workforces and digital images with no value. The dust is beginning to settle and with that real opportunity is arising....

5 Ways Trump's Crypto Policy Unleashed DeFi's $4B Boom

5 Ways Trump's Crypto Policy Unleashed DeFi's $4B Boom

• Callout

Picture a world where your savings account consistently earned a reasonable rate of return. Not the pathetic 0.01% your bank is currently boasting, but an actual return. The new world of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is booming. It is now overseeing an astounding $4 billion in on-chain assets from crypto managers,...

DeFi's 'Mullet': How Fintech is Secretly Powered by Crypto

DeFi's 'Mullet': How Fintech is Secretly Powered by Crypto

• Writer's Block

As you all know, the blockchain/crypto world changes a lot every five seconds. Calloutcoin.com provides a comprehensive look at NFT standards, metaverse technologies, digital identity solutions, and the newest DeFi developments. Arguably the coolest trend happening right now is the emergence of the “DeFi mullet.” This term refers to a...

7 Altcoins Set to Explode by June 2025 (And Why You're Missing Out)

7 Altcoins Set to Explode by June 2025 (And Why You're Missing Out)

• Callout

Alright, listen up. Get to know us—I’m Rajiv, one of the #PeopleofT4America. Or you may know me from those after-parties at Consensus or that underground tech conference in Berlin last year. I'm not your typical financial analyst. I think it’s about being able to allow people to see the world...

7 Altcoins Set to Explode in June 2025: Your Crypto Game Plan

7 Altcoins Set to Explode in June 2025: Your Crypto Game Plan

• Writer's Block

Ciara brings investigative rigor and a fervent love for clear, concise, balanced storytelling together to make complex blockchain concepts tangible, relatable and captivating. This article takes you into the exciting space of altcoins. Further, it showcases those that are likely to experience the most significant increase in ridership by June...

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Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

The crypto world loves a good narrative, and Humanity Protocol's H token is dripping with one: a fairdrop revolution. Yet the promise is unmistakable. We will fight to reclaim airdrops from the arms of the bot armies and restore them to actual, live human beings. The method? Palm scans. Yes,...

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

A billion-dollar valuation for the ability to palm scan? No joke. While everyone’s chasing the next crypto unicorn, I can’t shake the feeling we're blindly galloping towards a future where our bodies are the ultimate key – and the ultimate target. Humanity Protocol’s H token has skyrocketed, partially fueled by...

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

It’s that same sort of exuberance you felt when you first heard about the metaverse. The fulfillment of digital utopia, being in touch with everyone on planet Earth through expansive online metaverses, creating prosperous virtual societies? It sounded revolutionary. Now, look at Horizon Worlds. Clunky avatars, digital tumbleweeds, and a...

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Zuckerberg wants AGI. Personal superintelligence, he calls it. An AI that essentially runs your life. Sounds convenient, right? Maybe. But let's be brutally honest: entrusting the keys to your existence to a single, centralized entity – especially one with Zuckerberg's track record – is a recipe for disaster. Well, it’s...

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Metaverse Flop to AI Domination? Zuck's Next Power Play

Just as Mark Zuckerberg made headlines with a big pivot to the now overly-hyped Metaverse, he’s undertaking another big pivot. He’s recently been exploring the thrilling worlds of AI and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). After the hype and billions of dollars, Meta’s Metaverse projects—especially Horizon Worlds—have found difficulty in attracting...

Metaverse Flop to AI Domination? Zuck's Next Power Play

POAP NFTs: Your Digital Ticket to Collectible Memories

Calloutcoin.com aspires to remain at the forefront of the rapidly evolving marketplace of blockchain and crypto. We provide rigorous research on NFT standards, metaverse technology, digital identity solutions and the most recent DeFi innovations. Today, it's time to dive into Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP) NFTs, a unique way to...

POAP NFTs: Your Digital Ticket to Collectible Memories

POAPs Aren't Just NFTs They're the Future of Digital Identity

DeFi might seem like a remote world, but I’ll never forget being at a DeFi conference last year. The typical panicky lunge for registration lines, relatable uncomfortable small talk… but then, wait, what’s this. Rather than needing to keep up with a paper name tag, I simply scanned a QR...

POAPs Aren't Just NFTs They're the Future of Digital Identity

Beyond the Hype POAPs Are Rewriting the Rules of Community

I’ve always been interested in the way art and technology can bring people together. My past as a graphic novel artist and writer showed me the impact visual storytelling can have on connecting with others. I never envisioned how powerful these digital collectibles could be – how they can be...

Beyond the Hype POAPs Are Rewriting the Rules of Community