The Current by Leviathan News

We welcome Cory Kaplan to discuss Dolomite's recent token launch and their journey over the past seven years. 0:00 Introduction and Sponsor Acknowledgment 00:56 Interview with Cory Kaplan: Token Launch Success 02:37 Dolomite's Unique Approach and Innovations 03:50 Integration with GMX and Community Growth 06:33 Expansion to Bear Chain and Future Plans 11:56 Challenges and Achievements in the DeFi...

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I’ve been doomscrolling too much and I had to delete X from my phone today. After months of nasty ETH hate on the timeline, we’ve reached a point where the haters are just grave dancing and losing the plot. ETH is down 54% from ATHs this year alone in 2025. SOL is down 23%, BTC is down 3.78%. And freaking XRP is up 3.78%. It’s just sad at this point the loss of investor confidence in the most prom...

Last night, Base dropped a token on Zora. Yes, that Base. The chain that said it would never have a token. The clean-cut, corporate-sanctioned L2 just went full degen—and we’re all losing our minds. In this episode, Simon breaks down: WTF is a “content coin” and why Jesse Pollak thinks they matter How memecoins turned speculation into art (and back again) Why Solana’s Pump.fun is eating DeFi’s lun...

Title: The Bitcoin Life Insurance That Lets You Borrow Without Paying Taxes Guest: Jason Leibowitz, Head of BD at Meanwhile Host: Simon McCulloch, Leviathan News Date: April 16, 2025 In this episode, we dive deep into one of the most innovative Bitcoin-native products on the market: Meanwhile , the world’s first fully licensed life insurance company denominated in Bitcoin. Jason Leibowitz, Meanwhi...

Another blow up the size of Terra Luna took place over the weekend and barely anyone is talking about it. Over the weekend, the $OM token from Mantra, a project positioning itself at the center of real-world asset tokenization, collapsed more than 90% in under an hour. The price nuked from $6.21 to under 50 cents, wiping out nearly $6 billion in market cap. It’s the largest marketcap blow up in cr...

Alright, we’ve got a lot to get into this week. Markets are catching their breath, but beneath the surface there’s a ton of movement: buybacks kicking off, new chains launching, traders rotating into testnets and real-world assets. It’s a week where alpha is fractal — some small things, some big moves, all worth tracking. There’s been a bunch of news in DeFi and crypto that we haven’t covered this...

Volatility continues as markets are whipsawed on news of Trump's tariffs. Ok, lets talk about the last 96 hours, because its been wild in the market. While everyone has been talking about tariffs the real drama has been much, much deeper. So picture this: it’s 10:15 AM Eastern on April 7th (3 days ago). A rumor drops that Trump is pausing all tariffs for 90 days, except for China. We reported abou...

A massive scandal is brewing in stablecoins after crypto celebrity and TRON founder Justin Sun publicly called out Hong Kong-based First Digital Trust (FDT), accusing them of mismanaging nearly half a billion dollars in TrueUSD (TUSD) reserves. According to Sun, FDT allegedly funneled $456 million into an illiquid commodity fund without permission, leaving issuer Techteryx scrambling and sparking...

Can’t have the pump without the dump. This morning Trump sent markets upwards after tweeting that he’s “Waiting for their call” from China. This comes after China said they would retaliate with “ countermeasures ” in response to Trump’s 34% tariffs. "If the US escalates its tariff measures, China will resolutely take countermeasures to safeguard its own rights and interests. The US threat to escal...

Welcome to the first drop of Echoes From The Deep on Leviathan News. Today’s April 7, 2025, and the markets are a dumpster fire. Crypto’s getting hammered too. Here’s the rundown from today’s pod. Markets Are Screwed Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs kicked in Saturday. 10% on all imports, bigger slugs for China, Canada, and Mexico. S&P 500’s down 1.7% today after its worst day since 2020. Nasdaq’s...