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Coinbase & Mastercard Vie to Take Over Stablecoin Firm BVNK – The Best Altcoins to Buy Stand to Benefit

Coinbase and Mastercard are said to be in a battle-off to acquire BVNK, a UK-based stablecoin ￰1￱ on whose deal wins, Coinbase would strengthen its foothold in the stablecoin ￰2￱ what does it mean for Mastercard? Well, the TradFi giant could update its payment rails to keep up with the demand for fiat-pegged digital ￰3￱ outcomes mark a significant step in bringing mainstream users into crypto. Thus, there may not be a better time to scoop up the best altcoins to buy ahead of the next ￰4￱ Might Fetch Up to $2.5B in Coinbase-Mastercard Takeover Since going live in 2021, BVNK has been well-known for seamlessly integrating stablecoins into payments, cross-border transfers, and treasury ￰5￱ firm hit its stride in December last year, raising $50M in a series B round that valued it at $750M.

Per sources like Fortune, it’ll cost around $1.5B–$2.5B for Coinbase or Mastercard to bring BVNK under their ￰6￱ final agreement has yet been reached, but, according to various sources like Fortune, Coinbase has the upper ￰7￱ Mastercard does get its way, it wouldn’t be the first major bank to back ￰8￱ invested in the company back in May , but the exact amount was never officially disclosed. Visa’s investment was likely strategic, considering it occurred just before President Trump signed the GENIUS Act in ￰9￱ a result, there’s now an established federal framework for stablecoin issuers in the US, helping the market hit a sizable $309.5B market cap to ￰10￱ dollar-backed stablecoins lead the race – $USDT with a $177.9B market cap , followed by $USDC at $75.4B.

But it’s not only stablecoins that benefit from this renewed institutional adoption and regulatory ￰11￱ market liquidity and accessibility often spill over into the rest of the crypto market. It’ll possibly fuel the growth of altcoins, perhaps ones with competitive edges, like Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) , INFINIT ($IN) , and Snorter Token ($SNORT) . ￰12￱ Hyper ($HYPER) – Layer-2 Network Aiming to Fix Bitcoin’s Biggest Flaws Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) sets out to solve Bitcoin’s biggest pain points, including speed, cost, and ￰13￱ aims to achieve this by launching a Layer-2 (L2) network that’ll leverage the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) . And it’s no wonder that it seeks Solana-level ￰14￱ now, Bitcoin can only process 9.98 tps on average, whereas Solana facilitates around 780.6 tps (nearly 100% more!).

As a result of Bitcoin only being able to handle a limited amount of tps, users compete for block ￰15￱ only does this slow down Bitcoin’s transaction speeds, but it drives up the network’s fees, which currently average $1.258 – roughly 46,500% higher than Solana’s $0.0027 . So, Hyper taking advantage of the SVM’s capabilities makes the utmost sense to create a cost-friendly alternative ￰16￱ Bitcoin’s full potential, however, is a Canonical ￰17￱ bridging the original network with the L2, you’ll be able to access DeFi, NFTs, dApps, and even check out the next crypto to explode on ￰18￱ to leverage the Hyper ecosystem’s full suite of benefits, you’ll want to scoop up some $HYPER on ￰19￱ now, the token’s available for just $0.013095. $HYPER has already raised a whopping $23M on presale, owing to opening exclusive benefits to token holders: governance rights, lower gas fees, and staking rewards, currently at a 51% APY.

There’s no better time to join the $HYPER presale ; its price will increase tomorrow and is anticipated to break $0.32 this year. (Check out our Bitcoin Hyper price prediction for more information.) Join Bitcoin Hyper today. 2. INFINIT($IN) – Blends DeFi With Real-World Business Tools, Token Spikes 119% $IN is the native token of INFINIT, a vertical banking platform that’s solely built for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It helps streamline the operations of various industries – energy, automotive, healthcare, and real estate – by combining AI-powered business tools with financial ￰20￱ it’s succeeding at doing precisely that, as evidenced by it operating across 10+ countries, generating $200M+ in finance, and targeting 200K ￰21￱ access INFINITE’s full range of features, you need to purchase $IN.

The token unlocks advanced AI-agent strategies, fee discounts, premium tools, and higher usage limits. $IN also thrives on the platform’s ￰22￱ instance, the token’s up by over 119% since yesterday, following news that INFINIT launched ‘Agentic DeFi’ on the Plasma ￰23￱ doing so, it has integrated over $5B in deep liquidity with instant ￰24￱ this new development continues gaining traction, now could be a favorable time to purchase $IN. It’s available on some of the best crypto exchanges (including MEXC and Binance ) for roughly $0.25.3. Snorter Token ($SNORT) – Telegram Trading Bot Set to Go Live on Solana Soon As the native token of the upcoming Telegram trading bot Snorter Bot, Snorter Token ($SNORT) is making waves on presale, having raised over $4.5M.

The bot will first launch on Solana to leverage its fast speeds, automation, simplicity, and cost-friendly fees. Then, it’ll branch out across Ethereum and other EVM-compatible chains so that you can expand your horizons beyond the best Solana meme ￰25￱ of your preferred chain, it sets itself apart by enabling you to snipe new tokens instantly, copy top-performing wallets, and trade directly within the Telegram ￰26￱ get the most out of the bot, however, you’ll want to buy $SNORT on ￰27￱ doing so, you’ll also be granted lower trading fees (0.85% ￰28￱ to 2%), 110% APY staking rewards, and exclusive premium ￰29￱ $SNORT currently only costs $0.1075, but don’t wait around to buy at this ￰30￱ listed on top exchanges, our Snorter Token price prediction says it could break around $0.94 this ￰31￱ $SNORT for possible 774% gains.

Disclaimer: This isn’t financial ￰32￱ DYOR and don’t invest more than you’re willing to ￰33￱ by Leah Waters, Bitcoinist – ￰0￱

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