Hristina Vasileva

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Hristina Vasileva

Hristina Vasileva

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Hristina Vasileva specializes in DeFi, business, and economic news. She graduated from Sofia University with an MA in Philosophy, after completing a 4-year BA in Business Administration, Journalism, and Mass Communication. She has worked for one of the country’s leading newspapers, covering the commodities and corporate results beat. Currently, Hristina is a contributing news author at Cryptopolitan.

Author’s Articles

  • The top 100 most active wallets on Pump.fun automate their trades: Pump.fun or Bot.fun?
    News
  • Strategy buys another 1,054 BTC, average price now above $70K

    Strategy buys another 1,054 BTC, average price now above $70K
    Bitcoin
  • Cetus recovers top 10 DEX spot after relaunch from high-profile hack

    Cetus recovers top 10 DEX spot after relaunch from high-profile hack
    SUI
  • Whales are back to buying Hyperliquid, awaiting another HYPE breakout

    Whales are back to buying Hyperliquid, awaiting another HYPE breakout
    News

  • X chooses Polymarket as its official partner for prediction markets
    News

  • FAIR offers encrypted chain for AI agents with trading and DeFi abilities
    News
  • Strategy expands its Stride preferred stock offering to $1B

    Strategy expands its Stride preferred stock offering to $1B
    Bitcoin
  • BTC is moving, but from older holders to new wallets

    BTC is moving, but from older holders to new wallets
    Bitcoin
  • Chinese authorities crack down on Hyperliquid money laundering

    Chinese authorities crack down on Hyperliquid money laundering
    News
  • Pump.fun proposes to endorse an official Elon Musk token

    Pump.fun proposes to endorse an official Elon Musk token
    News
  • Circle opens at $69 on NYSE, with higher than expected premium over IPO price Circle started its first trading day with a price of $69, surpassing previous predictions of price discovery. The company held its IPO at $31, expecting to open at $44 for a much smaller premium. Circle’s stocks rallied during their debut on NYSE, rising to $69 in early trading. The newly public company with the ticker $CRCL even briefly climbed to $84.92, over 174% above its IPO price of $31. Circle Internet Group is trading 34M listed shares, for a valuation above $2.34B. The current valuation remains slightly lower than the recent proposals from Ripple, Inc., attempting to acquire the company for $5B, later increased to as much as $20B. Despite the offers, Circle aimed to fulfill its goal of becoming a publicly trading company. The CRCL shares were volatile in the first day, trading between $64 and a brief outlier of $103.75. The shares are still discovering their fair price, at a time when crypto and fintech companies are having a revival on the stock market. Jeremy Allaire, founder and CEO of Circle, stated the listing was one of the most exciting moments of his life. https://x.com/circle/status/1930648730803335571 Circle aims to go beyond a stablecoin issuer and build the payment layer for the Internet, spanning both crypto native uses and fintech for everyday payments. ‘At Circle, our mission is to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of value has never wavered, and today I am proud to share that Circle is now a public company,’ said Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer at Circle. The public trading for now avoids an acquisition, leaving Circle to develop as one of the widely accepted crypto companies, aiming for wide adoption. USDC boosted Circle’s position with full compliance Circle started its trading after 12 years of development, where the company focused more on compliance, while growing its supply of stablecoins more slowly. Circle’s assets expanded in the past year, after securing wide acceptance in the Euro Area for both USDC and EURC tokens. The asset adapted to multiple crypto-native uses, including DeFi and the Solana ecosystem, where USDC was integrated into meme trading. USDC still carries over $64.47B in value across multiple chains, doubling its supply in the past year. All USDC tokens are backed by real-world assets, compliant with EU-based MiCA regulations. The token managed to avoid delistings, taking up some of the niches of USDT, while also integrating with fintech apps. USDC returned to Stripe, and remains active in other leading payment apps. Circle was also among the first stablecoin issuers to add centralized controls of its tokens. Initially, the feature was taken with a dose of skepticism, but Circle proved instrumental in clawing back finds from hacks and scams. Currently, there are 292 reported frozen addresses by request of authorities. Circle was also called to freeze $57M from the wallets of LIBRA issuers, aiming to compensate those that lost from the meme token crash.

    Circle opens at $69 on NYSE, with higher than expected premium over IPO price
    News
  • CoreWeave takeover chatter spikes Core Scientific stock by 35%

    Coreweave trades at all-time high, is CRWV a meme stock now?
    Tech
  • HTX puts pressure on Aave USDT borrowing, withdraws 93% of liquidity

    HTX puts pressure on Aave USDT borrowing, withdraws 93% of liquidity
    AAVE
  • PancakeSwap posted trading record in May, CAKE rallies on upcoming Coinbase listing

    PancakeSwap posted trading record in May, CAKE rallies on upcoming Coinbase listing
    News
  • Stablecoins are the new Bitcoin, market cap hit a new ATH

    Keyrock Research: Stablecoins drive 30% of DeFi revenues
    News

  • Institutional investors generate the most demand for Bitcoin exposure through ETF
    News
  • Singapore's Temasek down on startup investments after $275m FTX lesson

    Singapore’s Temasek down on startup investments after $275M FTX lesson
    News
  • World Liberty Fi airdropped 47 USD1 as suspected reward to WLFI buyers

    World Liberty Fi airdropped 47 USD1 as suspected reward to WLFI buyers
    News

  • Traders are taking $500M an hour from realized BTC profits
    News
  • Small-scale fundraising slows down as interest flows to big deals and consolidation

    Small-scale fundraising slows down as interest flows to big deals and consolidation
    News
  • Strategy launches STRD, new perpetual preferred stock via IPO

    Strategy launches STRD, new perpetual preferred stock via IPO
    News
  • Hackers siphoned $257M in May, but $162M was frozen or recovered

    Hackers siphoned $257M in May, but $162M was frozen or recovered
    News