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In a year dominated by AI tokens and Layer-2 hype cycles, one unexpected trend has taken over the crypto conversation: Bitcoin Ordinals. What started off as a niche experiment in early 2023 has turned into one of the most fascinating and controversial developments in blockchain culture. But what exactly set Ordinals off, and why are they still relevant today?

Japan has now joined the fray in the race for stablecoins, launching the world's first fully regulated and yen-pegged stablecoin, JPYC. The brainchild of Tokyo-based fintech company JPYC Inc., the token is designed to maintain one-to-one value with the Japanese yen, signaling Japan's greater acceptance of blockchain-based finance. The launch is, in fact, a historic one: not just for Japan, but for the global crypto ecosystem.

If you have been in the crypto space long enough, you have likely heard the colloquialism "crypto winter." It's more than a flashy slogan; it's also the name that traders assign to a long, bitter bear market where hype dissolves, prices collapse, and the chill seeps its way through the entire digital asset space.

The crypto community woke this week to the latest shocking news. Kyiv-based Ukrainian crypto trader and CEO Konstantin Galich was discovered dead in his Lamborghini Urus in Kyiv. The death of the trader occurred hours following the inexplicable slide of the digital-asset market and the destruction of billions of dollars in digital-asset value.

Vitalik Buterin is the key figure behind the evolution of blockchain technology. While Bitcoin introduced the world to the potential for a cryptocurrency, Buterin's work fundamentally broadened its scope. As the co-founder of Ethereum, he helped to propel blockchain from a tool for digital money to a complex container for decentralized apps, NFTs, and decentralized finance (DeFi). Ethereum today is the world's second-largest blockchain network.