KAITO is the core currency of Kaito AI’s InfoFi ecosystem, enabling transactions, governance, staking, and community engagement.

The S&P 500 fell 0.43% amid Walmart’s weak outlook, with investors eyeing PMI and home sales data next. Gold rose 0.23% to $2,939 on safe-haven demand but retreated from a $2,954 high. Traders await S&P Global Flash PMIs. Coindesk Indices, an index measuring broader cryptocurrency market performance was up by 0.02%, with Bitcoin and Ether rising by 2.46% and 0.69%, respectively in the past 24 hours. Trade these markets and more with up to 500x leverage on Bybit MT5 using this 

Today’s top performer is BERA, which surged nearly 15.8% after The Graph integrated Berachain Mainnet on day one, enabling seamless onchain data access.

Berachain (BERA), founded in 2021, is a Layer 1 blockchain with Proof-of-Liquidity consensus, ensuring security and liquidity while maintaining full Ethereum compatibility. The Graph has 

 support for the newly launched Berachain mainnet from day one. Developers can now query Berachain data using Subgraph Studio, making it easier to organize and access onchain data. This integration enables the creation of fast and efficient frontends for Berachain-powered dapps.

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 is the core currency of Kaito AI’s InfoFi ecosystem, enabling transactions, governance, staking, and community engagement. The total supply is allocated as follows: 56.67% to community and ecosystem initiatives (including ecosystem growth, creator incentives, and liquidity rewards), 25% to core contributors, 10% to the foundation, and 8.3% to early backers. Distribution is merit-based, using AI-driven assessments of engagement, governance participation, and long-term alignment with Kaito’s vision. Staking provides rewards and voting rights, ensuring active participation. A claim process for KAITO will be announced soon.

Yesterday, BTC Spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $252.8M, including $33.5M from GBTC and $219.3M from non-GBTC funds.

. With $43 million in funding, this presents a valuable opportunity. To maximize your points, complete the "Generate at least one transaction on Sahara Testnet" task by sending a small amount of SAHARA via Metamask. This earns 20 points, a significant amount compared to other tasks. Ensure you take full advantage of this opportunity.

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KAITO Powers the InfoFi Ecosystem with Governance Staking and Community Rewards

Kaito is an AI-powered information indexer specifically designed to deliver actionable insights for cryptocurrency traders and investors. Find out more now!

Within a year of its launch, Kaito has already established itself as a key player in the web3 industry. Its innovative approach combines artificial intelligence with publicly available crypto conversation data, creating a tool that can present an up-to-date picture of the events affecting the cryptocurrency space at any given time.

 is an AI-powered search engine specifically designed for the cryptocurrency space. It’s a premium service with a monthly subscription of $1,099. The platform indexes thousands of 

 sources that aren’t accessible through traditional search engines, and gathers data from Twitter, Discord, governance forums, research papers, news articles, podcasts and even conference transcripts. 

Kaito uses advanced AI algorithms and natural language processing to better understand context and gauge sentiment about topics. Its use of AI and an internal algorithm allows Kaito to filter out the noise, presenting a more accurate picture of community sentiment. 

. Before moving to web3, Hu worked in the traditional finance space for over eight years, including the management of a $500 million equities portfolio at Citadel. His aim with Kaito is to democratize web3 information by giving users access to tools and insights they need to navigate this ever-changing industry. 

Kaito has quickly attracted significant investment from major 

 in the industry. The project has already raised $10.8 million across two funding rounds.

The seed round in August 2023 was led by Dragonfly Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital China, Jane Street and others, as Kaito secured $5.3 million. This was followed by a Series A round in June 2023, led by Superscrypt and Spartan, raising an additional $5.5 million with a valuation of $87.5 million. Other notable investors include Mirana Ventures, Folius Ventures and Alpha Lab Capital. 

Kaito offers a range of features designed to provide users with comprehensive and actionable insights. They include the following:

: Kaito’s platform uses a custom-built large language model (LLM) in combination with real-time data gathered from various sources to provide users with actionable insights on developments in the web3 space. 

:As a web3-native company, Kaito can analyze and understand the nuances of 

 and concepts. This gives it an edge when compared to Web 2.0 search engines that struggle to understand this space. 

: Kaito tracks market sentiment at various levels, including general market sentiment, sector-specific sentiment and sentiment toward specific tokens and projects, providing investors and traders with an important metric in assessing a project’s value.

Kaito uses a custom LLM to enhance its data processing capabilities. The platform aggregates data continuously from various sources, including social media, forums and news websites. This data is then processed using Kaito’s natural language processing capability to identify relevant information, extract key insights and analyze market sentiment. 

In addition, its platform uses a reputation system to give weightage to different posts based on the reputation of each poster. It also employs sophisticated algorithms to filter out spam and bots that often try to shape public opinion on social media platforms, especially on X. 

In December 2024, Kaito AI introduced two new elements to its ecosystem: 

 collection. Yaps is a scoring system that measures user contribution and engagement within the web3 community. Users earn 

 by creating valuable content, engaging with others in the crypto space and participating in discussions on 

. Kaito uses four main attributes in allotting these points:

The system also automatically filters out spam posts, making sure only real posters and useful posts can earn Yap points. While Kaito hasn’t officially confirmed a token airdrop associated with Yaps, the program allows participants to accumulate points that might play a role in future rewards, or initiatives within the Kaito AI ecosystem.

Participation in the Yaps program is completely free. Users just need to log in with their Crypto Twitter accounts and Kaito will start tracking their Yaps scores automatically. 

Genesis NFTis a limited-edition collection of 1,500 

 launched by Kaito AI. Priced at 0.1 ETH each, these NFTs have been minted in three phases:

As of Dec 26, 2024, NFTs in the collection are tradable on OpenSea, with a floor price of approximately 3.69 ETH. 

Kaito is a new and innovative service in the web3 space. Its use of AI to cut through the noise and fragmentation presents a great opportunity for the entire ecosystem. Kaito’s 

 suggests that it’s likely to roll out new features and/or services in the future. While the high subscription fee may be an obstacle for large-scale adoption, Kaito is still likely to become an important tool in the hands of institutions and 

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Our weekly crypto derivatives analytics report delves into macro events, the current state of crypto and trading signals from spot trading volume, as well as futures, options and perpetual contracts.

With fewer macroeconomic releases in early 2025, the crypto market has experienced lower volatility and stagnant spot prices. This has led to decreased implied volatility in derivatives, a steepening term structure and stable open interest. 

However, ETH options still anticipate continued price volatility. Historically, such sideways movements have seen altcoins underperform, reflected in disappointing funding rates in the derivatives market.

Please check out the report’s highlights.

Without clear narratives or volatile spot price movements, open interest in perpetual swap contracts has remained flat over the past two weeks, with trade volumes also subdued in this low-volatility environment. Notably, SOL's perpetual positioning hasn’t significantly changed, even with its spot price 35% below its all-time high from late January.

On February 17, ETH’s spot price surged 6%, contrasting with the sideways movement of other crypto assets, but those gains were nearly reversed within 24 hours. This led to higher realized volatility in derivatives, and a flatter term structure as compared to BTC. Traders continue to assign a premium to short-dated ETH options, whose volatility has been higher than that of BTC for some time. Additionally, ETH option trade volumes have spiked, with calls reaching $0.25 billion on Feb 15, 2025.

Since reaching its all-time high in late January 2025, Solana's spot price has declined, leading to muted options markets with low activity in both calls and puts. Open interest is balanced between upside and downside, and is primarily focused on longer-dated positions, reflecting a lack of interest in short-term trades amidst disappointing spot market activity.

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Bybit X Block Scholes Crypto Derivatives Analytics Report (Feb 19, 2025): Crypto Remains Silent as ETH Sees Volatility

Across Protocol (ACX) enables seamless, low-cost cross-chain transfers with intent-based transactions, enhancing DeFi accessibility and security.

Transferring crypto assets from one blockchain network to another is still cumbersome, costly and inconvenient for many users, particularly those without a deep technical understanding of the technology. Numerous 

 solutions have emerged to facilitate the process, but the costs and complexity of crypto transfers are still an issue limiting the adoption of cross-chain 

Across Protocol (ACX) is a blockchain project that aims to tackle this problem by offering highly efficient, low-cost and secure cross-chain transactions based on intent technology. 

Intents — transaction requests with prespecified conditions — have seen rapid adoption in the blockchain industry. Across Protocol has focused its service offerings on using this promising technology. Begun in 2021 as a solution to facilitate token transfers between 

 networks linked to the blockchain, the protocol has evolved through two major version upgrades into a modular cross-chain solution that DApp operators can easily integrate into their platforms.

The protocol’s latest iteration, Across V3, features a modular settlement layer that 

 (DeFi) platforms can leverage to offer their users seamless, intent-based cross-chain swaps and asset transfers, all without leaving the user app’s native interface.

 (ACX) is an intent-based, modular web3 solution that offers cross-chain crypto transfers and swaps.

 Using the protocol, DApp operators can integrate Across into their own solutions to let their end users conduct intent-based cross-chain operations.

Across is not a newcomer to the blockchain scene — the project was launched in late 2021 and might be considered one of the first, if not the first, decentralized protocols specializing in intent-based cross-chain transactions. The original protocol, now known as Across V1, was primarily limited to enabling direct asset transfers between Ethereum and Layer 2 chains connected to the world's largest 

In June 2022, the protocol underwent its first significant upgrade with the introduction of Across V2. This upgrade improved the overall efficiency of the platform and introduced new functions. The major difference between V1 and V2 was that the latter could facilitate further intent-based transactions after the transfer of assets from the origin chain to the destination network. In contrast, Across V1 was limited to simple asset bridging between chains.

However, the protocol's most significant upgrade arrived in the form of Across V3, announced in February 2024, which introduced asset swap functionality and architectural modularity, allowing Across to act as a pluggable solution for various DeFi applications. Across V3 also simplified the calculation of fees for cross-chain operations. With Across V3, DApps of various kinds — primarily in the DeFi niche — can easily integrate intent-based cross-chain asset transfers, swaps and liquidity solutions into their own platforms. The protocol provides a set of APIs for developers for such integration.

The best part is that users of these DApps don't need to leave the platforms' native interfaces to execute the cross-chain operations. All of the activities supported by Across Protocol are carried out via the client's DApp interface. This is in stark contrast to the typical cross-chain experience for many web3 users, as they need to use multiple interfaces — e.g., one provided by an asset bridging solution and another at the destination app they use — to carry out their desired crypto operations.

Transactions executed by the protocol are based on user intents. Intents are conditional requests from users to perform some action, e.g., a token swap from ETH to USDT, if specific requirements are met, e.g., the swap rate is no lower than a certain value of ETH. In reality, many intents are executable transactions in the form of 

. Intent-based transactions have recently become popular in the crypto industry, due to benefits such as the limit on swap rates, a no-slippage fee model and other conditions that perfectly fit users' intended outcomes.

User intents are passed to Across's decentralized network or relayers, also known as solvers or fillers, which look for the best on-chain sources to satisfy the requests. Relayers compete with each other to offer the best solution to the user's stated outcome. The relayer that provides the best outcome earns the right to execute the transaction. This competitive relayer landscape allows end users to access the best possible rates for their cross-chain transfers and swaps.

Across Protocol locks user funds allocated for a transaction in an escrow pool instead of immediately transferring them to the winning relayer's custody, providing enhanced security to users. Relayers are responsible for providing the necessary funds to carry out the transaction on their own without having access to the user funds in escrow. When a relayer successfully executes an intent, they’re repaid from the liquidity pool holding the escrowed assets. To optimize 

, repayments to relayers are bundled and transferred in batches.

At the architectural level, Across is a modular system with three main layers — intent, relayer and settlement.

The intent layer is the component that handles user intents and their deposits at the origin chain. Then, the relayer hosts the network of relayer nodes and handles functions related to their activity — provision of capital to execute user intents, competitive bidding and the execution of intents.

The settlement layer is where the finalization of the transaction flow occurs, with relayers repaid in bundles and transactions settled on the destination chain. Verification of transactions uses an optimistic oracle that’s provided by the 

, a protocol specializing in blockchain oracle services.

Across Bridge is a cross-chain token bridge designed for efficient, low-cost and secure asset transfers. It provides an easy-to-use interface for users to move tokens seamlessly between different decentralized networks. To start using the bridge, you’ll need to connect a supported wallet. As of early February 2025, the bridge supports four popular wallet types — 

, Coinbase Wallet, Phantom and the group of wallets compatible with the WalletConnect framework. Currently supported networks for transfers include the Ethereum mainnet, 

 (POL) and zkSync Era. Transfers from the origin chain to the destination chain typically take only a few seconds to confirm.

Across+ is a bridge abstraction solution that utilizes cross-chain hooks to bundle multiple actions into one user transaction. In plain terms, it simply means that you can bridge assets to a protocol or DApp on the destination chain and carry out further actions (such as contributing liquidity) with a single transaction. For end users, this helps abstract the fact that the assets used for a crypto operation have been initially moved in from a different network. The cross-chain hooks let end-users carry out these transactions with a single instruction/signature, although under the hood, multiple actions are performed at the smart contract level.

Across+ boasts an extensive cross-chain reach. It currently supports 17 networks, including Ethereum and a wide range of Ethereum-linked Layer 2 chains.

Earlier, we noted that Across Protocol moved to a modular design with the launch of its V3 in early 2024. This shift to modularity has created opportunities for DApps and external protocols to use the platform’s settlement layer as a pluggable standalone product to provide efficient settlement for intent-based cross-chain transactions. Using Across Settlement, DApps can extend their functionality into intent-based liquidity operations, swaps and transfers. Across Settlement supports the same 17 decentralized networks that can be utilized with Across+.

In November 2022, Across Protocol launched its native token, ACX. The token is primarily used for 

, and holders can vote on various proposals related to the protocol's rules, future direction, treasury spending and native token emission. ACX holders exercise their governance function through membership in the Across DAO.

Holders of the token represent one component of the protocol’s governance model. The other two key parties involved are the Across Council and Committees, made up of specific subject matter experts. While all ACX token holders are entitled to vote on proposals, only those who hold at least 50,000 ACX (around $16,000) can submit proposals considered for voting.

ACX is a supply-capped asset, with a total and maximum supply of 1 billion. The token’s allocation shares are as follows:

 as a Perpetual contract with USDT. Under the terms of the contract, you can trade ACX with up to 50x leverage. The contract is available to traders in Bybit’s derivatives products, such as 

As of Feb 20, 2025, the ACX token is trading at $0.3257, which is 80.7% lower than its ATH of $1.69 on Dec 6, 2024, and 846.3% higher than its ATL of $0.03441 on Jun 1, 2023.

Long-term price forecasts for ACX are mostly bullish.DigitalCoinPrice 

 an average rate of $1.17 in 2027 and $1.78 in 2030, whileCoinCodex 

 the token to trade at around $0.34 in 2027 and rise to $1.12 in 2030.

The inefficient and often costly process of moving assets from one chain to another continues to hamper the adoption of DApps among crypto users. By enabling cross-chain intent-based functionality, Across Protocol seeks to provide DApps and their end users with a truly single-chain experience, where crypto operations across different networks can be handled from the same user interface.

Moreover, some of the protocol's key features — intent-based transaction execution, the competitive nature of the relayers' work and the batching of relayer repayments — contribute to lowering the costs of transfers and other crypto operations. Furthermore, the escrow system that the protocol employs protects users from malicious relayers, contributing to a stronger security profile for its platform. 

Minimal costs and tight security while carrying out your cross-chain crypto operations from a single DApp interface — these features aren't easy to come by all in one solution! 

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Dollar cost averaging is a popular investment strategy in crypto, but how do you do it? Read this article to find out.

The cryptocurrency market has seen some dramatic peaks and troughs in the last few years. Many people rushed to invest in 

 (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies during the 

 of 2017, and consequently lost considerable amounts of money in the subsequent 

, simply due to the lack of an efficient investing strategy. 

If you are a newbie in the world of crypto, it may seem a challenge to find a strategy that would guarantee success. Indeed, no strategy can guarantee success. However, there is an option that can minimize the risks and bring you steady profits from the long-term perspective.

This article aims to uncover the strategy known as dollar-cost averaging and give some tips on how it can be implemented.

Dollar-cost averaging, or DCA for short, is an investing technique that helps to invest a certain amount of money in small increments at regularly scheduled intervals. The strategy uses changes in the market price over long periods.

The choice of the right moment is the most challenging task for beginning traders and investors. The variety of trading signals is so extensive that, at times, it may be tough to choose when to invest. Even experienced traders often make mistakes when reading the market. DCA helps to mitigate the risks.

As DCA involves the regular purchase of a particular asset for a fixed dollar value, its key goal is to decrease the impact of the volatile market, which is a key challenge for crypto investors. This method helps to smooth out the average price when you make a purchase, instead of making a lump sum investment.

DCA is nothing new, and has been popular among institutional investors long before cryptocurrencies were invented. This strategy has been endorsed by none other than Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, who has recommended it to those who can’t spend much time on investigating the market and developing their own trading strategies.

Though no strategy can mitigate risk entirely, DCA is still able to reduce it to some extent. Keep in mind that the strategy alone can’t provide a successful investment, as there are many other factors to be considered.

To apply the DCA strategy, an investor should first decide upon the amount to invest and the targeted asset. Since we are talking about cryptocurrency investments, it may be Bitcoin or any other 

. Having specified the target price, he/she should divide the investment sum into equal parts and sell them regularly when the market approaches the defined level.

The DCA trades can be handled manually or with the help of certain automation tools. For instance, dollar-cost averaging bots working with cryptocurrency exchanges can significantly simplify the process, as they help investors automate the operations. Such bots perform automatic purchases without considering the market conditions, such as the market movement or the price of the asset. The process is automated in a set-and-forget manner. 

Sticking to a DCA strategy helps to flatten average purchase price and reduce the impact of inefficient decisions. For instance, you may have purchased an asset when its price was skyrocketing. Later, when it pulls back, you may buy more cryptocurrency at a lower price during the market sell-off period, while other market participants sell a huge volume of assets within a short time. Buying when the market is down creates the possibility of smoothing the average price and deriving profit from the investment, something that will hopefully grow in value in time. 

The results can be different when disparate assets are employed. The service 

with the help of a Bitcoin investment calculator, helps investors to explore different parameters so that they can see their performance when using DCA. The visual graphics help to see if DCA is the right strategy for investments. 

To evaluate the efficiency of your investment, specify the start day, the amount invested, and the interval of repeat purchases. The tool facilitates the purchases on a recurring basis within the specified period. The calculator uses the historical price of Bitcoin to calculate the profit of a user. The calculator’s default parameters show the profit when you — for example — have invested $10 in Bitcoin every week for the past three years.

Using this example, the investor would have spent $1,570 on BTC. This amount would have turned into $11,782 (+650%) at the time of writing. The chart doesn’t only calculate the amount of profit but also compares the efficiency of the strategy applied to other assets. For instance, the same strategy wouldn’t work so well with gold. It would have returned only +16%.

Dollar-Cost Averaging vs. Other Investment Options

In accordance with historical records, the financial markets tend to grow over time, which explains the advantages of dollar-cost averaging. This investment method differs from other methods, as it doesn’t require investors to guess when market prices will be low in order to invest at the right time. Instead, averaging the dollar’s value ensures that investors buy at regular intervals, and can take advantage of market downturns by automatically buying more assets for the same amount of money. Averaging the value of the dollar removes some of the guesswork from an investment and turns it into a more predictable routine.

Investors can also select a “buy and hold” strategy, not intending to sell the assets predicting the growth of their value. The goal of this strategy is to enter the market and remain there, despite all fluctuations. Timing the market is not an essential factor when this strategy is employed. 

Although the holding strategy seems to be easier, DCA can be a more effective option. In the end, an investor following the DCA strategy, buying at regular intervals, can end up having more Bitcoin than someone who invested the same amount in one lump sum. Both started investing simultaneously but employed different strategies.

Many investment companies offer solutions to facilitate the usage of the DCA strategy. They often allow investors to create automatic investment plans in which investors can specify the dollar amount and frequency of investment, and a bank account for automatic withdrawals of funds. Thus, the averaging of the dollar value is done automatically, ensuring that the investor doesn’t forget to make the planned purchase. It also helps make budget planning easier, as the same dollar amount is purchased at regular intervals.

The DCA strategy is one of the best options for markets with a high level of volatility. The strategy was designed to cater to an investor’s needs in such markets, mitigating the risks of buying assets when their prices are soaring. The concept of splitting a large investment amount into multiple smaller purchases is appreciated by investors who can’t afford to make investments in a lump sum. 

However, critics argue that the use of this strategy brings losses when the market performs well. For instance, when the market is in a bull trend,  traders who invest earlier reap bigger profits. So the strategy has its pros and cons, which we cover fully below. 

The benefits of using the DCA strategy include:

An investor doesn’t have to invest a considerable amount, in one lump sum, immediately. Consequently, this strategy reduces the risk of investing at the top price. It also reduces the burden of trying to time the market. In a volatile cryptocurrency market, the asset’s value can fall many times within a relatively short period. 

As we know, the crypto markets can be very hard to predict. As a result, even highly experienced traders encounter problems when predicting the movement of selected assets or even the whole market. Those who are new to the entire world of investing and trading often lose considerable sums of money because they don’t have a strategy in place. With this in mind, the DCA approach is a much safer investment strategy, as it helps to offset large market dips and works for investors with any level of expertise.

The possibility of investing small amounts

The DCA strategy is suitable for a broader range of investors, since a sizable up-front investment isn’t required immediately. This makes it affordable to those who can’t fork out a massive amount of capital at once. Also, as investors can have doubts concerning an asset and feel uncomfortable investing their savings in it, it becomes psychologically easier for them to invest small chunks from paychecks regularly. 

Those who seek quick profits may quit and stop investing, getting angry when the price of an asset drops. It’s important to understand that DCA is not a scheme for getting rich fast. This strategy is long-term, as its goal implies taking advantage of market downturns without risking capital. Beginning investors can be easily discouraged by negative episodes. Therefore, the DCA strategy can be an excellent solution for them. It gives them time to do deeper research, while investing small chunks of a fixed amount.

The opportunity to buy assets with a discount

When you don’t invest the whole sum that you have at hand, you may have some cash left over that you can use to buy more cryptocurrencies at dips. For instance, in November 2018, Bitcoin collapsed to $3,500  after it had been traded at $6,500 for several months in a row. Such periods can be used as an opportunity to dollar-cost average. Taking into account a parabolic rally soon after the price crash, the followers of the DCA strategy could take great advantage of it — especially when the price skyrocketed to $14,000  three months after the crash.

This aspect is sometimes neglected, though it is incredibly important for the mental health of market participants. Those who use the DCA strategy don’t worry so much about the price swings, which helps to avoid constant anxiety. 

The drawbacks of dollar-cost averaging are as follows:

Traders have to pay fees for making transactions. Following a DCA strategy usually incurs more trading costs. However, taking into account the fact that this is a long-term strategy, the gains received from it should more than cover the fees, which will hopefully be insignificant compared to gains achieved in the future. 

One of the drawbacks of the DCA strategy is the possibility of missing out on a considerable gain you could have obtained from investment of a large sum in one go. However, it’s necessary to use the right timing for such operations if you want to see a significant profit from an investment.

Much time is required to make the strategy work. Depending on the investor’s DCA structure, it can take from three to twelve months to get any sustainable results.

Worse performance in a strong bull market

The choice of the strategy depends upon the situation in the market. The DCA strategy may not always be the best choice. For example, it may result in losses at the beginning of the long-term bear market that may last for a few years. It may be better to invest a significant sum in cryptocurrencies if you are sure that Bitcoin is at the beginning of a bull cycle.

The DCA strategy is a good choice for less-experienced investors, who are guided by emotions and thus may be prone to making incorrect choices. If you seek long-term profits and are ready to wait for a substantial period before your investments pay off, this strategy is exactly the fit for you.

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