The post Why Free-to-Play Is Winning: The Social Casino Spree Redefining Digital Entertainment appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The free-to-play gaming model has achieved something few analysts predicted a decade ago: it has become a dominant force in digital entertainment revenue. For audiences tracking cryptocurrency markets and decentralized finance, the mechanics of this transformation offer valuable parallels to token economics and user acquisition strategies that are reshaping how consumers interact with digital platforms. …

The post Bitcoin Sell-Off Begins as Miners Sell Over 15,000 BTC in Q1 2026 appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News After aggressively accumulating Bitcoin over the past two years, several public companies are now reversing course. With BTC hovering around $66K and prolonged price weakness weighing on balance sheets, firms, especially mining companies, are increasingly offloading holdings to stay liquid. Riot Platforms Sold 3,778 BTC in Q1 2026 As per the latest report, Riot Platforms …

The post XRP Price Prediction: Pepeto Might Deliver 150X Returns Before XRP appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Goldman Sachs became the largest purchaser of XRP ETF shares this quarter, and the SEC classified XRP as a digital commodity on March 17, ending years of legal ambiguity from the Ripple lawsuit. Amid this development, Pepeto, an exchange presale from the cofounder who constructed the original Pepe coin to $11 billion, is attracting wallets …

The post Drift Protocol Exploit Impact Spreads to 20 Solana Projects appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News What began as a single protocol exploit is now affecting the entire Solana network. Drift Protocol, which lost $285 million in the attack, is no longer only Drift’s problem. New data from SolanaFloor shows 20 protocols are now exposed, with losses continuing to grow. Here’s how the Drift Protocol exploit impacts the other Solana protocol. …

The post Tokenization: The IMF’s 2026 Roadmap for Global Finance appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News On April 2, 2026, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a note regarding real-world assets (RWAs), noting both their advantages and shortcomings in the financial industry. Entitled “Tokenized Finance,” the note acknowledges that permissioned shared ledgers, programmable assets (RWAs), and the smart contracts that connect the two, alter finance in terms of liquidity, settlement, and …

The post Solana Hasn’t Bottomed Yet—Here’s Where the Real SOL Rally Could Begin appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The Solana price faced significant upward pressure as the broader market sentiments turned bearish following Trump’s address on the ongoing war. After losing a key support zone, the SOL is now trapped below the resistance, which may resemble a distribution, not a recovery. However, the buyers have not stepped in with conviction, while the price …

The post Crypto Market March 2026: War, Whales, and Whiplash Define the Month appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The crypto market March 2026 wasn’t driven by shiny upgrades or bullish hype cycles, per Santiments recent monthly report. Infact, this time it was war headlines, oil spikes, and pure confusion calling the shots. One minute markets panicked, the next they reversed because someone said something, then unsaid it. Welcome to a month review where …

The post SoFi Launches 24/7 Crypto Banking on Solana With Mastercard, Galaxy, Wintermute on Board appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News For years, the knock on traditional banking has been simple: markets move around the clock, but banks do not. SoFi is building the alternative. The nationally chartered US bank launched Big Business Banking today, an enterprise platform that lets companies hold deposits, move money, and settle transactions at any hour through fiat or crypto, all …

The post While SOL Aims For $250, Pepeto Could Be A Better Play as Gold Stablecoins Raise $100M and Institutional Capital Floods In appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News A tokenization platform closed a $100 million vault for a gold linked stablecoin in under 24 hours. An AI company shipped a toolkit enabling AI agents to verify they are backed by verified humans. And sustained Bitcoin ETF inflows have validated that institutional capital is arriving at a pace faster than at any point this …

The post Can ETH Price Rally Despite Geopolitical Pressure? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The ETH price is booming under the hood while barely moving where it actually counts. Sitting around $2,130, Ethereum looks… fine on the surface. But dig deeper, and the story gets a lot more interesting and honestly, a bit frustrating at the same time. Why? Because while price chops sideways, the network activity itself is …