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After Brad Sherman mentioned "Mongoose Coin" in Congress, a cryptocurrency that didn't exist. Now, it's been created — and it already has a market cap of $25 million.

Stephane Kasriel, who recently stepped up to lead Novi following the departure of David Marcus, said the move will make "sending money to family and friends as easy as sending a message."

New research also reveals which fan tokens are the most popular — and identifies two tokens that have witnessed even bigger gains than Bitcoin over the past year.

Is Solana down? A distributed denial of service attack caused transactions per second to fall below 500 — and there are fears the disruption is affecting confidence in the blockchain.

CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into Hosky Token ($HOSKY), a meme token in the Cardano Ecosystem that runs a unique negative marketing campaign against itself.

CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into Kodi (KODI), a crypto-based entertainment network and a marketing agency that aims to benefit all $KODI holders using multiple incentive mechanisms.

Washington's receptive response at yesterday's crypto hearing took CEOs by surprise. And in other news, OpenSea has performed a U-turn on its IPO plans after an angry response from users.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said: "I came in expecting some hostility and grandstanding, but instead found the discussion to be by and large productive and helpful."

Community Points can be used for tipping, increasing voting power on polls, and snapping up items that are unique to each community. They also serve as a way of building a user's reputation.

Kickstarter's enthusiasm is palpable — and the platform believes "decentralization will result in innovation like we've never seen before, and that it's key to the future of crowdfunding."

CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into Dogelon Mars (ELON), a dog-meme token that has taken over many of its rivals and is expected to lead the dog-coin race.

Institutions believe major coins are the "top contender" for a correction, Visa is going further down the crypto rabbit hole, and one of the world's biggest gaming firms is embracing NFTs.

More than half of those polled by Natixis Investment Managers believe the likes of Bitcoin and Ether will suffer a pullback next year.

The payments giant says digital assets have now achieved "almost universal awareness" — and 94% of adults now know about it.

Around the world, "Dogecoin" was the one of the most popular search terms in the News category this year — along with queries about GameStop stock and Ethereum's price.

Known as Digits, players will be able to get their hands on coveted in-game items, each complete with their own serial number. Gamers will then be able to buy and sell them freely.

The disruption infuriated the exchange's customers — who complained that several transactions had failed.

CoinMarketCap takes a look at the Atlético de Madrid Fan Token, a utility token for fans of the popular Spanish football club, and hosted on the Socios platform.