Current Date: March 5, 2025
ICO Updates
1. *HODLer Airdrops - GoPlusSecurity ($GPS)
- Announced: March 4, 2025
- Platform: Binance
- Project: GoPlusSecurity ($GPS), 11th project in Binance’s HODLer Airdrops program
- Details: Token distribution for Binance users holding specific assets; exact allocation and eligibility criteria disclosed on Binance’s official site.
- Type: Airdrop (not a traditional ICO, but a token distribution event).
2. Veritas ($VPT) IDO
- Announced: Late February 2025 (exact date unspecified)
- Platform: eesee
- Details: Initial DEX Offering (IDO) for Veritas ($VPT), an AI-driven security token for blockchain applications.
- Status: Completed presale phase; launched on decentralized exchange.
3. Market Context
- Traditional ICO activity: Declined since 2017-2018 peak, replaced by IDOs, airdrops, and presales.
- 2025 Trend: 73% of token launches in Q1 2025 utilized airdrops or IDOs (source: CryptoSlate estimate, February 2025).
Blockchain News
Cryptocurrency Market Data
- **Market Cap**: $2.86 trillion (up 4.08% from March 4, 2025)
- **Bitcoin Price**: $86,900 (approaching $87,000 resistance, March 5, 2025)
- **Top Gainer**: Aave ($AAVE), up 12.3% in 24 hours (CoinMarketCap, March 5, 2025)
- **Top Loser**: Fantom ($FTM), down 5.1% in 24 hours (CoinMarketCap, March 5, 2025)
- **Trading Volume**: $142 billion (24-hour volume, March 5, 2025)
U.S. Crypto Strategic Reserve Proposal
- **Announced**: March 2, 2025
- **Proponent**: President Donald Trump
- **Details**: Proposal to establish a U.S. strategic reserve of digital assets; five cryptocurrencies named (specific assets not fully disclosed by March 5).
- **Market Impact**:
- Bitcoin rose 3.2% on March 2, fell 1.8% on March 3 (CoinDesk).
- X Posts: 1,200+ mentions of “Trump crypto reserve” on March 4 (X data).
- **Status**: Under discussion; no legislative action as of March 5.
Blockchain Stocks Performance (March 3, 2025)
- **Companies Watched**: Oracle, Riot Platforms, Applied Digital, Bit Origin, Core Scientific, Future FinTech Group, Bitdeer Technologies Group
- **Trading Volume**: Above-average volume reported (Yahoo Finance, March 3).
- **Sectors**: Blockchain integration in finance, data management, mining.
- **Stock Gains**:
- Riot Platforms: +4.7%
- Core Scientific: +3.9%
- Bitdeer: +2.1% (closing prices, March 3).
This is not investment advice. DYOR.
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